Love Doesn't Ask Why

Part 6

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there’s no plan
it’s not in our hands
** love doesn’t ask why - celine dion **
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(whispered) quiero ser tu heroe
si una vez yo pudiera llegar
a erizar de frio tu piel

JOEY: "I just really want some time to myself."
BESSIE: "Why don’t you go to stay with Aunt Beth in Ohio for a while."
JOEY: "But how would we explain it to people?"
BESSIE: "We’ll just tell them that she’s sick and that you’ve gone to be with her for a while until she feels better. I’ll come with you for a few days."
JOEY: "Okay."
BESSIE: "I’ll go call her to let her know we’re coming."

A few days later Dawson gets a letter from Joey.

a quemar, que se yo, tu boca
y morirme ahi despues
y si entonces temblaras por mi
y lloraras al verme sufrir
y sin dudar, tu vida entera dar

My dearest Dawson
Writing this letter to you is probably one of the hardest things that I have ever had to do. And what I’m about to tell you isn’t going to be easy for you to take. I found out about a month ago that I was pregnant, but a few days ago I had a miscarriage. I know that in a sense it seems really cruel that I’m telling you this now, but I know that you would probably have wanted me to let you know. I’ve gone to Aunt Beth’s for a while. I’m sorry for doing this.
Love Joey.

como yo la doy por ti

si pudiera ser tu heroe
si pudiera ser tu dios

Dear Journal
I feel like I have so much to say but I can’t get the words to come out. I can’t even get the thoughts to assemble in my head properly. Joey had a miscarriage. For five seconds today I was going to be a father. I want to go to her, comfort her. I can’t even imagine what she must be feeling. What she must have went through. But what do I tell Gretchen?
Dawson.

que salvarte a ti mil veces
puede ser mi salvacion

si supieras la locura que llevo

Dear Journal
I’m going back to Capeside to see how the Witter’s are coping without me. And Dawson, well he heard that Joey’s Aunt Beth was sick so he’s going to see her. Something about her being one of his favourite people. How’s life in LA? It isn’t much different to life in Capeside, there’s just more noise.
Gretchen.

Scene: - Beth’s house.

There is a knock at the door. Beth answers it.

que me hiere y me mata por dentro
y que mas da, mira que al final
lo que importa es que te quiero

BETH: "Oh, hello."
DAWSON: "Hi I’m . . ."
BETH: "Dawson."
DAWSON: "You remember me?"
BETH: "Come in. Of course I remember you. When you two where kids you loved coming here and just because you’ve grown some doesn’t mean I won’t recognise you."
DAWSON: "How is she?"
BETH: "Putting on a brave face. How did you know that she was here?"
DAWSON: "She wrote to me. Did she tell you?"
BETH: "Yes. I’m sorry. How are you?"

si pudiera ser tu heroe
si pudiera ser tu dios
que salvarte a ti mil veces
puede ser mi salvacion

DAWSON: "Numb. I don’t know. How do you cope with something like this? How do you accept that something is gone when you never really had it to begin with? How can I comfort her when the last time I saw her we . . . ? Where is she?"
BETH: "She’s upstairs in her room. I think that she may be sleeping."
DAWSON: "I’m just going to go sit with her."
BETH: "Okay. Dawson?"
DAWSON: "Yeah."
BETH: "Will you be staying?"
DAWSON: "If you don’t mind."
BETH: "Of course I don’t mind."

Scene: - Joey’s room.

Dawson enters the room Joey is staying in. She is sleeping in the fetal position. He goes over and lies down beside her and puts his arms around her. He soon falls asleep.

A few hours later Dawson wakens when he hears crying. He gives Joey a gentle squeeze and she turns to face him.

JOEY: "I’m sorry."
DAWSON: "None of this was your fault, this sort of thing happens."
JOEY: "Maybe it would have been better if I hadn’t told you."
DAWSON: "I’m, for lack of a better word, glad you told me. I don’t want you to go through this on your own. Nobody should have to go through this on their own. I’m here for you and so is Bessie and Aunt Beth."

hay . . . dejame tocarte, quiero acariciarte
una vez mas

JOEY: "Thank you."
She hugs him tightly.
DAWSON: "If you want to talk I’m here for you."
JOEY: "Dawson could you please just hold me?"
DAWSON: "Yeah."
He hugs her and kisses the top of her head.

30 minutes later.

mira que final
lo que importa es que te quiero

si pudiera ser tu heroe
si pudiera ser tu dios (oh yeah)
que salvarte a ti mil veces
puede ser mi salvacion

quiero ser tu heroe
si pudiera ser tu dios

JOEY (breaking the silence) : "A few weeks ago I was so ready to jump on a plane to LA, I wanted to tell you. But something stopped me, I’m not sure what it was. Do you know I’d already started to think of names. Wondering if you’d like them . . . if maybe we’d argue over names." Dawson starts to rub her back. "Bessie and Aunt Beth have both been very sympathetic but they don’t really understand it. And I know you understand it but I don’t think that it feels the same for you as it does for me. They don’t understand how it feels to lose this baby. It was ours Dawson, yours and mine. We’ll never have it. It will never utter it’s first words, take it’s first steps . . . cry."
DAWSON: "I know"
JOEY: "There’s so much we won’t have. It wasn’t their baby that rejected them. Just as it wasn’t your body that was rejected. Part of me resents that this could be more painful for me. But that’s like saying I want you to be going through as much pain as I am. And that’s not what I want, I don’t want you to hurt like this. I just wish that this painful feeling would go away."
She cries.

A few hours later.

porque salvarte a ti mil veces
puede ser mi salvacion
puede ser mi salvacion
quiero ser tu heroe
** heroe - enrique **

DAWSON: "Joey honey, you have to eat something."
JOEY: "No I don’t."
DAWSON: "You have to keep your strength up if your going to get through this."
JOEY: "What if I don’t want to?"
DAWSON: "Joey I know you’re hurting. I can’t even imagine how much more than I am, but not eating won’t make it any better. Not eating won’t bring our baby back, no matter how much we wish we could change things. No matter how much we want it."
JOEY: "I’m just not really hungry right now."
DAWSON: "Why don’t we just have a lie down and maybe we’ll eat something later."
JOEY: "You can go eat now if you want."
DAWSON: "I want to stay here with you."
Joey smiles faintly at Dawson. They both lie down on the bed, Joey’s head on his chest, his arms around her. She starts to cry. Dawson closes his eyes and as he does tears roll down his face. Not only is he having to go through this ordeal, he also feels helpless as he watches Joey suffer. Soon they both fall asleep.

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