Oo good plot!

Author's Response: Thank you so much!

Still really enjoying this - I especially like Pam's reaction to hearing Jim say the things he never would sober. This was very apt: Since he had left, he had become this almost mythical person for her, her fairy tale knight in shining armor, but hearing him last night made her realize that he was very real and hurting.  It was almost like she was seeing him for the first time without all the games they used to play to hide from each other. 

I think that's precisely how she saw him - like he was somehow in suspended animation, there for her once she sorted herself out  - hence her profound disappointment in TM when he actually returned, but...not. But I digress...you've written this the way I wish it had happened, and made it so in character that it feels like it actually could have. 

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I honestly don't know how she didn't just drive right down to Stamford, but maybe that's just me.  ;-)

Not a weak chapter, uncgirl - just over too soon!

You can't just end a chapter like that. It's just mean. Please update soon! Like really really soon. Now would be good.

Author's Response: You know, that's twice someone has called me mean....I promise I'm not.  I am however a bit of a tease with my cliffhangers.  I would update NOW, but I need to tweak a bit of the ending.  Thanks for the review, I will not leave you hanging too long.

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ooh, knife to the gut!! yowser. but I think it was good for them.
"I hear your voice in my head all day like I’m freaking insane." I can hear drunkjim saying this so clearly.

Author's Response: Oh my ....put the knife down!  I liked that line too, glad you did.  Thanks for hanging in there.  It does get better from here....or at least happier.

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Brilliant, simply brilliant my friend.  The depiction of Jim's hurt and anger and the depth of his feeling is so spot on.  It's rough to imagine him being cold and hurtful, but that's how humans in pain are.  Your Pam here is just right too...struggling to be honest, not quite aware of just how much she had hurt him.  Love.  This.  Fic.

Author's Response: Well, again, I would like to thank you for being you.  You have helped me so much with my writing and with being more confident in myself.  Really, would not be here without you.

The conversation was great filled w/ drama and heartache. I think Angry!Jim is the honest Jim. I like how even though Jim is drunk he is able to be honest with Pam and call her out on how much he hurt her. I think this is an important conversation for them to have.

Author's Response:

I really wanted for us to get this conversation somewhere.  I mean he needed to say it, and I have always felt that she needed to scream at him a little.  Well, thus the beauty of fanfic.  I didn't get it on the show per se, so I made it up.  I hope all is well with you!  On a side note, I did register for a week long program teaching in a local school, sort of a trying out the whole teaching thing....we'll see how that goes :-)

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Wait? Pam cries? NOT COOL WOMAN!

And, having never really had a drunken conversation, I can't vouch for how well or not well they go on. Usually I just hug the pillow to my ears and pray the drunk people shut up. However.... the drunk person was never Jim. hmmm....

That was always the part I hated about the whole thing. Pam didn't KNOW what happened with that text. Maybe it got lost in cell-space. Maybe he didn't realize he had it until to late, or maybe at all. Or maybe he did just ignore it. Pam didn't know. She didn't know that in real fictional land, he was just stinking drunk.

Haha, Pam's socked feet slipping and sliding on the floor. Could have ended very badly. Pam's next text to Jim "in ER. was too excited. broke leg"

Damn Jim, why so cryptic!

"but she knew enough to love him"
*points to screen and sputters excitedly*

Man, all of that..... I love. Those two are just so great, and, you captured that part of it wonderfully. Now back to sputtering incoherently with happiness.

"How do you explain all that to someone in a text message?"
i <3 u 2

"Talk like normal people who didn’t break each other’s hearts."
Measles worked for me. So note Pam, when you call him up, talk about the millions of kids dying in Africa from measles. Will totally make you forget about the broken heart thing.

There really was no good way to bring up Karen. Especially not that you can think of drunk. And even though I know it was totally innocent (ie they weren't dating or anything), my heart totally fell.

DRUNK!JIM! WHY ARE YOU SO MEAN!? I hate it because it makes sense. I mean, being drunk lowers your inhibitions. And while most people would first think that means you'll jump into the sack with the first person you see, it also means you aren't exactly thinking through what you are saying. That part of drunk reminds me of kids. Never thinking ahead and hen things come out meaner than they really intend.

"Pam realized that talking like friends who didn’t break each other’s hearts was out of the question."
I told you to talk about measles Pam its not my fault you didn't listen!

NO! Drunk!Jim don't pass out. I want more of this evil conversation.
You've reduced me to screaming random sounds at my computer screen!

Author's Response:

LOL, sorry about the screaming at the computer.  Your reviews are so fun!  I love the way I get to see your emotions change with the piece.  I'll remember about the measles.  :-)

I can see this conversation going like this; it makes sense to me.  It's a bit heartbreaking, but it's okay, because I know you'll make it happy later.

I'm enjoying this.  I always like the "what if" stories.  To me, they tend to be more realistic than what aired. ;)

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Awesome conversation - it was 100% believable. Now make it all better, please?  :-)


Author's Response: I will.  Promise.  Thanks for the review!  It's an honor for you to be enjoying it!

Whoa -- a double shot of truth serum at work here.  On both parts.  Cannot wait to hear what comes next.


Author's Response: Yeah, the truth hurts huh?  But in the words of Alias, truth takes time.....we'll see more of it in a good way coming up.  Thanks for the review, I'm glad you are still reading. 

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I thought I had reviewed the first chapter of this but I was wrong.  Sorry about that.  I really love this.  It is most painful and this second chapter had me holding my breath and I didn't even realize it until I had to take a breath.  When Jim said to her "you destroyed me", my heart broke.  The is beautifully evocative.  I can't wait to see how these two deal with having all this on the table when they are both so highly emotional.  Thank you for sharing this.

Author's Response: Wow, thank you.  I love hearing if a person gets caught up in my writing, that makes me feel ten feet tall.  I'm really so floored by the response from everyone because I felt that it was maybe too dark, too sad, but I'm so grateful people have read and enjoyed it for what it is.  I'll just say about how they deal with it, they deal with it like standard Pam and Jim.....but you'll see, I'll post it tomorrow.  Thanks again, I really appreciate your support! 

Very nice, I like this fic and I'm curious how they'll end up coming back to each other now.

Author's Response: I'm glad you're liking this one...and I will say, they'll come back to each other very carefully. :-)