| Easy Love :Chapter: 1 By: Tiffany Rating: PG Category: tri Disclaimer: I don't own any characters! Summary: This takes place the night that Andie has decided to leave Capeside. Just a little back story history. Jack is still struggling to find his place and Joey and Pacey are still dating. Gretchen, although present in this story as well as Dawson�s life is not as close as she is to him as she was on the show. Jen and Jack have made amends and are finding their way back to one another. Dawson and Andie over the summer have grown to be close friends. Which leads to our current story. Andie sighed as she watched her friends leave the restaurant one by one on their way home. Pacey strolling hand in hand with Joey, the image that once would have caused her so much pain and anxiety was a somewhat comforting sight. She knew that Joey would take care of him. She had no doubt that they would be okay. She had to admit that she was a little worried about him. Even though they hadn�t been exactly best friends these last few months that didn�t stop her from caring about him as a person. In fact when she knew that �True Love� was lost at sea in that storm she was sure if anything happened to him, she would break. Of course she never told him that� he didn�t need to hear it. Their time had passed and even though the thought made her sad she had come to accept it. She had been honest while on her brief hiatus from sanity when she was on the X pill. She knew that he really was the love of her life even if she wasn�t his. Joey and Pacey were good for one another and he was happy and in turn that made her happy. Jack came up and placed a hand on her shoulder. �Hey are you ready?� He asked. She smiled and nodded refusing to cry anymore tonight. �Yeah.� She whispered as she grabbed her sweater and made her way outside. Dawson and Jen were still there waiting on them it seemed. �What are you guys doing here?� Dawson smiled a little looking at her with those big blue eyes. �I was hoping that you would let me walk you home� I mean it will be the last time that I get to do it.� He admonished. She gave him a well-meant smirk. �What about Jen?� �I�ll take care of my surrogate sister if that is okay with her?� Jack replied throwing his arm around Jennifer and bumping the side of his head into hers gently. �Fine by me.� She replied with a shrug knowing that it meant a lot to her. Walking over to Andie she hugged her tightly. �Thank you so much Andie.� �No thanks needed� just take care of him for me.� �You don�t even have to ask.� �And let him take care of you too. He�s really good at that.� She remarked looking into Jen�s brown eyes. She nodded feeling the tears well up without her control. �Okay look we better hit the road before I become a quivering mass of emotional distress.� She replied wiping her tears away. �I�ll see you Andie.� She whispered as Andie nodded in response. �I�ll see you at home.� He stated looking at his sister. �Okay.� Once gone that left just the two of them standing in the pale moonlight in front of his restaurant. �So�� She said looking over at him. �So�� He sighed deeply putting on a brave smile as a front. �Take a walk with me?� He offered putting out his hand. She looked down at it for a moment with a genuine grin as she slipped her palm in his. He closed his fingers around it and gave it a small squeeze as he led her down the pier walking aimlessly in the general direction of her house. They walked in silence for a few moments enjoying the crisp fall breeze. �I uh� I have no idea what I should say.� He remarked. �Well� you can tell me that you�ll miss me and that we�ll write and keep in touch.� He sighed. �All the things that you already know. Andie� I feel like I should say something indescribably creative and emotionally heart wrenching because that�s the way that I feel inside.� He stopped them and she turned so she was facing him. �We have been through so much in the past few months. You know I don�t think that I would have gotten this far with dealing with my emotions if it hadn�t of been for you.� �Dawson you would have gotten through anything because that�s the kind of person that you are. You pull through, and you deal.� �But part of the reason why I was able to deal was because you were there going through the same emotional turmoil that I was. You were there giving me strength when I couldn�t let go of the anger. You� you became my inspiration and the embodiment of everything positive in my life. And now the one thing that kept me going� the living proof that there is still a bright light at the end of the tunnel is leaving� how am I suppose to deal with that?� She stared at him with a sad smile as tears shined brightly in her hazel brown eyes. �You just will� Do you know that if this was us a month ago, I wouldn�t have been so sure about you. There were so many things happening and I know that you were just trying to find your way but lately Dawson you haven�t needed me as much as you think.� She stated and shook her head when she saw that he was about to object to her statement. �No wait just listen to me. When Pacey and Joey left and came back closer then you ever thought possible I have to admit that I was afraid for you. I really was worried that you wouldn�t be able to cope with the changes� and at first I did help you� we helped each other. We stood by one another through some really tough predicaments that we put ourselves in� me with the PSAT�s and you with your temper and abandoning film to be sure about what you wanted� I mean while everyone else thought we were suffering from a severe case of the body-snatchers, you and I always supported one another. Because I think that we believed we were all we had� but that wasn�t true. And for the past couple of weeks we both have been living these separate lives. You and I have been on two different paths always checking with the other as though we were each other�s safety nets. And we can still be that for one another but what you don�t need me to be is your shoulder to cry on anymore because� there aren�t any more tears. And I know for a fact that you are going to be just fine.� She whispered empathetically. |
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