Yes Pam, be brave. He's right downstairs! Go after him now! Still a cute chapter. Still a few conflicting emotions going on, but that's what happens as we mature. Loved that Jen and Jim are so supportive of her. It's really great to see.

Author's Response: I gotta say, Pam in here is much braver than I would have been at this age so go her!

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This is a moment that makes we wish we could see things from Jim's perspective. I hope he isn't scarf off by blankpam.

I otherwise enjoyed the chapter, the writing was spot on as usual. Looking forward to the next installment.

Author's Response: I actually considered starting a jim journal to go back and do his perspective of this!

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This is really fun. I like how innocent it is, appropriate for baby JAM.

Author's Response: Definitely the goal! Thanks!

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I'm glad we're onto the Jim and Pam portion, not just because I enjoy it more, but because it seems you do too, and it shows in your writing.

Looking forward to more! Please no finding other people!

Edit: Reviewingn on mobile is hard, big thumbs little buttons.

Author's Response: It definitely makes for easier updates too! (I also agree about reviewing on phones! Ha!) Thank you:)

I’m pretty sure forcing a girl to watch a horror movie with you so she gets scared and tries to hold your hand is the oldest move in the book. I see you, Jim... (Or maybe that was just the boys I hung out with as a teen...)
It’s so nice to see Pam embracing the college experience. I have high hopes for this version of her.

Author's Response:

I kind of lucked out that my SO doesn't like horror movies that much or is at least nice to me and will watch them with his friends instead.

 I have high hopes for her as well!

 Thanks for reading! 

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This chapter made me so happy!
I rase my biggest mug of tea to celebrate the end of the 'Roy period' and the fresh start.
Cheers!

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Ahhhhhh, *let's out a big sigh*. Very glad all that Roy stuff is out of the way. The way you had him in this fic had Pam heading down a path leading right to disaster. Especially if Roy got a DUI while still in high school. Yeah, nothing but bad news there. And the break seems to have finally removed the rose colored glasses from her eyes to see all the red flags. So good riddance Roy and onto other things.

And by other things of course I mean the return of Jim. Super cute to see her reacting to him like this. He's in her class and in her dorm building? Ooh! That's fun. Nice to see things getting set up with that. Also glad I can stop getting a twinge in my chest worrying about this Pam when I see an update now.

Author's Response: Your review had me laughing out loud! So, thank you for that! I'll be honest I took a bit of a break because I didn't even know how to continue down that original path myself without dragging it out for longer than necessary. This is where I wanted the story to get to at some point and the amount of times I've gone months or years without journaling made this seem like a plausible way to get us out of that rut. Thank you so much for your review and I'm glad you're enjoying this story!

Oh, Pam... It's difficult to watch someone learn from their mistakes the hard way, but our mistakes are such great teachers. You write it so well that I can still enjoy it!
Thanks for writing!

Ugh! This Pam! She's got just about everyone telling her Roy's a bad influence. Her best friend, her sister, her parents. I just want to jump through the pages and shout at her "listen to them!" Especially when Roy keeps going on about dropping out of school or doing things like not listening to her. Or especially skipping work. That's something that could REALLY bite her in the ass. Maybe that's a lesson she needs to learn. Gah.

As far as the series idea goes. Well I guess that depends on how long you were thinking of having this go for? If we're talking about the whole almost 10 year relationship with Roy, then maybe it would work. (Though please say you won't drag our JAM loving hearts through all that for so long, please?) However you've also labeled this AU, so does that mean we'll be spared all those years of angst? It's not a bad idea. However in my opinion it's a better idea if you know how long this whole thing is going to go on for. But that's me.

Guh, why Pam? Why? Actually I know why. She still doubts herself and thus settles for good enough rather than great.

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I relate to this so much. I had one too many bad boyfriends in high school but I’d just get so excited about the occasional moments of sweetness that I’d put on my rose colored glasses and turn all the red flags pink! I hate Pam is going to have to go through that hard process of realization, but I can’t wait to see how you write it!

Oh Pam, there you go still thinking Roy is great. But there's a ton of red flags going up. His drinking, ditching class, talking about dropping out of school. I get the fact she's in her young and dumb phase right now, but it's still heartbreaking to see her like this. At least she's still trying to remain focused on her art.

Foreshadowing of things to come too. Roy saying they're in a relationship but not doing much to put in much effort. He's already ditching her to be with his friends leaving her alone. Hope she wakes up to all this sometime soon.

Oh boy, if only Pam was a little kinder to herself in the way she sees herself. Then she wouldn’t give Roy the time of day. Ugh.
Please don’t tell me I have to wait until years into Dunder Mifflin for Pam & Jim to sort themselves out in this universe too?!

Author's Response: Maybe not years, but I'm thinking it'll be a bit!

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Oh, Pam... glad she's back into her art, but it's hard seeing her selling herself short and thinking she's not good enough.
You're doing a good job conveying the "high school experience " in just a few words. Nice work!
Thanks for writing!

Author's Response: Thank you so much! Thank you for the review!