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Dawson's Creek
14...
But after we
spent all that time together – just walking around and talking
like we used to – things finally felt right between you and
me
Joey:
Do you regret telling me what you told me?
Pacey: I guess it really... depends on whether
or not you regretted hearing it.
Joey: It's hard to regret hearing something that's
already been in the back of your mind
Maybe there's
nothing here worth saving.
I want more
than anything for us to be together. But not like this. Not screaming
at the top of our lungs about things that happened 4 years ago
Jen: Ty, this has everything to do with me. I liked
you.
Ty: Yeah, I know.
Jen: No, you don't! I mean, I really liked you.
And despite what you may think about my past experiences, my kissing
you tonight was not my desire for something more. It was for something
pure, something that I haven't felt in a long time, and you ruined
that.
Ty: Maybe..maybe someday when I deal with my baggage
maybe this can work out.
Jen: Anybody that can make me feel like this doesn't
deserve a maybe.
[Sighs] Hi,
it's me. So, I thought that I would have an answer when I picked
up the phone, but I didn’t. And then I thought I would think
of something as I was talking, but--heh-- no such luck. Um... Pace...
I think the problem is trying to figure this out alone. I--I think
that maybe we should... do it together, you know? And... you know
how they say if you could do it all over again, what would you change?
Well... I'd probably change a lot of things... but I'm also really
lucky that I have the chance. And... I guess what I'm saying is
that I'm not gonna look at you and think of everything that happened.
I'm... I'm gonna look at you and think of everything that could.
Call me. Bye.
Look, I know
that we didn't really give our relationship a chance, um I didn't
give it much of a chance. And you're right I didn't really give
you a good reason for the break-up and truth is, I don't even know.
Is it too late to ask for another chance?
Eddie: So what? What are you gonna do? You just
wanna sit here for your entire life waiting and hoping for the world
to come to you? Because the point of those stories, Joey, is that
people's lives-- their real lives-- only begin when they step out
into the world. And when you do that, when you meet it head on,
maybe you change the world, maybe you don't, but the point is, is
that it changes you. And that is what people mean when they talk
about growing up.
Joey: So what? If I want to be with you, I'm supposed
to just throw all of my previous life experience out the window?
I'm supposed to just stop being who I am?
Eddie: Who you are, Joey, is not some scared little
girl who's afraid to take a chances on anything, who's afraid to
really love someone because of the risk or the pain. That does not
define you as a person. Or maybe it does, you know? Maybe--maybe
I'm crazy. Maybe you've just blinded me.
Joey:
Do you remember reading those choose your own adventure books as
a kid?
Pacey: Well...[Chuckles]... You and I both know
that I was pretty much a functional illiterate until the ninth grade.
Joey: Right. Ok. Well... I did, but... I cheated
on them. Whenever a chapter wasn't going the way I wanted, I wouldn't
even finish. I would just go back to the beginning until...I got
a happy ending.
Pacey: Yeah. Everybody does that.
Joey: Yeah, but it's not exactly the most realistic
way to live your life.
Pacey: But--wait, what makes you think that one
false move is gonna ruin our entire story?
Joey: History.
Pacey: Yes. That was then. Joey...I'm serious.
We're older now. I mean, it's not like I'm just gonna run out the
door if I don't like your choice.
Joey: Ok. Well, so... what are you afraid of?
Pacey: 'Cause that--the whole... possibility thing
is really just a mean trick.
You made your
point. And you know what? You're right. This is exactly what I need.
To get away from her. To get away from here. You know what, she's
going to freak when I'm not there. It'll be good to let her wonder
about me for awhile
And maybe...
I'm not supposed to lose myself. Now it's not part of the plan.
But then again, I never thought that losing you was part of the
plan, either.
Joey:
Pacey, stop.
Pacey: Jo—
Joey: Pacey!
Pacey: When I was afraid of everything, I was never
afraid to love you, and I could love you again. I could. I’m
telling you, this could...
Joey: Pacey, no. Pacey, stop! Eddie came back.
I'm sorry. He came back last night. He came to the bar—
Pacey: Oh. Ok. (and he walks away)
Joey: Look, I'm sorry—
I don't know what else to say ... except my intentions are nothing
short of honorable. I've never met anyone like you before, you scare
me
Pacey:
So what do you see when you see the future?
Joey: Us. Me and you, Pace. We grew up together.
You see, Dawson and I, we didn't grow up. We are in that house,
in Dawson's bedroom, eternally having the same argument over and
over again, in this endless cycle that goes on and on. And…
I can't stop it. Because whenever I'm around him, I become 15.
Joey:
Oh, you're saying that I wanted this to happen?
Dawson:
No, 'cause that would involve you actually knowing what you want,
which we both know is not likely to happen anytime this decade.
I think about it sometimes and… wherever we go next, it's
hard to imagine life without you.
Pacey:
Well, maybe we don’t. Maybe that's the point that we just
don't get past it, we realize that... we can't go back to the way
things used to be, and there's nothing we can do about that 'cause
the guys that we are now are worlds apart from the guys that we
were back then. The only tie that really binds us together is the
fact that we still love the same woman.
Dawson: [Sighs] It always comes back to that, doesn't
it?
Pacey: Yes, it does. Yes, it does, and you know
what? I don't really regret a single second that I spent with her,
and I'm guessing you don't either. In fact, I really consider us
pretty lucky... that a--a woman like that would give either one
of us the time of day.
I'm willing
to admit that the timing on this is far from perfect, but I'm sick
of waiting for this so-called perfect timing that's obviously never
gonna happen for us.
Jen: She doesn't look depressed.
C.J.: Well, it's easy not to look it when you're
doing you're damndest not to feel it... or anything, for that matter.
I can't for
the life of me figure out how loving somebody translates into leaving
them behind.
Joey:
Well you have a person sitting right here don't you? And of course,
that's not enough. Not until you let it.
Pacey: In what world do I have you?
Joey: Look, just cause I don't fit into that place
you want me too doesn't mean there's not a place for me
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