"Let me get this straight." "Pacey and Audrey broke up." "But Joey and Audrey are fighting." "Yes, majorly." "Dawson, you've got to call more often." "Hold on a second, okay." "A, the guy has obviously been really busy, okay?" "And B, I mean she's" " She's-- She's exaggerating because nobody's broken any nails yet." "More like they're keeping their distance from each other." "Thank you." "No problem." "I'm sure if we get them in the same room they would work things out just fine." "Joey and Audrey?" "No, Pacey and Audrey, duh." "Here we go." "Nope, nope." "Sorry about that." "And what about you, love?" "Can I get you anything?" "No, thanks. I can't stay that long." "Oh, yeah, let me guess." "She's not working tonight, if that's what you mean." "Why don't you stay and have a cheeseburger?" "Come on, we never see you anymore." "Really, I have to go." "Dawson." "I can't. I've gotta go." "I gotta get back." "Todd thinks I'm running an errand right now, which technically I am." "What is this?" "lt's a present." "Oh, you feel so bad because you don't call, you gotta give us presents." "Just open it. lt's not a guilt offering." "I'd use it myself if I could." "Oh, my God!" "These are tickets to the No Doubt concert." "Dawson, this is amazing." "There's, like, 1 0 tickets in here." "Are you sure this is okay?" "Todd got them free." "He knows the band." "You know what?" "Why don't you not give the man a chance to change his mind." "Anyway, go." "Enjoy it." "Have fun." "Let me know once you get Pacey and Audrey at the same place and time." "Thank you so much." "Thanks, man." "Hey." "l'm sorry. I was just" "No, don't apologize." "Are they--?" "They're back there." "Jack and Jen and" "Good. I was hoping for some company." "How have you been?" "Great." "Really great. I've been busy." "Great." "Heard you and Audrey had a fight." "Yeah." "Those things happen, I guess." "People fight." "Yeah." "All right, well, I don't wanna keep you." "Dawson, they're your friends too." "Yeah, I know. I just-- l've gotta go." "lt's nice seeing you." "You too." "No Doubt?" "Yeah." "Look, I know it's a schlep to Worcester but they're totally amazing live, and you do have a car." "Worcester?" "Yeah, it's only like an hour from here." "I know, I know." "So on our date tonight you want me to drive you to Worcester?" "Correct." "And when we get there, all your friends will be there." "Well, not all of them." "Okay, most." "So how is that a date?" "What makes it a date is that I'm there." "You're there." "And if you play your cards right, you might just get a kiss..." "...at the end of the evening." "A kiss?" "Yeah, that's usually how the first-date thing traditionally shakes out." "You know, you walk me to my door, you kiss me, you leave" "But I've already gotten a kiss." "Two, actually." "And I don't think I'm prepared to drive all the way to Worcester." "For what?" "For the possibility of some measly little good-night kiss." "There is another option on offer for the end of the evening." "Yes?" "You walk me to my door, we shake hands and I reimburse you for gas money." "Nice." "So are you in or out?" "l'm in." "is it just me, or is there something weird about this day?" "The fact that we finished our day work early and now we're paying these people to stand around doing nothing?" "There someplace you'd rather be?" "No, but look around." "Everybody's exhausted, including yourself." "Night shoots finally caught up with us." "I see." "So you're saying I should give up two night exteriors I really need so the crew can knock off four hours early on a Friday." "Four hours, 35 minutes would be even better." "There's a bloody pool going?" "Big one." "Think about it, man." "You wrap early tonight." "Everybody comes in Monday completely refreshed." "Everyone, including you?" "Sure." "And Natasha?" "Sure." "I get it." "All this stuff was just an excuse to get the night off so you could take her to that concert." "I'll split the money with you." "Not necessary." "I already won 500 in the "When will Dawson and Natasha start shagging again" pool." "Here." "What are these?" "My tickets." "Much better than the ones I gave you." "There's backstage passes in there too." "You don't wanna go?" "Between you and me?" "I'm old and tired." "If we're gonna wrap 4 hours and 35 minutes early all I wanna do is go home and get some sleep." "Go get her, tiger." "So you're coming, right?" "I mean if the band can overcome their complicated romantic entanglements and still be friends." "The least that we can do is all get along for one night." "All right, I am willing to grant that there is a certain karmic appropriateness to seeing one's ex-boyfriend for the first time at a No Doubt concert." "You're bending." "l'm not bending." "Oh, come on." "You know you want to." "Empowered female." "Incredible fashion sense." "I suppose Mojo JoJo will be attending." "Oh, come on. lf you can be with her in that tiny dorm room of yours you're gonna be just fine in a crowd of 1 4,000 strangers." "So she's bringing that guy, right?" "But we don't have to sit next to them." "We're using the gays as a barrier between the breeders and the bitter, single girls." "So, what?" "Are they, like, dating now?" "Look at you." "You want the gossip so bad, it's killing you." "I don't want the gossip. I just-- l don't know. I wanna hear that she has a pimple or something." "I want there to be a chink in her armour of perfection." "I mean, has that girl ever made a mistake?" "Like ever?" "Yeah, actually, the same one that you did." "She dumped Pacey." "That's funny." "You know, the way I always heard it, he dumped her." "Oh, whatever." "Who knows?" "Who cares?" "Honestly, the important thing is that they're still friends like us." "Do you mean that?" "Yes, I do." "So you coming?" "l'm coming." "Yay." "I'm so glad." "You are not going to regret this." "We're going to have an incredible night." "Oh, my God. I am so sorry." "Hi." "Hi." "Hi." "Hey." "I'm sorry, I was just not looking where l was going." "Yeah, you seemed pretty excited there." "We're going to a No Doubt concert..." "...tonight." "Cool." "Well, have fun." "I'll see you." "Look, I don't wanna pretend like nothing happened, and" "And I also don't wanna make a big deal out of the nothing that did happen between us." "lf you wanna come." "You're giving me a ticket to No Doubt." "Yeah, I mean, Jack's going and David, and all of us, really." "So it's-- lt's not like a date." "No, I didn't think it was." "Right." "Great." "Well like I said, come if you want." "All right, I'm picking you up at 7:00." "No bailing, okay?" "So were you ever going to call me back?" "I think that the answer to that would be fairly obvious." "You know, we didn't do anything wrong." "No, of course not." "We were great, you know?" "And we'll probably win an award for moral fortitude and the proper use of birth control." "Don't see what the big deal is." "She's not my girlfriend" "Yeah?" "Well, neither am l. l'm just- l'm an idiot." "Oh, so, what?" "You're just gonna pretend nothing happened?" "Yes." "And unless you want me to kill you, you will too." "Tickets." "Disgusting." "People can't keep their hands off each other." "Yeah." "Just, yeah." "Tickets." "Tickets, please." "I have them. I do. I must have them." "That's what they all say." "No. I was leaving I put them in my coat pocket and...." "l wore my other coat." "Fashion tragedy." "Next." "Crap." "Tickets." "Sure you didn't leave them in the car?" "Yes, I'm positive." "They're-- They're in my other coat which is sitting on my bed in my room." "Well, don't panic." "We'll just" " We'll go back for them." "You're offering to drive more?" "You're paying for gas." "No, it'll take us an hour just to walk back to the car." "So?" "So with that, plus traffic they'll be on the third encore by the time we get back." "What do you wanna do?" "Forget about this whole thing?" "No. I don't know." "Look, you really wanna go to this concert, don't you?" "Yes. I'm a dorky fan. I admit it." "But I love this band." "Then we're going." "Eddie, it's gonna take us" "Silence before I come to my senses and change my mind." "Come on." "Are you guys going or what?" "Sorry." "Tacky when people can't keep their hands off each other in public." "Sorry." "Tickets." "Here you go." "Wrong night, Romeo." "Excuse me?" "They can't be." "These are" "These are for Saturday." "Crap." "Good seats too." "Really would have impressed your girlfriend here." "Next!" "l can't believe I did this." "This is-- l know better than to trust Todd." "Probably thinks today is Saturday." "We still have backstage passes." "Can't get in with those." "Need tickets." "Hold on." "Humour me." "I have special skills in that department." "You're not gonna regret this, I swear." "You're here." "You're not in a suit." "This is good." "This is very, very good." "Where is everybody else?" "At the concession stand." "Jack and Emma, and the guy and the guy's friend." "His name is David, which you'll wanna remember." "I think he's gonna stick." "You have the ability to see into the future of relationships now?" "Yes, just not my own." "Where are these seats?" "That where we're going now?" "Yeah." "They're-- They're that way." "They're in that general direction." "Cool." "Okay." "And when you go in that general direction...." "Yes?" "There's gonna be somebody there who wants to talk to you." "Oh, come on." "You did not just do this to me." "Yeah, we did, but out of love." "When you look back on this event in a few years you'll be grateful, because you'll have done the mature thing." "Come on." "Go." "You know you want to." "Surprise." "Hey." "l did call you." "l know." "I figured that I shouldn't talk to you until I hated you a little less." "Well, how's that going for you?" "lt's going, yeah." "One problem is now I kind of hate myself, but...." "Audrey, can we go take a walk?" "Maybe talk someplace that's a little quieter and slightly more private before all the madness starts." "You really are an old man, aren't you?" "Sure." "Okay." "Look, I'm telling you. I'm not trying to sneak backstage, okay?" "I'm not some deranged fan. I just need to talk to someone who works here." "ls it me?" "No, very funny, though." "Goodbye." "No, I just need to talk to someone for" "Just to let you know, we can stop this at any point." "But it's going so well." "Oh, I can see that." "Look, you don't have to harass some poor guy just to impress me." "This whole thing is my fault, anyway." "Believe me, if this works you will not be impressed." "Hey, more people." "This is good." "This is good. I'm gonna go ask them." "Oh, no." "No, you're not." "Okay, this is totally gonna work, but you have to trust me." "And it'll work better if you pretend you're my brother or something." "You did not do that." "You wanna get in?" "l'd be perfectly happy if..." "Hey!" "...we went right back to the car." "lt's our night off." "We're going." "Hi." "Hi." "Not that I care" "They'll see us." "Who?" "That's the guy from the movie set." "Yes." "And he's the friend who gave you the tickets." "Yeah, kind of." "And now we're hiding." "Why?" "I don't know." "Gut instinct." "This is ridiculous." "Come on." "Come on." "No, no, come on." "Just wait till" "Yeah, if that's tonight's list, we should be on it." "Carr, Todd Carr, Damage, lnc." "Big video director." "You know, you guys probably spelled his name with a K." "As much as it pains me to tell you this, lady." "You're not on the list, you're not on the list." "lsn't there some other list?" "Not tonight." "Maybe they put us on tomorrow's list." "That's possible, right?" "We have these backstage passes." "Not my problem." "Well" "Can't we work this out?" "Afraid not." "I didn't know Audrey was involved with anybody." "Well, they just broke up, which is why I think she's been so crazy recently." "I think that she's just having a hard time dealing." "Yeah, that can be tough." "Want anything?" "No, I'm fine." "Just one Coke, thanks." "You know, to be honest, she seemed kind of single to me." "Why, because of that night at that party?" "Yeah, that and other things." "You know, she got confused." "It happens to the best of us." "Yeah, it does." "For two people who aren't seeing each other we end up alone an awful lot of the time." "Yeah, I've been thinking we should talk about that." "No, I don't think that is necessary." "I feel bad, and I don't wanna end up feeling worse." "You have the wrong impression of me." "No." "No, I mean, there was no room for ambiguity when you refused..." "...to kiss me, so" "Okay, hold on." "I don't want you to think I'm playing games with you." "Because you're not?" "No, I'm not. I'm actually interested in somebody else." "I see." "So all that stuff about not being ready to date..." "...just applied to me." "No, Jen, I meant all that." "I did. I'm not ready to be serious with somebody." "This other girl kind of took me by surprise." "It just happened." "Wrong place at the wrong time." "Things escalated." "Did you sleep with this girl?" "Wow, so sleeping with people doesn't violate your moral code, but dating them does." "Jen, let me explain something to you" "No, you have." "Really well too." "And for future reference, when things escalate with a girl that generally means she's interested in you." "Yeah, except when she's kind of messed up, already has a boyfriend." "Jen, I think you're great." "I think you're a great person." "You're obviously a very good friend to Audrey, to everybody." "What--?" "What does Audrey have--?" "Oh, my God." "It was Audrey." "You slept with Audrey." "It's not what you think, all right, she" "So thank you for the T-shirt." "Well, it is the least I can do for acting like a swine." "You weren't a swine." "You were just a guy." "I'd like to get graded on a different curve perhaps the human being one." "It's not your responsibility to make me happy, Pacey. lt's mine." "Let's be honest." "You haven't been doing such a bang-up job of that lately, Audrey." "I miss you, okay?" "I miss you too." "And I don't know how much more of this being-down- on-yourself stuff I can take." "Yeah, well, what are you gonna do about it?" "I'm just gonna have to make you feel better, aren't I?" "By force, if necessary." "Pacey, no rough-housing in public!" "Who's the old man now, huh?" "Seriously, we might be lost." "We should've left like a trail of popcorn or something." "We can't be lost. lt's an arena." "Speaking of, there's Jen." "Jen!" "Jen!" "Hey." "So is it starting?" "Yeah, almost." "Let's get in there, because I do not wanna miss a single solitary second of" "No Doubt. lt's on the T-shirt." "Right." "No Doubt it is." "So let's go." "Would you mind going in ahead and Audrey and I are just gonna have a little chat?" "Yeah, absolutely." "Girl time." "I'll see you in there." "What?" "I just wanted to tell you that I know about what happened with you and C.J." "Jen I didn't know you liked him so much." "l thought that you did, but l-- -l don't wanna talk about this." "I just wanted to let you know that I know." "Jen, no, seriously, wait." "Let's do talk about it." "I don't know, yell at me." "Do something, just-- l deserve it." "It was a mistake." "It was a big mistake." "Yeah, it was a mistake." "So, then yell at me." "I don't wanna yell at you." "I don't have it in me to yell at you." "I've been holding back lately because I actually had some sympathy for you. I thought:" ""Audrey, she's just confused." "She's just messed up." But you're not." "You're just sad." "Wouldn't now be a good time to admit that we're lost?" "We're not lost." "Eddie, we seem to be moving away from the music." "So, what you're saying is you don't trust me." "Well, is there a reason I should?" "Have you done anything to demonstrate that you're trustworthy?" "Wow, trust issues." "We are learning a few things about each other tonight, huh?" "You mean you're learning things about me." "Okay, wait here." "Oh, no, you're not leaving me alone in this place." "Pretty sure Freddy Krueger's second home is around here." "Two seconds, okay?" "Two seconds, I swear." "I'm sorry, Jo, but you're just gonna have to trust me on this one." "Fine." "Okay." "Okay, we're all set." "So you gonna tell me what's going on now?" "Okay, you kids ready to go?" "Yeah." "Joey, this is my dad." "Dad, Joey." "Yeah. lt's nice to meet you." "You too." "What?" "Nothing." "So how does this whole scalping thing work exactly?" "Figured if I stood here long enough with $600 in hand somebody would come up and mutter "tickets" under their breath." "Well, I'm cold." "Where'd you get all that cash, anyway?" "Because I'm a glorified PA, I can't afford to take my girlfriend out once in a while?" "Oh, my God." "You won the pool, didn't you?" "Well...." "No, wait." "You fixed the pool." "You're a lot craftier than people give you credit for." "I think you had the right idea when you suggested bailing on this event." "You making me an offer I can't refuse, or are you cold?" "Both." "Plus, dating's for shmucks, and what we're doing is much more fun." "What, sneaking around at work?" "You like sneaking around." "l do, but we're not fooling anybody." "We are." "We're fooling ourselves which is what makes it all so incredibly dangerous and sexy and fun." "Oh, my God. lt's Black Beauty." "Hey, boy." "You kids have any reason to be here, other than the obvious one?" "No, sir." "Well, yeah, actually, we do." "We thought we had" "Well, we did have tickets but" "But you sold them?" "No, we didn't sell them." "They were for tomorrow." "We got the dates messed up." "And that explains why you're carrying so much cash on you?" "Excuse me?" "You have several hundred dollars." "No" " Yeah, I do, but it's-- lt's not for that. lt's for the" "Me. lt's for me." "He was trying to short me, and I told him, " No way." "No way am I gonna do you in this parking lot for a penny less than $600."" "This is some kind of game to you?" "No, it's not." "That's not what she" "Look, I can-- l can explain this, really, I can." "And you will at the station." "I need a check-by in the southwest corner, over." "You're arresting us?" "No, I'm taking you with me." "If she says one more word, I'm arresting you." "Cool, let's go." "Bye, horsey!" "Come here." "Worcester." "What's up?" "Okay, we're gonna play a new track off the Rock Steady record." "This is a song called " Underneath lt All."" "Go away!" "l need to talk to you." "I don't wanna talk to you." "Don't you get that?" "It was a mistake, a gigantic mistake." "Why didn't you tell me you had a boyfriend?" "Just leave him out of this, okay?" "No, come here." "C.J." "Come here." "Stop!" "Yeah, well, he's in this..." "...whether you like it or not." "No, you know what?" "He's not!" "He has nothing to do with it." "You came home with me because you're overwhelmingly happy with him." "I'm not trying to mess with your head. I just-- l like you, Audrey, and you're the only reason I came tonight." "Then I guess that was your first mistake." "I know things are complicated but I haven't felt this way in a long time." "No, it's been a long time since you had sex." "You're incredibly messed up which should've been obvious because people who help other people are more messed up than the people they're helping." "You're probably right." "But that doesn't change the fact that I like you." "You have got to stop this. I am sure that under there somewhere there is a nice guy." "And you are obviously trying to help me out, but what happened between us-- lt's the way that the world works." "All the time, girls run around and feel bad about themselves." "They're either too weak or too stupid to go home alone." "So sometimes guys just win the lottery." "That's it. lt doesn't mean anything." "Hey, you've been gone a year." "What's going on?" "Nothing. I'm sorry." "You guys having a problem out here?" "No." "We barely know each other." "Yeah, right." "Excuse me?" "l just think if you..." "...took care of your girlfriend better-- -lf l did what?" "Nothing." "He said nothing." "Go away, C.J." "You want to be with this guy that makes you miserable?" "Yes." "Now." "Did he really just say that to me?" "C.J., if what you said was true about me then you will just leave." "Walk away." "What about the other night?" "lf l don't?" "C.J., leave now!" "You think you're gonna be happier with him than you were with me?" "You guys!" "Hey." "Come on, break it up." "Break it up." "Break it up." "Break it up." "Come on." "Not the place." "Outside." "Your dad seems nice." "He said four words to you, and he thinks your name is Josie." "I don't mind." "He is nice." "You know, he works hard puts food on the table, doesn't cheat on my mom steady, always around." "Sounds more like the Second Coming." "Yeah." "Yeah, he's just not big on the encouragement front." "Not real into higher education." "And that explains why you didn't go to college." "Oh, I went to college." "You did?" "Yeah." "Yeah, one semester." "Dropped out." "Things have to happen to you at the exact right time in your life or they're meaningless." "Meaningless?" "Yeah." "Like this." "Like right now." "This could've happened yesterday and been meaningless." "But it's not, is it?" "No, it isn't." "You had to get us kicked out?" "Couldn't wait till after the set?" "Go back anytime." "You're not needed here." "I figured I'd decrease the odds of another either having sex or beating each other to a pulp." "I had the right to punch that guy." "She's not your girlfriend anymore, mate!" "Not that it would make it okay, even if she were." "He took advantage of her!" "He saw that she was messed up, and he preyed on her which makes him a notch below pond scum." "Right, because women are such helpless idiots they can't make a decision about who they sleep with." "I know Audrey." "This is not her. I cannot believe she would sleep with that guy." "is it so difficult for you just to admit that she hurt you?" "Or that you might feel a little guilty about the way things ended, or despite all your protestations to the contrary that you still want to save this girl?" "Of course, it's difficult." "It just is." "Quit squirming." "You're lucky l'm even talking to you right now." "This is bringing you a great deal of satisfaction, isn't it?" "No, actually, it's not." "You're not thinking to yourself that I deserve this?" "No." "You and Audrey are both adults and I am not gonna sit here and apply some ridiculous double standard to the situation, just because my feelings got a bit hurt." "I'm sorry about that." "I wish that hadn't happened." "Yeah, I know." "All that stuff you've been saying is finally starting to sink in." "All that stuff you've told me about yourself." "And I guess that if it's true, then it probably really sucks to be you, because no matter how together you think you are if your fondest desire is to start hanging out with Audrey then chances are, it's not gonna stay that way." "And you know what?" "If I ever got the idea to do what you do to help people, I would be a hell of a lot better at it than you are." "You really don't mind taking Audrey home?" "Well, sure, I mind, but my inner drama queen respects her refusal to come out of the bathroom until Jen and Pacey leave." "Thanks, man. I just don't wanna ditch Jen, you know. I mean I don't think this evening turned out quite the way she planned." "Yeah, I know the feeling." "So we're not doing too well at this, are we?" "Well, the hanging out has been good." "But the dating?" "It's safe to say that when two gay guys go on a date and each goes home with a hot blond girl..." "...something's definitely not working." "Yeah." "Quick, make a break for it before he comes." "I can't" " You are still not taking this seriously." "They just gave us a warning." "They gave us one phone call." "They were having fun, like us." "Oh, come on." "This entire evening has been fun, from start to finish." "And you know it." "Yes, this has been fun. I'm starting to think you might be insane, but" "But what?" "You've never gone out with an insane person?" "No, I have, just not in a good way." "Okay, shagwits, to the car!" "Let's go!" "Chop, bloody chop!" "Or am I gonna have to throw cold water on you both?" "l think he's mad." "Real mad." "For the record, never let it be said that Todd Carr is a man who's not in love with being in love." "I think both my movies and my life reflect my deep and abiding commitment to getting two good-looking people together and having a bit of fun." "However as Leery here bloody well knows...." "You're also a man who's in love with sleep." "To the car." "Now." "To the car." "So this is it." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Yeah." "End of the night." "Yeah." "Yeah." "So you never did tell me what yours is like." "My dad?" "Yeah." "Well, come on. I showed you mine." "Let's just call him the opposite and leave it at that." "Opposite." "As in not solid, not hard-working." "He's a big fan of cheating on my mom." "He's definitely not the type to do some back-breaking job for 25 years when there's easy money to be made in the less law-abiding sectors of the economy." "You make him sound like a criminal." "Well, that's what the district attorneys call him." "I still think of him as Dad." "Wow." "Well, you know, he must have done something right." "Why?" "Because I turned out so well?" "You think being entombed in these hallowed halls equals turning out well?" "Well, it's a start, isn't it?" "I'm gonna have to do more work on you than I thought." "There's something wrong with these hallowed halls?" "No, not if you're here for the right reason." "Well, my dad, when he actually was around was very good on the encouragement part in that " Dream big, little girl, you can be anything you wanna be" sort of way." "I see." "And what is it you wanna be, little girl?" "I don't know." "Guess I'm a work-in-progress." "Good night." "Good night."