Sensory Pleasure
Part 27 - Anticipating
Karen H.

It’s been about thirty minutes since I told Joey I had made a choice, now I just have to work out how I am going to tell Jen. I don’t want to hurt her but is there any way to do this that won’t do that.

Joey and Audrey sit chatting away; I guess Audrey is filling Joey in on her visit with her parents. Jack is off chatting up a guy I think, Jen’s talking with someone from the radio station and Pacey has disappeared.

“Did either of you two notice where Pacey went?” I ask Joey and Audrey, interrupting them for a moment.

“Not a clue.” Joey offers.

“I don’t know where he is, who said I knew?” Audrey replies.

“No one.” I reply puzzled. “I asked if you knew where he was.”

“Sorry, I don’t!”

Joey and I exchange puzzled looks. “Okay.” I reply.

“Maybe he’s gone through to where the dance floor is.” Joey offers. “Either of you two in the mood for some dancing?”

“Sure.” Audrey replies and she grabs my hand as she gets off of her seat.

“I never said Yeah Audrey.”

“But we both know you were going too!”

As we enter the dance area Joey seems to get excited about a song that is playing and grabs my hand.

"Come on. I want to dance." She says dragging me towards the dance floor.

As we move away from Audrey I hear her call something to me, but I can't quite make out what she says. I turn my head towards Audrey to see her pointing at an unoccupied table before turning back to Joey as we reach the dance floor. She lets go of my hand and I just look at her questioningly, wondering what has come over her.

"I love this song." Is her reply. "It just makes me want to dance."

She starts to sway her hips and I suddenly feel uncomfortable. It's not the dancing with Joey that causes the discomfort; it's the dancing in general. But then I just look at her and how happy she looks.

She's dancing with her eyes closed and smiles as she continues to sway her hips. I just try to mimic her actions. She opens her eyes to see me watching her every move and she sticks her tongue out at me. Then she grins when I laugh.

Joey takes one of my hands and places it on her hip as she steps closer to me. A strand of her hair falls down in front of her face and on impulse; I move my other hand to put it behind her ear.

I move one finger lightly from her ear and trace her jaw line. All at once I want to kiss her but...I really can't.

I lean down to her ear and tell her, "I really have this desire to kiss you right now!"

The scene shifts to Audrey sitting at the table watching Dawson and Joey dance; she is soon joined by Pacey.

"Is it just me or do those two look as though they were born to move together? Their movements just look so natural...innate even" Audrey said as she watched Dawson and Joey on the dance floor.

Pacey turned in his seat to watch them. "It's nice that they can seem so at ease with one another."

"Why wouldn't they be at ease?"

"I just figured with their history that they were doomed to...I don't know; feel awkward whenever the other was involved with someone else." Pacey replied turning back to Audrey.

It went unseen by everyone else but Dawson's lips gently grazed Joey's cheek as he finished saying something to her.

"You think that something has changed that?"

Pacey shrugged his shoulders. "Maybe they've accepted that they'll never be together."

Everyone also failed to notice that one of Joey's hands was under Dawson's shirt, resting on his ass in his back pocket.

"Or...maybe they've accepted that now is just not the time for them!"

The scene shifts back to Dawson and Joey dancing.

Joey stops the little dance routine that she was in the middle of doing and dances closer to me. Then she tip toes and starts to whisper in my ear the words to the part of the song that is playing.

"Gotta really let me know if you want me, you gotta turn me on and make me feel sexy, gotta show me you got everything that I need." Before she starts to dance again she lightly pinches me on the cheek and says, "Can you do that?"

"I can but try." I reply. "I take it that means that I haven't done any of this already?"

She just raises an eyebrow and tilts her head slightly, smiling.

"We'll just have to practice perfecting that then."

"Dawson Leery. Are you propositioning me?" She says raising an eyebrow. Joey then turns around to dance with her back to me, turning her head slightly so that she can still see me.

"That all depends." I say as she starts to shake her butt at me, while raising one of her hands above her head, shaking her whole body.

Cut back to Pacey and Audrey at the table.

"I must say though, they are certainly trying to outdo one another at the flirting." Pacey said.

"Who?" Jen said as Audrey and Pacey turned to see her and Jack approach with some drinks.

“Um, Dawson and Joey.” Pacey replies not noticing the semi-glare Audrey as thrown at him.

Cut to Joey and Dawson.

"Depends on what?" She asks.

I move forward and place my hands on her hips, swaying with her. "On whether you want to be propositioned."

She turns to face me again and laughs. "By you...well okay then, since Mr. wonderful mystery man doesn't seem to be doing anything for me."

I just laugh. "Hey, it's not my fault that he's not that great."

"Oh but he is." She says as the song finishes and we make our way back to the table.