Previously on Kiss Of Death: Arrest In Transit
Dawson: "Joseph offered for me to keep some things at his place."
Ryan: "You're freaking out about moving in together." she states matter of factly as Dawson begins stuttering
Dawson: "It's not that I'm freaking out. It's just that...this seems like such a big step. And we haven't been together very long when you think about it and-and we barely know much about each other. I mean besides the key points..."
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Ryan: "Well before you move anything in you need to turn that think into a yes. Otherwise it's gonna be awkward when you have to move your stuff back out." she nods, giving her a soft smile as she turns to walk off and Dawson leans against the counter with a sigh
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Dawson: "You sure it's okay for me to leave some of my stuff here?" she questions, standing in Joseph's living room
Joseph: "Yeah, go right ahead. You're already here most nights anyways." he shrugs, standing by the stove
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Joseph: "What the hell are you doing?"
Dawson: "Oh, these were in here so I figured I'd just-"
Joseph: "No, no, no" he shakes his head, moving forward to snatch the items out of her hands "Don't touch these. Don't ever touch these."
Dawson: "I'm sorry I didn't-"
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Joseph: "Get out."
Dawson: "What?"
Joseph: "Get out. Just-just get out." he declares, motioning her out the door as he slams the door shut
Standing in stunned silence, Dawson stares at the door, a look of confusion on her face. Harshly swallowing she blinks back tears as she tightly grabs hold of her bag, moving towards the front of the apartment with a shuddering breath.
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Dawson: "Hey, thanks for staying late."
Mills: "Yeah, no problem."
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Mills: "How are you handling things?"
Dawson: "Things between me and Joseph are...it's tough. It's...it's tougher than I thought it would be."
Mills: "Yeah."
Dawson: "I don't know I mean maybe we're just too different. And we both have demanding jobs so we don't spend a lot of time together and..." she sighs, running a hand through her hair "I honestly don't really know what to do." she shakes her head, sniffling a little as Mills reaches out to lightly grab hold of her hand
Sensing something behind them they turn to see Joseph standing in the doorway, making them quickly pull their hands away from each other
Dawson: "Hey, Joseph" she breathes, watching as he stares at the two before turning to walk out "Joseph. Joseph!"
Mills: "Hey-"
Dawson: "Joseph!" she sighs, watching him walk out the building
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Nervously tapping her fingers on the steering wheel, Dawson perks up when seeing Joseph walk down the street towards the entrance to the precinct. Quickly shutting her car off she steps out, hurrying to where he's standing
Dawson: "Joseph, hey. I, uh, I tried calling you."
Joseph: "Yeah, I saw."
Dawson: "I know what it might've looked like with Peter and I but-"
Joseph: "You mean telling your ex that you're not sure if this is a relationship you want to be in?"
Dawson: "Yeah" she sighs "Look, I-"
