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The last time I was here, everybody just walked on eggshells around me, so that just reminded me of everything.
Mmm, your life just seems to suck right now in ways that I can't imagine, but... everybody's trying their best, you know?
Yeah, you're right. I'm a lucky guy. I've some pretty kick-ass friends.
Don't you forget it.
Can I tell you something, even if it has the potential to make you sad? Joey, when I made the decision not to go back to L.A., all I could do was daydream about this one thing; kissing you. I was so looking forward to this day when it would finally feel right for you and me to give it another try, you know, and for the first time in forever it seemed possible. It seemed like just around the corner and then he died. It just went away. I was living in this fuzzy world of daydreams and I just got yanked out of it and I have no idea how to get back there. And what scares me the most is maybe I never will.
[Joey kisses Dawson]
You'll find your way back. In the meantime, I'll be daydreaming for the both of us.
[to a camera] I know, great birthday present. I mean what 14-year-old wants to fend for themselves like an adult? But, I have to forgive her, I know that. 'Cause forgiving her is the only way I'm ever going to be good to anyone else. The part that is really terrifying is that I think that... I don't know, I'm like turning into her. I'm loud, shameless, bossy, and I freak people out sometimes. But I don't think I can change that. 'Cause even if I don't particularly like who I am, at least I know who that is. And even if I tried to change, who the hell knows who I'll be?
[Joey excitedly rises to her feet and turns off the tape]
What? What's wrong?
Nothing's wrong. That's great, that's it. That's the one.
But I'm just sitting there talking to myself.
Exactly.
But isn't it kind of cheesy and vulnerable?
No, it's you. It's the real you. That girl in the video who's not afraid to look stupid, that's the real you. And for what it's worth, I met your mom and your're nothing like her.
I seem to have won a film festival in Hooksett, New Hampshire. Which is... really bizarre because I never entered a film festival in Hooksett, New Hampshire.
No, but your father did. Yep. He wasn't very good with little details, but... he always believed in you.
Am I just lying to myself?
Dawson, losing someone you love... losing them suddenly, with no logical explanation... the brain isn't set up to cope with something like that. And along the way, a few lies here and there... it's probably par for the course. The only problem is when you start convincing yourself that the lies are true.
I think the worst part about it was that my mom didn't even seem to care. It was like she expected him to mess this thing up. Maybe that's why I got so mad.
So, you were mad?
Yeah. Yeah, I was.
At your mother or at him for not signing it?
At him. I can't be mad at him right now.
Sure you can. Wasn't your father mad at you? You told me he laid down the law, bought you a plane ticket.
Yeah, I gave it right back to him.
And you had reasons for that.
Well yeah, but he obviously had reasons for wanting me to go back to USC.
Yes, he did. And maybe he was wrong. If he were here and we could ask him, we would probably find out that all those reasons were more about him. His hopes, his expectations and just because he died doesn't mean that he gets to win the argument.
When I remember that night, all I feel is furious.
That's ok. That's how you feel.
So what do I do now?
What every 18 year old has to do, decide what to do with your own life.
What if I don't know?
That's fine too. Although, personally, I think you do know.
Most people when they get to college feel really insecure. Seems like everybody around them knows so much more, so they race to catch up, they pretend to know things instead of slowing down to actually learn them, because they don't realize that the discomfort of uncertainty is the most precious part of the experience. If you can fee comfortable not knowing, you can learn anything, anything, and if not then you've stopped before you've begun.
Well for a while I was feeling insecure.
No!
And I just... I guess what I'm saying is, thanks for choosing me to be on this project.
Thank you for sticking with it.
Man, you have managed to land two of the most high maintenance women I have ever met. How did you do it?
High maintenance is just another way of saying high quality.
You know, Jack. You grow up in this small town, you know? Thinking you have the most open mind and you're ready for anything. And then you finally hit the big city and, suddenly, there are still so many surprises, like, no matter how open you thought your mind was, there's still so much to learn in sometimes places you never would have even thought.
Yeah.
If a fraternity is what you need, we need to learn to accept that. I need to learn to be less extreme about it.
[After having had sex for the first time]
Look at you smiling.
So that's what everyone's talking about.
That's it.
Hmm... it wasn't... what I imagined.
It's not?
No. Everyone always told me your first time is never as good as you'd imagine it to be. That was... every bit the fantasy.
For the first time, I was finally able to appreciate what a great father he was and how lucky I was to have known him without feeling guilty. Without feeling like I let him down. I don't wanna jinx anything, but... I dare say I'm happy.
I just feel awkward and there's too much at stake for me to just let it slide.
What do you mean?
I don't know. Part of me wishes that last night could just be, um, a beautiful memory and the other part of me knows that sex changes everything and I just don't want to loose our friendship.
Ok. You're not going to loose my friendship. I promise. Ok and yes, sex does change things, but who says it has to be for the worst?
What does that mean?
I don't know. I don't know. If I told you I knew where this was leading I'd be lying to you, because I don't. All I know is, it happened last night and it felt right. And if sex changes things, I say bring it on. I'm ready to explore that.
Ok, I'm in.
Who's Karen?
Do you really want to have that conversation now?
Uh, no. Sorry. Sugar high.
What the whole world needs is a good old-fashioned urban legend.
Yeah, that's all we need... more predictable stories about a guy with a hook for an arm that kills the amorous couple.
Hey, those stories exist for a reason, Jack.
Right, to discourage teenagers from drinking and having sex in the woods.
It was Halloween night. Audrey was walking with me to the library, which was, in itself, a sign of the apocalypse.
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