the follow up to "Five years". 

starting with Jim's side of the story leading up to the original ending, and then following Jim and Pam, their kids, and their life in Paris. New conflict will arise, new stories will be told, and new perspectives explored. 

Jim Halpert told her once that he was not the leaving kind, and she believed him.

So I've re-named this after having written some more of the story. And changed it all a little. Instead of the temptations and fights I'd wanted to write, this all took a different spin.

Now we're starting with Jim's leaving and going back to examine how he got to that point.

Definitely a little heartbreaking, if I do say so myself. You've been warned.

Her first day at Dunder Mifflin wasn't the first time they'd met.  Mostly AU with perhaps a bit of S2 or S3-related stuff...I haven't really planned it out yet though.  Oh, and the title of the story is also the title of an old Zombies song.

Also, I'm new to this stuff so if I've mislabeled anything, please let me know!  I don't even know what most of the labels mean. :-S

Ryan Howard didn't always live by the philosophy that in order to attract women you needed to basically ignore them.