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Transcript Page 2(Exterior shot of Joey Potter's house. She is seen pounding on the bathroom door)Joey: Bodie, I need to dry my hair. (Joey goes over, looks at her nephew, then to her dresser that she is sharing at the moment with Bessie.) Joey: You know, this is *my* dresser. Bessie: Well, I'm going to be late for work. (Bessie looks over and notices what Joey looks like) Bessie: You look like hell. Joey: Yeah, well, the human alarm clock kept me up all night. I overslept and I didn't even have time to cram for my Spanish test. Bessie: Look, I know things have been crazy around here since Alexander was born but it's the first time for Bodie and I and the learning curve has been a little steep. But I promise, things will settle down around here just as soon as we get through this adjustment period. Joey: Yeah, when will that be? Bessie: Two, three years, max! Joey:(sarcastically) Wonderful. (Joey leaves her house and heads to school) (Capeside High. Joey and Dawson are sitting on some hallway steps. Dawson has Joey's Spanish book in his hands quizzing her for her test) Joey: Mi hermano de la micar. Dawson: Si, si. Joey: Thanks, Dawson. I really appreciate this. Dawson: Not a problem. I just wish they would teach some more useful Spanish phrases. Joey: So, where's girlfriend this morning? Dawson: Don't know. Haven't seen her. Pay attention. ummm, my uncle's bicycle is from Mexico. Joey: Ahh, La bicicleta es mi tio es de Mexico. Dawson: That's it. You're brilliant. Joey: It was just that you know, you haven't said much lately. Things between you and Jen okay? Everything going smoothly? Dawson: Great. (pauses) I mean, I admit, it got rough there for a little while but yeah, things are going great. Joey: Good, that's really good. ( The school bell rings signaling class) Dawson: Bueno. (Joey and Dawson get up from the stairs and sees Jen coming down) Joey: Bueno. alright, bueno. Jen: (to Dawson) Hey, what's up with you? Dawson: Hey, how are you? (Dawson leans over and kisses her) Jen: Mmm, good. Dawson: (grabs her hand)Come on. Jen: You know, I like your vest. Dawson: Thank you. (to Joey who's following them) Here's your book. Good luck, okay? (to Jen) I assume we're still on for bowling tonight? Jen: Absolutely. Can't wait. Joey: I'll see you, guys. Dawson: Bye Joey. (to Jen) So, can I walk you to Math? (Jen notices Billy leaning against the lockers by the school entrance) Jen: Ah, actually, ah, damn, i forgot. Can I catch up with you later,Dawson? Dawson: Yeah. Jen: Yeah, I'll see you in class, okay? Dawson: Okay. Jen: Okay. Dawson: Alright. (Dawson leaves her and turns down a hallway. He stops and looks over to see where Jen went. He sees her go up to Billy and watches them)
(Jen walks over to Billy) Jen: Billy, what the hell are you doing here? Billy: Is that how you greet the love of your life? Jen: Look, I'm sorry. ah, hello, Billy, please leave. (Billy leans over to kiss her) Jen: NO! Billy: Jenny, I drove all night just to see you. Jen: New York is only four hours from here. Billy: I got lost? Jen: Billy, do you have any idea what my grandmother would do if she found out you were here? I mean, the whole reason I was sent to Capeside was to get away from you, Billy. Things have changed, okay? Believe it or not, I've changed. I'm not the same person that you knew in New York. Billy: Alright. then tell me about it. Look, go for a ride with me and you can fill me in on all the advances. Huh? Come on, two minutes. Is that too much to ask? Jen: Alright Billy, but I'm keeping time. (Jen leaves school with Billy)
(Dawson is shocked to see Jen leave with Billy but is even more surprised when Cliff Elliott taps him on the shoulder) Cliff: Dawson? Dawson:(turns around) Uh, hi. Cliff: Hey, look, I'm looking for Jen. You don't know where she is this period do you? Dawson: No, I don't. Sorry. Cliff: Well, give her a message, will you? Tell her I'm having a Bar-B-Que at my house this Saturday and I'd love it if she 'd make it. Hey, what the hell, why don't you come too? Dawson: Cool, sounds great. Cliff: And one other thing. I don't know if you can help me with it. Jen doesn't have a boyfriend does she? Dawson: Yeah she does (pauses) me Cliff: Really? Dawson: Yeah. Cliff: That's, that's terrific, man. ( Cliff leaves and Dawson is seen standing in the hallway)
(Mitch and Gail are sitting in their house. Gail is sitting at a desk looking at recreational ads. Mitch is at the breakfast table reading the newspaper) Gail: What about sailing lessons? Fencing? No, no, no, what about scubadiving? Mitch: Expensive. You need tanks and fins. Those aren't cheap. And some overpaid instructor at forty bucks an hour. Of course, you're the family bread winner, so that's really not my call is it? Gail: Well, I would love to do it, Mitch. Dr. Keenan wants us to expericence new things that neither of has ever done before. Mitch: Well, hey, why didn't you say so? We've never tried swinging or spouse swapping. Wouldn't that be more appealing to your recreational taste? Gail: When are you going to stop punishing me? Mitch: When I can get the vision of my naked wife playing hide the...when it stops hurting.
(Jen and Billy are standing on the lawn between her house and Dawson's. ) Jen: Billy, being here has been good for me. And, so, if I could somehow, without being too rude, ask you to leave. Billy: Okay, but help me out here, Jen. I'm way too beat to make this ride tonight and I'm a little straped for hotel money. So, just find me a place to crash for the night and I'm out of here by morning. (Dawson is walking home from school and comes over to see what is going on with Jen) Dawson: Is everything okay? Jen: Dawson, hi. Yeah, everything's fine. It was.. Billy: Hey, how's it going (extends his hand to Dawson) Billy Conrad (Dawson shakes Billy's hand) Jen: Billy's an old friend of mine from New York. Uh, can I talk to you for a second, Dawson? Dawson: Yeah. ( Jen and Dawson walk closer to his house) Jen: Look, I know this is kind of awkward but would it be okay tonight, if Billy stayed with you at your house? Dawson: (outraged) Stay with me for the night? Jen, I don't even know him. I just met him. He's a complete stranger to me. I don't know anything about him. Jen: Okay. What do you want to know? Dawson: I don't know where to start. First of all, is he really just a friend or is something more than that? Jen: Dawson, first of all, I've already told you about Billy. (Dawson looks over at Billy who's getting his luggage out of his car) Jen: I told him everything about us. And that I'm with you now. But he's still my friend and only my friend Dawson: Is he the guy? He's the person you got caught doing in your parents' bed. Jen: Yeah, but it's completely over between Billy and I. and I'd really appreciate it if you could give him a place to crash for the night. Believe me, Dawson, anything Billy ever meant to me, you now mean two times that. Please Dawson, for me? (Billy walks over and puts his luggage on Dawson's shoulder) Billy: Thank you, sir. Dawson: Yeah, no problem. (Dawson walks over and throws Billy's luggage back to him) (It's evening time and Dawson is sitting at his desk next to his computer working on something. Billy is checking out Dawson's room) Billy: This must be pretty weird for you, huh? Dawson: What's that? Billy: Having me here. Having your girlfriend's ex sharing your bedroom. I mean, that's got to be a real trip, man. Dawson: It's only until tomorrow. Billy: Oh yeah, that's what Jenny said. Tomorrow, right? So what are you anyways, some sort of film buff? Dawson: Something like that. Billy: Oh, now this is cute. (Billy hold up a stuffed ET doll. Dawson gets up and snatches it away from him) Dawson: That's a collector's item. Look Billy, if you're going to be staying another day, I should know, Jen should know . Billy: Okay, how about this? I'm not leaving tomorrow. In fact, I have no intention of leaving until Jen's thrown you over and come back to me. So, the question is, what do you do about it? Do you have Daddy throw me out? Do you remove me personally from the premises?( laughs) Have a sense of humor man. Look at you. You're all trumped up over nothing. Yeah, I'll probably split tomorrow. But in the meantime, you and I should take advantage of our newfound closeness here. (throws himeself down on Dawson's bed) I bet you're dying to get to know what Jen was like in New York. So, shoot. Ask away. Dawson:(leaning against his desk) Billy, I already know all about you and Jen and her life in New York. There's nothing I'm curious about. No info I'm subtly fishing for, okay? She told me everything. Billy: (sitting up on the bed) She gave you the headlines. Caught in bed, shipped up here to get away from me, etc, etc, and so on. But did she give you the details? Did she fill in the blanks that make a story a story? Because my guess is there's a lot you don't know about, Dawson.My guess is, you don't know the half of it.
(Joey is at her house babysitting Alexander. The baby is sound asleep and Joey is reading a magazine. Dawson comes rushing through her front door) Dawson: Joey, I really need to talk to you. My life is rapidily turning into some seriously disturbing joke. Joey: Shhh, you wake him up, your life will be over. (Dawson and Joey go into the next room to avoid waking the baby up) Joey: So, what's the problem? Dawson: Okay, you know how yesterday, I said everything between Jen and me were great? Well it's not. It's a mess. Her ex boyfriend from New York is here and he's staying at my house. Joey: Oh, so that's who that cute guy was in school yesterday? Dawson: You're not helping. Joey: Look, what' s the big deal? I mean, I thought you were with Jen. You guys are a couple, right? Dawson: Yeah, of course. Joey: So? Dawson: Well, you know, it's just that Mr. Smooth rides into town and Dawson bowling starts sounding pretty lame. Joey: Dawson, bowling always sounds lame. Dawson: Look, umm, Billy's staying at my house which I hate okay, but if I kick me out, I look petty and insecure but if I let him stay, I feel like a patsy. Joey: Well, ummm. Dawson: I'm beginning to think relationship problems run in my family. Joey: Dawson, I hate to break it to you but your problems really aren't that original. You know, divorce and dysfunction run rapid in this town.So I.. Dawson: Dysfunction I can handle. Divorce I..How much pain and humilation can a relationship endure before it reaches the point of no return? Joey: Are we talking about the father or the son here? Dawson, relax, don't worry about it. You know, it's all going to blow over and you're going to be on to bigger and better problems before you know it. Dawson: You think so? Joey: Really. Dawson: Just sit tight? Joey: It's all going to be fine Dawson: You're right. Thanks.(playfully slugs her on the shoulder) You're the best. (Dawson leaves slamming the door in the process, waking up the baby. Joey bangs her head against the wall and goes to settle Alexander down. Dawson is then, seen rowing back across the creek to his house)
(Dawson and Jen are walking along the creek bank. Dawson is walking ahead of her arm in arm with her. Dawson doeesn't seem to really care that she's there) Jen: You know, I really did want to let you know, Dawson, how much I appreciate your generousity and giving him a place to crash and everything. (Jen drops her arm from Dawson's as they continue walking towards their houses) Dawson: He's not exactly here to watch the leaves change colors is he, Jen (looks at the empty expression on her face) No, I didn't think so. I think he's here to get you back. I don't know whether you think I'm super evolved or just plain oblivious to everything. Jen: Look, Dawson, I told him it's over with us. I told him everything about us. You know that. Dawson: I don't think he's getting the message and quite frankly, I don't think you want him to. (Dawson turns to face her with his hands in his pockets. Jen is facing him with her arms folded across her chest) Jen: Look, Dawson, I don't want to lie to you. Yeah, Billy, still has feelings for me. I mean, we never really got a chance to say good-bye. My parents threw me out of New York so fast, there was never any time for closure. Dawson: I thought you wanted to make a break from all those guys who sexualized you way too young? Jen: But Billy wasn't one of them. He was the only guy who ever treated me with respect. He treated me well. Dawson: So you're going back to him? (looks for a reaction from her) You have to think about that? Jen: It's just not that simple, alright? It's confusing. Dawson: We're invited to a party at Cliff Elliott's tonight and I want you to come with me. I want things to go back to normal and I want Billy gone. Jen: Look, I just can't send him away like that. Dawson: Of course. He's treated you with nothing but respect. But you know what, Jen, last time I checked, so did I. And how do I get repaid? By having the guy who's had you everywhere from Battery Park to your parents' bed dumped on me as my new bunkmate. Jen: (getting upset) Dawson, come on, be fair to me, alright? Look this isn't the easiest situation in the world for me either. I mean, imagine if some ex girlfriend of yours suddenly showed up to town and just put everything in a worldwind. How would you feel? Dawson: You know what, Jen? That's impossible,ok? Because I don't have a ex girlfriend. You're my girlfriend, my first and only. All I'm trying to do is prevent Billy's ex from becoming my ex too. Jen: My feelings for you haven't changed, Dawson, can't you see that? Try and understand. Dawson: Unfortunately, I think I do. (Dawson stomps off clearly upset and Jen looks at him with disgust and goes to her house)
(Pacey is sitting behind the counter at the video store that he and Dawson work at. He is watching Anaconda when Joey walks in. He turns the movie off to talk to her) Joey: Look, I need to rent the English Patient. Pacey: May I suggest to you a movie that doesn't completely blow? Joey: No, because it was on cable last night and it put the baby to sleep. In fact, it's the only thing that's put baby to sleep, because baby never sleeps. And if baby doesn't sleep, I don't sleep. If I don't sleep, I get angry. I get irritable and I can no longer maintain my sunny deposition. So, Pacey, if you even have the slightest bit of human decency, you'd rent this movie to me immediately and bring a 181 minutes of peace into my otherwise wretched life. Please? (Pacey checks the computer for the video and then goes back to get it for her) Pacey: Alright, but in my professional opinion, you don't need a video store. You need a pharmacy. (Pacey hands Joey the video) Joey: Anyways, I hear Jen's ex has been lurking around Capeside. Met this straping young fellow yet? Pacey: Oh, he's a real charmer. Just about lost three toes to a pair of his steel-belted radios. Joey: So, what's the paty line? You think she'll go back to him? And return to her wanton New York ways? Pacey: You know, I really don't know, but if Jen did ditch Dawson for Billy the Kid, wouldn't that please a certain someone we both know? Joey: Look you know me, Pacey, I'm not one to stand in the way of true love. But if Jen has a connection to this guy, which seems like she does, you know, what can we do about it? Pacey: Look, Joey, I've never really taken a particular interest in your life (he stands up) cuz frankly your life has never been particularily interesting but there is one thing I need to know. You're really, really enjoying the fact that Jen's ex is in town, aren't you? Joey: Well, it's intriguing, Pacey, I mean, even you have to admit that. Pacey: But you know what? This is the wedge you've been waiting for that's going to drive Jen and Dawson apart, right? Joey: No, Pacey, you're such..it's not like that at all. You don't know what you're talking about. Pacey: See, the three of us have been friends too long and up until now, I've just kind of stood idly by and watched this all go down. But it's time to lay this on the line, okay? You have some raging hormonal obsession for our friend Dawson and you just can't wait to get your hooks into him butt good, can you? Huh? Joey: Bite me, Pacey. Pacey: Busted. (Joey turns and starts to walk out of the video store) Pacey: Hey, be kind, rewind.
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