It's drabble day.  Three at a time, three sides to each story.  Staring with the one nearest and dearest to me.  Pure wishful thinking - no spoilers to be seen.

Post Initiation, just before Diwali. Jim POV. Just pondering physics, the Kama Sutra, a phone call, and you know who.

Is it a homage, is it a tribute or is it just that I am not very good at thinking up original plots?  Whatever, this story is 'inspired' by Jane Austen's Persuasion and is meant to have a similar mix of melancholy and hope.  Set after the rumoured merger of the branches (spoilers up to Grief Counselling), Michael organises a bonding exercise adventure and Pam has to deal with seeing Jim again - and with his attentions to Karen.  But if you've read Persuasion, you might guess that someone is heading for a fall ...

The more things change - the more they stay the same. 

(I went crazy and rated it M -and then changed it back to a T 'cause - you know - it's still me doing the writing.)

Jim's been away.  Now he's back.  Pam realizes what she's missed.  No spoilers - just speculation and much wishful thinking.

I added Karen as a character in the story - since she's mentioned.

I have decided to expand on the idea of Codename: Chicken Plate.  This will be my take on the emails, phone calls and conversations we missed over the summer and for the first part of Season 3 (until Pam and Jim actually communicate themselves)  My idea is that Jim knows exactly what happened between Pam and Roy and knows exactly what is going on in Pam's life right now even if WE don't see it.