"My God." "She is gorgeous." "Even I can appreciate that." "And this one, she knows how to turn on the fun." "You know what I mean." "Can you afford her?" "Please, Jack, do not tarnish this moment with talk of money." "l'm just saying-- -l must have her." "Therefore, I can afford her." "Her, and all of her little toys too." "What are you guys even gonna do with something this big?" "I mean, it's kind of grotesque." "Not to mention that Emma's gonna freak out when you drag this..." "...through the living room." "Joey, don't be jealous." "Just because she can do things that no man has ever known before." "Okay, now you're disturbing me." "It's a television that looks like it ate a small country." "This is the most blatant display of capitalism I've ever seen." "You're threatened by something you don't understand, Joey." "I'm gonna get the sales guy." "Aren't there better things you could do with your money?" "What, like funding your drug habit?" "Now we're talking." "Gratuitous purchases aside, I'm very impressed with you, Pace." "Put any fool in a suit and he'll change the world." "Look at Trading Places." "It's not the suits, and it's not the high-tech toys." "It's how you got yourself to this place." "l mean, look how far you've come." "Not too far, I hope." "Are you really worried about that?" "Of course." "I'd like to think that I could be the person I used to be because he was actually a pretty good guy." "You still are, Pacey." "You've always been this genius just waiting for potential to kick in." "It just so happened to kick into overdrive." "I'm very proud of you." "Thank you." "That means a lot coming from you, Jo." "But if you think I'm gonna sit in your apartment and pay homage..." "...to that, you're mistaken." "You gotta come." "lt's not a party without you." "l know." "Believe me, I'm coming." "I'm in dire need of cheer and libations after Eddie up and decided to make something of himself." "You gotta quit the supportive, inspirational thing." "It doesn't work for you." "What's up with that?" "Now, don't make me regret all of my sentimental pride." "I won't." "So long as you come tonight." "It'll be good for your soul." "And it really would mean a lot to me if you could just accept her." "As one of our own." "Oh, God." "Clothes don't fool me." "Same old lovable punk." "I'm gonna go check out the iPods." "Back wall, guys." "Okay." "All right, back here, back here." "Oh, she's awesome." "l'm gonna pray to her every night." "lt's a box, Jack." "It's a big box." "Since when have you been interested in big boxes?" "Since Pacey started sharing the wealth." "lt's not gonna bring you happiness." "l beg to differ." "David's here to check out the TV." "Oh, so what?" "You're gonna get lucky?" "With the television?" "Hi." "Hey." "Holy big screen, Batman." "You were right." "It is beautiful." "Have you boys no concern for the general aesthetic quality of your surroundings?" "This thing is so big, it could block the sun." "Spare me the manifesto, Lindley." "The quality of life went up 1 0 points." "Would you just give the old girl a chance?" "I'm sure that she will impress you with her skills." "The strength of the sound that comes out of her, it just feels like it's enveloping your whole body." "is Emma's band playing tonight?" "l didn't know that." "No." "The TV." "Love the TV." "Touch the TV." "Moving on." "Next subject." "Why are you having this party?" "You and Jack have been living here in private squalor for months now." ""Squalor"?" "Interesting." "Well, work's been going well, and I just wanted to spread the joy." "So listen, I'm bringing C.J. to this party." "C.J., the dude from the concert." "Yes, C.J., the dude from the concert." "Whose face you introduced to the wall." "Which leads me to my next point." "Could you possibly not punch him tonight?" "l would never." "Well, that's reassuring." "But I'm gonna go now." "When I return, I will have C.J., and I will have ice." "Ice which is for drinks." "Not for boys' broken faces." "Thanks for the clarification." "Hey." "See you later tonight." "Ta-ta." "Emma." "Oh, what in the queen's name is that?" "That is tonight's entertainment and every glorious night thereafter." "This is Bertha." "Ain't she pretty?" "No." "She's not pretty." "She is an oversized hag taking up my practice space." "Don't talk about Bertha like that." "We can discuss rearranging later." "What in the queen's name is that?" "Oh, sorry, yeah." "That's Gus." "My fiancé." "How can you help yourself today?" "Actually, I'm here to" "Dawson Leery." "You are a sight for sober eyes." "Hi." "lt's good to see you." "l thought you were gonna think my message was a joke." "You sounded a little too desperate for it to be a joke." "Well, thanks for not flaking, because I kind of would have deserved that." "Oh, but please tell me that you brought me some NyQuil because I can just not shake this pesky cold." "The first step to getting better is allowing yourself to admit that you're sick." "Thanks, Betty." "It's cool that you forgot the NyQuil, but please, for the love of Joey Potter tell me that you brought me something to read, a Jane magazine." "I'd even settle for Martha." "Anything but the Bible." "It was pretty cool the first time around." "People steal a lot of material from the Bible." "Have you ever noticed that?" "Are you okay, Audrey?" "Yeah." "Truth be told, I've been smoking a lot more than the average girl." "Well, more than the average girl without an eating disorder." "They kind of encourage that here." "You know, the smoking." "Because, like, that's not gonna kill you or anything." "Anyway, bygones." "You okay, Dawson?" "Well, sort of." "I've been living in Todd's guesthouse for the past two weeks." "Which has been his own kind of sobriety nightmare." "Wick ed Dead is going straight to cable." "Which means Todd won't be directing in the near future and I won't get another shot at this rate." "Yeah." "I'm in rehab, Dawson." "Did you really not bring me any magazines?" "I'm sorry, I...." "Do you know who that is?" "It's the broad I lost my cigarettes to last night in a poker game." "l really don't wanna talk about it." "That's Toni Stark." "She's a phenomenally successful producer." "She worked for Spielberg's company, then she left to start her own." "She's a modern Hollywood legend." "Finding those is like shooting fish in a barrel here, so don't blow your wad on one sighting." "Okay, tiger?" "Do you think I could, like, talk to her?" "I'd love to talk to her, but I don't-- l don't know." "She's got this reputation for being, like, a renowned harpy." "Likes to eat well-meaning types for breakfast." "Well, that's probably her drunken reputation." "I mean, she's got no ammo here." "But, hello, what about me?" "You're the only person who's been cool enough to come visit me here, and now you're gonna ditch me?" "I'm sorry." "You're right." "You're absolutely right." "Let's...." "Let's work through what got you here in the first place." "No." "Let's stalk the burnout." "Whose party did you say this was?" "l didn't." "Funny that." "Let's go in." "Wait." "Come on now." "I'm not one for surprises." "Okay, it's my friend Pacey's party." "Pa" " The dude from the concert?" "Yes, the one who introduced your face to a brick wall." "I got a better idea." "Why don't we go in, drop off the ice, go to a movie." "These are my best friends, and you're gonna have to get to know them, sooner or later." "So let's do it, please?" "Hello there." "Nice television." "See?" "I told you it wasn't gonna be so bad." "Quite the shindig, Pace." "I'm impressed." "Why, thank you. I owe it all to Bertha." "Please tell me you didn't name the television." "Okay." "You want a drink?" "We have water, juice, Coke, the green gunk that Emma drinks, beer...." "Give me a drink." "Something fruity and mind-numbing." "Don't give me that look." "What look?" "Like you're going to ask me who I am, and what I've done to Joey Potter." "I was gonna do no such thing." "I was simply gonna make you a drink." "And may I say that you look wonderful tonight." "Thank you." "I thought it was time for a shower." "I heard that things haven't been going great for you lately." "I have confidence that you'll get through this, because you always do." "You know, I'll always be the one to wake up early take the exam, get over the boy, drive the roommate to rehab, right?" "Because somebody's gotta do all that, right?" "You know what?" "Maybe tomorrow I won't do it, and somebody else will." "So just what would you do instead?" "Why?" "What is this " instead" you speak of?" "Well...." "This is a fairly safe place for you, right?" "So feel free." "Enjoy yourself." "All right." "That's the plan." "All bets are off." "You know, I just keep wondering when he's gonna return to his art." "l mean, he was really quite talented." "Really?" "I had no idea he was into that sort of thing." "Really?" "Oh, my gosh." "That's what brought us together in the first place." "Well...." "Before." "I mean, you'll think this is funny, but Jack when I first met him he was shy and kind of dorky." "Seriously." "To be honest, I never would've known he liked me." "Except for...." "There was that one time I was sketching him for class." "He got excited." "No." "Oh, Dawson." "Go do it now." "Do what?" "I don't remember coming up with a plan." "Just frigging go do it!" "Go, go, go!" "Slim pickings, huh?" "Entertainment's sure tough to come by around here." "What do you do for fun?" "Me?" "I just got here." "Well, I'd be glad to show you the ropes...." "Dawson." "Dawson Leery." "You got nice hands, Dawson Leery." "I'm Toni Stark." "I know who you are." "You're a genius." "Yeah." "Something like that." "I'm sorry." "You probably came here for privacy." "No, actually, I came here to stop having fun." "But I love hearing how great I was 1 0 years ago." "Put it that way, you sound like you were a flash in the pan." "So are we gonna go somewhere or what?" "I'm sorry." "Look, the thing is I'm starting out in the industry" "Listen, baby bird it's bad enough teasing a drying-out broad with your naughty bits." "It's worse to talk about the business with somebody who's currently out of it." "See you around." "Oh, my God." "Dawson." "You're hopeless." "Hey, hope you're not looking for anything of nutritional value." "No." "No." "No, no." "Just looking." "So it's a good party, huh?" "I think it's a good party." "All these different types of people mixing and whatnot." "And there's been no punching of C.J.'s face." "That's good. I like that." "You seem a little jumpy." "Do you want a beer or something?" "No, I'm going the clean and sober route." "Taking one for the C.J. team." "He doesn't mind when other people drink." "lt's nothing. lt's just easier this way." "What, lying?" "No, it's not lying." "I mean, it's just-- lt's" "And you know, it's probably really good for me too." "Hey." "Hi." "How are you, slugger?" "Don't worry." "Everything's fine." "I noticed the lack of fisticuffs." "Thank you for being nice to him." "It's easier than I thought it would be because he's a good guy." "So we kissed, made up I offered him a drink, and everything's okay." "He refused, right, when you offered him a drink?" "No, of course not." "Who does that?" "Oh, God." "Alcoholics." "Recovering alcoholics tend not to drink." "What's with all the underage alcoholics around here?" "Okay. I got it." "I'm on damage control." "And have you seen Joey?" "You know, C.J." "I just-- l really think it's great how you've turned Jen around." "Because before, believe me, I mean she was...." "She was a troubled young lady." "So she says." "She killed a girl once." "What?" "Abby Morgan." "Killed her with champagne." "You want some?" "No." "No, no, I'm" " This is-- l'm...." "Do you want some?" "Hey, there you are." "So, what do you say we leave the nice man alone now, shall we?" "And look, about that thing earlier." "I'm sorry, I didn't know." "What?" "Thank you." "You're welcome." "He seems like a nice guy." "What does " C.J." stand for?" "Couldn't tell you." "Well, I hope those kids work it out." "Pacey." "Everybody's working it out." "Jen and C.J you know, that British girl and that gross guy." "I'm just no good at this." "I just...." "l push people away." "No, that's not true." "Oh, no?" "Then why do they go out to sea, or move across country or follow their dreams just because I told them to?" "There's always something better out there than me." "I think perhaps you're looking at this the wrong way." "Maybe it's just that you're such an amazing woman you make these guys wanna be better men." "Well, we're not together." "True enough." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Well, don't you look so glum." "We're talking about my sucky life." "Yours is a success." "Oh, I forgot." "You're still not over me." "Really?" "Oh, remember?" "Christmas dinner from hell?" "That was one of Audrey's enlightened comments." "Right, of course." "You're still not over me." "That must suck." "Oh, it does." "You have no idea the hardships I go through trying to maintain a friendship with a dream girl such as yourself." "You have no idea." "Gets lonely." "It does. I cry myself to sleep every night." "But Jack and I cuddle." "That eases the pain." "He's very loving." "Oh, Pace." "You know what?" "I am a good catch." "I don't understand. I mean, when did you stop going to school?" "The end of the semester." "Band's really taking off, Jack, and I just...." "You know, I couldn't keep up with the requirements." "When am I gonna need to know the origin of the Baroque period anyway?" "lt's totally lacking in inspiration." "Totally." "So, Gus...?" "You still in school?" "No need." "I'm gonna be a roadie for the little lady." "No, no." "He's just saying that." "No." "He's actually a very brilliant pianist." "He plays in a pool hall on Thursday nights." "It's really good stuff." "Wicked." "Yeah, okay." "Are you sure you thought this marriage thing through?" "I mean, you know, no offence, Gus." "We just met tonight but it's moving awful quickly." "Yeah, that's sort of the point, Jack." "My visa ran out as soon as I quit school." "Which means I have no right to be here unless I marry some Yankee bastard." "Gus has been very agreeable about the whole thing." "Haven't you, Gus?" "Right on, baby mama." "I'm going to go get something to drink." "Can I get something for anyone?" "Yeah, I'd like a-- l'd like a beer." "Okay." "And maybe some chips." "And maybe mash the chips up inside a sandwich." "So, Gus." "Did you just, you know, offer your services to her?" "Because, you know, it's a big sacrifice." "Just, you know, getting married this young and all, so." "Yeah, I was led to believe that having other women in the bedroom wouldn't exactly be off-limits." "Plus, it's nice compensation." "What do you mean?" "Free room and board, man." "Plus, she said she'd cook for me." "Yeah, you know, she's not exactly a cook." "She just throws stuff in a blender, and then she just hopes" "Whatever." "She's got a nice rack." "Yeah, she" "Say, are you two getting to know each other?" "Unfortunately." "Yeah." "No, your old man's cool." "Doesn't even seem all that gay." "Yeah." "Okay, see you kids later." "I'm just going to stay right here." "Okay, wait." "Why are we still doing this?" "Weren't you just telling me what a miserable failure I was?" "Look, if there's one thing I've learned in rehab other than cat's cradle, is that you have to believe in yourself." "You are your own worst enemy and all that." "You're not too convincing." "Come on." "You are so much better than all the wannabes I grew up with." "Okay, so you made a colossal fool out of yourself in front of some producer." "I say, why not do it again?" "You're not encouraging me because you've been in rehab for a month and you're bored?" "Dawson, give a girl a break, and dance, monkey, dance." "She went in that room right there." "Hey, guys." "Come on in." "Don't be shy." "We're here to help." "Actually, you know, we're" "No, you know what?" "Honey, this is gonna be good for us." "Come on, guys, make some room." "Thank you." "Thanks." "One, two, three...." "Do we really have to cohabitate with this guy?" "She didn't mention anything about that." "I think it's part of the marital-bliss deal." "Free room and board, the occasional unwanted groping." "lt's the only reason he's doing it." "You've gotta be kidding me." "What, you're shocked?" "l-- l just don't get it, I guess." "I mean, I understand Emma's in a bind." "But, you know, she could have said something." "Yeah, I know." "And this creep." "Who marries someone they don't love?" "That kind of creep." "Kind of creep that's given up hope." "When you stop to think about it, it really must suck to be him." "So you having fun?" "Oh, yeah." "Yeah." "So you're drinking?" "I'd be much more inclined to answer your question if you weren't looking at me like I just killed Grams drunk driving." "I'm just curious." "Your friend offered me a drink, and it seemed rude to say no...." "So that's it?" "Years of sobriety shot to hell over a question of etiquette with a guy who threatened to punch in your face?" "I don't expect you to understand." "Thank God for that." "No, I just-- l didn't want to get into it with a stranger, you know." "Thanks for telling him." "Telling him what?" "That I don't drink." "Now he's apologizing to me like I'm dying." "Well, you know, it is a disease." "I know that, Jen." "I trained you, remember?" "Yeah, no, I know, I know." "So why is this coming up?" "Because for as long as I've known you you've operated on a set of rules, where l didn't think a day would go by if you weren't sticking to the C.J. plan." "Well, did it ever occur to you that I was too strict on myself?" "That maybe I wouldn't even be here now if I was sticking to the so-called C.J. plan?" "If this is gonna happen, then maybe you shouldn't be here with me." "Why?" "Because I've been sitting here for an hour considering whether or not to take a drink?" "I'd be more concerned about your friend Joey." "She told me you killed somebody." "I'm sorry." "So you haven't been drinking?" "is that gonna magically change the conclusions you just jumped to?" "Well, yes." "lt doesn't work that way, Jen." "Yeah, I've been thinking about it, fine." "Like I've thought about trying some normalcy with you." "Apparently, you find that insulting." "No, no." "Look, I just don't want-- l just don't want whatever happens between us to be detrimental to either of us." "Are you trying to get out of something here?" "Just tell me." "I'm not trying to get out of anything." "I don't even know what I'm getting into." "Well, then why are you making excuses for why this won't work?" "I mean, it's pretty hypocritical given our history, isn't it?" "What's your name?" "My name is Pinkie." "They call me that because a ferret bit off my pinkie toe when I was 1 0 and that is when I turned to the drink." "Okay." "What would you like to tell your friend here?" "He is more than just a friend." "More than just a cousin." "We got married real young." "Right after the second baby, was it?" "And then there were some more, but I lost track." "They're with Mom now, in Vegas." "But Dawson here, he was always real good to me." "You know, even when I beat him because he knew that I didn't mean it." "He knew it was just the alcohol talking, right?" "You did do some things..." "...that were more violent than that." "Like what?" "How about when you drove through the house and almost killed us?" "He's right about the car, yeah." "There were some things that I did that I probably wouldn't have if I weren't drinking." "What other things, Pinkie?" "Well...." "Like telling people things they didn't need to hear just because I wanted to see the looks on their faces." "You know, pushing people away who were just trying to help me." "Dawson here, he was always real quiet about it, though." "Not judgmental, really." "Just, you know kept picking me up over and over again." "And why do you suppose he did that?" "l don't really know." "I think he's just the kind of guy who always believes the best in people." "And he deserved more than just the destruction of his property, I suppose." "It's okay, though." "We can fix that." "But I could've really hurt you." "I think you needed to hit rock bottom before you snapped out of it." "Yeah, but I didn't hit rock bottom until a couple weeks after that." "Maybe you needed to hit it really hard." "Do you think that there is still a house for me to come home to?" "After all the construction's done and whatnot?" "I promise." "Dawson, let's have another baby." "Listen, I'm all for making a mockery of rehab, but can we move this along?" "Blondie is from Beverly Hills, and she tried to take me for two packs last night, and her boyfriend here is I don't know, a key grip." "ls this true?" "l was assistant to the director I directed the reshoots myself." "lf you'd allow me to show you my reel." "That'll be enough of that, thanks." "You two obviously don't belong here." "Do you mean I'm cured?" "No, I mean you're on dish duty tonight." "I'll tell Betty." "Now, please, let us conduct this session in peace." "Sorry." "Bye-bye now." "It went well." "You are kidding me with this, right?" "I most certainly am not." "Now don't be a spoilsport." "Come on." "Okay, fine, but l-- l'm not kissing him." "Well, what's fair is fair, right?" "Come on, Gustav." "Spin." "New rule." "No tongue." "No, no, no." ""What's fair is fair."" "And don't mess with me because I've killed before." "I know." "See?" "No tongue?" "Screw that." "Okay." "Well...." "Jack!" "Hey." "That's not fair." "You guys kiss all the time." "What's the fun in that?" "Not tonight." "There's rules to be followed, yeah?" "Oh, shut up." "Okay." "Oh, yeah." "l'm a little thirsty." "Do you need a--?" "Yeah, let's." "Oh, wait." "This isn't like Seven Minutes in Heaven." "You guys have to come back." "You just wanna kiss Jen." "Okay, regardless." "They forfeit their turn." "Well...." "All right." "Lay one on me, Pace." "Oh, you're gonna die!" "I just wanted to see how much weight it would hold. I didn't" "What have you done?" "l didn't" "What have you done?" "I will kill you." "l didn't mean-- l will kill you for this!" "Do you understand?" "Idiot!" "Don't worry about this." "I'll-- l'll take care of it." "No!" "No!" "No!" "What about my stuff?" "Oh, I'll throw it on the curb." "Okay, but" "Yeah, the wedding is off." "We haven't done it yet." "Yeah, I'm aware of that, thank you." "Okay, Bertha." "Oh, no!" "Jeez." "Oh, I'm gonna kill that little bastard." "Wanna play sardines?" "So they're really gonna put you on dish duty, huh?" "Please, that's a godsend." "It gets me out of kumbaya-ing for the night." "Why did you give us so many kids?" "Whatever!" "Why did you have to get all earnest with the bag lady about the nature of the biz?" "You know, it wasn't entirely fictional." "The therapy session." "I was feeling like there was some hardcore healing going on." "Good." "Just sucks you had to get in trouble to do it." "Dawson stalking some woman through the hallways and crashing a therapy session was more fun than I ever imagined." "You have no idea what a relief it was to just not talk about myself and my problems all day." "And darned if it didn't end up helping my problems out." "I hate when that happens." "You seem less self-absorbed than when you got here." "Better get yourself back to L.A. proper fast." "Yeah, really." "I don't know, I think it was just seeing somebody I admire, give up on life like that." "I might be floundering for my next move, but I'm not that bad." "Dawson, I haven't given up on life." "I'm talking about Toni Stark." "Oh, right." "See?" "You're good." "The next time you come, you bring me NyQuil." "There doesn't have to be a next time." "You're almost out of here." "I don't know." "As much as I hate it here I'm sort of scared more of what's beyond the gate." "Because it's all kind of a blur but I don't think I left things on the best of terms." "It can all be just like it was." "Minus the bad parts." "You know, actually I kind of don't think it can." "But I'm kind of glad about that." "Come here." "Thank you." "Bye." "See you." "So you really used to go out with Joey, huh?" "Who have you been talking to?" "lf you didn't keep ditching me..." "...to go make out with women." "l was just playing by the rules." "Joey was being very adamant." "What did she tell you?" "Nothing, really." "But I would love to see your work sometime." "Oh, no, I don't-- l don't-- l don't think so." "But I am sorry for being distracted tonight." "It's just that, you know, this whole Gus-bomb that Emma dropped is just kind of shocking." "Yeah, but crisis averted." "It's almost like it never happened." "Well, I'm just worried." "You know, I mean, I just-- l had no idea that things were so desperate for her." "What's she gonna do now?" "lt's a bad situation." "But, you know, it isn't exactly your problem to solve." "I mean, there isn't really much you can do unless you wanna go marry her yourself." "Wait." "What are you doing?" "Are you getting dressed?" "Well, yeah. I think some people wanna get in here." "Don't." "Make them wait." "Their coats aren't that nice anyway." "You're the one lolling around in them." "l know, exactly." "Come here." "Okay." "This sure beats arguing about whether or not I've had a drink." "No, that was fun for a while too." "Well, you weren't entirely wrong." "Yeah, well, I wasn't entirely right either. I mean.... lt's your life." "You know what you're doing with it." "Not really." "But this is pretty nice right here." "I got nervous tonight." "When I saw Pacey." "Reminded me of all the the drama." "I don't know, I just...." "l guess I just wanted to make you happy." "Try to be normal." "I would be unhappy if you were normal." "Besides, I thought that's what I was trying to do. I had this plan that I was not going to have a drink tonight." "And you and I were just going to talk about philosophy." "That's not normal party behaviour." "I don't care about any of that stuff anymore." "I mean, I just wanna do this." "Can we do this?" "This?" "Think we just did." "I think that some coat owners aren't gonna be too happy with the result." "Seriously, I...." "l don't wanna date the idea of you." "And I don't want you to fall for some false idea of me." "You tried faking me out before, remember?" "You're not very good at it." "I know." "We should get out of here." "You're gonna have to surrender this coat first, you know that?" "No, this is Joey's coat." "She has enough coats." "Come on, let's go get wasted." "Totally, dude." "See you, guys." "Bye." "So where do you think C.J. and Jen came from?" "I don't even wanna think about it." "Look, I'm sorry about your failed marriage and everything." "Yeah, thanks, Jack." "The sympathy is just oozing from your voice." "Between a loveless marriage and going home don't you think going home would be better?" "I mean, at least you'd have some time to figure some things out." "My folks are great, don't get me wrong, but it's my mum's dying wish to see me fail." "I can't give her that satisfaction." "I'd be there one day, she'll have me tutoring the slow kids on the triangle." "It's musical suicide." "I'm not looking for love right now." "When I find it, it usually kicks my ass." "If, at some point, some Christian Bale type descends upon me." "So to speak." "Yeah." "I'll just dump the poor sod I married." "Well, I'm gonna have to have a little bit of private time with that Christian Bale type before I can let you marry him." "You know, actually I would be the perfect husband." "You know, I can help you check out guys." "I can make sure they're not gay." "It is rather a hassle when you find that out late in the game." "Plus, you know, I wouldn't be pawing you all the time, like Gus." "Well, that sounds great." "Let's get married then." "Let's do it." "Yeah." "How much have you had to drink?" "I'm just trying to help you out." "We already live together." "Look, why do you think I asked Gus?" "Because he's a nasty little creature that I don't care about." "It's easier that way." "I could never ask that big of a favour from a friend. I just couldn't." "Well, you don't have to because I'm asking you." "Jack, you are too good." "Well, not really." "l didn't get you a ring or any" "That's a good point." "No, you are." "You are too good for that. I couldn't." "I would." "I know." "I know you would, you madman." "I wish I could take advantage of that." "Nope." "I can't ruin two lives." "It's my mess. I've got to face it." "I've been living too long in fantasyland." "Go dry those dishes." "And here we are." "Home sweet home." "Already?" "Already. I know, it's a long trip up from the living room." "That was fun." "See, I'm a lovely drunk." "You are indeed, Miss Potter." "I talked to so many new people tonight." "People love me." "And they love it when you tell them your friends' dirty little secrets." "Nothing." "Never mind." "It was a wonderful party, Pacey." "Until all the smashes and stuff." "Yeah, the smashing was not so good." "I'm sorry about the television thing." "It's okay. lt happens." "And I probably was getting a little too attached." "Can't have that." "No." "And I'm glad you had a good time." "You deserved it." "And you are a lovely and wise drunk, Miss Potter." "What you said earlier was right." "I never did." "How could I?" "Just look at you." "You know what else we never did?" "Your turn now." "Sweet dreams, Joey."