Another shameless plug – pardon the pun! – this story is #4 on the Top 10 Most Favorites list ... So, I can't be the only one hoping for another installment!

Author's Response: I'm number 4?  Are you serious?  Wow!  I had no idea. . .  Thank you for the nudge, I guess I really need it.  Vampiric Blood. . you rock so hard right now!  Thank you for the review and the support.

I've been reading this story religiously since it first started.  It is absolutely fantastic.  Please update soon.  I'm dying here...

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Update? This is definitely one of the best on here and I just can't wait for the next chapter. Very realistic!!

Oh my god.  I just realized that I never reviewed this chapter.  I could've sworn that I did, but apparently I didn't.  How did THAT happen?

Okay, so let me just tell how freaking awesome this chapter is!  I love it!  And I totally understand about you just wanting to write about Jim and Pam in love and making babies, because I know I want to read about Jim and Pam in love making babies.  LOL.

But I'm really glad your not just making her wake up one day totally fine.  It's so much more real, this way.  Like Pam's sex dream, it was so amazingly beautiful and touching.  Because it really wasn't about sex.  It was about lots of things.  And I'm really happy with the way you ended the chapter, too.  It wasn't too big a gesture or anything, it was small and simple and it just meant so much.

Oh, and to respond to your response to my last comment (that's a funny sentence):  This is actually the first rape fanfic I've ever read for The Office.  I just meant in general, for other shows and stuff, they usually either completely breeze past the issue and the character gets over it in like, less than a day, or they go over the top and it's just kinda ridiculous.  And the reason why I give such encouraging comments, I think, is because I did write a rape fanfiction for a different show.  And it took me over a year, and it was really difficult, and I hated every chapter.  So I just understand how hard it is.

But your story is so amazingly beautiful, and it's so touching, and it's got so much heart.  And I know everyone is really excited to see what happens next.

So YAY again!  Can't wait for the update!

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I registered on this site just to review your story...truly one of the best on here. I am DYING for an update. Please update soon! Your story has moved me to tears more than once. Excellent writing style!

Aw, there's something so very poignant about her opening up to him while he's unable to hear her - a little cowardly, yes, but understandable and very moving considering where she's coming from.

I got out of the habit of reading JAM fic awhile back (got all wrapped up in another fandom), but your story always stayed with me. I wondered about it, I even tried searching through MTT trying to find it, with no luck (couldn't remember the title.) I am so glad I wandered by MTT today and saw that you had been updating. I reread the entire thing so far, cried a lot, and am starting to feel hopeful (just like Jim.) Excellent work. The best writing evokes emotion, and you have done that superbly with this story. Bravo! Can't wait for more.

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This was a really great chapter! On one hand I get frustrated that there's still so much distance, second guessing and whatever because I want fluffy puppies and babies and cooking dinner on the second floor terrace. But then on the other hand, I think it's great because you aren't using the rape as a catalyst to get them together, but really showing that it IS a long, awful process with second-guessing, frustration, worry and not a lot of touching, talking and puppies. So really keep it up, you are doing well!

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You know, someday I'm going to have to stop and reread this entire thing to get the full effect this deserves. I remember reading it sometime this past summer and just being absolutely crushed, driving to work with tears in my eyes just thinking about it. Now that we can see the light at the end of the tunnel, it's just awesome. Powerful and in emotional and everything, just a great story. 

It is crazy how excited I get to see an update. Now I can at least rationalize it that Pam is getting better and that I'm not excited to read more suffering. Dear god, your story has turned me into a crazy rambling person.

Anyhow, this is a fantastic line: "So, when life hands you lemons, do you rub the lemons in your eyes until the citric acid burns away the emotional pain?" Because everyone has done that at some point and that is a phenomenal way to put it.

I like that Pam's able to reach out to Jim around Thanksgiving, nice way to show that she does have things to be thankful for.

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i love this story more every single chapter. EEEEE. Did a happy dance when I saw you had updated. Can't wait for more!!!

Thanks, I'm crying at work.  receptionists are supposed to smile, not cry.  I hope you are happy.

"So, when life hands you lemons, do you rub the lemons in your eyes until the citric acid burns away the emotional pain?"  That made me laugh quite hard, I think the first laugh I've had reading this story. :)

I love where you're going with this, as bad as I want things to just be better I understand why it can't be yet and it's frustrating and sad but exciting and wonderful at the same time. 

(also, I fully support your writing JAMbaby fic, it is my favorite kind of all)