Hopes Fulfilled Part 2
Author: (fan-fic@geocities.com)
(http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Studio/5314/index.html)
Sunday, July 5, 1998
Rating: PG 13. I recommend this story to 13+ audience.
Authors Note: Please write me if you like the story or if you don’t. Or give
me ideas, suggestions, or whatever you want. I would appreciate it Very
Much! Thanks! (Please Ignore the Circles). Also I will be on Vacation until
August 15th so the series will not continue until after that time. Sorry!
The new characters have been added because there will be new characters on
the show next season. So I feel like making this like it could be next
season. Enjoy!
Time Based: This story is based after my first story "Hopes Fulfilled". Read
"Hopes Fulfilled" before you read this one or you won’t really know what’s
going on.
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Dawson continually paced in his living room for a few minutes thinking of
why Joey might be so late and trying not to worry himself again. There are
thousands of reasons why Joey could be so late in getting home he thought to
himself continuously but that didn’t ease his worry very much. For an
instance of clear thought he decided to ask his father if he knew anything;
so off to the kitchen Dawson went.
"Dad, do you know why Joey is so late?" Dawson asked continuing to pace
around the kitchen.
"Calm down Dawson, they are at Joey’s house getting some clothes and stuff."
Mitch answered amused at Dawson’s worry.
"Oh." Dawson said surprised.
"Dawson, is there something going on between you and Joey that I don’t know
about? Because you’ve seemed awfully hung up on her lately"
"Well, umm, lets just say we’re a little more then friends now." Dawson said
a little shyly.
"Oh really? Well that’s great to hear. I always knew you two were meant for
each other" Mitch added.
"Thanks dad, I really appreciate it."
"Anytime son, if you ever have to talk about anything with me, I mean
anything just let me know." Mitch added timidly.
"Thanks, I might take you up on that offer some time" Dawson said leaving
the kitchen.
Just as Dawson was heading up to his room to wait for Joey, he heard the
front door open and his mother enter. He quickly jumped to his mother asking
where Joey was.
"I’m sorry hon, Joey was hit by a car on the way over here." Mrs. Leery
said.
"What!" Dawson yelled.
But before Dawson could continue something jumped on him from behind. He
knew it could only be Joey and quickly turned around giving her a big hug
and kiss.
"Don’t ever scare me like that again!" Dawson said to Joey very happily "You
either mom!" Dawson barked.
"I’m sorry hunny, but Joey made me." Mrs. Leery said innocently.
Dawson let go of Joey who was in pretty good shape considering what she’d
been through, only a little scar and stitches on her head. Dawson grabbed
Joey’s bags and began to take them to his bedroom. Joey followed behind
Dawson. After bringing Joey’s bags up to her room he began to unpack them.
"Dawson! I can unpack myself you know." Joey yelled from behind Dawson.
"Sorry, its just I don’t want you straining yourself."
"Unpacking is hardly straining myself." Joey retorted.
Dawson continued to unpack her even though she told him to stop.
"Dawson! I said stop it." Joey shouted laughing.
"It’s ok, it doesn’t bother me" Dawson said continuing to unpack her bag.
"It bothers me, now stop it please Dawson." Joey said still smiling.
"Is there something your concealing from me in here?" Dawson said curiously.
"No!" Joey barked moving closer to Dawson "If you don’t stop, I’ll have to
stop you myself" Joey continued.
"Oh yeah? What are you going to do?" Dawson said taking her second bag and
loudly unzipping it.
"This!" Joey yelled
She jumped on Dawson and began tickling him playfully, he tried to stop her
but to no effect. She continued for a few minutes before Dawson pleaded with
her to stop and promised not to go through her bag. Joey lets go of Dawson a
nd begins to unpack herself, her back turned to him. Dawson lay in bed
watching her for a bit before he said anything.
"So why were you so late getting here?" Dawson asked curiously.
"Maybe it has something to do with what’s in my bag" Joey said giggling to
herself.
"You know I’m going to have to look through there now"
"If you do Dawson, I swear I will kill you" Joey said still smiling but more
seriously.
"We’ll see about that." Dawson said as he clicked on the TV.
Joey had now finished unpacking and stuffed everything to one of Dawson’s
empty drawers. She got up and slumped down in Dawson’s bed sitting next to
him looking at the TV. Dawson put his arm around Joey and moved himself
closer to her.
"So how do you feel?" Dawson asked concerned.
"Just find Dawson, I’m still a little shaken up but I’ll be fine. What about
you?" Joey asked curiously.
"What do you mean?" Dawson asked not looking at Joey.
"Well, I almost died, were you worried? (Pause) Were you inconsolable?" Joey
asked quietly.
"Yeah Joe, I was inconsolable." Dawson said a little embarrassed as he
squeezed Joey a little tighter. "I don’t know what I would do without you."
"Thanks Dawson, I don’t know what I would do without you either." Joey said
giving him a kiss.
Joey and Dawson continued to watch TV until they drifted off to sleep in
each other’s arms.
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Dawson stirred in bed as the clocked ticked past 3:00 A.M. Joey laid
peacefully in Dawson’s arms but was awakened by Dawson’s sudden movements.
She slowly proceeded up to check the time when she heard Dawson mumbling in
his sleep.
"No, Joey, don’t go! Please don’t go, Joey I love you." Dawson mumbled in
his sleep.
"Dawson." Joey whispered smiling a little.
"Please Joey don’t die, please don’t die Joey." Dawson continued to mumble
with a tear coming from his eye.
"Dawson, wake up." Joey whispered again.
"Ahh!" Dawson screamed as he shot up in bed.
"Dawson, you alright?" Joey asked quietly.
"Oh God Joe you’re here, it was horrible." Dawson said hugging Joey.
"It’s ok, I’m here it’s alright."
"Thank god, I’m sorry for waking you up." Dawson said wiping his face of the
tear.
"It’s ok, it was only a dream, I’m right here. Go back to sleep." Joey said
in a caring motherly voice.
"Thanks" Dawson whispered lying down again "I’m sorry for waking you up."
"It’s ok, just go back to sleep." Joey whispered dozing off herself.
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Pacey awakened by the sound of yelling downstairs in his home decided that
nine felt like an appropriate time to wake up on this find Thursday morning.
He jumped out of his bedroom and into the shower. Being his usual self took
an extra long time in the shower to annoy his sisters. He could hear them
banging on the door once he had reached the 30-minute mark but continued to
rinse off in the shower laughing to him self. After listening to 15 minutes
of banging on the door he finally turned off the shower and got dressed.
Leaving the bathroom listening to his sisters throw insults his way he
pranced downstairs for a quick breakfast before hitting Capeside and
escaping the sad reality in his house. After a short breakfast he left his
home and proceeded to go for a little walk. He noticed a large moving van a
few doors down from his house and decided it would be best to take a look at
his new neighbors. As he approached their house he noticed a shockingly good
looking girl moving a box from the van to the house, Pacey immediately
jumped the fence and thought it necessary to introduce himself.
"Hello, I’m Pacey Witter, and on behalf of the Witter family would like to
welcome you to Capeside." Pacey said smiling at the new girl.
"Well Hi Pacey Witter, I’m Andy, are all you people this friendly?" She
asked surprised at his friendliness. "That’s my brother Jack" she pointed at
a guy who looked quiet and shy.
"No, just me. I’d keep your brother away from mine." Pacey said smiling.
"Why?" Andy said curiously.
"My brothers gay" Pacey said quietly almost whispering into her ear.
"Oh. I’ll keep that in mind" Andy said trying to hold back a smile.
"So what brings you to Capeside?" Pacey asked curiously.
"My dad, he lost his Job in Canada." Andy said a little saddened.
"Oh, sorry to here that. So you going to school here too? What grade?" Pacey
continued to question.
"Yeah, of course. Grade 10 for now. It sucks having to start mid-semester."
"Yea, I bet. So you want to like go out and take a look at Capeside
sometime? Not that there’s much around here and I’d understand if you didn’t
want to" Pacey continued
"Sure, later tonight though. For now I have to help unpack. Nice meeting you
Pacey" Andy said as she moved into the house.
Pacey shocked that she actually liked him ran off towards Dawson’s house to
tell him about it.
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"Wake up guys, its time to get up" Mitch said as he shook Dawson and Joey.
Joey woke up and jumped out of Dawson’s arms looking rather embarrassed by
the prospect of Dawson’s father finding her and Dawson together like this.
Dawson woke up and stretched out while Joey got a robe out of her drawer and
headed for the shower. Mitch stayed in the room after Joey had left.
"Hey dad, could you drive me down to the store later? I want to get
something for Joey’s birthday." Dawson asked.
"Yeah, I can drive you later Dawson. Listen, I don’t mean to pry but how
serious are things between you and Joey?” Mitch asked out of no where.
Just as Mitch said that Joey had came back to get something she forgot. She
stopped however to listen out of site.
"I don’t know yet. We’ve only been going out for like a week and a bit."
Dawson answered.
"Ok, but I’m serious, if you have any questions ask me." Mitch said.
After a momentary pause as Mitch got up Dawson spoke
"How old were you when you and mom first did it, you know." Dawson kind of
trailed off embarrassed.
Joey couldn’t help but smile and was also curious to know the answer.
"Well Dawson, your mother and I were nineteen when we first had sex. We were
already very much in love and felt comfortable doing that."
"How long did you know mom then?" Dawson continued to question.
"Well we had been dating for a year. But we were in love. And love is the
most important thing Dawson, you can’t do it without being in love." Mr.
Leery smiled recollecting the events in his head.
"How do you know when your in love?" Dawson asked trying to make sure he was
really in love with Joey.
"You just know Dawson. It’s unexplainable, you value that person above
everything else." Mr. Leery explained. "Dawson, just don’t do anything to
hastily and don’t try to prove anything. Just let things happen."
Joey continued to listen from the hall intrigued by the conversation.
"Thanks dad, forget this ever happened?" Dawson said smiling.
"Deal." Mr. Leery said leaving Dawson’s room.
Joey came into Dawson’s room acting like she didn’t hear anything and just
forgot something. She went to her drawer and took out some items and kept
looking through it. Dawson just watched her the whole time admiring her
beauty, which till recently he wasn’t able to mention.
"Joey, have I ever told you how beautiful you are?" Dawson started.
"Not really" Joey said half-smiling kind of embarrassed at Dawson’s comment.
"Well you are. I mean it."
"Thanks" She blushed "Your not *too* bad looking yourself" Joey smiled
heading for Dawson’s bed and leaning over to give him a kiss.
Joey had forgotten that her shirt was unbuttoned and Dawson noticing this
couldn’t but help gaze at Joey as she leaned over exposing her bra. Trying
his best not to look obvious he blushed as Joey gave him a kiss. After a
moment of kissing Joey went to the bathroom not noticing Dawson’s glare. As
Joey entered the bathroom and Dawson got up to go for breakfast he heard the
ladder under his window racket and went to see who was coming to see him,
which was unusual since Joey was the only one who ever used it. To Dawson’s
surprise Pacey had jumped through the window.
"Hey, Hey Dawson. How is my favorite half of Capeside’s newest couple?"
Pacey said jokingly.
"I’m just fine. What brings you here so early in the morning?" Dawson asked.
"Well the Witter residents wasn’t offering much in the way of peace, so I
decided to avoid the good’ole sheriff and his wondrous deputy closet case
and get out early." Pacey started. "The funniest thing happened, I met some
chick along my journeys in Capeside, and get this she isn’t even a teacher.
So here I am talking to this really hot girl and she’s like talking to me
and telling me how they moved here from Canada and all this other stuff, so
after talking like forever I asked her if she wanted me to take her around
Capeside. And dude she said like ‘yeah anything for you Pacey’. By this time
I’m already totally in love with her and she’s ready to throw herself at me,
but of course I couldn’t take advantage of this new girl so I left promising
to take her around Capeside. "
"Yeah, and I’m sure it happened just like that." Dawson said sarcastically.
"What? You doubting my honesty? Well maybe a few of the facts in there are
slightly distorted but anyway the main point is there. This new chick wants
me, I know it." Pacey insisted.
"Yeah dude, go for it. What do you want me to do about it?" Dawson
questioned
"Well I just thought I’d come inform you about this, just you know, you
should tell Joey that I’m no longer available for our midnight sleepovers."
Pacey joked.
"Yeah right, I’m sure she’ll be utterly disappointed." Dawson said laughing
at Pacey.
"Anyway you should come meet this girl. I’ll bring her by tonight, she can
meet you and Joey."
"Yeah sure, we’ll be here."
"Ok, I’ll be by later with her, maybe we can catch a movie or something."
Pacey said heading for the window.
"Yeah, maybe, see ya Pace." Dawson said as he laughed to himself.
"Who you talking to?" Joey said as she entered with wet hair and a robe on.
"Just Pacey, he wants us to meet his new true love" Dawson said staring at
Joey.
"What class does she teach?" Joey joked.
"It’s not a teacher this time."
"Oh, then did he meet another freak at a convienient store?" Joey said
smiling.
"Nah, it’s someone normal this time" Dawson said continuing to stare at the
sight before him.
"Really? Well call me surprised." Joey laughed. "Dawson, can you please stop
staring at me."
"What? Oh sorry, it’s just that the robe looks so cute on you." Dawson
smiled.
"Well thank you Dawson, my robe and I are going to the bathroom to change
now. I’ll let you spend time with the robe when it’s off me." Joey joked as
she headed for the bathroom with some clothes.
"I think I prefer you over the robe" Dawson uttered as Joey left the room.
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Pacey jumped down from the ladder laughing at Dawson and Joey, he was about
to head home but he took a look at Jen’s house and decided to go for a
little visit and maybe ask her if she wanted to join them. He turned around
and headed for her house humming happily as he walked. He hopped on to Jen’s
porch and put on a serious face remembering that her grandpa still died and
they were probably planning the funeral or something and rang the doorbell.
"Hi Pacey" Jen answered the door.
"Hey, how’s everything around here?"
"It’s ok my gramps funeral is in a few days it’s pretty hectic around here
right now." Jen said sadly.
"How would you like to take a break for a while from all this and join
Dawson, Joey, me and another girl to go out, maybe to a movie or something?"
Pacey asked putting on a happy face.
"Well maybe, I’ll ask my grams when she gets home and let you know." Jen
answered.
"Fair enough, so talk to ya later" Pacey said turning away and walking off
happily towards his house.
Jen watched Pacey walk off happily. Feeling lonely she considered calling
Dawson but figured it wasn’t the best idea considering what happened
recently. Jen shrugged off the feeling of loneliness and proceeded inside to
wait for her grams.
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Later That Day
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Pacey is returning from his day out at Capeside as Andy notices walking up
to him giving Pacey a tap on the shoulder grasping his attention. Pacey a
little surprised turns around and smiles.
"I’m free now!" Andy shouts "Is that offer to a movie and a tour of Capeside
still good?"
"You bet, I invited some of my friends to meet you if you don’t mind." Pacey
said confidently.
"Sure, it would be nice to meet new people. You want to meet back here in an
hour?" Andy asked.
"Sure, I’ll meet you here then see ya." Pacey said walking off.
Pacey walked to his house hardly able to contain his excitement as he walks
through the front door.
"Where have you been all day!?" Screams an angry Mr. Witter.
"Out." Pacey states walking up the stairs.
"Get back here Pacey!" Mr. Witter yells after him.
Pacey ignores his father and continues to walk up to his room overhearing
his father say that one day he is going to kill him. He smiles and goes into
his room where he begins to prepare for in his mind for the future Mrs.
Witter. He calls Dawson on the phone and begins to speak.
"Hey Dawson, guess what? The girl I told you about, well she wants to go out
with us tonight so we’ll meet you at your house around sixish be ready. Oh
and Jen’s coming too." Pacey said quickly running out of air.
"Jen? Alright we’ll be ready." Dawson said a little nervous. "Where are we
going?"
"Catch a movie. You and Joey can do your thing while I put the moves on the
lucky lady." Pacey joked.
"You sicken me" Dawson laughed hanging up the phone.
Pacey ignored Dawson’s comment and proceeded to call Jen.
"Hello?" Jen answered.
"Hey, it’s Pacey again. We’re going to catch a movie at six so you in?"
Pacey asked hoping for a yes.
"Yeah, why not. My grams is ok with it and I could use a little break." Jen
said.
"Alright I’ll be at your house at six"
"Alright" Jen said hanging up the phone.
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6:00 PM: Dawson’s House
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Pacey and Andy walked towards Dawson’s house talking to each other. Andy had
worn a loose top and some jeans while Pacey decided to wear a golf shirt and
some khaki pants. They continued to talk as they approached Dawson’s house.
"Ok, this is Dawson Leery’s house, and his new girlfriend is Joey who is
probably with him there, they have this weird life long friendship thing
going on so just ignore it." Pacey explained as he rang the door bell.
"Hey" Dawson barked as he burst through the door. "Common Joe" he shouted
after her.
"Coming, just a second." Joey shouted.
"Hey, I’m Dawson" he said smiling at Andy.
"Hi, I’m Andy" she said smiling back.
"So I’ve heard, Pacey’s told me all about you" Dawson said exchanging looks
with Pacey.
"Oh really? Well I’m glad you know me so well already Pacey" she said
smiling.
"Hi." Joey said taking a look around and smiling at Andy.
"Hi Joey," Andy started "I’m Andy, Pacey’s told me about you."
"Oh really? Well let me tell you about Pacey…" Joey started.
"…Joey" Dawson said grabbing her hand. "Let’s go get Jen."
"Sounds good to me," Pacey said following behind the couple.
The group slowly walked to Jen’s house and Pacey knocked on the door while
Dawson tried to hide behind Joey.
"Hey, this is Jen" Pacey pointed out "and this is Andy" Pacey pointed to
Andy.
"Hi," Jen said trying to put on a smile.
"Hi Jen" Andy said cheerfully, "I heard about your grandpa, I’m very sorry"
Andy said mournfully.
"Thank you" Jen whispered.
"Well, let’s say we get going. Don’t want to miss the seven o’clock show."
Pacey said pointing the group towards the Rialto.
Jen walked along the group quietly thinking to herself as Joey and Dawson
conversed at the same time as Pacey and Andy. Jen was feeling left out but
wasn’t in the mood for a lot of talk anyway. She became jealous of Dawson
and Joey’s new relationship regretting breaking up with him in the first
place, but it was too late she had lost her chance. Dawson was a little more
timid then usual during their walk trying to avoid any eye contact with Jen
and continually talking to Joey. Andy and Pacey were getting along
fabulously sharing stories of childhood adventures and discussing
differences between their two countries. As they reached the Rialto each
purchased their ticket and entered the theater. Jen went ahead of the group
and entered going towards the middle row where she sat down. Dawson was
pushed ahead by the group and found himself beside Jen who tried to avoid
looking at him. Dawson did the same as Joey sat down beside him with Pacey
and Andy to her left. The movie started and the theater got dark, everyone
sat still staring at the screen while the credits rolled. A few minutes into
the movie once everyone became comfortable Joey leaned over and rested her
head on Dawson’s shoulder. Jen noticing tried to avoid looking at the new
couple, tears began to fill her eyes as Dawson put his arm around Joey.
Pacey didn’t notice anything to his right and was contemplating his next
move, he decided the best approach would be just to hold her hand. With one
motion he grabbed it and held it, happy that she didn’t refuse. Jen
continued to watch feeling alone in the world, trying to hold back tears she
thought about happy times in her life. Dawson and Joey became more
comfortable leaning on each other, Dawson noticed that Joey had worn a
tighter top today which was uncommon, he decided not to stare but his
hormones drove him over the edge and he began kissing Joey during the movie.
Joey turned in her seat towards Dawson continually kissing him while Jen
noticed and couldn’t hold back her tears. She quickly excused herself and
almost ran out of the theater with tears streaming down her face. She didn’t
know where she was going but she just wanted to be away from everyone.
Dawson and Joey continued to kiss not noticing Jen leave. Pacey thought she
just went to the washroom and continued to watch the movie holding Andy’s
hand.
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After walking around Capeside for over an hour just thinking about life Jen
decided to go home and check on her Grams. Calmed now, Jen entered her house
to find it empty, only a note on the table. She picked it up and began
reading:
Dear Jennifer
I am at the church and will stay there for the night, please don’t stay up
too late. There is food in the fridge.
Jen tossed the note in the garbage and opened the fridge. The bright bulb in
the fridge flickered on the reveal many contents, some tomatoes, lettuce,
and various other food products, amongst them a bottle of wine. Jen stared
at the wine for a moment contemplating in her head. She looked around the
fridge but she kept eyeing the wine thinking to herself, finally she grabbed
it and opened the cork gulping down the wine. Her heart raced as she kept
drinking only thinking to herself what a mistake she just made. After
drinking almost half the bottle she stopped taking a breath. More relaxed
she headed for the porch where she sat on a chair and continued to sip at
the wine.
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The movie had ended and the group of four got up and left the theater. Pacey
noticing Jen wasn’t present asked where she was, no one had any idea so they
figured she had gone home sick or something and proceeded homeward. The
group talked about the movie and Dawson being him analytical self couldn’t
stop rambling at how ridiculous the movie had been. Joey was attached to
Dawson holding on to him quietly. Pacey was also holding Andy’s hands and
the group finally arrived home. Dawson and Joey had gone in while Pacey and
Andy went to check on Jen. As Pacey opened her porch door he found a passed
out Jen with a broken bottle of wine lying on the ground. He stood
disappointed and saddened for Jen, feeling sorry for her he told Andy she
could go home while he helped Jen out. Andy didn’t want to leave him and
offered to help, but it wouldn’t do much good as Pacey heard a door slam at
the side of the house. He spotted Mrs. Ryan’s car and her leaving it.
TO BE CONTINUED
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