"Addicted To Love" Part II


        Pacey gets up the next morning, and goes over to Dawson's, they're both working shifts down at the video store. He walks into the Leery household, and smells some eggs burning. He heads torwards the kitchen, only to see the Mr. and Mrs. Leery making out on top of the counter.

        "Oh, hello Pacey…" says Mrs. Leery as she gets up off the counter, buttoning her blouse…

        "Morning, Mr. and Mrs. Leery… Don't let me interrupt…"

        "A little bit late for that, Pacey…" says Mr. Leery, a little bit of anger in his voice…

         Pacey rolls his eyes, and heads up to Dawson's room. Dawson is typing on his computer…

        "Pace, what's up? Is it just me, or do you smell burnt eggs?" asks Dawson

        "It's just you, dude… By the way, I don't recommend going down to the kitchen right now, your parents seems to be needing a few moments together…" says Pacey, as he turns around and wraps his arms around himself, mimicking a make out session, rubbing his hands all over his back…

        "Thanks for sharing that info on my folks sex life… I really needed to know…" says Dawson, sarcastically… "I'm just glad that they're jumping bones on a more consistent basis... Never thought I'd hear myself verbalize that thought..." continues Dawson, raising both eyebrows, and laughing

        "Sex is the answer to all marital problems... In the immortal words of Jerry Seinfeld "make up sex is the best sex there is"

        "In this case, when your mom is idolizing Hester Prynne, I'd say sex is the foundation for all the problems..."

        "Whatever... At least your parents are happy right now..."

        "As long as my dad gets a little nookie from my mom, he could care less if she took an Uzi to the entire population of China..."

        "Isn't that just like men?" says Pacey, in a womanish tone, holding his hands on his hips like a woman

        "Dude, I wouldn't talk, I mean, you would beg for some sex..."

        "Like you wouldn't?? Can't put that past me, man, I can smell my own..." jokes Pacey... "Besides, been there done that..." laughs Pacey. He notices that Dawson's a little burned at the comment. "So what ARE you typing?"

        "Just a few rewrites on the script…"

        "Does the script involve getting to the video store in the immediate future?"

        Dawson looks at his watch, and shuts off the computer

        "Give me a second" says Dawson, as he gets up to go to his closet and pick out some clothes.

        Down at the video store, Dawson is shelving the new releases, and Pacey is attending a customer, when Deputy Doug walks into the store…

        "Just what I needed…" mutters Pacey as the customer walks away…

        Dawson, amused, keeps on shelving, shaking his head

         "I thought you were down at the Cod this weekend, strip searching…" says Pacey

         "Yeah, well… She wasn't my type…" mutters Doug, trying to act as casual as he can.

         "What, no leather bondage, no S & M, no Crisco???" asks Pacey

         "Oh kiss my ass, Pacey… Look, do you have "The Mirror Has 2 Faces?"" asks Doug, getting impatient

         "Ooooh, Streisand night? See Dawson, further proof of Doug's repressed homosexuality…"

         "Don't drag me into your little fraternal disputes, dude… You two make me heavily appreciate that I'm an only child sometimes…" replies Dawson

         "Don't make me use my nightstick on you, Pacey… now do you have the video, or not?" asks Doug, grabbing his nightstick

         "Nightstick… see, he's obsessed with phallic symbols, I tell you…" laughs Pacey, as he walks back into the video racks and pull out the requested video and hands it to Doug.

         "Dawson, tell the parasite who to my dismay shares my blood to shut his trap… I don't think I need to remind him that Abby Morgan's older sister told me why he got stuck in detention a few weeks ago… Mom and dad sure might be interested in knowing, though…" says Doug, as he walks out the door…

         "Dammit, Abby's got a mouth that could fill the grand canyon… And an ego to match… Loudmouthed bitch…" says Pacey under his breath…

         "Dude, it's not like people wouldn't have found out sooner or later in this town… This town is so small, you can't pass gas without people knowing in less than 24 hours what it was you ate that made you break wind…" says Dawson

         "I know, believe me, I know…" says Pacey… "So what do you think about Jen's little episode during movie night?"

         "I don't know… You said it yourself, women are tough to figure out…"

         "You're going to listen to something I said? Haven't I made it abundantly clear throughout the tenure of our friendship that I don't know crap? I mean, most of the time I'm just talking out of my ass…"

         "Right… So was that little interrogation after Joey broke it to me that she was moving, and thankfully she's not, just you talking out of your ass? You should take your ass more seriously, man…"

         "One of the reasons I call it a chick magnet, my man… Other than it's round physique, it can give some pretty good advice…"

         "OK, so what does your round, intuitive, and insightful gluteus maximus have to say about Jen?"

         "What do you mean?"

         "Sometimes, Pacey, you just can't lie very well…"

         "That's rich, coming from someone who took about a decade or so to realize he was in love… and denied it pathetically, if I may add…"

         "I'm amazed, no matter how much the conversation involves you, you always manage, invariably, to turn it back to me…" says Dawson, as he rolls a cart full of movies over to the counter

         "I get it… This is your backwards way of asking me to answer your question…"

         "You catch on fast for someone who's scraping the bottom of a C in school…"

         "OK, OK… Jen wigged out on movie night because she got a little paranoid when she saw you and Joey sucking face…" says Pacey, assured that anything in the conversation won't leave the confines of the video store

         "Really?" asks Dawson, surprised

         "Yeah, but don't start getting ideas that she wants you back… She's just a little sensitive to the fact that you may not be there for her when she needs you… Cause your bound to be occupied from time to time, engaged in romantic activities…"

         Dawson keeps on shelving videos without saying a word…

         "Helloooo… Dawson?"

         "Just thinking… I appreciate that Jen holds me in such high regard, even after she dumped me… And I hate to think that the only reason I was ever there for her was because all I could think about day and night was her… I don't want to seem like a total prick, but what am I supposed to do, tell Joey in the middle of a date "gee, I'm sorry, but Jen needs me right now?" After all the crap, albeit subconscious crap, that I've put Joey through, it just doesn't seem like much of a feasible option, does it?" replies Dawson

         "I'm just saying, don't shut her out because she let you go…"

         "Let me go? What am I, some employee at a car building plant who was laid off? Or "let go?" You've got some weird, weird analogies sometimes…"

         "Jen let you go, man… she KNEW that you had a thing for Joey in the back of your mind, so she couldn't bear to have you in love with someone else, but at the same time she had feelings for you. So, because she wished you nothing but happiness, she let you run off into the arms of Joey"

         "Ok, I'm almost sure this stuff doesn't come up in Cosmo, your savior…"

         "You fail to reason that you aren't the only person in Capeside that I have conversations with…"

         "That, while hard to believe since you are the town outcast, is a fact…"

         "Thank oh so you very much for the vote of confidence…"

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        Pacey is leaving Dawson's house during lunch break, when he notices a taxi outside Jen's house. He sees Jen come out with a small suitcase, and walks over to her.

        "Hey Pacey, aren't you supposed to be at work?" greets Jen

        "Lunch break… What's with the bag and the taxi?"

        "I'm going to the bus station, I'm catching a bus to New York… I'm going to be there till Tuesday…"

        "Lucky! You get to miss 2 days of school…"

        "Yeah, I need the time off…"

        Pacey starts to think a little bit…

        New York… hmmm… Perfect… why not?

         "Let me come with you…" says Pacey, out of nowhere…

        "What!?" laughs Jen

        "I'm serious, I can have my bag packed in less than 15 minutes… let me come with you, I've got some money…"

        "Whoa, you're really serious, aren't you?"

        "Jen, I'm as serious as a heart attack, let me come with you!"

        "What's with the sudden urge to visit the big apple?"

        "You figure it out… Capeside is a small boring town, I've got nothing better to do, and I've never traveled outside of New England

        "The bus leaves at 2:30, get your ass in gear if you want to make it… meet me down at the bus station in half an hour, otherwise, I'm gone without you…"

        "THANK YOU!" says Pacey, as he gets down on his knees and kisses Jens ankle

        "Hey, get off my leg, no one knows where your lips have been! What are you going to tell your parents??" says Jen

        "I'll deal with them later… no one's home right now, I figure I can pack and leave a note, and make a clean escape…"

        Pacey runs off to his house, gets into his room, sweating some… He changes his shirt, and breaks out a duffel bag, and throws in a bunch of clothes… He scribbles a note that reads:

        "Mom, Dad, I'm in New York until Tuesday… Pacey"

        He grabs his wallet, and opens his bottom drawer, digs beneath some Playboy magazines, and grabs a few wads of 20 dollar bills…

        "It pays to not have a mall in this town…" smiles Pacey

        He heads out to Dawson's house, and scribbles another note which reads

        "Dawson, cover for me, I'm sick… Pace" and leaves it on Dawson's back door…

        He grabs a cab to the bus station, where he sees Jen sitting with her suitcase.

        "Good, you made it… With time to spare, I might add…" she says

        They buy their tickets and get on the bus, as they leave Capeside, headed off to New York.

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        Dawson sees the note on his door as he goes to work. He decides to phone Pacey and see what's going on.

        "Come on, pick up, pick up, pick up…"

        When there's no answer, Dawson starts to get worried a little, and decides to get to work a little late. He goes over to Pacey's, and no one is in the house to answer the door.

        "What the hell…" says Dawson to himself as he opens the door, and sneaks into the Whitter household.

        "Hey, Pace!" yells Dawson. No answer…

        Dawson goes into the kitchen, and then up to Pacey's room, to see a note similar to the one he found on his door on Pacey's desk. He reads it and rolls his eyes…

        "Typical… Just typical… Just because he bones his teacher a few times, he thinks he can do anything…" says Dawson as he goes to the video store and tries to think of a decent excuse other than illness to cover for Pacey.

        Joey is down at the Icehouse, enjoying her weekend off, over some soda. She's waiting for Dawson to get off his shift from the video store so they can go to the movie theater. Into the Icehouse walks Mrs. Ryan. Joey's never seen her outside of her house, much less at around 6:00 in the evening.

        She spots Joey, and approaches her. Joey smiles back to the elderly lady, but turns her head and rolls her eyes.

        "Good evening, Josephine" says Mrs. Ryan, as she sits down next to her at the stools

        "Hi…" says Joey, quietly through some sips of coke…

        "I just came down to see Bodie, do you know where I can find him?" asks Mrs. Ryan

        "He's probably in the kitchen somewhere…" says Joey, curious as to why Mrs. Ryan wants to see Bodie. "Why do you ask?"

        "Oh, I have some information on some parenting sessions down at the clinic. He asked for them. I'm glad to see that your sister and he are taking some responsibility." Joey gets a little burned at the comment "…so I took a nice evening walk down here to give them to him, and to try some of his famed clam chowder, and see if I can't learn a thing or two. Or teach him as the case may be" giggles Mrs. Ryan. "Besides, I hate to dine alone in my house."

        "Oh? Where's Jen?" asks Joey

        "She's in New York until Tuesday. She said she wanted to visit her parents… Poor girl, I think she's homesick…"

        "Oh…" says Joey

        "Yes, well… Josephine, could I ask you a small favor?"

        Joey rolls her eyes before turning her head.

        "I guess…"

        "Could you go back in the kitchen and tell him that I'm here?"

        "I guess…" replies Joey, as she gets off her stool and walks back into the kitchen.

        "Hey Bodie!"

        "Joey, what are you doing here? You're not working any shifts this weekend!? It's your vacation!" says Bodie, as he grills some fish.

        "I know, but the Bette Davis of religion is outside…"

        "Joey, she is not that bad…" says Bodie as he washes his hands, going outside.

        Bodie and Mrs. Ryan talk some, while Joey is finishing her coke. She sees Dawson come into the icehouse, as Joey pays the for the coke, and walks over to Dawson.

        "Hey…" says Joey, as she kisses him

        "Hey…" says Dawson, as he kisses her back

        They head off to the movie theater hand in hand.

        "So what's showing tonight?" asks Joey

        "Oh, The Wedding Singer…"

        "Wonderful, Adam Sandler at his best…"

        "Well, I thought I'd give "thematic content and crap like that" a break…" says Dawson, smiling

        "It was about time… So, did you know that Jen took a trip to New York?"

        Dawson, having knowledge of Pacey's trip to New York, stops in his tracks…

        "Hold up, hold up… Jen's in New York? I was looking for Pacey after I had found a note scribbled on my door that he was sick. He left a note in his house that said he was taking off to New York…"

        "For real? You think they're eloping!?" asks Joey

        "They aren't capable of that…"

        "Yeah, just like Pacey wasn't capable of nailing Ms. Jacobs, and just like Jen wasn't capable of being a perfect angel before she arrived in Capeside…"

        Dawson looks at Joey, and rubs his neck… He takes a deep breath…

        "I don't know what's going on with them, but I don't think that we can do anything until they get back on Tuesday…" says Joey

        "Why would they take a road trip… I mean together!? It's totally mind boggling…"

        They walk into the movie theater, concerned over their friends…



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