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I read, re-read, and read this story some more after you first published, but never wrote a review. However, after Frame Toby, all I could think about was how spot on this fic was! The first time I read it, I really wished something like this would happen on the show... and then it did. I thought that was really cool. Anyways, I think you did a wonderful job. Thanks for writing this :)

Author's Response: Sorry for such a slow response, BSan. I just wanted to thank you for your review, and to tell you how much I appreciate your taking the time to read and respond!

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SO CUTE!
I was hooked through and through!
Perfection!

Author's Response: So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for reading, Dwangie.

Just when I was about to throttle Jim for his obtuseness about Pam's distress, kaboom - total redemption. What better symbol of their future than this house that has real history for him and he put his own sweat equity into? Nice foreshadowing of him providing her with a sense of place/comfort with buying her the mattress too.(And really, he was only doing his duty by breaking it in ;-) I like how you wrote this as a series of mini-vignettes - like brief scenes on film that all culminate in the image of the house.

Maybe this fic is a little metaphor for our own where the hell is the ring already anxiety this summer? (And btw - that promo shows them kissing in a dorm room, not a kitchen. Oh well.) 

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This was so wonderful. I love that Pam's past with Roy still affected her, and I like that she wondered if Jim still loved her even after "the chase" was over for him. You really captured how much Jim loves her at the end. Now, if we can just get a REAL proposal that sweet!

Author's Response: Heh. I fear we may have to roll our own, so to speak. I have a feeling the only proposal we get to see is Andy's (*shudder*). Thanks for reading and reviewing!

PERFECT. I loooooooooved this!  Poor Pam, all torn up inside wondering what the heck was going on...and sweet, sweet Jim just going off quietly to build a home for them. ::sigh:: perfect.

Author's Response: Thanks! I am so glad you enjoyed this. I just have this image of the two of them snuggled down in a cozy house. Yes, I really am that sentimental!

aw come on Pam, no Michael at hte wedding?  I mean what kind of a day is that?!  haha

Loved it! So cute and lovely.  Totally the romanticism Jim would go for with a touch of greatness. 

I don't know whether to write a terrible review to you for scaring me so badly or a lovely review for the realism and happy ending :)

I'll go with the thumbs up (what has two thumbs and loves a happy Jam ending?). Seems like a very Jim and Pam type of home, too.

Author's Response:

Thank you! I'll take the thumbs up. :)

I'm glad you found this realistic! Thanks for your review.

I have to admit about half way through this one I said what the heck is wrong with him.  What a great job.  I know we can never get something like this on the show so thanks for making it happen.

Author's Response: Yeah, Jim and Pam are so in sync with one another, that when one of them is deceiving the other, it distorts the relationship. Which makes the resolution that much sweeter, I hope. :) Thanks so much for reading.

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Oh man, I was suffering right along with Pam there. I was worried, but I should have known better, right? Hee. I really loved this, the tension you drew so wonderfully and Jim just being.. Jim. I still believe when he proposes to Pam, it'll be sweet and old fashioned and yes, will completely knock her on her ass. Maybe something like this? Yeah. Hehe, This was really lovely and gorgeous and sweet and so.. them. Awesome job.

Author's Response: I personally still want to see a proposal that involves Jell-O and a ring, but my hopes for that are fading. So I chose something a little more traditional and old-fashioned, 'cause I think deep in his heart, Jim is that kinda guy. Thanks for reviewing!

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Wow. You build and sustain Pam's tension so beautifully that I was getting nauseated along with her. Pam knows what a dying relationship feels like; the minute things get weird, all of her old insecurities rise up to tell her that it is happening again. I also love that you have her ask him, outright, if everything is OK, because sometimes that is the hardest and scariest thing to do. Of course, his answer is the right one:  Love looked back at her.

It is always a privilege and a pleasure to read something new from you, NEJ. Brilliant, as usual.

This is so beautiful! Frustrating and worrisome but I love, love, love that she will not be the one to break it off. I was really thinking some of his behavior was OOC--hanging up on her? really? but that proposal, so simple and earnest... yeah. Very nice. And in the end, everything he was doing was so very Jim. Nice job!

Author's Response:

I took out the hanging-up-on-Pam scene, and then put it back. I think Jim might get angry at Pam now and then, but would not know how to express it, and might resort to just hanging up rather than saying something he would regret. In this case, he's angry at her jealousy but can't handle lying to her, so he takes the Michael Scott way out. :)

Thanks for reading!

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NEJ, I'm speechless.  It's difficult to convey my feelings--there are too many of them.  I could really cry.  You took me by surprise--the silence, the missed phone calls, the evasiveness.  I just couldn't imagine where you were going, which was exciting.  The ending?  Guh.  Needless to say, I adored this. 

Author's Response: Well, I'm glad the ending was worth the angst! Thanks so much for your kind review!

Aw, this is a really sweet story. *sniff honk* Nice job. You did Pam's gradual building doubt well.

Author's Response: Thanks so much! I'm glad you liked it.