Dawson's Creek Fanfiction-
"Final Cut"
by Court
Author's Notes: Yikes! I can't believe I finished!! Special thanks goes
out to Anik for being the best beta reader! Thanks for putting up with my
never-ending questions and comments. I could never have done this without
you. :o) You rock!
Timeline: This was written after Breakfast Club. It's not about that ep,
but there are references since it was such a huge break-through on Joey's
part.
SPOILERS!: Only big one would be the reference to what happened in Breakfast
Club. There are a few other slight references in here. If you're a real
DC fan, you'll pick up on em. Right, Anik? <g>
Classification: DJoR (Dawson/Jo Romance)
Rating: PG for mature talk, smallest bit of innuendo, and language.
Summary: D&Joey do some serious soul searching after she discovers something
about him.
Feedback to: dcreeker98@aol.com. I love feedback, so if you got the time,
make my day. :o)
IMPORTANT!: Please don't archive anywhere, post anywhere, or change *anything*
without my permission.
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"Final Cut"
by Court
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"Oh, please! Come on! Am I actually supposed to believe that those
are real gorillas?" Dawson Leery exclaimed, rolling his eyes at the
TV screen.
"Congo is such a lame movie. I can't take any more of this torture.
It's so...bad! It's the most boring, unintelligent, and without doubt the
largest piece of movie garbage I've ever seen. This is exactly why I want
to be a film maker. To make good movies. Movies that don't suck. Movies
with real emotion and a point! This movie so obviously lacks both of those
things. I mean the whole concept of this movie is so totally ludicrous,
it's actually laughable!" He jumped up from his seat on the bed and
took the tape out of the VCR. Frustrated, he shoved it back into its video
rental case and then turned around. "So, Jo, you up for another movie?"
Joey Potter looked up from her position on his bed and bit her bottom lip
unconsciously. "Dawson, it's getting kind of late. Bessie might wonder
where I am. I don't want her and Bodie to go all parental on me, so I better
get back." Joey jumped off the bed and headed for the window, but Dawson
beat her to it and cut her off there.
"Late? Joey, it's only 9:00. And it's movie night! Bessie and Bodie
have never once seen you arrive home till at least 11:00, if at all, on
movie night. And I know for a fact that they've never said one word to you
about it. We've been doing this for years. Besides if it gets too late,
you know you can crash here anytime you want. I don't mind." Dawson
put on his best puppy-dog face, "Come on, Jo. Stay. Please?" Joey
sighed and looked around awkwardly. It was getting too hard to be so close
to him, but so far away at the same time.
"Thanks, but no thanks. We can't.... Dawson, we can't be doing this
anymore."
Dawson looked at her intensely and then threw his hands up in the air. "I
thought we covered that already. Yeah, we're getting older. Yeah, you have
breasts and I have genitalia. So what? Our bodies may be changing, our hormones
may be running rampant, and our lives may be taking us in different directions,
but there's one thing that will never change. And that's our friendship.
My feelings for you will never change" Dawson smiled happily but Joey
was torn. So many conflicting emotions were running through her mind. His
feelings for her would never change. She couldn't help but wonder if that
was a good thing or a bad thing.
"Okay, okay, okay," she sighed. "You know Dawson you may
want to re-think this whole film making thing. I think you missed your calling
as a lawyer," she teased settling back on the bed.
He laughed. "Hey, you want some popcorn? I'll go pop it and you can
pick out the next movie. Just don't pick out anything like that stupid gorilla
movie." Dawson jumped up off the bed and started down the hall.
As soon as he was gone Joey fell back on his bed and sighed. She tried to
push all her un-friendlike feelings for him out of her head, but it was
all too much. He and Jen had broken up, but she didn't know what to do about
it. Things had become so comfortable between them that it would change everything
if she said or did something to change that. Joey rubbed her eyes and hopped
up onto her feet.
She strolled over to Dawson's video collection and tried to find a movie.
He had a video library almost as big as the video store he worked at. She
looked through the movies which were all labeled accordingly with the stars,
running time, and his own movie rating, right on the movie cases. She raised
her eyebrows when she saw one that wasn't labeled. Shrugging her shoulders
she picked it out of its case and saw that it was labeled after all. She
stared in astonishment at the label that read, "Dawson and Joey: Take
One." She held it in her hand another second before quickly taking
the tape and almost shoving it in the VCR. She located the remote and pushed
play.
***
"Oh David, I don't think I can live another day without your love.
You mean the world to me. If I have to die right now, I want to die in your
arms, so full of love and,...Dawson! Where do you come up with this crap?"
Thirteen year old Joey burst out laughing hysterically into the camera.
"Cut!" Dawson yelled. He moved to the front of the camera to playfully
punch Joey on the arm. "What are you doing? Joey, come on, you're ruining
the scene."
"Dawson, I can't help it!" she continued to giggle. "This
is just too funny!" Joey looked down at the script in her hand. "Oh
David, I can't live another day without your love. Kiss me. Kiss me. Kiss
me." She looked up from the script and smiled, "No one talks like
this!" She looked back down at the paper and read the words again,
"Come on, Dawson, tell me the truth. You were watching some cheesy
romance movie when you wrote this, weren't you?"
He sighed. "Do you want me to help you rehearse the scene?"
Joey laughed. "Sure. You be David. I'll be the fair beauty, Victoria."
She looked at the script, "Your line first." He looked at her
uneasily and took a step closer. He read from the script in his hand, but
he really didn't need to. It was obvious he knew the scene by heart.
"Victoria, you're my best friend. I never thought I could feel this
way about anyone, especially you. But I don't know why I'm surprised. I've
never met anyone like you. The truth is that I'm falling in love with you.
I couldn't bear it if you refused me your love, but I can't live any longer
without you knowing how I feel," Dawson reached out his hands and gently
took Joey's in his, "Victoria, you're the light of my life. You're
my soulmate."
"Oh David, I don't think I can live another day without your love.
You mean the world to me. If I have to die right now, I want to die in your
arms, so full of love and warmth and security and passion. You're my soulmate.
Kiss me. Kiss me. Kiss me." Joey looked up into Dawson's eyes and delivered
the last of her line. She went to close the script, when she felt Dawson's
lips pressing on hers. Her eyes flew open, in shock. It was in the script,
but she didn't think he'd actually do it! She was also in shock because
she couldn't believe how good it made her feel. Joey pulled back and gave
him a quick kiss on the cheek. She took a step backwards and fluttered her
eyelashes, in character.
"Oh David. You're such a good kisser. Ooh David," she couldn't
hold back the smirk on her face anymore, and she burst out laughing. Dawson
looked awkwardly around him and stepped away from her. He coughed nervously
and there was definite disappointment and sadness in his eyes.
"Uh, that was better Joey. Why don't we wrap for today and you can
do the scene again tomorrow, this time with Pacey as David. Okay?"
Joey spun around to respond, but Dawson had already dismantled his camera
and walked away.
***
The tape ended, but Joey didn't move. She was frozen. She sniffled, and
realized that tears were beginning to run down her face. She angrily wiped
them away as Dawson walked back in the room.
