Everybody knows friends that watch Dawson’s Creek together last forever. It’s a common phrase. And even Busy Philipps and Michelle Williams, who starred on the show together in the early 2000s, live by that same tenet. At a recent New York screening of Williams’s latest movie, Manchester by the Sea, the actress told People, “I’m here with my best friend.”

“I’m so in love with her,” she continued, referring to Philipps, her date. ”She’s proof that the love of your life does not have to be a man! That’s the love of my life right there.”

Who needs Pacey? Who needs Dawson, even? (Really, who ever needed Dawson?) On Monday, Philipps posted a side-by-side comparing a photo of her and Williams from 2001 with one taken at this week’s event. "I love that we almost always stand on the same side of each other," her caption reads. "Also, can I just say—we aren’t at a costume party in 2001. That’s legit how we were dressed for a regular night out. I guess I really was my character from Cougartown? And thank God my eyebrows grew back.”

Philipps also posted a picture of Williams and her at the Critics Choice Awards last week. (Williams again took Philipps as her date.) Her caption there reads, ”Michelle and I like this picture of ourselves in a porta potty better than any red carpet pics we saw. So here you go.”

Just like regular couples will you, when you’ve been together this many years, it’s important to keep spicing up the relationship.