"I agree with Michael too, there ought to be an ex, as in ex-fianc?." Lol.

You do quite well with writing Michael and Pam, and I really enjoyed seeing both the front-of-stage and behind-the-scenes ways it came together.

"ever since, he began his work day with rolled up sleeves ready to go to war with the machine alongside her when it revolted" - write THIS fic.

"One thing that might have gone unnoticed was how Pam’s grumbling stomach seems to quiet when she’s around Jim." Awwww.

Honestly, I would've forgiven Pam for still not noticing the change. She's got a lot on her mind. So this works for me.

"I did struggle with having Jim believe so easily. We know canonically he is not the type to truly believe in ghosts or other supernatural. But Pam is kissing him and he is just so blown away at what is happening he will accept almost anything." I can accept this explanation.

", I felt it was more appropriate for her to drive a Focus – with her new perfect eyesight and focus on the future." Now THAT's detail work.

All credit goes to Ingrid Michaelson.

Thank YOU for letting us peak behind the curtain on this one! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with next, friend.

Author's Response:

Thank YOU for coming along and being so invested in it. Even in my moments of struggle, this one was a thrill to bring to life and just as thrilling was seeing what you thought after each chapter posted (including these notes).

Thank you for being such a fan and friend.

Hey, if you can solve a writing problem in appropriately symbolic ways, good on you says I.

For the record, I assumed Angela just thought that Kelly and Ryan were hooking up long before they were. That seems in character for her.

"She should have plenty of patience, and to that I say even an angel has her limits." Reasonable point. And Michael would absolutely be capable of trying the patience of an angel.

"Thanks for the line, DJC." D'awww!

"also one I think even young people today still know" Geez, I hope so. I also got curious and went to wikipedia while reading this chapter, and apparently Oh What A Night was originally set in 1933, and was supposed to be about the end of Prohibition. Which. Yikes.

"not all Superfan content is canon (unless it works with my story" I support this contention.

"Gabby seems to have a lot of prior knowledge about Pam and her relationships and about things that hadn't happened yet." BECAUSE SHE'S AN ANGEL. THAT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE.

"So, who caught the little foreshadowing to Jim's high blood pressure issues, tied in with the nod to buying Cup of Noodles for Kevin together?" HA. Fun.

Author's Response:

Thanks for commenting on my commentary. 

Yeah, no I goofed -and it was big one. But all fixed now..hope you enjoyed the rewrite.

Thanks again for the review and supporting my craziness always.

Always kind of fun delving onto all the extra details an author puts into their works. Thanks for this.

Author's Response: You know me - love details. thanks for reading...hope you don't think I'm B-A-N-A-N-A-S

I realised I never left a review for this chapter even though I read it several times. I think this was my favourite, especially the last part.

NASTY FLAXSEEDS. That was rude! Hahaha

*It wasn’t that it was too soon. He could tell these two were going to go the distance. In fact, he was so confident this moment was on the horizon, he already been working on the toast he would give at their wedding.*

So sweet and so Michael.

*Placing the lottery numbers back in his pocket, he began to chant the inscription from the rings and followed with a series of made-up incantations that he thought might make it work again. But just as every other night he tried, time still continued to move only forward and only one second at a time.*

Love this passage. I almost forgot about those damn lottery numbers. Hopefully Michael will become so distracted by meeting Holly he won’t be tempted to mess with time again.

This story was a delight to read, and a very obvious labor of love. Thank you so much for sharing it with us! 💗

Author's Response:

A little foreshadowing - remember he isn't usually a fan of HR folks...until he meets...

I'm getting ahead of myself...

Thanks for all your wonderful comments throughout this long, long story. It meant a lot that you came along, sharing your thoughts throughout. 

Michael did a lot of growing in this journey, I felt he deserved a reward... and yes, hopefully now that he's found his own happy ending, he'll know not to.

Thanks again for all the reviews and encouragement along the way.  It meant the world.

Holy CRUD. The end of the line! I kinda can't believe it myself.

The Elvis/Ingrid reference in the chapter title!

"He took the after-hours call from her figuring a conversation this late had to be personal in nature." Oh, Michael. Also, him missing Jan telling him not to say yeppers is a nice touch.

The golden hour proposal fakeout was a fun add-on... and the growth in the crack in the parking lot is a good metaphor for Pam's journey here.

Michael feverishly trying to take advantage of the time turner and every other piece of Harry Potter lore he can think of is SO Michael. "“ImpressumoneJanilovelevisnon" feels like it's worth a story all on its own.

And after all that, they didn't stop Packer... and it turned out to help Michael meet Holly! The angels did some WORK on this one. Although I'm hoping they come through to give Randall his happy ending too, dammit.

I always love the club discussion points at the end of books, so I will eagerly await the bonus material. That's why people used to buy DVDs with extras, you know!

Author's Response:

First, thanks for being with me for this whole long, long story. I know I've been lax in responding to the reviews lately -but now that I'm not busy trying to get the rest of this story out...

I'm beyond thrilled you picked up on the juxtapositioning of the lines from the two songs...(we were never meant to be/some things are meant to be) totally what I was going for! 

I'm pleased you liked how it all played out at the end - I know it was a lot to read to get here and I appreciate you kept with it to get to the end.

As for Randall, well...one of the messages layered in the story was the need to rely on yourself, see what's inside you...(more to come on here)...so maybe it is symbolic that Randall's angel takes on his own form...or maybe the alternate version of his life is one that only his angel got to/gets to live...or maybe one day he'll leave the office and find a Delorian idling in the parking lot. I'll leave that open for you to imagine (or write.)

Thank you, thank you, thank you. 

WHAT.

Okay, gonna be thinking about this one for while. Time travel logic makes my head spin.

*It was on the way back to his place after work one night, when they saw the for-rent sign. Two blocks from his place, she was somewhat apprehensive to suggest checking it, it being so close to him and their relationship so new, but before she even had time to debate it internally, he was pulling out his phone to call for an appointment when they could see it.*

Love the not-so-subtle shade at Jim's nonexistent future relationship with Karen ha!

*She had found herself upon arrival, and discovered that she could still hold on to who she was and also be in love because with Jim, the two weren't mutually exclusive. He loved her for all that she was and all he wanted her to be, but more importantly what she wanted to be.*

There it is. That's it.

What a journey, friend! Satisfying ending and I'm hoping the last chapter will have some Michael (please?)

I was wondering how Future Pam and Past Pam (and Michael's) would eventually come back together. Having one set of doppelgangers disappear during the chaos of Roy's attack and Dwight's pepper spray seemed to do the trick nicely. I was starting to get worried since it kind of seemed like Future Pam's plan was becoming undone due to all the interference from other parties like Kelly and Roy. In the book Harry and Hermione go through the events, then go back in time, and then catch up to when they went back in time without anyone really knowing. It didn't seem quite so neat here, which is fine by the way. So that worked well.

Maybe a little short sighted of Future Pam to think Roy would just go slinking off like a dog with his tail between his legs. She got access to Past Pam's memories and thus had at least access to the insight of Roy's road rage and his reaction after they got back from the trip. Also, it kind of felt like she's ready to go meet her new future at warp speed, especially with Jim at her side, that she may have forgotten about Roy's temper. You spent ten-ish years with the guy Pam, you had to have some clue that he'd go flying off the handle. Also case in point Roy getting aggressive at Jim during the Alliance. Thing of it is that, like I said she's ready to go with an extra two weeks of soul searching under her belt about how she wants to live. Not so with Roy. He's the same stuck in his high school wanting things to stay the same kind of guy he always is. So from a story perspective that works well.

Jim telling her he would have been able to handle himself is something I can 100% get behind. Flush with the adrenaline of victory in getting together with Pam and his natural protective instincts, yeah, I don't think Jim would have had a problem. He was able to basically go toe-to-toe with Roy physically in the basketball game so there is precedent. Fortunately, thanks to Dwight's pepper spray such actions were not needed.

What was needed was the paramedics showing up. Do I detect a slight call out to "This Thing Called Life" and the crew of Medic 4? If so, thank you. Made me grin.

And to top it all off, even Team Roy for Life Angela Martin approves of the change in Pam's relationship status. Well done Pam in getting everything figured out. Great chapter. And now I get to go right on to the next one! Hooray!

In all universes, Dwight saves the day, and a darn good thing. Good way to remix the pepper spray incident. And I love that Jim's reaction is basically "would've been worth it tbh." And having this chaos allow for the timelines to merge without anyone noticing the Two Pams and Michaels is a really nice and very natural way to resolve that conundrum.

" That ever since then she'd felt like a ghost had escaped from within her and was hovering about, willing her to look deep inside her soul. That same spirit seemed to have its own set of eyes and would come back to whisper to her all that the phantom vision could see from the different vantage point outside her body." HMMMMMMM.

"the concussion prevention seminar he held the next day" Write THAT fic.

HOLY CRUD WE'RE IN THE HOME STRETCH NOW. *braces self*

Great call back to the pepper spray incident here to bring the two Pam’s back together here, and I’m so happy she’s kept both sets of memories!
Loved Jim being all protective but looking like Gumby. Fun reference there
Looking forward to the next two chapters for sure!!

THE BELL! That was so perfect!

*This transformation she could sense happening was not because of time travel or any other magic.

Except maybe it was and that magic was Jim. That magic was love.*

And this, ladies and gents, is the thesis statement of this fic.

*“Some things you just don’t question, Pam. Whatever magic or supernatural phenomenon it was to bring you to me, I’ll believe. You say you time traveled; I one-hundred percent buy it if it means you want to be with me.”

“Do you really believe me, Jim?” Her voice was pleading, her eyes solemn but hopeful.

“Absolutely, I do. Not only do I believe you but I think I must have been a time traveler too because, Pam, I’m in love with you and I have been forever, I think before I even met you.”*

Dawww! My heart!

*The more he talked the more her concern grew that he was having a mental breakdown or he was high on something the new delivery guy convinced him would be fun to smoke or take.*

Love this reference!

*“Did you not hear what Kelly said, Pam and Jim kissed?!?”

“The only kissing I care about is kissing this day goodbye and starting my weekend, now get out of my way Michael!”

Things got a little heated after that.

“No, you have to stay and be witness to the family drama.”

“I do not and I will not!”*

This is perfect Stanley dialogue.

Love the climactic feel of this chapter, leading up towards the end. Everyone knows now (even Roy!!!) so OMG WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. Also aren't there now two Michaels in the office? I am scared.

I could listen to Kelly Clarkson sing from a telephone directory and I’d still be happy. Absolutely love her. Sarah Bareilles too (see previous chapter). Anyway, look at the end of that chapter- ooooooh! Finally!

Author's Response: Yup - and I've still got lots to get to so I'll say thanks a bunch and get back to it.