Cut to Dawson's room.
JOEY: Then again, I never thought that losing you was part of the plan, either.
DAWSON: I think sometimes... you have to lose somebody completely before you can figure out what they really mean to you.
*****
Cut to the high school dance.
PACEY: We can make this work...
JOEY: No, we can't!
*****
Cut to Dawson's porch, where Dawson and Pacey are arguing.
DAWSON: I remember when my best friend had a choice and chose to turn his back on me. If you'd ever stopped setting us up against each other, you would have realized that you and I are not that far apart.
PACEY: Ah, spare me the speech. You are not gonna convince me that our world’s... are anything alike.
*****
Cut to the restaurant...
PACEY: So you're just gonna write us both off?
JOEY: If that's what it takes.
*****
Cut to Dawson's room. He's on the bed with Joey, looking at her.
DAWSON: I don't wanna close my eyes.
JOEY: Why?
DAWSON: Because I'm afraid that, when I wake up, you'll be gone.
JOEY: Close your eyes, Dawson...
*****
Cut to the Ruins
DAWSON: All either of us ever wanted was her. And all she ever wanted was for us to be friends.
PACEY: You think it's possible for us to be friends again someday?
DAWSON: Anything's possible...