Jen Lindley quotes from Dawson's Creek

Pacey

[about having sex] Well, alright then. Okay. [pause] Did you want to do it right now?

Jen

Umm, do you?

Pacey

I'm kinda tired, actually.

Jen

Oh, fine. Roswell's on in five minutes anyway. You just let me know when you want to do it and I'll do it.

Jen

I've got to say, Blair Witch didn't do it for me. I wasn't remotely scared, that girl was irritating beyond measure and i had to run to the snack bar in dire need of dramamine.

Joey

I was scared...

Pacey

That's no surprise there, Potter, after all you are quite the skittish kitten.

Pacey

When I suggested that we hook up today, this is not exactly what I had in mind.

Jen

Believe me, I know, but unfortunatly, Grams' Thanksgiving feast takes precedence over our burgeoning sex life.

Pacey

Correct me if I'm wrong, but we don't actually have a sex life yet, do we?

Jen

What, and you think that that's my fault?

Pacey

Yeah, i do actually think that that's your fault.

Jen

I'm sorry, Pacey. I just find it difficult to watch you paw at me with...[giggles]

Pacey

Foreplay is no laughing matter. How do you expect a guy to do his best work in the face of scorn and derision?

Jen

It's just that we're friends, right? And seeing as how we are friends, but now we're friends that...do that... it's just gonna take time getting used to it. Although maybe we could find a moment later?

Pacey

I can't. I think I have to go to my parents' for Thanksgiving.

Jen

Okay.

Pacey

I'm sorry. I have to. I figure it's the right thing to do seeing as they brought me into the world and all.

Jen

You sound so excited.

Pacey

Well it's such a joyous occasion. Just imagine the Witter women slaving over a hot stove all afternoon just to be told the Butterball is too dry, by a guy sitting on his derrière, getting drunk and watching football.

Jen

Well, despite the creamed onions, gotta love Grams for offering an alternative.

Pacey

You do. Speaking of, you know, you never told me who else is coming.

Jen

Don't worry, Pacey. Andie politely declined the invite.

Pacey

Hey I wasn't going there.

Jen

Please. I think that she's making dinner for Jack and her dad tonight.

Pacey

Sounds nice. It's good for her to have family at Thanksgiving.

Jen

Come here [she pulls him close]

Pacey

[smelling her hair and rubbing her back] Good lord, you smell good. [Jen chuckles] What was that? [she starts laughing] Oh, come on!

Jen

I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.

Jen

[after making out with Pacey] Nothing?

Pacey

Nothing, you?

Jen

Nothing, God Pacey this is weird.

Pacey

It's the damnedest thing. How are we supposed to have some lurid, purely sexual affair when every time we get together...?

Jen

There's no sexual tension.

Pacey

Nada.

Jen

Zilch.

Pacey

And what pray tell, are you two doing here?

Jen

Just enjoying the fine art of ball room dancing.

[Walking up] Didn't I say you two would be naturals? Much better than these two and they've been here all week. But you used to date, didn't you?

Jen

Uh...look, not right now, okay?

I'm right, aren't I? You dated, it didn't work out. But then you got past all your issues and now you actually trust each other, right? See, you can see that in the dancing. You can see, that the trust is there. Now these two on the other hand...[Points out Pacey and Joey dancing] Whole different story. I mean, look at them. Look at their..their form, look at the tension in their arms...

Pacey

Okay is there some sort of problem here?

What did I say about rib cages touching?

Joey

No, sorry.

Pacey

It's just not going to happen, alright?

Right...see what I mean? See the hostility, the way they're weary with each other, not to mention the constant bickering and name calling. Now these two clearly are in the early stages of some screwball mating ritual.

Pacey

What?

Joey

[Scoffs] Okay, you've got it all wrong, lady.

Really? I do?

Pacey

Oh, completely.

Joey

Actually, you could not be more wrong.

Okay. There's enough sexual tension here to power a KISS reunion tour. I can't remember the last time I saw dancing this bad....true...

Dawson

Wait a minute, you think that just because they can't dance that they're...?

Well, it's this theory that I've developed based on years of experience...if people dance that badly, then they're usually hot for each other...the dancing doesn't lie.

Jen

You went to Joey for advice about us?

Pacey

Yeah. I know, not so smart, huh?

Jen

Smart or not smart, it's just...funny, you went to her.

Pacey

Well, I wouldn't say that I went to her. I mean, she just kind of happened to be there, we were studying.

Jen

Can I ask you something, Pacey? What is it about her?

Pacey

Huh?

Jen

She's obviously got something that makes boys and emotional turmoil just flock to her.

Pacey

Come again?

Jen

Come on, Dawson's the same way. Whatever small problem got to him he went straight to Joey.

Pacey

So who else would you have me talk to? I can't exactly go to Andie with something like this, so I guess I'm supposed to commune with deputy Doug then?

Jen

Dawson. Why couldn't you just go to Dawson?

Pacey

[Chuckles] What?

Jen

Unless, of course you now feel uncomfortable talking to him about your sex like considering...

Pacey

Considering what?

Jen

That your current girl Friday used to be his.

Pacey

[scoffs] Okay, now correct me if I'm wrong, but Dawson Leery didn't actually know about you and I till, what? Two minutes ago.

Jen

I'm not talking about us.

Pacey

What, Joey? This has nothing to do with Joey!

Jen

Pacey, I saw the way you overreacted to Dawson, I saw the way that Joey overreacted to us. I know you're having trouble in math these days, but it doesn't take Einstein to get the sum total of these two overreactions.

Pacey

You're gonna have to explain this one to me, because I've gotta be missing something here, you're talking about Joey Potter, right, the one who can't walk into the same room with me without gagging, huh? That Joey Potter. There is nothing going on between us!

Jen

No, Pacey there's nothing between us!

Jen

That was beautiful. It was more than beautiful, it was awesome. I didn't know you could sing.

Henry

I think we've established there's a lot you don't know about me.

Jen

Henry, wait for me.

Henry

Why?

Jen

Because I wanted to talk to you.

Henry

You can't keep doing this to me.

Jen

Doing what?

Henry

You can't keep trying to be my friend, and then pushing me away every time my feelings start to scare you.

Jen

Okay, I admit it. I miss you. I miss the goofy way you used to look at me with all that passion and intensity. It made me feel like I was actually worth the fuss.

Henry

Everyday I thought about you, and dreamed about you. Every time I saw you, I lost myself. Do you even know what that's like? Do you?

Jen

No.

Henry

Then you can't know what it's like to have that person not feel the same way back. I'm sorry you miss the way I looked at you, but I don't miss the way you never looked at me.

Jen

Hey, Pacey! I think you've got that one covered. Hurricane won't take it down....you know it might make you feel better if you talk about it.

Pacey

Talk about what?

Jen

About what's bothering you.

Pacey

There's nothing bothering me.

Jen

[Laughs]' Fine

Pacey

Fine. I'm fine. [Pause] Okay, so I do kind of have a problem.

Jen

Yeah, I noticed.

Pacey

It's that obvious, huh?

Jen

Yeah, it's becoming so.

Pacey

Do you think it would be at all possible to...I don't know, pretend that it wasn't that obvious.

Jen

Well, only if we...pretend to have a conversation about it.

Pacey

You really want to make me do that? [Pause] Okay...Okay...um, lets just say for the sake of argument that I had gotten myself into an impossible situation. That I had...hypothetically speaking, fallen for or was in the process of falling for the worst possible person I could fall for. What would you tell me to do?

Jen

I guess I would tell you that...impossible situations are only made better by doing something about them.

Pacey

So I should just go and declare myself to her so that she can laugh in my face? That's a great idea.

Jen

How do you know that's how she would react?

Pacey

Well I have it on pretty good authority that my rough charms don't really register on her rarefied romantic pallet. I mean lets face it, I've got Ducky written all over me.

Jen

Ducky?

Pacey

Yeah. Ducky, Molly Ringwald's best friend from Pretty in Pink. The guy who definitely doesn't get the girl.

Jen

Yes, but he makes the girl feel good about herself. He does...he stands by her through innumerable fashion emergencies, he even humiliates himself by lip syncing in a public place and he takes her to the prom.

Pacey

Where she promptly dumps him for another guy. [Laughs]

Jen

Alright, the question is, Pace, this...girl, that you have developed impossible feelings for, are you going to stand by her in a very Ducky like fashion or are you going to let hurt feelings and pride prevent you from being the friend you so innocently purport yourself to be.

Pacey

[pause] I guess it just hurts, that's all.

Jen

Well that just means that it isn't pretend anymore.

Joey

I just wish I were more like you. You feel things, you act on them. Pacey's like that, too. Fearless.

Jen

I'll let you in on a little secret about the so-called fearless: We're not as tough as you think we are. Pacey's heart is just as breakable as the next guy's... maybe even more so, considering it was already broken when you got there.

Grams

Jennifer, I'm not so old that I don't remember how important senior fall term is.

Jen

Old enough to call it fall term.

Jen

Okay, first of all, he didn't dump me, I dumped him.

Drue

Technicality.

Jen

Second, this isn't a funk. It's my personality.

Drue

Harsh.

Joey

Pacey's not the problem. It's me. I mean, let's face it, the waiting just goes on and on. And at this point even I'm getting impatient. But for some reason, I just keep waiting.

Jen

Joey, let me ask you something. Are you sure that you really want to have sex?

Joey

Of course I want to have sex. But the question is, am I ready?

Jen

You are very sneaky, you know that? You just turned around that entire conversation without ever having to admit that you were day dreaming about sex. I'm impressed.

Grams

[smiling] I've learned from the best.

Jen

Well, that's true.

Jen

You knew, didn't you? Oh, god, all this time. My life got uglier and messier, and then you sent me away. You... you made me feel ashamed. You... you punished me for all these things that were beyond my control. You saw me standing in the doorway. Ohh! And you never said anything. I wasn't...

I didn't...

Jen

No. I don't need a confession from you. That's not why I came here. I don't need you to apologize to me for all the pain that you've caused me, and I don't have to forgive you. All I have to do is forgive myself for these things that I can't change. Good-bye, daddy.

Jen

[sighs] Come here. [They hug] Mm. Ok. Go. Get the Hell out of here. Walk across that lawn, have a great life, and don't ever call me again.

Dawson

What? So I can confirm your worst fears about men?

Jen

Yes, exactly. Oh, wait, I forgot. We never slept together.

Dawson

You got 5 minutes?

Jen

For you? Always.