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"I'm not going anywhere special. I just needed time to think, away from the crying machine that is Alexander."
Joey looked away from him, sitting in her boat with her palms open and a lost look in her eyes.
"Well, I still have one last powdered doughnut," Jack offered. "Want me to toss it to you?"
"No," Joey said as she scratched one of several mosquito bites on her arm. "I already ate. Thanks anyway. I should be going."
"Enjoy you morning row around the Capeside waterways," Jack said, thinking Joey really wanted to be alone right now. "Thanks for stopping by. I'll tell Andie you said hello."
Joey nodded and started to row again. She noticed herself suddenly being very attracted to Jack again. Dawson was out of the picture for the summer, and now Jack would be the only one, other than her sister, that she could turn to with her problems. This stirred something inside her, but whatever it was, she had no idea what she would do with it.
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