Great Expectations
***Part One: Great Expectations***
I’d like to thank Lisa and Johanna for all their help with proofreading
and everything else. Let me know if you like it. jenn@penn.com
Dawson was incredibly excited. He hadn’t seen Joey in nearly six
months, and there he was, waiting for her at the Boston airport. She
was coming home from France, and he couldn’t wait to see her and talk to
her. He remembered the night before she left, the night when she almost
walked out on him, but he stopped her. He kissed her. That ardent kiss
had been on his lips ever since she left. He couldn’t wait to see her.
He missed her more than he had ever missed anyone before in his entire
life.
***
Joey sat aboard AirFrance as it descended onto the runway of the Boston
airport. Her trip to Paris was over, and now she was returning to
Capeside. Returning to Dawson. She wanted to tell him so much. Share
with him everything, the trip, her thoughts, her feelings. She had
missed him the whole time she was gone. More importantly, she wanted to
be in his arms again.
***
They mutually decided that she should go to France. It was something
she had always wanted, and Dawson didn’t want to deny her the
opportunity. They had decided that they would figure things out when
she returned. And now that moment was here, Dawson’s palms were
sweating. He couldn’t wait any longer to see her.
***
Joey stepped out into one of the airport terminals. She glanced around
and smiled when she saw Bessie rushing towards her with Bodie and Alex
not far behind. Bessie gave her a giant hug.
“Hey kid,” she said, “It’s so great to have you home. Everyone missed
you so much!”
“You don’t want to suffocate her on her first day home, do you Bess?”
Bodie laughed as he rescued Joey from Bessie’s crushing grip. “Alex and
I are glad you’re home too,” Bodie said as he hugged Joey. Joey smiled
when she saw Alex. She couldn’t believe how much he had grown!
“Hi guys,” Joey said, “It’s nice to see you too.” She was
disappointed, though. She had hoped Dawson would’ve come, too. She
bent over to pick up the bag that she dropped when Bessie had hugged
her. Just as she started to pick it up, another hand met hers... Long
fingers...
“Welcome home, Jo,” a voice said. It was Dawson! She couldn’t believe
her ears.
“Hey Dawson,” Joey couldn’t think of anything intelligent to say. He
looks incredible, she thought, but what did he do to his hair? Nearly
all of it was chopped of, and now it had a reddish hue, instead of his
natural blond one. He was wearing a sweater vest over a t-shirt with a
pair of khakis. “Looks like he stepped right out of a J.Crew catalog,”
she thought, and laughed to herself.
Bodie interjected, “We caught him hitchiking his way here, and decided
to take pity on him and give him a ride.” Bessie and Bodie laughed in
unison. Dawson just smiled at Joey.
“I’m glad you’re home,” Dawson said to Joey.
“Me, too. I’m glad you came.”
“I wouldn’t have missed it.”
“Well, I’d hate to interupt this fine conversation,” Bessie announced,
“but we better be getting home. It’s already past Alex’s bedtime.
Let’s go!” Bessie and Bodie turned and started walking. Dawson took
Joey’s bag and smiled.
“I really missed you,” Dawson said for only Joey to hear. She smiled
and started walking.
“Thanks, Dawson (she smiled awkwardly). I really missed you too.”
***
Joey looked beautiful. Exactly the same as she did when she left,
Dawson thought. He wished he knew what Joey was thinking. He usually
didn’t have trouble reading her mind, but today he didn’t know what was
going on in there, and he wished he did. He wanted to tell her so much,
but did she still want to hear what he had to say?
***
Joey kept her eyes focused out the window, but she really wasn’t
looking at anything. She didn’t know what to do. On an impulse, she
placed her hand on top of Dawson’s. He stared at her, then took her
hand, too. Joey knew everything was the same. She had been terrified
that he wouldn’t want her anymore.
***
Dawson felt his heart skip a beat. He looked at Joey. Her brown eyes
burned into his. He felt his hand in hers, and once again felt her body
against his that night that they decided to be honest with each other.
***
The rest of the ride back to Capeside, Dawson and Joey sat quietly,
their hands intertwined.
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