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was coming, she trailed behind Bessie and Bodie, who was carrying Alexander on his shoulders and a sweet potato casserole in his hands. Bessie rang the bell. Deciding what to wear had turned into a referendum in her mind on the purpose of the evening. The part of her that believed it was to be a warm family event was advocating her fuzzy brown sweater. The part of her that believed it was an opportunity to bask in the glory of her new relationship with Dawson was leaning toward a striped sweater he'd given her for her birthday. The part of her that wanted to see Pacey so badly she was almost shaking seemed to favor the blue sweater with the snowflakes, which she knew to be his favorite. The snowflakes won. The door opened, and Joey would later remember absolutely nothing of the next five minutes except seeing Pacey sitting in Grams' living room, feet on the coffee table. People hugged her, someone took her coat, someone asked her how she was, she said something noncommittal. And she stared at him as if she thought she could pull him across the room by sheer force of will. He was wearing his hair a little shorter than when she'd left, and he had on a red cable-knit sweater that she was fairly sure she'd never seen. She seemed to suddenly be sitting across from him in the living room, and her eye fell on the scar on his cheek. Her fingers almost reached out to touch it, but she pinched the leg of her jeans instead. Pacey stared back at her, realizing with unrestrained horror how much more beautiful she was than he remembered. His memory had flattened her features, taken some of the shine out of her hair, shortened her delicate fingers, and dulled her skin. And now she was here, sitting opposite him in a room full of people, and he was literally pressing his back into the chair to keep from flying over the coffee table and engaging in some Thanksgiving activities with her that were definitely not sanctioned by the Pilgrims. *** Dinner started out fine. And it continued to be fine, right up until Dawson shared a story about Joey's broken tooth. "I had this entire evening planned, with dinner and a movie and everything, and we went to this beautiful Italian place and ate pasta until we were about ready to blow up, and then we went to the movie." He took a sip of water and went on. "We're at the movie, and she takes a big handful of popcorn and tosses it in her mouth with all the appropriate enthusiasm, and then she hollers like she's being strangled. I'm leaning over her, 'Jo, Jo, what's the matter?' And she's moaning and clutching her mouth . . . turns out she snapped her tooth clean in half on an unpopped kernel. We decided not to sue, which we know makes us not really good Americans, but we had to run her to this emergency dentist with this giant hands who kept talking about how you should never eat popcorn, because just this kind of thing can happen, and he knows so many people who have lost teeth to movie popcorn . . . it was a complete nightmare. We didn't get home until three in the morning. What's more, the guy went completely nuts with the Novocaine. Joey's tongue was numb for a week."
Pacey would spend the next twenty years swearing he didn't intend to say it until it was out of his mouth. "Are you sure that was the dentist, man? Maybe it was dying of boredom." *** part four: pulse It created an interesting dilemma at the dinner table. The line echoed in the room. Maybe it was dying of boredom. "Don't be silly," Grams said as she buttered a roll. "I'm sure Josephine's palate is just fine. California has plenty of good food, even if they don't know how to make a good New England clam chowder without resorting to a can opener." Jen made a mental note: Buy Grams flowers. Then she scribbled out that mental note and composed a new one: Buy Grams a car. Pacey was now miserably staring into his plate. Dawson was making a half-hearted effort to cut into a slice of turkey, and Joey was rhythmically tapping her mashed potatoes with her fork. Jen stood up and dropped her napkin on the table. "I want to see you in the kitchen. And you, and you." She walked over to the kitchen door and held it open. Dawson went through first, then Joey, then Pacey, who grimaced at her as he went by. "What did I do?" "Get in the kitchen," she whispered harshly. A stunned Jack and Andie quickly downshifted to entertaining the adults, all of whom were taking larger-than-usual sips of wine. As the door swung shut, Jen looked at the three of them lined up against the counter. Dawson and Pacey, with Joey in the middle. How depressingly literal. "Look, I don't know what the three of you think you're doing, but Grams invited you here for dinner and you're acting like you've been cast in the dullest one-act play a college theater department has ever produced. Now I don't care who's angry at who, or who doesn't bring who flowers anymore. I don't care what torches people are carrying, I don't care what grudges remain to be resolved, and I sure as hell don't care about a love triangle plot that wouldn't even make for a passable episode of Growing Pains. But I do care about the fact that all three of you are making me wish I'd told Grams not to invite you."
Page 1 and 2: Disclaimers: Nope, don't own them.
Page 3 and 4: what she really wants, and you know
Page 5 and 6: Joey suddenly felt the crush of sil
Page 7 and 8: "It was weird," Jen mused. "I reall
Page 9 and 10: Pacey, on the other hand, was usual
Page 11 and 12: Jack held up his hands in defeat. "
Page 13 and 14: Jack and Jen both turned around to
Page 15: "Pacey, it's really good to see you
Page 19 and 20: "You are not." He grinned again. "A
Page 21 and 22: How sad, she somehow had the time t
Page 23 and 24: he repeated. At this, she smiled, a
Page 25 and 26: *** Joey's mind wandered back to Th
Page 27 and 28: "You did. You thought I didn't want
Page 29 and 30: "Because if you didn't have that lo
Page 31 and 32: "You and I are meant to be, Jo." It
Page 33 and 34: *** part seven: pass When the phone
Page 35 and 36: "No." Joey stared out the window de
Page 37 and 38: It was cold, even for January, and
Page 39 and 40: He froze. "Is that the real reason?
Page 41 and 42: "Then why didn't you just get the h
Page 43 and 44: He wanted to take it back. It was t
Page 45 and 46: "Hello?" "Jen?" "Pacey?" "Yeah, yea
Page 47 and 48: "I'm crazy about you, Lindley, you
Page 49 and 50: This was a development Dawson hadn'
Page 51 and 52: pouncing on her mouth and kissing h
Page 53 and 54: "Well," Dawson said, picking up his
Page 55 and 56: "Thank you." He tossed the messages
Page 57 and 58: "What happened?" She leaned forward
Page 59 and 60: "And eventually she made the last a
Page 61 and 62: Jen suddenly could hear herself bre
Page 63 and 64: "Well, I'm proud of you." For some
Page 65 and 66: He scratched his head. "Well, I'm n
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"And how is the blushing bride?" Pa
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Pacey narrowed his eyes. "You'd rat
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on her brave face and tried to pull
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it's the perfect moment if you were
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"Have I ever told you that I find e
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"This is taking more than five minu
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They both laughed, low and throaty,
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Jen swallowed hard. "And you're tel
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She closed her eyes again, and list
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He put his feet on the coffee table
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"Joey?" Jen put a hand on Joey's ar
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inadvertent right cross. Seeing him
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"The buddy. The friend. The famous
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But not me, she thought with a nost
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them, sweeping them into something
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didn't need me as the best friend,
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"I feel bad," he said simply. "I fe
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He leaned over and brushed his lips
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She turned to look at him again, st
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Jen reached into the car through th
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"You never will, either. Just anoth
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The West coast had the sand and the
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"Me, too." She hit the button, drop
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"Yes." She nodded slowly. "I was fe
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Jen's eyes widened. "It -- it doesn
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One of Pacey's eyes popped open. "I
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day reminding himself -- in a way t
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