“I can’t follow Joey to New York,” Dawson said. “She’d be so angry with me. She wants me to leave her in peace.” Then he thought for a moment. “How would we get there, Pacey? he asked. “We don’t have enough money.”
“Well, I’ve been thinking about that,” Pacey replied. “My brother and my dad will be away from home this weekend. They’re going to Hartford, Connecticut. They’re going to a police convention—a kind of meeting for policy officers. The convention is about teenage crime. I could use my dad’s truck for the weekend. We could drive to New York on Friday evening and come back on Sunday.”
Pacey was a little older than Dawson. He was sixteen. He had a driver’s license. He was allowed to drive a car now.
“Will your dad let you borrow the truck?” Dawson asked. He was surprised.
“I won’t ask him,” Pacey said. ‘‘If I get back home before him on Sunday, he won’t know about it.”
‘‘Is this really a good idea, Pacey?” Dawson said. He was worried.
“It’s a great idea!” Pacey answered.
The boys had forgotten about Abby Morgan. She was still standing behind the tall shelves She was listening to them carefully. She heard every word of their plan. And she was smiling when she quietly left the store.
“Life isn’t like a movie, Dawson," she said.
“We can’t write happy endings to all our relationships.”
Points for Understanding
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1. Joey says, "Life isn’t like a movie, Dawson.” What Joes she mean?
2. Where does Jen invite Joey? Why? What does Joey think about this?
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1 Why do Pacey and Dawson decide to go to New York?
2 Who hears them talking about their plans? What important information does this person learn?