Bessie Potter quotes from Dawson's Creek

Good morning sweetheart. And how are we feeling this morning?

Well, if you're nauseous and swollen and irritable also, I'd say we're feeling exactly the same way.

Look at the bright side. Your due date's the 22nd. In less than a week this will all be over.

A week?! This can not last another week. It's inhumane. I don't sleep anymore, my legs are fat, my back is killing me, I feel like retching 23 hours a day... Did you know the average gestation period for the fruit bat is 2 months... 2 months, that's fair, that's reasonable. Why can't I give birth to a fruit bat?

Joey

Because we're about 80% sure you're human.

Do you still live here?

Joey

Unfortunately.

[grabs the phone] Listen, you sorry ass civil servant. This is the mother-to-be talking. Maybe I'm not in the tax bracket that guarantees a prompt response to medical distress, but I have a shoe full of amniotic fluid, my pelvis is beating like a rumba band, and I'm in real danger of having my first-born child delivered by two high school students. So, why don't you stop making excuses, get off your oversized backside and get us an ambulance before my fetus enters college?

Joey

Terrific. I'm sure they will be right on their way.

Oh, the first date. This will be interesting. Hey, what's wrong?

Joey

I don't know it just seems weird. I mean, Dawson and I on a date? Doesn't that seem weird to you?

Well was it weird when you kissed?

Joey

No, that felt pretty right. But the thing is, it hasn't happened since then and it was yesterday.

Well, that's not unusual, because the way I see it, the second kiss, it's always tougher than the first one.

Joey

We actually kissed more than once that night.

Yeah, but it only counts as one and that first kiss...it's the passionate one. It's the one filled by desire and attraction, and all of that, but the second kiss is rational. You got time to worry, and over analyze and most women....they prefer that first kiss, but I'm partial to the second one because it's about something more. You'll get that second kiss Joey and when you do it'll be great. It'll be real. It'll be meaningful.

You're a seventeen-year-old girl who doesn't understand the first thing about consequences and responsibility. You are not ready to have sex.

Joey

I am the oldest seventeen year old in Capeside, Bessie. My whole life is consequences and responsibility, okay?

I really did want your life to be better than mine.

Joey

Bessie, you went first. You took on the full brunt of this storm. And you didn't do what others would have. You didn't run, you didn't cower, you created this warm, loving, safe place. And you raised a baby and a little sister. I hope I would have the strength and courage to... create a life for myself that's even remotely like yours.