If you could try to look welcoming, that would be great. Anxiety doesn't really fit in with this whole homey, "come stay with us" thing we're looking for.
Dawson, I do toilets, I do windows. I draw the line at faux perkiness.
S3A Weekend in the Country
I think, if I were Joey and Bessie, I would consider myself very lucky to have you in my life.
Why? Everything and everybody that I touch, I screw up, alright, you're aware of the Midas touch, right? You've heard of that? Okay, well the Midas touch, whatever that is, I've got the opposite.
Don't be so sure. I mean, look at you, you're still at it, you haven't given up. Pace, instead of..dwelling on everything that's gone wrong this weekend..so far..um...think of what you've contributed. I mean you've put a lot of selfless work into this place, right? Now that's the real question. Listen, that goes to the heart of who Pacey Witter is.
What?
What makes you care so much?
S3Northern Lights
It's not too late to bail, okay? Believe me.
Why would I want to do that, Pacey?
Because, this guy's an operator, okay? I can tell, I mean the first thing he's going to do when he comes through that door, is he's going to pay you some lame compliment about how incredible you look tonight [Looks her up and down, noticing himself how incredible she does look.]
Pacey...
I'm looking out for you!
So, what, you going to see this guy again?
I don't know. I mean, what's the point? I mean, he's older than me and he's..and he's smarter than me. And he lives far away, a very not insignificant problem seeing as I can't even drive yet, and...and how could I ever feel about him the way I..
...Feel about about Dawson.
No, I was...actually going to say felt.
You want to know something Miss Josephine Potter? I think the world just may surprise you yet. I mean you fall in love, and it doesn't work out, you think it will never happen. But it does, believe me it does, in the strangest of places.
S3Valentine's Day Massacre
[about to take a a Jell-O shot] Well, thank you, Mr. Cosby.
You were in a rare form tonight
How bad do I suck, huh?
So what seems to be the problem?
[shakes his head]) There is no problem, Dougie
Oh, come on Pacey, I found you hanging from a tree getting completely wasted, huh...so what is it a girl or something?
What?
Okay, so it's a girl....who is she?
You know what, Dougie, it's really not that important, okay?
Okay.
I'll tell you something, though. She is really really annoying.
Yeah?
Yeah, I mean this girl is amazing. There is not a single subject on the face of the planet that she doesn't have an opinion about. It's mind-boggling.
Wow, that certainly sounds like a nightmare.
Wha-no, it's not quite like that, Doug, I mean you've got to understand...the girl's really smart so she's usually right and when she argues it comes from this really beautiful, pure place, so how can you fight against that? Especially when you're smart ass like me.
Is she pretty?
Yeah, she is pretty. She is very very pretty. She's actually the kind of pretty that gives you butterflies, you know what I mean?
Ah, yeah...never lose the butterflies.
What?
You maybe ask what sucks most about getting older. Somewhere along the line you just...lost the butterflies...so the question is little brother, what are you going to do about it?
Do?
Yeah, do. As in do something. Take action.
No, I don't think you're really properly grasping the gravity of this situation, Dougie. You see if I was to actually do something about this, there is the strong possibility that the sun would cease to shine, that the tides would cease to rise. In fact, I'm betting there's a pretty good chance that the very earth would crack open and Capeside would become home to a huge hell mouth, that would spew forth endless hoards of monsters and demons that would choke the denizens of this city, making them fall to their knees and PRAY for a return to the days before...I took action. That's really what we're talking about here.
What I said last night was way out of line...and yes I was drunk, but more to the point I was just plain wrong and I wanted you to know that I was really sorry.
Well...I was worried about you too, Pacey.
Me?...Why?
Well...because, I mean Satan himself could lead Dawson into the fiery pits of hell and he would still come out with his moral code firmly intact, but you....maybe I think that nobody's worrying about you right now.
So then, what you're really saying is, given the highly dysfunctional nature of our relationship, this is actually how you express concern for me?
You gotta learn to read between the banter, Pacey.
Right...[long pause]
So...so, are we all finished here?
No, actually, um...there's something else.
Something else?
Yeah...it's just something I've been meaning to tell you...uh...look, uh...Joey...[They give each other cute looks]...you're lingering on your clutch, okay? I know you think you're just easing into the gear, but...it's not a good idea, you know, maybe not today and maybe not tomorrow, but soon you're going to do a lot of damage to your transmission, so...what I was thinking was that if you wanted to, I could show you.
Now?
Yeah. [they smile at each other]
Okay, Pacey.
S3Crime and Punishment
You will keep the CD collection in alphabetical order, by last name, not first. Do you understand?
Oh yeah, definitely. But I don't see the need for me to dip into your diva collection any time too soon.
Oh, I think you'd be surprised at how a tortured and passion female voice can sooth an Achy Breaky Heart.
My heart is just fine, thank you very much.
Oh, sure it is little brother, sure it is.
Look, Doug, if you're referring to our brief jail house conversation, you can just chalk it up to drunken rambling.
Well, there won't be any of that on my watch. And I won't have any moping around like a love sick puppy, either. By the way, are you any good at decoupage?
Oh god, help me.
CCaufield
What do you want?
I want you to apologize. And then I want you to turn yourself in and I want you to do it before the day is done.
CCaufield
And why would I do that?
Because this time you just happened to mess with someone I care about.
Yes, Dawson. You know, looking out for you. Think back with me, way back, you know like the beginning of the school year. Dawson Leery returns from the big city a changed man, determined to sever ties with girl across the creek, so he asks trusted friend to look after said girl turning the delicate transitional period. Trusted friend of course he obliges and now trusted friend gets his head handed to him on a platter.
So you guys just traded me off like some sort of baseball card? Is that what this is about?
What?
Us. You and me. I-I thought that...
You thought what?
I guess I thought something else, Pacey.
Well, Principal Green said the mural should focus on what unifies us as a school. And if you think about it, nothing really unifies us. Even our mascot is divisive. The Minute Man - right there you've alienated half the student population. So, the only thing that I could think of that unites us all, that we all have in common, is that... well it's that we all start off in kindergarten thinking that we can be anything that we want to be, and by the time we get here, we... we've somehow lost that feeling. We've all started to believe whatever our parents or friends have told us about what we can achieve and who we can be in life, and... and we've forgotten about that possibility we had when we were younger. And that's what I think we all have in common, and that's what the symbol on my painting means - possibility. I painted it because I thought we could all use a daily reminder that, if you believe in yourself, even when the odds seem stacked against you, anything's possible.
So, are you going to thank me?
For what?
Well, for all manner of things. Like defending your honor, bucking the system-
Tilting at windmills while in the throws of a misguided hero complex?
Well yeah, that too. [They pause and smile at each other])
Pacey, if I was going to thank you for anything it would be for being yourself and you know, not caring what anybody else thinks and for knowing in your heart what's right and wrong and...and for being here this year...when I needed you the most.
You're welcome. [Pauses and picks up a can of paint] So you want to help?
One condition.
Sure, name it.
Be honest. The only reason you've been hanging out with me...is simply because Dawson told you to?
Yep, that's the only reason.
Hmm...you need to get a life.
S3To Green, With Love
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.
Talk about what?
About what's bothering you.
There's nothing bothering me.
[Laughs]' Fine
Fine. I'm fine. [Pause] Okay, so I do kind of have a problem.
Yeah, I noticed.
It's that obvious, huh?
Yeah, it's becoming so.
Do you think it would be at all possible to...I don't know, pretend that it wasn't that obvious.
Well, only if we...pretend to have a conversation about it.
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?
I guess I would tell you that...impossible situations are only made better by doing something about them.
So I should just go and declare myself to her so that she can laugh in my face? That's a great idea.
How do you know that's how she would react?
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.
Ducky?
Yeah. Ducky, Molly Ringwald's best friend from Pretty in Pink. The guy who definitely doesn't get the girl.
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.
Where she promptly dumps him for another guy. [Laughs]
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.
[pause] I guess it just hurts, that's all.
Well that just means that it isn't pretend anymore.
You bought me a wall?
Not bought. Rented. And this thing didn't come cheap either. It cost me a hundred bucks.
You bought me a wall?!
You said that already. Look, it's a limited time offer, so you should get cracking.
Pacey, did you fail to notice the size of this thing?
Well I just thought your next endeavor should be bigger and better than your last one. It's important that you keep on growing both as a person and as an artist. Now I also got you this [holds up a can of paint] and I know it's not going to cover the whole thing, but as the saying goes, the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Well I'm going to need your help on this one.
Ha, no no no no, not this time, you're on your own this time, sister. [starts to walk away]
Pacey, you're unbelievable, I mean as soon as I think I've got you all figured out, you go and you do something so...outrageous that...completely challenges me in a way that no one else would even think of that...in case I don't say it enough...thank you.
It's about time, Potter. It's about time. [Turns and walks away, then looks back at her once before leaving]
S3Cinderella Story
Dawson, don't you ever wonder where this is going, where we are exactly? I mean, is this just the first act or is our story ended and we're just too stupid to realize it?
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