Running by nqllisi

Summary: Jim's thoughts just after "The Return"
Categories: Episode Related, Jim and Pam, Present Characters: Jim
Genres: Inner Monologue
Warnings: None
Challenges: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 196 Read: 2054 Published: January 19, 2007 Updated: January 19, 2007

Chapter 1 by nqllisi

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Running

I'm so tired of running.

I ran around in circles for years. Around you and around you, but you only ever looked out of the corner of your eye.

I tried to run to Australia, but I can't walk on water (making you smile is the only miracle I've ever been good at).

I ran into your arms, and though your lips were soft and yielding the rest of you was like a brick wall and I crashed against you and I was broken.

I ran all the way to Connecticut. I wasn't in very good shape, so by the time I got there all I could do was try to catch my breath.

I think I ran right over Karen.

But today, you looked up at me from under a sombrero, and your smile held the echo of poker chips and promises.

I've been running on a treadmill all along.

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