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I love this story. The tension and emotion are so well written. I just can't wait for updates!

Your writing is so good that I am actually concerned for Jim. I hope he doesn't have meningitis, that is ugly :( But the flu can make your neck pretty darn sore too. Either way I feel sad just thinking about poor sweet Jim being sick.

Author's Response: i think you are the second or third person to mention meningitis... yes, that is ugly. i wonder if that's what jim has? ;) thanks for the review. i hope you enjoy chapter seven, also. :)

I've been a terrible reviewer, I'm sorry but I've been trying so hard to read this and just wait until you'd finished. No such luck obviously because...well, it's you we're talking about. I can't resist your writing! The reason I have been waiting is because like you've said, it's been developing at an incredibly slow pace. And that's great, it adds to the tension but more so gives us more time with Pam to allow us to understand her so much better than if you just focussed on the action (which would be the easy thing to do). Having said that, the suspense is killing me. So painful!

But because you've helped us form this really close bond with Pam, my heart was aching for her and I cringed in embarrassment along with her in this chapter. Everything is still so uncertain, Jim is totally unreadable and the suspense is amazing. Excruciating, but amazing. Seriously can't wait for more.

Author's Response: i love all of your reviews, no matter when they arrive or how often they do! i'm so glad you're enjoying this story, and also that the suspense is translating. it's painful for me just to write it this slow! i usually do oneshots just because i want everything solved right away, you know? chapter seven is up, i hope you like that one, too. :)

"&*%$£$*&%" < that is what I called you when I realised I'd gotten to the end of the chapter. I was like, "she did NOT just finish it like this, did she?"

I must be a sicko, but I LOVE me some sick Jim. There are so many fics out there where Jim takes care of Pam, and - I just love the image of Pam being te one that looks after him.

What I love about your stories is that Ir eally feel the emotions of the characters. The awkwardness of Pam at the start was sooooo uncomfortable, but perfect.

This has to be my favourite chapter. I cannot wait for the next installment.

*adds to favourites*

Author's Response: thanks, sally! you have me blushing over here with all of your reviews. :) i do, too, love sick jim/pam, but when it's sick jim it makes it all the better for me. as long as he turns out okay -- hopefully he will in this story. ;) thanks for the review, and i hope you enjoy the chapter i just posted!

Does Pam want to catch Jim's cooties?  Hmmm...I'd say that's a big fat yes, please!  And it wouldn't be safe at all to drive in the snow, right?  Best to hunker down and play nurse ;)  It's so hard seeing someone you love hurting, and love him she must to find SweatyBedhead!Jim appealing (well...when she's not the cause of the sweat and the bedhead).  "Girls always know these things"--love that because I can envision Jim saying it :)

I'm trying so hard to be patient here, when I really want to read more right now! 

i have never anticipated a story so much, yanana! the characterizations are perfect, the story is so great, and i cannnnot WAIT for the next chapter! update! :)

Author's Response: aw, thanks kaat! and by the way, while reading other reviews, noticed your mention on us sharing the same name (and the best name in the world, obviously). ;) thanks for the review!

I really think Pam should stay. *grin* I mean, the poor boy might get dehydrated. Worse, he could have menningitis. Yes, Pam should stay. (Your description of sick!Jim was awesomely awful. Poor baby.)

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hooray an update!

aww poor Jim! Save him, Pam, save him!

Fantastic.  I loved the slow burn of Pam's journey to his door.

I can't wait to read what happens next!

Aaah no you can't end there!! Oh gosh this chapter is lovely, you can really feel the tension Pam is feeling, the slow journey drags through this perfectly. And that ending? Oh you tease!
Cannot wait for more :)

Wow,great story so far. I can not believe you stopped with "Pam?" The suspense is horrible and wonderful at the same time. Keep going!

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Ok. GREAT chap.  The tension was palpable.  My heart ached for Pam and her "sorry bowl of soup." 

She practically handed Jim and his dignity to Connecticut and all the girls that come with it.   Ouch.

She's looking down with each step and sees that her pretty, girly pink sweatpants are being dipped into this ugly snow with each step.  Awesome visual and, I would think, to Pam at least, another comparison to Karen, who, no doubt, would have somehow levitated to the door, avoiding the snow ; )

Or even worse. Maybe she's encased in something like an eggshell, and if she ever broke through, wouldn't that make a horrible, horrible mess?  Poor girl, so unsure and always holding herself back, so afraid.

For some reason, part of her brain assumes it would smell like Karen, like maybe she had left her mark here...It doesn't.  As if there were any doubt.  Karen never had a chance to leave her mark.

I absolutely can't wait for more.

Okay, this is just cruel. Next chapter, please. lol My favorite two paragraphs:
Pam feels like Karen didn't seem concerned, and she wonders if Karen had acted that way towards him. Instead of persuading Jim to stay in bed and rest, like Pam had thought previously, maybe Karen had said, Really? Maybe you should just take some Tylenol and see if you feel better.

Karen, Karen, Karen. It‘s difficult to admit to herself, but Pam knows she‘s jealous. It's an ugly thing to be, especially when she has no right to be. She practically handed Jim and his dignity to Connecticut and all the girls that come with it.

The first because, yes, that's exactly what Karen would say, and the last, because, yes, that's exactly what she did.

Waiting, but not patiently.