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"No. But -- it would have worked out eventually. I mean, the only person I saw during
that time was somebody I wasn't serious about at all, it was just sort of a fun thing, so I
always figured we'd get back together eventually, and we would have, except that he
came in and sort of pounced on her, and when they finally found out that they were
dating --"
"Oh, did they keep it a secret?" She was starting to see his side again, he could tell.
"Yeah. I mean, sort of. For, like, a week." He looked at her hopefully, but she was
wearing a relatively dubious expression. "Anyway, I found out, and I told her basically
that I didn't think we could be friends if she was going to date him, of all people, so she
broke up with him, actually, and then we were kind of getting back together -- we went to
the prom, and did a couple of things together -- and then all of a sudden, he leaves town
in this big dramatic gesture, and she leaves with him." He cleared his throat. "They got
back in the fall, and they apologized and everything for what happened, but it was really
hard for me to get over, you know?" She was nodding slowly, but looking at him a little
sideways. "So anyway, they broke up after her dad died, and she came out here with
me, but at New Year's, she just totally freaked out and went back to the East Coast. I
went to try and get her back, but she didn't want to come. Furthermore, the best friend
punched me in the jaw."
"I can't believe that," Megan said, stunned.
"I know. He just stepped right up and --"
"No, no. Did you say that they apologized to you?"
He blinked. "Yeah."
She raised her eyebrows. "For what?"
Dawson stared back at her. She was absolutely incredulous. She had no idea. "For
sneaking around behind my back. For -- for betraying me completely."
Megan put her drink down, turned to fully face Dawson on the couch, and took a deep
breath. "You're saying that this girl was in love with you for a long time, and you totally
ignored her and went out with somebody else."
"Well --"
"Yes or no?"
"I guess so, yes."
"And then after your other relationship ended, you decided you'd date the faithful friend
after all, but that sputtered from the very beginning."
"I -- pretty much, yes."