1 [Report This]Date: October 21, 2020 07:39 pm Title: Chapter 1
Of course Michael injuring himself is what led to their first date being postponed - and of course they had a perfectly lovely evening hanging out with each other anyways. I like this - and the choice to have them start The Talk while they're waiting. The line "e felt a sudden urge to kiss her, and realized with a swooping sensation that there was no longer any reason not to." is beautiful.
Author's Response:
Oooh, first date fic was the best. A date! They were going on a date!!!! The fic world exploded.
But of course there had to be complications, right? And Michael's antics are dependable chaos. Thank you for liking it. I'm not a "visualizer" when I write, but I could always clearly see the ugly hospital waiting area that somehow became the most romantic place in the world because they were finally, finally together.
Date: August 25, 2010 06:45 pm Title: Chapter 1
First-date-fic never gets old. Delightful. Thank you.
Author's Response: Ooh, I never got a nite about this comment. Thank you so much!!
Date: August 20, 2008 11:08 pm Title: Chapter 1
That was so funny, and so very true to character! ALL of it, but especially Michael!
Author's Response: Thank you so much! I love these characters, so it is a great compliment when you think I've captured some of their spirit!
8 [Report This]Date: February 02, 2008 08:24 pm Title: Chapter 1
I was so happy to stumble upon this tonight! So sweet, so charming - and I loved Pam kissing him "fully and intensely", which to me is the only way to kiss Jim!
Author's Response: Amen to that, sister! Hee. Thank you very much!
Date: January 24, 2008 09:13 pm Title: Chapter 1
Great dialogue here, Lis. I've just started reading more fic again -- happy that this was one of the first :)
Author's Response: Welcome back! I'm honored that I'm on your list for catching up. I'm also glad you liked the dialogue- I love writing it for these two when they are happy. When I go for angst, I tend to forgo the talking and get really descriptive. Well, "really" for me, which means like two paragraphs instead of one...heh. Thank you so much!
Date: January 24, 2008 06:53 pm Title: Chapter 1
i skimmed this the night it told me it was uploaded. however, i decided to wait to read it. cause it was better that way.
Wow, there really should be a way to attach video of my reactions to parts of this. Cause really, I am just a squealy little girl. Hands clapping, feet clapping. Oh yeah.
Wow, ER trips make for great first dates don't they?
You are making me smile so much. My mouth is like this :D, except, actually, my hand is in my mouth trying to precent my smile from breaking my face.
Of course the only happy place Jim has is with Pam. My appy place is by the lake. We actually had to find our appy place for SciMed. It was a weird class.
Happy Happy Happy. Like, insanely happy. You rock.
Author's Response: This is the happiest review, like, ever! I'm so glad you enjoyed it so much. Just thinking about them finally together does make me smile, too. Maybe not enough to break my face, but a lot. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Date: January 24, 2008 10:21 am Title: Chapter 1
As many times as I've read through this story in it's incarnations, my favorite sentence remains, "He felt a sudden urge to kiss her, and realized with a swooping sensation that there was no longer any reason not to."
Author's Response: I'm so glad you still like it, even though you really have seen it quite a bit! Thank you!!
Date: January 23, 2008 03:41 pm Title: Chapter 1
So cute! And I love the way you set the scene in the beginning, letting the reader figure out what's going on through context clues.
Author's Response: Thank you so much! Heh, yes, when a piece is as short as mine typically are, it has to let the reader do a lot of the work. I'm so glad you didn't mind! Thanks again.
Date: January 22, 2008 08:18 am Title: Chapter 1
Yes. This is how it happened. :) Thank you for this Lis. I'm beginning to forget why I love them so much. I need lots of reminders - so keep writing.
Author's Response: We need a "JAM day of remembrance" or something- stupid strike! But yes, my love is still strong and it bursts forth in tiny snippets of fic. I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
Date: January 22, 2008 03:58 am Title: Chapter 1
Okay, the idea of Jan and Michael's mother together on a girls night out? Comedy gold, Jerry! I wouldn't mind reading more details about that! (I keep asking for stuff and it keeps working, so what the hell?) Until then, this is my favorite line because it's just so real and so Pam:
“Nothing, just…who has days like this?”
I absolutely think she's said this at least once. This is very sweet and very them. Love.
Author's Response: Thank you, thank you! Yes, I have to say I amused myself at the idea of a Jan/Mrs. Scott night of carousing. Like Pam, however, I couldn't even begin to imagine what it might entail. I'm glad you thought that line was "so Pam"- it actually got added in the re-write, because I wanted her reaction to the whole situation to be a little more realistic. Thank you again!
Date: January 21, 2008 04:57 pm Title: Chapter 1
How fitting that they'd be detoured by Michael - seriously, forget baby fic, these two are already parents ;-) Love when Jim realizes he can kiss her - their first date must have had that sense of being a little hard to wrap their brains around. What can I say? Another delicately written, quietly lovely, character-driven scene. I could read these all day.
Author's Response:
Thank you so much. I have found that "plot" is not my strength; I do better with snapshots of the characters. I appreciate so much that you find them worthwhile. And they really are Michael's parents in too many ways to count. Thank you again!
8 [Report This]Date: January 21, 2008 03:05 pm Title: Chapter 1
Awww... and here all it took was for Jim to call Pam a dork. That's so sweet. :)
Nicely done, lis! I love that Jim and Pam are so willing to drop everything to help Michael. I swear, he'd be lost without them!
Cute story!
Author's Response: Thank you very much. He really would be totally adrift without his work parents, wouldn't he? I am so glad you thought they were sweet. Thanks again!
Date: January 21, 2008 02:53 pm Title: Chapter 1
lis, That was so "them". I can imagine them telling their kids someday about their "first date" at Mercy Hospital. But of course, the two of them would be happy anywhere together, and we got to see that in "Money".
Author's Response: Oh, thank you! I hadn't thought about them telling their kids, but that's a wonderful thought. "So them" is my favorite compliment- I love the idea of capturing some of the spirit of these great characters.
Date: January 21, 2008 01:57 pm Title: Chapter 1
Yay!! Lovely, lis! It's all very nice, and the description of how Michael ended up at the hospital adds some Comic Relief. It's funny to think of Jan and Mama Scott off somewhere, also. To be a fly on the wall at that Girl's Night Out... There's a story in there for you. ;)
Author's Response: Thanks. Yes, I could resist dropping some silliness into this- it is based on a comedy, after all! Thank you so much!
Date: January 21, 2008 01:17 pm Title: Chapter 1
Fabulous! Love them together at the emergency room ;)
Author's Response: Thank you! Not the most conventionally romantic setting, but with these two, anything is romantic (fabric softener, yogurt lids, beet farms...)
10 [Report This]Date: January 21, 2008 01:15 pm Title: Chapter 1
ah..... I could relive the potential first date scenario over and over again. Thanks for such a sweet interpretation!
(and how appropriate the disturbance was caused by Michael!)
Author's Response: Thank you! Yes, it would have to be a medical emergency to keep them apart, wouldn't it? And Hurricane Michael is always a threat in that office. Glad you enjoyed- I loved this challenge idea.