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*Andie finds Pacey in the other room with the TV flipping through channels*
Pacey: Hey, check this out. 200 channels from all over the world. It's a couch potato's dream. Look at that! 3 Stooges in Cantonese.
Andie: Why do you insist on undermining me at every opportunity you get?
Pacey: Think of how boring the alternative is.
Andie: Look, I'm going to need your help with our attention deficit host, okay? There's no way I can expend energy rounding up the both of you. Now, come on!
Pacey: *whining* But I wanna watch TV...

Andie: And the totals are as follows, Chris clocked in with the least pure score of 66%, Jen is a close second with 69%, Joey and Dawson bring us up the scale with a matching level of 85%, and I round us up with a 92%. Wait a minute...we're missing one here.
Pacey: *holds up his* It's right here.
Andie: Oh, why didn't you turn it in?
Pacey: Didn't really want to.
Andie: Hand it over.
Chris: You dog! This wouldn't have anything to do with question #16.
Andie: #16? I don't get it.
Chris: Yeah, we blew right past it, but I think we should read it again aloud. What do you say, Pace?
Pacey: Chris..
Chris: Come on. Stop it. I'm dying to know. What'd you put for 16, Witter? Let's just put an old rumor to rest right now.
Pacey: Is there anything redeeming about you other than your house?
Chris: Ouch.
Andie: Okay, will someone please tell me what you guys are talking about? Okay, I'll look it up myself. Um, 16: "Have you ever had sex with someone... twice your age?" Huh? It's a joke, right?
Chris: Well, it's true after all. Witter laid the pipe with Miss Jacobs. I don't know whether to congratulate you or fall off my chair.
Andie: Miss Jacobs...the teacher who left Capeside? Pacey...you said that you were embarrassingly pure. Those were your words, right?
*She walks off. Pacey leaves.*

*Cut to Pacey walking up to Andie sitting on the swing*
Pacey: I was beginning to think you walked all the way home.
Andie: Why didn't you tell me about her?
Pacey: It never came up.
Andie: No good, Pacey. It did, and you lied.
Pacey: Come on, Andie, what was I supposed to say?
Andie: Okay, well how about for starters, "Oh, before you fall for me, Andie, I slept with my teacher."
Pacey: Oh, right, there's an easy sentence.
Andie: It's not a joke, okay? I'm serious, and despite your braggart tendencies, Pacey, it's not exactly an admirable event.
Pacey: That's not fair, Andie. You're judging me, and you don't even know the circumstances. Besides, I slept with her, not you.
Andie: Why would you do it, Pacey?
Pacey: Why? Sex.
Andie: Oh, so there were no feelings involved.
Pacey: Of course there were feelings involved. You asked why.
Andie: Okay, I take it back. I don't want to know anymore. You're not like that.
Pacey: Of course I'm like that! I'm a sexual creature, Andie, and so are you. Why do you think we talk about it so much? Why do you think we joke about it? Why do you think we give each other tests to see how pure we are?
Andie: No, no, no! That's different. That's completely innocent.
Pacey: No, it's not! The test was about sex, and sex is never innocent! It's intense, it's passionate, and sometimes it can be life-altering, but it's never innocent, Andie, and I'm really sorry if this changes the way that you feel about me, but I can't change that. And if things are going to continue between us, I think you're just going to have to accept that.

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