Dawson's Creek · Season 3
So you're a smartass? Guess that's why they put us together. People think I'm a smartass too.
But when they get to know you they discover that under the gruff exterior lies a vulnerable beating heart. Get real. I'm not like the kids on "Seventh Heaven" and I'm not like you, Pissy.
Pacey.
Whatever, Pissy.
So, who's the girl?
What girl?
The one you named your boat after
True Love isn't a person, it's an idea. An unattainable idea.
Who's the unattainable girl?
Man, you just love getting under my skin, don't you?
Have you kissed her?
I told you, there's no girl.
And why don't you just kiss her?
Why don't you just shut your mouth?
You have no problem taking a swing at a guy, but you can't tell a girl how you feel about her. Man, you're pathetic.
[referring to Joey] Is she a hottie?
I'm not gonna answer that.
C'mon, I'm nine. I got years before I even get near it. Least you can do is cough up a description.
She's so beautiful that when you look at her your knees tremble, your heart melts, and you know, without reservation, that there is order and meaning to the universe.
She's a hottie.
Oh, yeah.
I'm not meant to. Isn't that obvious by now?
Because you're sixteen and alone? Come on.
Because I'm sixteen and in my entire life there's only been two people that have ever really known me. Dawson and-
-- This A.J. didn't know you. I don't care how you felt about him. He didn't know you, Joey. Because if he did, he never would have walked away.
I was gonna say you, Pacey.
Okay. [Pulls over to the side of the road]
Have you totally lost it?
Not totally, not yet. [He and Joey get out of the car and meet at the front] Alright, what did you mean by that?
About what?
About me knowing you better than anybody else.
Exactly what I said, Pacey. You know me, okay? In a way that nobody else besides Dawson ever has, so-
We're not talking about Dawson right now, we're talking about me, I mean you can't keep on doing this to me, Potter!
Doing what? What, so I count on you, I tell you secrets and then suddenly-
And you call me in the middle of the night to pick you up...why?
Well I'm sorry that I called, I thought that I-
I'm not mad that you called me. I just want to know why you called me.
You were the first person that I thought of, Pacey.
And what does that mean, Jo?
It means...I guess it...it means that I can talk to you and that you're there for me.
Don't you ever get tired of talking?
No-
Well I get tired of talking
No, I don't get tired, what I..no-
I don't want to talk anymore
What are you trying to say, Pacey, why are we standing-
Jo, I don't want to-
I don't-
[Pacey cuts her off by kissing her]
[Pacey is kissing Joey on the side of the road. Pacey pulls back, holding her face lightly. Joey stares at him for a second, then raises her hands and hits him on the chest, pushing him backward]
Are you insane! How could you do that? How could you take some...simple declaration of friendship as an invitation to just maul me, Pacey! [Pushes him back again] Answer me! How-what were you thinking! [Hits him back once more] What!
What, I don't know, god it-it-it-it was an impulse.
[Hits him backward again] An impulse!
Yes! An impulse, uh, you know sudden, momentary and believe me, fleeting.
Do you have any idea the monumental implications of that meaningless little impulse! The ripple effect that it could create on our small, but fragile universe! You can't...
You're right, Potter, forgive me for thinking a kiss is just a kiss.
Well, it's true...a kiss is not just a kiss! Not between you and me and you know why!....Dawson! Remember? I mean, he factors into this little...hormonal meltdown!
Meltdown?
Yeah!
I just had a meltdown? Forgive me if I don't think this is the worst tragedy in the history of human kind, that Pacey Witter in a moment of...impulsive, compulsive, hormone induced insanity would have the nerve to kiss Joey Potter! And you let me do it. You did, you let me do it! So what? Now I guess the world starts to unravel? Well excuse me while I get in the car! [He walks past her toward the car. Joey scoffs and starts walking the other way. Pacey notices she isn't following and turns around, seeing her walk away] Would you get in the car, Potter!
No! [Pacey, frustrated, put his hand on his head and gets in the car. He starts and drives it until he catches up with her]
Would you just get in the car, Potter, please?
No.
I didn't even mean to do it! You know, this is me, Pacey, act first, think later, okay and now that I'm getting a chance to think about it...I take it all back, okay, so get in the car.
No.
Jo, it's at least another six miles to your house, it is freezing cold outside and if you don't get in I'm just going to do this the whole way there, so would you get in, please? [Joey pauses as she thinks and then reluctantly gets into the car, slamming the car door and sitting angrily in her seat and looking out the window]
So I guess I'm to take from your angry silence you're not speaking to me anymore?
Nope.
Great! Great, and how long do you plan on keeping that up?
How does indefinitely sound?
Fine.
Fine.
Fine.
Fine.
Hey.
Hey.
Hey.
Just a second...[to Buzz] Listen, if you'll give us two minutes, I'll give you ten sodas and a box of sugar, what do you say?
Done!
There you go [Gives him money. Buzz runs off] Hey...
Hey again.
[Both speak at the same time]
So I just want to say-
About the other night-
[They stop and smile]
You go first.
Well, uh...I just...I wanted to...I just wanted to say that, uh...I'm sorry. I mean all that stuff about disaster and Dawson and the ripple effect in our universe, it-it was all right, I mean, what I did, that was just monumentally stupid, I don't know what I was thinking, so...I just wanted you to know that it was an impulse, plain and simple, one that has left my body permanently...promise.
That's okay, Pacey, I mean...I totally overreacted, I mean something isn't a big deal unless you let it be and..and it...you know it's not a big deal...why get so upset? I mean it-it obviously meant nothing...right?
Right...right because what I did was a mistake
Right.
Right, well um, I guess that puts us back to just being friends [He holds out his hand, and fakes a smile]
[Takes his hand] Definitely. [She fakes a smile too]
Great. [pause] Uh, alright, well, uh...yeah, I should probably get going, once that kid gets all that sugar in him...watch out, he's a little terror, you know, probably have to chase him back home, it's two miles, not pretty.
Well then I...I guess I'll see you later, Pacey.
Yeah, I'll see you later, Joey.
Is that her?
Who?
The girl
What girl?
The girl you want to kiss, stupid! The one you're in loovvve with
Nope.
Growing up does not have to equal growing apart.
Somehow it does.
Well... it's the history, it's killing me. How can a guy compete when the two of you have your own karaoke routine?
Pacey, you're not supposed to compete. We're supposed to have our own hist -- I didn't mean that.
Well, what did you mean?
I don't even know anymore, Pacey
Well, you know this little arrangement we've got going between us?
Yes.
Well it sucks! It sucks up one side and down the other. It's weird, it's uncomfortable and I hate every single second of it.
Really?
Yes
Then why did you come here, Pacey?
You know, for a bright girl, you can be really daft sometimes. Why did you think I came here? I came here to be with you! It's as simple as that. When you like somebody, proximity is a good thing, regardless of how they feel about you... or don't. As the case may be.
Look, I felt it.
What?
This morning...your arm brushed up against me in bed and...and I felt it.
How did it feel?
[Smiles] Made me feel alive.
[long pause]
OK. Joey, I'm going to kiss you now.
You can't.
Look Jo, you can't say something like that to me and expect me not to kiss you. So that's exactly what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna kiss you in about ten seconds and if you don't want me to kiss you... well, if you don't want me to, then I guess you're just gonna have to stop me... Ten. [He takes her face in his hands and kisses her]
[to Joey] Something tells me that when you kiss a boy, it's not a mistake.
[Joey walks over to Pacey in front of a fire and sits down on the log next to him]
You don't have to worry, I'm not going to kiss you again, Joey. [Long pause] What's going on here?
[shakes her head] I don't know.
Don't you think I deserve a better answer than that after all this?
Pacey, believe me, I've been trying to get you out of my head. I've tried to pretend that this is just some bizarre hormonal glitch, but it's not working.
Do you really want it to work?
I tried to tell him.
Really?
Yes!
What happened?
Well...I couldn't really find the words, Pacey, which I know is odd, considering the sheer volume of words spoken throughout the course of our relationship, but this-
Well, what would you have said to him?
I don't know...
I don't believe you.
[Stands up] Pacey, I don't have any answers right now, okay, can't you understand that?
The only reason that you don't have answers is because you've been too scared to ask yourself the right questions.
What are you talking about?
Look, I know how I feel! You know how I feel! That much is obvious by now, but during this whole process we've managed to miss the point, because the point is not how I feel, it's how you feel...so how do you feel?
Awful! That's how I feel, Pacey, I feel awful!
So do I. When I was kissing you tonight, I don't think that I've ever felt better and worse at one time in my entire life. I mean, the very idea that Dawson or Andie would find out about us is killing me...it-it is tearing me up on the inside to have these feelings for you, but I can't get rid of them! I just-I can't keep on kissing you, Jo
What do you mean?
I mean just that. I can't keep on kissing you, alright? I've done it twice now. I can't always be the one who's initiating this, I can't be the one who's always giving you the answers. [Pause] Look at me, Joey.
I can't.
Please? [She sniffs and looks up at him] If you felt... even one shred... of what I feel for you... then we wouldn't be standing here having this conversation. [He walks past her]
[She grabs his hand as he's leaving] Pacey...[pause. They kiss]
When my time is up, I want to know that I did one thing well - loved somebody. The rest is just an expression of that one thing... what's your one thing?
[Pacey and Joey are kissing]
Come on, lets go Pacey [They kiss again and Pacey picks her up and puts her on the counter] It's your boat we're planning on christening
I own a boat? [They kiss]
No, we have to stop doing this, it's wrong.
Yes, deadly [He kisses her neck]
Pacey...look, we've been in denial all weak [They intertwine their fingers together] I mean, when we're around other people we act as if nothing's changed, but the minute we're alone, it turns into this. [She kisses him]
This what?
Well this...embarrassing gropefest.
Yeah, I guess this is kind of embarrassing, huh? Especially for you, given how much you protested. [He kisses her]
I did not protest.
You did too. [They kiss again] Wait...[Pulls back from the kiss] Wait wait wait...
What?
We gotta tell him, Jo, we do, we gotta tell him as soon as possible, because the longer we wait, Jo, the worse it gets
I know, Pacey. I've tried, I've tried plenty of times.
Every time I see the guy now, I just feel like...
Look, you don't have to bother filling in the expletive, okay? I mean, this isn't exactly the easiest thing I've ever had to do, Pacey. Telling Dawson that while he wasn't looking I developed this bizarre, gravitational pull towards his best friend and I can't stop thinking about him or wanting to be near him or wanting to kiss him all the time. [she grabs his face and kisses him. They kiss for a moment and then pull back]
I'll do it.
What?
I'll tell him
No, I can't let you do that. Its-this is my responsibility
Jo, it's not your responsibility. I'm the one that started this, remember. I'm the one that got you into this situation and frankly the only way I want to save my friendship with Dawson, is to be completely honest with him, so I gotta do this. All I need is one day. Just one day.
[Nods] One day.
Yes, one day.
I just wish I were more like you. You feel things, you act on them. Pacey's like that, too. Fearless.
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.
I thought I heard something out here.
Dawson, uh...we were just-
Having an argument, obviously...what about? [Long pause]
Us, Dawson. [They look at each other then back at Dawson] We were arguing about us. Me and Joey, there's an us here now. I'm sorry man, we didn't want to tell you this way.
You didn't tell me.
You know, don't you?
Yeah, I know...[Pause] So were you planning on telling me or was this just going to be a secret fling?
Look, it's not like that.
Then how was it, Joey? 'Cause Jen was a little short on details.
She told you?
Well, she thought I knew. I mean, I had to be pretty freaking stupid not to know, that the two people I trusted most in the world were lying to me. [Pause] So are you...are you bored, or are you confused, or just malicious?
Hey, look, I started this thing, okay? If you're going to get angry at someone, get angry at me, It's my-
I don't think you're in any position to talk about what's fair. You were my best friend.
I still am.
I'm finding that a little hard to process right now.
It's the truth, Dawson.
So I guess it's safe to assume that friendship doesn't come above sex on your list of personal priorities.
This has nothing to do with sex.
Oh, what are you, in love? Is that what this is? [Pacey pauses and looks at Joey] Oh god, don't look-don't look at her, alright? Don't-I...you know what, Pacey, I feel sorry for you, because when all of this is over, you're really going to need your friends and you're not going to have any, not a single one.
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