| �French Fries.� �Onion Rings!� �Hot Dogs.� �Hamburgers!� She sighed as she threw herself onto his bed and stared up at the ceiling. �This is never going to work.� �What are you talking about?� He asked. �Us� as a couple! I mean we don�t agree on anything. How were we able to connect the way we did when our tastes are so entirely diametrical? I mean we don�t agree on anything! This entire relationship is doomed. Which is sad because I don�t think I�ve ever felt this way with anyone� ever!� She admitted softly to herself. He looked up at her. �When you say anyone� does that include all ex-boyfriends?� He asked. She cut her eyes toward him and sighed. �Yeah� it does.� She whispered. He nodded as though understanding but she could see that he didn�t. �I�m not saying that I love you, Dawson. I just mean� it�s easy to be with you. I don�t have to hide anything from you. You know all my deepest secrets. Any kind of skeletons that were in my closet have been cleaned out and now there�s just a dark room� but there isn�t anything hiding in there. With Pacey it wasn�t like that. I just always felt like he wouldn�t want to be with me knowing that I had all these things in my life that normal teenagers don�t have: a crazy mother, an absent father, a dead brother, an anxiety prone girl on his hands. I wanted him to think that I was like everybody else. So I tried to hide it and lie about it, and that was my fault. I never gave him the chance to just accept me for who I was. That�s why I don�t think I could ever be truly happy with him. In my mind I always had to pretend like I was holding it together even when everything was falling apart. Or I had to stuff another skeleton in the closet. But that�s all over with now. Because with you, I�m happy. I really am. And that�s new for me. But I like it.� Coming over and kneeling before her sitting form he placed his hands on top of hers which were resting on her knees. �I like it too� You know for a while I thought that this feeling that I have� this indescribably good feeling, could never come back. I mean after loving someone like Joey and letting her get away, it was hard to think that I could love like that again. And I don�t think I ever will. But with you, Andie� this feeling that you give me� it�s so much more then I thought possible. In ways it�s the best thing I�ve ever known. And you give it to me. You make me safe.� He whispered. She smiled as she reached out and ran her fingers through his blond hair. �And you know I think that�s what�s important. That�s what counts. Not whether or not we agree on what kind of meat products we eat or books we read or what desserts we like. As long as we have trust and honesty, everything else will come.� He remarked. �Because even the most compatible people don�t always end up together.� He added. She nodded. �You know that� that we have to tell them. I don�t want it to be like it was for us. I don�t want them to catch us in some passionate embrace in the hallway or sharing some exclusive movie night in your room. I want to be up front and honest.� He shook his head. �I know. And we will. Besides, Andie we don�t have anything to hide. The only wrong we could do would be to try and disguise what we are.� �And what is that exactly? I mean what are we Dawson?� He stood there for a moment thinking over her question before coming up with the answer. �Well, that depends� Andie will you be girlfriend?� He asked. She smiled widely from giddiness before finally being able to answer. �Yes� Yes Dawson I will.� She replied. Leaning in they brushed their lips together. |
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