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I utterly loved your attention to detail in describing Jim's formal dress. It reminded me of several hunt balls I attended. Most Regency styled gowns have a loop sewn into the hem so the lady can manage the skirt whilst dancing.

A quick reverse during a Viennese waltz can also leave one breathless.

This was outstanding.

Author's Response: Thanks Once. I like diving into detail so I'm glad the effort worked for you. I did not know that about Regency gowns. As I've told others, the reason I went with Regency is because I figured I could describe the dress easier than the Colonial era (I think) gown TSwift wears in the music video.

A fun waltz dancing with Jim. I'd think that would leave most women breathless regardless of the steps.

Glad you liked it.

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Fabiola Amoris. Love story. Well this certainly lived up to its name.

And who knew you were a secret Swiftie.

Right from the start I was swept into your fairy tale with such rich descriptions of her dress and the scene (thinking a cinderella palace).

Nice sneaky way to bring in Larissa or L or Elle. And by the way, wow these 2 have some pretty smart sisters not just cause they go to Columbia but because they somehow figured out how and when to bring our Romeo and Juliet back together.

To see Jim "work" to earn his father-in-laws respect so he could have his blessing was probably the most romantic thing - even more than dressing like Prince Charming.

Oh and how is it you know about Bourne Mansion and I don't?

I forgive you for posting as I was walking out door this mornin as I enjoyed my evening reading.

Author's Response:

Me being the sentimental sap I am, I've always kind of liked this song. Glad you liked all the descriptions. 

I was quite pleased with myself when I thought up the Elle=L idea. After all Larissa is a Halpert and thus is probably a prankser. Add to that an Ivy Leage education and eh voila! A sneaky plan to get them together.

They both got a bit of a kick in the pants. Pam to really get over her apathy, Jim to get over his laziness.

At first this was going to be set at the Plaza Hotel. The Grand Ballroom there is stunning. But there's no balcony that I saw easily leading to looking over Central Park, so I had to look elsewhere. I think I did a google search for New York area wedding venues balcony and after some digging found the Bourne Mansion and it fit perfectly.

Glad you had something nice to come home to. 

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I loved this so much! I neeeeeed to see a picture of John dressed like this ASAP as possible.

Jim’s attempts to *ahem* calm himself down after Pam kisses him was probably my favorite part. Hilarious and cute.

The whole thing was clever, so cute, and very well written, as always!! Great job!

Author's Response: Jim's outfit is directly lifted from the music video for this song. Nice to know you think I did the outfit justice for Jim.

Those calming down banter moments were some of my favorites to write too. Always a lot of fun to have Jim and Pam bounce off each other like that.

Glad you enjoyed it so much. Thanks for reading.

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Warrior this was so cute! The fact that it's based off of a TSwift song, with another TSwift song referenced in the car only makes it better. I loved the idea of calling Larissa "Elle" only to reveal that one of Jim's nicknames for her is "L" that was genius. I loved that they finally got their acts together and decided they wanted to be together. Mr. Beesly certainly did throw a wrench in their plans, but her sneaking out onto the roof to meet him was adorable. And then the proposal surprised me, but I loved it so much!! Ugh, this was so good! I loved it!!

Author's Response: Thank you so much Aly! I figured I'd give another hint of the reference for this story and also since I don't write explicit sex scene I figured a good way to make up for that would give you another TSwift song in here. Glad you caught it. Really glad you picked up on everything you did. It was a lot of fun to write and I'm exstatic it's been so well recieved.

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Whelp, I’m not going to lie to you. I was not expecting another Taylor Swift tribute when I clicked on this. I am highly amused.

You did well at the beginning here writing a Pam who is very much out of her comfort zone in a summer where she’s not really *living* in her comfort zone. She looks great, but she feels graceless and out of sorts, and her date isn’t helping much. You also really clearly established Danny as maybe just a little too smooth and too committed to working an angle for Pam… and of course he reacts to her dorky dancing like he maybe doesn’t want to be associated with it. Nice enough, maybe, but not Pam’s sort of guy.

The Elle = L twist was clever. And it explains both why Penny was so eager to get her to this party and why she didn’t tell her her research partner was coming.

The Bourne Mansion party was very well described. It was easy to visualize them in this lush setting.

I enjoyed Pam and Jim being so affected by each other’s touch – a good mixture of romantic and sexy and then humorous. Pam teasing him afterwards was hilarious. So was them joking about prom and then being interrupted by her dad is hilarious. Not a great introduction for Jim and his future father-in-law. You can see both some legitimate anger for his daughter and some irritation at the role Jim’s played in what must have been a frustrating summer ofr him too, and some classic reversion to their old parent-child dynamics here. Far too real.

And this “love story” finishes with a quite nice proposal. Well done with this!

Author's Response: Thank you. It was a lot of fun figuring out where to put lines from the song in with everything. I was really trying to go for exactly that at the start. Pam just isn't sure of herself. Then has her moment of panic but everything she really wants is still waiting for her. Glad you liked all the teasing too. Figured might as well get them back to banter.

Glad you liked it.