I'm also in my 40s, but no list for me!  If I did...nah.  Don't want one.  

I do like Phyllis a lot, and we don't get to see much of her in fanfic or on the show, her wedding notwithstanding.  I love Bob Vance too; he's so sweet to Phyllis.  It was fun to write in some naughtiness and lovin' for our gal Phyll.

Thanks so much for reading and reviewing. 

I'm glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the writing compliment.  I've never written fiction before the last few months, so it's nice to get a compliment on that!  And, definitely, it's out there.  As I said in my notes up front, I had to let it out.

You're right that if there were another woman there, this wouldn't have happened.  Not so much because of the guys, but because Kelly (as unbelievable as it is that she'd do this in the first place, would definitely NOT do this with another woman there.  Maybe she would have gone home with one of the guys, or stayed with Jim after everyone else left, by nothing like this.  Because she absolutely would be judged.  (Of course, in Real Life, the guys would judge her as well; that's not what I wanted for my Kelly in this fic.  Because where's the fun in that?  This is a happy place.  Happy thoughts.)

I don't know how old you are, but I didn't meet my guy until I was in my 30s, so...Hopefully you have plenty of time.  I hope everyone finds their Jim or Pam or Oscar or...Karen? 

Long reviews are fine, and you made total sense.  Oh, and my husband may never notice this.  I told him about my first story , and it still took him 2 weeks to get around to it, so...we'll see! 

Exactly!  That's one thing that I kept in mind early on.  Can you imagine telling a male coworker "Just tell him I'm, like, up for anything. I mean, I'm not a slut, but who knows?"  Yeah, ooookay!  I think this is the "but who knows", as in "but who knows what could happen when there are four really nice cute guys and Kelly feels like she's in a safe environment and she's bummed because Ryan's maybe not her boyfriend after all."  Wow, that sentence way a-MAY-zingly long!  Yowza is right.

Thanks for reading and reviewing! 

Aw, thanks, muggins.  I actually do have an idea (and a little bit written) on a chapter 3 which is not really naughty at all.  Well, maybe the TEENIEST TEENIEST bit naughty, but no one actually has sex during the course of the story, and any hints about anyone maybe having sex at any time are people who are already together and they're not adding anyone to the mix (no booty calls).  So, as I said, tame!  And hopefully, humorous and fun.

I'm glad you liked the "Drive safe".  It's important that orgies be safe, don't you think?  I thought that was kind of a fun line myself, and I didn't want people thinking "Oh, my God!  The potential disease!" when they should be thinking "Wow. Uh. Wow. Uh. Wow." 

I liked the firefighter line too.  I enjoyed thinking that Jim would have an idea of the allure of firefighters, and break the tension there! 

Now that you've seen Chapter 2, you see how much tamer Chapter 1 is, don't you?  I think I put them in the right order.  Although, Chapter 3 would be a major change.  Oh, well.

And you'll be proud to know I did my research.  Mike is my name for the firefighter Jim says hello to in "The Fire"; the engine number which shows up that day is Mike's engine # in my story; and Dan is the name of the guy Jim is supposedly calling when he tricks Dwight into continuing to think that Thursday is Friday.  So, really, this whole second chapter is merely an exercise in the application of research to fiction.  I had to make up some sort of plot which involved my research, and you can see that this is just the natural result.  Naturally.

Thanks for reading and reviewing.  And sadly, all my upcoming stories are (at the moment) not very skeevy at all.  Sigh.  But I did give beruco an awesome idea which she(?) was going to start on!  (I decided I'd rather read it than write it.) 

Oooh, capitals!  Excellent!  I'm glad you think I captured Kelly.  She has her short simple responses on the show, and then her ohmyGod-go-on-forever moments, which are so much fun, but must be exhausting if you saw it all the time!  No wonder Ryan has that love/scarcely tolerate thing going on with her!

They'll have to pry my crown off of me, at this point.

I'm really glad you enjoyed this; thanks for reviewing! 

Thank you, beruco, you made me laugh out loud with your last word. 

I do think my crown makes me look extra "purty".  Every girl needs a crown, and we can't all be Miss America, right?

Thanks for reading and reviewing.  I promise to read your story as well, even though it's not my exact cup o'smut.  I expect it will be fun, though.