SUCKER PUNCH 🛶 PACEY WITTER [book one]

CHAPTER TWO

DANCE, DANCE

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LUNCH in Capeside High cafeteria was like walking into the wild, every group was a different animal, ready to attack in order to survive. But Heather and Joey had each other. The Potter girl looked around the room with a frown "Where is Dawson?"

Heather raised an eyebrow at the girl "Is my company not enough?"

"You know it is." Joey sighed with a smile before it fell as she spotted the boy in question with a familiar blonde by his side "Of course."

Heather frowned before turning to see her brother and Jen heading their way "Oh."

Dawson smiled as he slipped in beside Joey, Jen shooting the same expression at Heather as she took the seat beside her "Hey."

"Okay, I'm not going to be able to count on film class for support like I was hoping." Dawson informed the girls "Which means we're gonna have to work overtime if we wanna meet the festival deadline. We're gonna have to shoot all weekend."

Heather bit her lip sheepishly "Actually, I can't do it."

"The film?" Dawson panicked "What do you mean? Why not?"

The Leery girl sighed guilty "I have another... commitment."

"Is it death?" Dawson scoffed "Because other than that I can't see what could possibly out-rank my movie."

Heather sighed heavily as she reached under the table for her backpack before pulling out two yellow pom-poms.

Joey's eye's widened "You're a cheerleader?"

"I needed an extracurricular for college applications." Heather explained.

"But cheerleading?" Dawson frowned "Why debase yourself like that?"

"Debase away." Pacey smirked as he straddled the chair at the head of the table "Cheerleaders are hot."

As Heather ignored him like she had done ever since the movies, Joey rolled her eyes "The voice of the people, everybody."

Dawson shook his head as he looked to his sister "But you're supposed to fall in love with Pacey and have the big epic kiss. My movie's ruined—" his eyes widened as a lightbulb went off "Major revelation. All right, I think I know a way to make this work. You know how you die at the end of the movie? How would you like to die sooner, like tomorrow?"