happier

jesse's return

Cola's dad wanted to drive his kids to school that morning, since she had a day off. Cola sat in the front seat, watching as his dad talked to them about how school was going and stuff like that. She was looking out the window, when she saw Dawson and his dad walking. She sees him look at her as he waves. She waves back, before turning back to her father, who she noticed was staring at someone. She turns her head to see Ms.Jacobs walking towards Dawson and his dad. Her jaw drops, not expecting to see her around here. Her father pulls over, quickly getting out of the car. She turns around to look at her siblings, seeing that they're confused. They tell her to get out to see what was going on, so she does. She gets out of the car, going over to them.

"Ms.Jacobs." Dawson says, now seeing the blonde woman walking over with her father. She smiles at her two old students, laughing softly.

"Oh, Dawson, Cola, I'm not your teacher anymore. You can call me Tamara, now. It's great to see you two." She says, as she directs her attention to Dawson's father.

"Tamara Jacobs? I'm Mitch Leery, we spoke over the phone. Also, hey Jack." He says, extending his hand to the two in front of him. They shook his hand, smiling.

"Ms.Jacobs, are you moving back to town?" Cola asks, an uncomfortable smile on her face when she saw how her father was looking at her. She looked back at Jack, smiling softly.

"Um...I mean, I was originally coming to town for only a few days, but I'm still thinking about it." That's when Cola's jaw dropped. This is the woman that her father was seeing. Ms.Jacobs, Pacey's ex-girlfriend, was seeing her father. She couldn't believe it. She sees her father look at her with a guilty look, making her suspicions be confirmed.

"Oh, wow, that's great. Listen, Mr.Daniels, do you mind if Cola and I walk to school together? We have a test first period." Dawson said, trying to come up with a lie. Jack nods, paying too much attention to Tamara to care. Cola grabs her bag from the car, her and Dawson running to school, knowing they had to tell Pacey.

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Dawson and Cola were out of breath as they ran into the school. They were scouring everywhere to try and find Pacey. They still couldn't believe that Ms.Jacobs was back. They see him walking towards his locker and they rush over to him.

"Pacey, we need to talk to you about something." He said, making him sigh.

"Oh Pepsi Cola, you got roped into this, too? Just do what I do, completely brush it off. Look, Dawson, if you and Joey are having another lovers quarrel, there's only one reason. Joey's being sarcastic and oversensitive, you are being self-absorbed and suffocating. Problem solved." He said, opening his locker. If this was any other situation, Cola would've been laughing, but it wasn't.

"No, Pacey, it has nothing to do with Dawson and Joey, it's about you. Listen, my dad and I were driving and then he just suddenly gets out of the car and goes up to Dawson and his dad and T-"

"Well, hey, look what the cat dragged in." Pacey interrupted her, making her appear taken aback. Andie walks up next to him and she sees him shift all of his attention to her as she opens her locker. Dawson almost said the name, but Cola covered his mouth, shaking her head.

"It's nice to see you too, Pacey. Don't worry, I'm just here to get a few books out of my locker, and I'll be on my way." She says, turning around and seeing the two standing there. She waves at Cola, making her awkwardly wave back.

"So, Pepsi-Cola, who was with his dad?" Cola began to stammer.

"Um, maybe we should talk about this in private." The bell then rings and before any of them could say anything, Pacey lets out a groan, quickly closing his locker.