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�So what do you think?� Jen asked as she held up a slinky green dress. �Too blah! Arrggghhh!! I can�t find a dress!! All I want is the perfect dress for the New Year�s party!! Is that too much to ask?!?� �Joey you�ve basically rejected every single dress we�ve seen in practically every possible store in the state! What is wrong with you?? You�re never this fussy.� �I just want to find a nice dress to wear.� �And you�re telling me that you haven�t even found one single nice dress to wear.� Joey pointed to various dresses across the room. �Too skanky. Too cheap. Too extravagant. Too gaudy. Too floral. Too boring. Striped??? Too impractical. Too plain. Too girly. That one makes me look fat. This one makes me look anorexic. I look too tall in that one. And this one makes me look like I�m drowning.� �Joey there is nothing wrong with any of these dresses or how you look in them. Seriously, you�ve got to tell me about this bug up your butt.� �Pacey kissed me.� �So? Pacey�s kissed you heaps of times.� �I know that�s the problem.� �Joey??? Pacey�s been kissing you for years. Why is it suddenly a problem now?� �It started during Christmas. We exchanged presents during Christmas Eve and then we kissed under the mistletoe. And I could rationalise that as being part of tradition and that the kiss didn�t mean anything more than that.� �Only problem is you couldn�t.� �Every single thing that you�ve said about me and Pacey in the past is haunting me. And Dawson virtually said that same thing as well. And kissing Pacey, and remembering that one time together�the kiss under the mistletoe meant something. But neither of us spoke about it. We didn�t discuss what it meant and we both pretended that our friendship was fine. That everything was normal. It felt exactly like the past the morning after Pacey and I slept together. We brushed it off as nothing.� �But it wasn�t.� �No it wasn�t. And I can�t pretend anymore Jen. I was never that good at pretending. I can�t pretend that it didn�t affect me when we slept together. And I can�t pretend that kissing Pacey meant nothing at all.� �But you�re scared that Pacey feels nothing but friendship because the kiss was aided by the tradition of mistletoe.� �Yes! No! Pacey kissed me one more time after that.� �What?!?� �After we got back from Capeside we were playing and well I was teasing Pacey and he kissed me again.� �So what are you worried about Joey? I don�t really see the problem. Firstly, Pacey kissed you. Secondly, that ring on your finger is a huge indication of where your relationship with Pacey is progressing. Finally, the two of you are madly in love with another. It is so disgustingly obvious that everyone but the two of you can see it.� Joey blushed. �Did I tell you that Alex asked if he could be best man?� �Alex did what?!?� Jen laughed. �You�re right Jen. This is stupid. Pacey kissed me. It means something. This claddaugh ring means something. I love him. That means something. And I know he loves me. Everyone knows we love each other and that means something. H/ell I�ve already promised that Alex can be pageboy at Pacey�s and mine wedding!?! So when you add up all the math�� �Go on.� �So when you add up all the math all Pacey and I actually have to do is get together. To transcend the boundaries of friendship.� �Exactly.� �So all Pacey and I need to do is have the talk.� �You go girl!� �But first I have to find a d/amn dress for the New Year�s party!�
�Joey and I are going to have the talk man.� �Really?� Jack perked up, suddenly more interested in the conversation. �So the two of you decided to have the talk?� �Well not exactly. I just figured it was long overdue. I mean I kissed her Jackers. I really kissed her. And the amazing thing was she didn�t pull back. In fact you could even say she initiated the mistletoe kiss since she was the one with the mistletoe.� �I suppose you could say that. So you�re your gonna have the talk?� �Yeah. If only I knew what I was gonna say.� �Practise on me.� �What?� �No I�m serious man. Practise on me. That�s what Jen does whenever she wants to have a talk.� �Okay.� Pacey took a deep breath. �Joey let�s go out.� Jack laughed. �C�mon man you can do better than that! Where�s all the Witter charm and eloquence??� �I was just warming up. Okay. Joey I�ve been in love with you forever and I know we�re just meant to be friends and friends only but I�ve been thinking. Do you think there�s something more between us. Because I think there might be. And I thought we might explore if there�s something more. Kinda like an experiment only not like our last experiment because well you know I�m not just in it for the sex. Not that last time the sex wasn�t incredible.� �No! If I was Joey I would say no with a declaration of love like that. You sound like you�re trying to pick her up at some cheap joint and then you just sound lame.� �Thanks for your criticism Jackers. It�s a real help. Okay. Joey I�m hopelessly in love with you and�� �And I�m just plain hopeless.� Jack cracked. �This is not helping Jack.� �I�m sorry Pacey. I just can�t help it!� �Joey do you know that your eyes sparkle like jewels and your hair is�� �Pathetic.� �Do you know that I�m getting desperate enough to start quoting Shakespeare to Joey, Jackers?� �Hey I�ve got the perfect Shakespeare poem for you Pacey!� Jack began to recite.
�My Mistress� eyes are nothing like the Sunne, �STOP!� Pacey protested. �SO you don�t like that one.� Jack shrugged. �Well here�s another.� And Once again Jack began to recite.
�When my love sweares that she is made of truth, �Jack! SHUT UP!� �You know we could try one of the bawdy ones. It doesn�t even have to be Shakespeare.� �Jackers are you completely trying to ruin my chances with Joey?� �No I�m trying to show you that you�re being an idiot. It�s Joey man. You don�t need some false practised statement that she�s going to see right through. Just speak from your heart and tell her the truth. She�s not going to judge you. She�s known you for far too long and Joey�s equally head over heels in love.� �You think?� �I know.� Pacey grinned foolishly. �And I know the perfect time to tell her. Thanks Jack for all your help.� �Not a problem! Just don�t come to me with more of your pathetic lines, okay Witter!� |
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