Summer's Ending IV
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Summer's ending part 4
Joey, Jen, and Lily are at Joey's house. They are all laughing as Joey pulls out a bunch of
dresses from her suitcases.
Jen: Since when do you have dresses, Jo? You really have changed a lot this
summer.
J: (defensively) I haven't changed that much. (Starts to smile) Okay, so maybe I wouldn't
have been caught dead in a dress last year. Maybe I have changed... some. Actually, I
had a host sister my age, and she loved to dress up. So I started to wear some of her
dresses, and it wasn't half bad. Not that I'd want to do it all of the time or anything. But
my family, host family, had quite a bit of money, and they loved to shop and just kept
buying me all of these dresses. It was kind of fun.
L: Thanks for letting us borrow some of your dresses.
J: (smiles at her) NO problem. But I still don't wear makeup, so it looks like we're going
to have to go to this party without.
Jen: Nope. I figured as much. I knew you couldnt' have changed that much, so I snagged
some my makeup bag before we left Dawson's.
Joey ends up in a short red dress, Jen in a long black one, and Lily in a long blue one, that
matches her eyes perfectly. Jen does their makeup and Lily does their hair.
L: My sisters always want me to play with their hair, so I've had lots of practice.
The 2 hours pass very quickly, and the girls all get along very well without the guys
around.
J: Oh my god, it's already 8. The guys are going to be wondering what happened to
us.
Jen: They'll probably think that we killed each other.
They all laugh.
J: Well, we'd better get going.
Pacey and Dawson are sitting on the porch where they have been waiting for the girls.
The 3 girls walk up, and Dawson and Pacey's mouths drop. The girls twirl around,
showing off their dresses and they all leave to walk to Cliff's house. As they walk up, we
can see tons of people both inside and out of the house. They enter the house.
J: Come on girls, lets dance.
The 3 girls head out on to the dance floor and start to dance. Soon there are guys
surrounding them, asking them to dance. Dawson and Pacey just look at each other,
shrug and head out onto the dance floor to join in.
about 2 or 3 hours later. The 5 of them are all sitting outside on the beach, looking at the
stars. Dawson and Lily are talking quietly to each other.
Pacey is trying to talk to Joey, but she doesnt' seem to be paying much attention to him.
She keeps glancing over at Dawson, glaring at Lily, and trying to interject things into their
conversation. Jen is sitting kind of off by herself, in a world of her own.
Dawson and Lily disagree about something and Joey glares at her and agrees with
Dawson.
J: (to lily) What are you, dumb? Of course he's right.
D:(looking questioningly at Joey) Jo - there's no need to get upset. We were just having a
friendly disagreement.
J: (angrily)So now you're siding with her? I should have known. I left for one summer
and I've been replaced. And since she has such a perfect life, living in that big house near
yours she must be rich, you don't have to deal with her problems like you had to deal
with mine. She's probably a lot easier to have as a friend. (with this, she storms off)
L: (shouting after her,near tears) You don't know anything about my life. It certainly isn't
perfect. Money doesn't fix everything. This summer has been too perfect, I should have
known that it couldn't last. (She breaks into tears and heads off in the opposite
direction)
The guys just stand there, dumbfounded. Finally Dawson, after looking back and forth
between the two
D: Jo was way out of line there (and he takes off after Lily)
Pacey looks at jen, kind of shrugs, and takes off after Joey.
Jen looks after both of them.
Jen: (to herself) I should have known that this would never work out.
She heads off towards Dawson's house.
Dawson finally catches up with Lily.
L:(surprised) I thought that you'd have gone after Joey.
D: she was way out of line there. I guess I should have seen it coming. You must have
heard about Joey and I from Pacey.
L:(nods) a little
D: Well, I guess she liked me as more than a friend for quite awhile, but I didn't see it until
just before she left. We kissed, but then decided that she couldn't pass up the opportunity
of going to France, so she went. We said that we would decide about our feelings for
each other when she got back. But she's back, and we haven't had a chance to talk yet, so
I have no idea what she is thinking.
L: and what do you think about it.
D: I don't know. I thought that I loved her, but I also really was afraid of losing her. We
had been having problems with our relationship for quite awhile, so I'm not sure if I was
just scared, and that led me to think that I wanted to be more than friends, or if I really
did like her. I thought that this summer without her would be horrible. But I only moped
for a few weeks and then Pacey got me to start hanging out and I met you and Jen I and I
worked things out and became friends... and I had fun... without her. I guess I feel kind
of guilty about that. But I can't change the fact that I did.
D:(changing the subject) but we shouldn't be talking about what I'm feeling, we should be
talking about what your feeling. I just wanted to let you know that it was more me she
was upset with, not you.
L:*What you don't seem to understand is that what is important to me right now is what
you are thinking. I tried not to fall in love with you, because I knew about her, but I
couldn't help it* (out loud) I just got upset because she thinks that my life is perfect. I
havent' said much about my life to you guys, but it is far from perfect.
(Starting to cry) My mom died when I was little, right after my twin sisters were born.
My dad is a jerk. He's always off with some woman or another. And when he gets sick of
one, we move.
(Dawson puts his arms around her) I do have a lot of money, work is one thing that he's
able to do right. But I've never had any real friends. I always had to come home from
school everyday to take care of my sisters. I'm their mom... And their dad I guess. I love
them to death, but I started taking care of them when I was about 8. That is way too
young for anyone to have to give up thier life to become a mom. And now, I've finally
made some friends. They are 8 now, so I let them stay by themselves, although this
weekend is definitely the longest I've ever left them alone. (Dawson thinks about how she
was always running off during the summer - or else the girls would come wiht them.
Thinking back, it did seem a little strange). And now Joey hates me, and you and the
others probably do also.
D: (continues to hold her, even tighter now) Lily, that's not true, the others don't hate you.
Not even Joey... and especially not me.
They stand there for a few more minutes
L: Dawson, I'm kind of tired, do you think we could head back to your house.
D: sure
They head towards Dawson's house.
While this is going on, Pacey finally catches up to Joey and stops her.
P: Joey, what got into you? You were really mean to her.
J:(in tears) I know. And I feel horrible. And you guys probably hate me too, now. I just
got so frustrated, Dawson wouldn't even listen to me.
P:I should have known that this was all about Dawson. So you're still in love with
him?
J: No.. I don't know. I don't think so. I had a great time in France and realized that I
could live without him and have fun without him. I decided that the only reason that I
thought I loved him last year was because he loved Jen, and started ignoring me. So I
thought that if he loved me, if we were more than friends ... maybe he would pay
attention to me.
P: So you are in love with him?
J: I don't know. I thought not, but now that I see him, and he is spending so much time
with her, and how do I know what I want(with this she starts crying harder and leans in
towards Pacey who takes her in his arms) And we said that we would talk about our
relationship when I got back, but I'm back and we haven't talked and I'm afraid that we
won't have any relationship anymore, friendship or more than that. (She bury's her head in
Pacey's chest).
P: You know that that will never happen, Jo. He loves you. I don't know if he wants to
be friends or more than that, but I do know that he loves you. You have to talk to him
about your relationship. I should have known that you would both try and ignore it. I
should have sent you both up to his room the minute that you got home from the airport
so that you guys would have had to talk before it came to this. Oh well, we will go to
Dawson's house now, and you two will not leave his room until you have talked about
this. Maybe you won't be able to make a decision tonight about whether or not you want
to date, but at least you will both realize that you 2 are still best friends. I bet he's feeling
the same way that you are. Come on(he starts to walk with Joey towards
Dawson's)
J: Pacey, I can't. I'm tired, can't we do this tomorrow. And besides, he's probably still
somewhere with HER.
P: HER name is Lily. And we are going now. If he's not there, THEN we can sleep on it
and you can talk to him in the morning, but I bet that he's there.
They head towards Dawsons.
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