Dawson's Creek (1998–2003): Season 3, Episode 9 - Four to Tango - full transcript

-Nothing?
-Nothing.

You?

Nothing.

God, Pacey, this is weird.

lt's the damnedest thing.
How are we supposed to have some...

...lurid, purely sexual affair
if every time we get together--?

-There's no sexual tension.
-Nada.

Zilch.

-lf it's me-- lt's not you, it's me.
-ls it me? lt's not you, it's me.

No, no, l mean, we're both-- We're both
two highly sexually-charged people.

-Absolutely. Look at our track records.
-Yeah.

We're all that and then some,
thank you.

Look at the measures
we've gone through today.

We come properly equipped.

And we've picked the perfect locale.

Absolutely. Dawson and Mr. Leery
both at school for the afternoon...

...the window's always open.

This was sheer genius on your part.

Grams always said that
that ladder was an invitation to sin.

-Just starting to get depressing.
-All right, l'll tell you what.

Why don't we give it a week?
Keep trying in the hopes...

...that whatever sexual spark
once flickered will burn again.

Did you just hear somebody
come into the house?

Pacey.

Hey, man. What's happening?

What are you doing in my room
in the middle of a school day?

Just playing some '' Crash Bandicoot.''
What are you doing home?

l had a dentist appointment.
l came back to get my books.

You have any cavities?

No. How did you get in?

ls that clock right there on the VCR?

lf it is, l should really
be getting to school.

Aren't you forgetting something?

-l don't think so.
-You sure?

Pretty sure, yeah.

Because you're only wearing one shoe.

l hope that is not
your report on manifest destiny.

Mine is only four paragraphs.

No. Remember when Dawson
put that story about me joining...

-...the football team on the Web?
-Yeah.

Well, these are e-mails
from people who saw it.

Jack, this is amazing.

l mean, look how many
people you reached.

Look, l didn't
exactly reach everybody.

Check this out.

'' Dear Homo:

Too bad Capeside
didn't make it to regionals.

We were looking forward
to playing 'Smear the Queer.'''

Oh, my God. That's so sad.

l mean, some poor, dumb cheerleader
is wasting prime boy-chasing years...

...on this closet case.

Okay, this one looks good.
'' Dear Jack:

Saw the story about you on the Web.

Have you been deluged with
letters addressed, 'Dear Homo'?

lf not, l'm sure they'll come soon.

That's what happened to me
when l took another guy...

...to the prom last year and the story
got picked up by the AP wire.''

Who's that from?

Some guy named Ben. Ben Street.

'' lf you need to talk to someone
who's been there and lived to tell...

...you can find me in the pink pages...

-...under 'out teens.'''
-Give me that.

Got you.

You should write him. He sounds nice.

Like l'm gonna write this guy.

l mean, he's a total stranger.
What would l say?

l don't know. Say anything.
Worked for John Cusack.

Okay, gotta go.

Bye.

All right. Whatever it is, l didn't do it.

But if l did do it,
l want you to know...

...l take complete responsibility
for my actions.

This isn't a disciplinary matter,
Pacey. Please.

You're here because when Mr. Milo
sent your file over to me...

...you jumped immediately to the top 1 0
of my ''most in need of guidance'' list.

And when l started talking
to your teachers....

You're failing math, Pacey.

-l'm failing?
-l'm afraid the only other grades...

...you've got going here
are four D-pluses...

...and one very lonely C-minus.

You want to tell me why that is?

Just lazy, l guess.

Has there been trouble at home?
Any change in your family situation?

No, it's nothing like that.

Mr. Milo mentioned
a girlfriend being sick.

She's not my girlfriend anymore.

-Sorry to hear that.
-You and me both, but life goes on.

Listen, you think l could get out of
here? l'm probably missing a filmstrip.

You seem like a good kid, Pacey.

Whatever's eating at you these days...

...don't let it win, okay?

Maybe it already has.

Okay, 40,000 hits?

l must be doing something wrong.

You can't do a search
on a broad topic like ''democracy.''

l mean, you gotta decide what
you want, what you don't want...

...and then, you know,
establish some restrictions.

Okay.

Oh, so it would be like if l were
searching for, say, a boyfriend...

...then l'd want to meet a lot of people
and get to know them...

...and eliminate the truly
incompatible ones.

You know, you really should
have your own website...

Okay.

l really think that you should
write Ben back.

l mean, he seems super-nice,
and he's only two towns over.

l mean, you guys could end up
being friends or....

-Or what?
-Or whatever.

-Please.
-What?

You're worried that he
has a boyfriend? Come on.

Let me assure you, a lot can happen
between May and November.

-Prom guy could be out of the picture.
-Andie, stop it.

Jack, you have to seize the day.

lf you don't, l'll do it for you.

l know your password.

Jack?

What? Someone just
instant-messaged you.

You just hit....

Oh, my God, it's Ben Street. lt's him.

What do l do?
How do l make this go away?

You don't make it go away.
He's talking to you. Say something.

-Now?
-Yeah. He's waiting.

-Yeah, but l--
-Type.

-l don't know what l'm--
-Type.

-Go on.
-All right.

Okay, well, you have to hit ''send.''

Hey, Joey. Joey. How are you doing?

You are looking absolutely ravishing.
ls that a new hair thing you got going?

You need notes from
today's class that you missed.

-You missed me?
-How could l miss you?

lt's so much easier to see the board
without your big, fat head in the way.

l need these back
by tomorrow morning.

What's a ''cosine''?

You don't know what a cosine is?

You're never gonna catch up
by midterms.

-You're right, l'm not. Not unless you--
-Look, l'm not going to help you.

l have been busting my butt
all semester, while you've been....

Who knows what you've been doing?

-l've been busy.
-Busy, right.

You have a very undemanding
part-time job...

...your only obligation
is to feed the dog...

...and your social life is a triangle
consisting of you, me and Dawson.

Okay, listen. Truth be told...

...l'm failing math right now.

Yeah, so if you could find it
in your heart...

...to explain all this trig stuff to me...

...l'd do anything you want.

Anything?

Slow, quick, quick.

Good footwork, people.

Tell me what l'm doing here
before the other nine...

-...suffer the same fate.
-You expect me to believe...

...that you actually have control
over those lead feet of yours?

-Pacey.
-l'm sorry.

Look, every year, the Starlight school...

...offers a $1 500 scholarship
to the high-school student...

...who best exemplifies
the spirit of ballroom dancing.

About six people here
wear their teeth to bed...

...let alone go to high school with us.

Which would make you,
what, a shoo-in?

Well, l do have to complete
at least one of the two-week courses.

Why didn't you get Dawson to do this?
Or Jack, for that matter?

Because they don't owe me
like you will...

...after l perform CPR
on your math grade.

So that's the trade-off.

One study session
for one dance class.

-That's the trade-off.
-Yeah, excellent.

What did l say
about rib cages touching?

And refresh my memory,
who's leading here?

l'm trying, but Janet Reno here
doesn't exactly make it easy on a fella.

Like you even know how, Pacey.

-You lead.
-Well, let's give it the old college try...

...shall we?

Don't get too close.

This is your assignment for study hall.
Do all the even problems on page 1 07.

Show your work. Don't just copy
the answers out of the back.

lf l'd known the pleasure
you were gonna take out of this...

...l never would've let you have
such free reign.

We'll spend an hour doing math,
then we're gonna go back to--

l know. The Starlight Foundation.
Another afternoon's torture...

...at the hands of Miss Penny Pretty.

You do realize, don't you,
how absolutely imperative it is...

...that no one, and l mean no one, find
out about our after-school activities?

On the scale of embarrassing and
decidedly non-butch activities...

...for a teenage male
to be involved in...

...waltzing is up there
with painting pottery.

Do you really think l'm eager
to have this information...

-...disseminated to the public?
-Perfect. Then we're in agreeance.

-Exactly. No one.
-No one's to find out. Perfect.

Find out what?

Nothing.

No, no, we can tell him.
lt's Dawson, right?

We were-- We were just
discussing the fact...

...that l am really awful at home
improvement and decor. Right?

-How are you with a roller?
-l can hold my own.

Fantastic. The Pacey Witter Memorial
addition to the Potter home...

...is in desperate need of painters
and plasterers, all union wages.

-Count me in.
-That's good to hear.

All right. So, Joey?

-Yeah.
-Okay, let's do it.

-Hold on. l want to talk to you a sec.
-Yes.

l can't talk at all right now.

l'm trying to stay off Mr. Milo's
top-1 0 ''most tardy'' list.

Can l get you after school?
Yeah? Okay.

Have you asked about prom guy yet?

All right.

They were never really dating.
They did the whole prom thing...

-...as a statement.
-Political commitment.

l like that. ln moderation, of course.

Well, what else?

He's a saxophonist.

Huge Charlie Parker fan.
All-conference track.

Sounds hot. What's he look like?

Come on, that's not important.

Well, yeah,
but he saw you on the Web...

...in uniform. lt's only fair.

We're just writing.
lt's not like we're going on a date.

-Yet.
-You know, l dated a guy...

...from the lnternet once. Hideous.

l'm gonna--
l'm gonna get that picture, yeah.

Two. One formal, one casual.

No baseball hats, baggy sweaters
or other articles of deceiving clothing.

Jen.

Hey, what are you doing here?

Shouldn't you be out campaigning
for prom queen?

Very funny, Dawson. No, actually,
l'm working on a project with Pacey.

lt's a human-growth-
and-development thing. ls he here?

-He isn't in till Tuesday.
-But he told me he was working today.

l must have gotten him confused.

That's not surprising, considering
what a flake he's been lately.

There aren't any especially doable
new faculty members...

-...l don't know about, are there?
-What?

Well, last time Pacey
was acting this weird...

...l ended up with taped outtakes
of him and Miss Jacobs...

...performing tree surgery at the ruins.

Wait, you don't think that
Pacey's older-woman fetish...

...has returned with a vengeance,
do you?

l don't know what to think.

But you're definitely
thinking something.

Yeah, l....

Yesterday, l came back to my house...

...in the middle of the day, and l found
Pacey sprawled on my bedroom floor.

Wow. Was he alone?

Yeah, he was playing
'' Crash Bandicoot.''

Dawson, l hope that's not one
of your clever euphemisms for--

No, it's just a video game.

-Good.
-But...

...here's the weird thing. Later that
night, l found a condom on my floor.

Then, when l asked Pacey about it...

...he and Joey were huddled together
like it was some sort of conspiracy.

Has he--?
Has he said anything to you?

l mean, have you talked at all
with him yet?

No, he took off, and he's been
dodging me ever since.

Can we take a break, please?

We just took a break.
No wonder you're so behind.

-Alexander can sit still longer than you.
-No, you don't understand.

lt's just that, recently,
whenever l crack a book to study...

...it's like l automatically
want to be doing something else.

Anything else. l mean...

...it seems to me that,
under the previous regimes in my life...

...every time l was studying,
l was given a reward.

-l offered you Chex Mix.
-l'm not talking about Chex Mix.

l'm talking about Tamara,
and l'm talking about Andie.

Let's just say that those
two ladies, they trained me...

...to equate studying...

-...with....
-With what?

Sex.

l equate studying with sex,
sex with studying.

Now l get the studying, but no sex.
You understand?

lt's hard to get motivated these days.

So, what you're saying is that
you're merely the innocent victim...

...in some behavioural psychology
experiment gone horribly awry?

-Yeah.
-And that you're desperately in need...

...of some able-bodied female to help
you provoke those preconditioned...

-...Pavlovian homework responses?
-Yes.

That is the worst pickup line
l have ever heard, Pacey.

Thanks, toots,
but l wasn't hitting on you.

l'll have you know,
l have my own prospects, thanks.

Like who?

For right now, they would prefer
to remain anonymous.

But they've made it clear,
in no uncertain terms...

...should the mutual desire occur...

...they will be willing to take care of all
my physical needs, you understand?

So is this a potential relationship, or
are we talking a free-trade agreement?

All right, listen.

lf you had the opportunity...

...to be with somebody,
no questions asked...

...no strings attached...

...no awkward first dates, no waiting
by the phone, no any of that...

...totally on the surface,
1 00-percent casual...

...what would you do?

Would you go for it?

A totally empty, emotionally
unfulfilling sexual experience?

-That sounds great.
-You're not listening.

l'm being serious.
But it's kind of a limited-time offer.

So l just thought l'd ask you.

What do you think?

Pacey, l think that...

...if you really wanted to be having
casual sex with someone right now...

...you'd be doing it
instead of sitting here...

...having a hypothetical discussion
about it.

That's what l think.

Oh, come on, already.

Yeah. Okay, all right.

All right, it's-- lt's happening.

Not bad.

You're not kidding.

Jack, did you actually
express attraction...

...to a member of the male species?

What? Oh, come on, this is
completely empirical. l mean...

...anyone would be attracted to that...

...extremely attractive guy.

And l sense a blush.

''So, what do you think?''

-He wants to know what l think.
-Okay, so you tell him that--

That you think that he should
travel two towns over.

-l can't do that.
-You can and will.

Andie, come on.
This is way, way too fast.

Okay, so you tell him
you want to meet for coffee.

-l can go with you if you want.
-Yeah, that'll be a lot of fun.

Okay, Jack. Agree to meet at some
very safe, very well-lit public place.

lt's not like we haven't done...

...an extensive background check
on the guy to know that he's for real.

Look, l can't, all right?

-Look at me, l'm shaking.
-Fine, Jack. You're just nervous. Here.

''The picture was great.

What can l say?

Want to meet tonight for coffee?''

-'' l thought you'd never ask.''
-'' Never ask!''

l don't know how you
suckered me into helping you...

...with your centennial
Hitchcock window display.

lt needed a woman's touch.

l suppose that's where Pacey
usually comes in.

No, Pacey's usually in the back
sleeping when l'm doing this.

All right.

Maybe he's rediscovered
his work ethic.

What do you mean?

Pacey, 2 o'clock.

ls that Joey?

Dawson, do you have one of those
little signs that says '' back in five''?

Yeah.

Okay, so Joey and Pacey
are auditioning...

...for Capeside Dinner Theatre's
version of Strictly Ballroom.

-Let's get out of here.
-Right behind you.

Excellent! Two more young people
eager to learn the sophisticated art...

...of ballroom dancing. And people say
kids have no appreciation...

-...for the finer things.
-We're not here to dance.

-We're looking for friends.
-While you look, you dance, okay?

Attention, everybody.

Looks like we have
yet another set of delightful...

...young people joining our class.
Must be something in the air.

And what, pray tell,
are you two doing here?

Just enjoying the fine art
of ballroom dancing.

Didn't l say you two would be naturals?

Much better than these two,
and they've been here all week...

...but you used to date, didn't you?

-Not right now, okay?
-l'm right, aren't l?

You dated, it didn't work out, but then
you got past all of your issues...

...and now you actually
trust each other, right?

See, you can see that in the dancing.

You can see that the trust is there.

Now, these two, on the other hand,
whole different story.

l mean, look at them.
Look at their form.

-Look at the tension in their arms.
-ls there some sort of problem here?

What did l say
about rib cages touching?

-Can we do that?
-No, sorry.

-lt just not gonna happen.
-Right. You see what l mean?

See the hostility, the way
they're wary with each other...

...not to mention the constant
bickering and name-calling.

Now, these two...

...clearly are in the early stages
of some screwball mating ritual.

What?

-You've got it all wrong, lady.
-Really, l do?

-Oh, completely.
-Actually, you couldn't be more wrong.

There's enough sexual tension here
to power a KlSS reunion tour.

l can't remember the last time
l saw dancing this bad.

-True.
-Wait. Just because they can't dance...

-...you think--?
-lt's this theory l've developed...

...based on years of experience.

lf people dance that badly,
then they're usually hot for each other.

The dancing doesn't lie.

All right, people.
Let's take it from the top.

Hey. Mrs. Ryan let me in.

ls that what you're wearing?

-Good night, Andie.
-l just like you better in blue.

l mean, you look fine.
You always look fine.

Yeah, all right.
l sense a pep talk coming on.

Okay, Jack, look.

l'm your sister, and l love you...

...and your romantic future
is vitally important to me.

lf l wind up an old maid, l'm coming
to live with you and your boyfriend.

So you're fairly certain
l'll have a boyfriend?

-Sure.
-lt hasn't occurred to you...

...this whole online thing
could be a disaster?

Okay, Jack, worst-case scenario:

You show up, you meet each other,
you hate each other...

...you drink your mochaccinos,
and you go your separate ways.

But that's not gonna happen.
l have a really good feeling.

-l'm glad someone does.
-Jack, there's no need to be nervous.

-Ben obviously likes you.
-l don't even know Ben.

-Ben doesn't know me.
-Thus the reason for having coffee.

Andie, this is different.

This is a whole new level of my life
that l don't even know if l'm ready for.

When l walk through that door,
and l say hello to this guy...

...my entire life is gonna be different.

l'm not just gonna be
telling the world that l'm gay.

l'm actually gonna be gay.

Jack...

...you'll be gay anyway.

l mean, if you don't go,
you'll be gay and without a boyfriend.

-Yeah.
-Okay?

Okay, people,
we're gonna play a little game.

l want you to consider this
''musical partners'' ...

...instead of ''musical chairs,'' okay?
l want you two...

...you two, you two...

...you two...

...you two. Thank you.

You two.

What? No.

l think you must've made
some sort of mistake here.

Come on, children, play nice.

Okay, we are going to dance...

...happily, joyously, enthusiastically,
because we love to dance.

Now, when you hear the music stop...

...and l yell ''switch,''
l want you to stop dancing...

...and reach for the nearest
available partner. All right?

So when did you and Pacey discover
your love of ballroom dancing?

Obviously just moments
before you and Dawson did.

l can't get over how weird it was
to see you in my room the other day.

-What's going on?
-What?

Not everybody's got the dazzling array
of electronics available that you do.

And that's the only reason you were
in my house when l wasn't there?

No. There's always the lure
of the Leery kitchen...

...which has lost its lustre
in Mitch's reign of terror.

So, what was the condom for?

-The what?
-The condom l found in my room.

-Switch!
-Excuse me for a second.

-We're dead. He found the condom.
-l know.

l've already talked to him about it.
l wouldn't worry.

Really? You don't think he'll mind us
mapping our erogenous zones...

-...between his sheets?
-Moot question. He's not onto us.

-He's not?
-No. Well, at least he's not onto me.

He's cast somebody else
as the female lead.

So when did you discover
your love for ballroom dancing?

l read about some scholarship
that they were having.

-Scholarship?
-And l needed a partner, so....

So....

But why'd you ask Pacey?
Why didn't you just ask me?

Pacey came to me first.

He needed help with math,
l needed help with this.

That's what friends do, Dawson,
they help each other.

That's all you guys are, is friends?

And switch.

Excuse us for a second.
l need to talk to you.

-What is wrong with him?
-Nothing, really.

lt's just Dawson seems to think
that we're doing it.

What?

Well, you know, having sex...

...getting to know each other
in the biblical sense.

Pacey, that's impossible.

And he would never think that.

No, not under normal circumstances.

But in this case, l think certain events
were perhaps misconstrued.

-What events?
-Switch.

Well, l just--

Okay....

So....

-Do you wanna tell me what's going on?
-lt's not what you think. Not even close.

-How do you know what l think?
-Because it's written all over your face.

Yes, me and Joey have spent
a lot of time together...

...because we've been learning
how to dance...

...and she's teaching me
trigonometry.

What's interesting to me is that of all
the blond and brunette combinations...

...of women we both know, the first one
that popped into your mind is Joey--

You're not getting out of this
by psychoanalysing me.

l'm just asking a simple question.
Dawson, you and Joey--

She's not your girlfriend anymore.

-You're right, she's not.
-Right.

So then, why are we having
this conversation?

You see where l'm going?

You're the guy who said that you two
needed to go your separate ways.

Yeah, we do.
lt just never occurred to me that--

That what? That she would
actually go her separate way too?

Or perhaps it didn't occur to you...

...her separate way would include
a stopover at me. ls that what it is?

God, this is the way
it always is with you.

You talk, but you don't
listen to yourself.

You say you're over her, but you're not.
The words don't mean anything.

Look, you don't know
what you're talking about.

Look at that girl, Dawson.

Take a good look.
She's a freaking goddess.

How long did you think it'd be
before some guy comes along...

...and is interested in her?
l mean, really, dude.

And when that happens,
what are you gonna do?

-l'll take it as it comes.
-You'll take it as it comes.

Perhaps you should start now,
because the guy who comes along...

...won't be your friend.
He won't ask permission.

The guy that comes along will take one
look at her and cut right in on you.

What are you hiding, Pacey?

-What?
-All this analysis of my love life...

...doesn't change that you didn't
answer me. Why did l find the condom?

-Why do l bother?
-Switch.

God, l don't believe that guy.

Pacey, chill out.

Here we are again,
though l have to say, the storyline...

...is starting to stretch
the limits of believability.

Meaning what?

Meaning we're two red-blooded
American teenagers who, weeks ago...

...made the enlightened decisions
not to keep our bodies to ourselves.

And what do we have
to show for it?

Nothing. Nothing.
How is that possible?

l've spent a lot of time trying to figure
this out, and l'm just drawing a blank.

Pacey, it's for about
a million different reasons.

Really?

Well, do you think you could
hit me with a couple...

...just to make me feel better?

How about the fact that our mothers
teach us to be embarrassed about sex?

Or that we live in a country
that thinks violence is cool...

...but gets squeamish when two people
under legal voting age...

...start using the correct terms
for each other's body parts?

Pacey, is this a not-so-subtle way
of telling me that you're ready...

...for a return to Witch lsland?

Maybe it was the dancing...

...or perhaps it's just the romantic
setting of this coat room...

...but l am definitely
getting that Witch-y feeling.

l'm sorry. l didn't mean
to accuse you of anything...

...but something strange is going on.
lf Pacey's not sleeping with you...

...he's definitely sleeping
with somebody.

Well, what do we have here?

lt's nothing, right?

Yeah, nothing.

-Doesn't look like nothing.
-Believe me, man.

We've done exhaustive research
in this area.

lt's nothing.

Pacey and l are just friends.

ls that what kids
are calling it these days?

You guys are stupid.
You'll both get hurt by this.

Nobody's gonna get hurt by this.

We both agreed that neither of us
have our emotions in it.

-And you're proud of that fact?
-Joey, we were just messing around.

Dawson?

They lost me at '' nothing.''

Pacey, this isn't you.

l mean, Jen, maybe you're trying to
prove something to somebody about--

Hey, slow down. This was as much
my decision as it was hers, okay?

So is that why you named your boat
True Love?

Because you think it's okay for casual
acquaintances, or even friends...

...to just use each other
as scratching posts?

-l knew you weren't gonna understand.
-You know what? l understand.

l understand just fine.

l have never in my life seen somebody
so worked up over just a kiss.

l don't think it was just the kiss.

What do you mean?

l mean that Joey knows
about our arrangement.

How could she possibly know, Pacey?

Because...

...l went to her for some
hypothetical advice...

...but when she saw us kissing,
l'm pretty sure she figured out...

...that it wasn't so hypothetical.

You went to Joey
for advice about us?

Yeah, l know. Not so smart, huh?

Smart or not smart, it's just...

...funny you went to her.

Well, l wouldn't say
that l went to her. l mean...

...she just happened to be there.
We were studying--

Can l ask you something, Pacey?
What is it about her?

She's obviously got something...

...that makes boys
in emotional turmoil flock to her.

-Come again?
-Come on. Dawson's the same way.

Whatever small problem got to him,
he went straight to Joey.

So who else would you
have me talk to?

l can't go to Andie
with something like this.

So l guess l should commune
with Deputy Doug.

Dawson. Why couldn't you
just go to Dawson?

-What?
-Unless, of course...

...you now feel uncomfortable talking to
him about your sex life, considering....

Considering what?

That your current girl Friday
used to be his.

Okay, now correct me if l'm wrong...

...but Dawson Leery didn't know about
you and l until, what, two minutes ago?

l'm not talking about us.

What, Joey?

This has nothing to do with Joey.

l saw the way you overreacted
to Dawson.

l saw the way Joey overreacted to us.

l know that you're having trouble
in math these days...

...but it doesn't take Einstein
to get the sum of these reactions.

You have to explain this one to me,
because l'm missing something.

You're talking about Joey Potter, right?

The one who can't walk into the
same room with me without gagging?

There was nothing going on
between us--

No, Pacey, there's nothing between us.

No matter what we do,
it's not gonna work out between us.

-No, it's not, is it?
-No.

Are you disappointed?

Yeah, l'm disappointed.

And at the same time...

...l think l'm also a little relieved.

Me too.

l'm gonna go.

See you, Pacey.

You know what, Pacey?

Thanks for nothing.

What are you still doing here?

Anxiously waiting to be regaled
with first-date stories.

They tell me, in order to have
first-date stories...

...you actually have to have
a first date.

-What happened?
-l can't get into this with you.

You'll get on me
about how l handled it.

Jack, that's not fair.

You're always the one
scraping me off the concrete.

Can't l return the favour?

l didn't even go in, okay?

l panicked.

l got there...

...l looked through the window, and l
saw him sitting there, waiting for me.

Then l saw this couple...

...this girl and this guy,
and when l saw them, it--

When l saw them, at that moment,
l didn't wanna be me.

l wanted to be them.

l got so upset that l just left.

When it comes down to it, l'm just not
brave enough to walk through the door.

Oh, Jack, you are so brave.

l mean, your entire life,
you have been nothing but brave.

Yeah, but not this time. l mean....

l keep taking baby steps,
but l'm not getting anywhere.

-You know, l'm not getting any braver.
-Don't be so hard on yourself.

l mean, that's what fear is for. lt's--

lt's life's way of telling us
that we're not ready for certain things.

Aren't you the same girl
who spent the past week...

...dragging me kicking and screaming
towards my romantic destiny?

Yeah, but l know when to push
and when not to.

Anyway, Jack...

...when it's right, you'll know it.

And that's when you'll walk
through that door...

...when you're ready.

lf it makes you feel any better,
what happened was inevitable.

-What was?
-What we just saw.

All right, look at it
from a storytelling perspective.

Okay, Pacey's brooding,
disillusioned, tough-guy persona...

...was destined to collide
with Jen's fake sexual bravado.

lt's inevitable.

Dawson, you're the ultimate romantic.

How can you not be
more upset about this?

lf Jen and Pacey wanna mess around
in a coat room, that's their business.

But you don't understand
what's going on.

They made some casual-sex pact.
They're just using each other.

Joey, we're all guilty of that.

At least they're being up-front about it.

So you buy into this whole
raging-hormones theory?

You think it's okay
for two people not in love...

...to just let their sexual impulses
run wild?

No, what l'm saying is,
if they made some agreement...

...l don't think they made it
because they wanted sex.

l think they wanted comfort.

l'm sure that's all they were
doing in your bed...

...providing each other with comfort.

lt's not impossible.
l mean, it's all you and l ever did.

Come on, give them a break, Jo.
They're just lonely.

Dawson, being lonely is no excuse
to just throw yourself...

...at the first available warm body.
Could you sleep with someone...

-...that you didn't love?
-No.

And neither could you.

But l do understand the impulse.

-What impulse?
-lmpulse to....

To put your hand out and want
someone at the end of your reach.

You know, to want someone
to be close to.

To want to kiss or touch,
even if it's wrong.

That's just it, Dawson. lt's wrong.

lf a kiss is just some
purely physical thing...

...and if there's nothing else
behind it, what's the point?

The point is,
you can't control those feelings.

Even if they're wrong, they're there.

They're always there.

You can understand that, can't you?

You know, l forgot my coat.

l better go inside and get it.

Okay.

Good night, Joey.

l forgot my coat.

Well, yeah, you ran out of there
in a bit of a hurry, didn't you?

Look, if it makes you feel any better...

...we never actually slept together.

l mean, not even close.

lt's none of my business
what you guys did or didn't do.

l'm sorry l overreacted.

Yeah, you did overreact, didn't you?

Don't act so smug.
l'm not saying you're right...

...or that l approve of what
you guys are doing.

Were doing. l'd say the time limit
on the limited-time offer...

...has probably run out now.

So you got your coat.

What made you come in here?

Dawson.

He convinced me to take pity...

...on your poor, misguided,
testosterone-impaired self.

-He did that, did he?
-Afraid so.

Man, guess l owe him
another one, huh?

You do.

Come on.

Let's go.

Hey, not so fast, you two.

There's a class about to start.

l think we've done
enough dancing for a lifetime.

Whoa, whoa,
let's not be too hasty here.

We've still got a scholarship
to work for.

Oh, about that scholarship...

...things have been kind of tight here.

There's no scholarship?

No.

But what l can offer you
is six months of free dance lessons.

What would we do with those?

The cha-cha, the rumba, the merengue.

When you're ready, the tango.

-lt's the dance of love.
-Thanks, but no thanks.

Come on, think about this for a second.
Don't be too hasty.

We may have found our calling
in this studio.

Give it up, Pacey.
You definitely were not that good.