JAM according to Butch Walker by MrsLloyderineHalpert
Summary: After listening to my Butch Walker CDs (for the hundred and twelfth time), I realized that a lot of the songs could apply to Jim and Pam. So I took the original story I created ("Mixtape") and added a chapter or two. Reviews appreciated. Rated K+ for some of the song lyrics.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Episode Related Characters: Jim
Genres: Angst, Drabble, Workdays
Warnings: Adult language
Challenges: None
Series: None
Chapters: 3 Completed: No Word count: 828 Read: 4359 Published: October 31, 2006 Updated: March 26, 2007
Taste Of Red by MrsLloyderineHalpert
Author's Notes:
Set during the Merger,  Reviews more than welcome!
Well I tripped, and I fellInto a hole I know so well,And I don't think I'll beLeaving for a while.And this lump beneath my skinIs a hole I let you inAll it took was justYour red-lip biting smile.

It was the smile.  Jim was strong.  He had moved on; accepted that she only thought of him as a friend.  He started dating Karen.  He came back to Scranton a changed man.  He walked into the office.  He saw her smile.  He had to remind himself to breathe.

How could she have this effect on him?  It wasn't fair.  He had moved on.  Why did she have to smile?

Damn, damn, damnI love youLike the stars That shine above youLike the groundThat you're laying onWhile looking up at me. 

Pam hugged Jim, breathed in his smell, never wanted to let go.  She had a plan.  She rehearsed what she would say.  she asked him to coffee so she could say it--"I'm in love with you too." 

When he told her he was dating someone else, she never even missed a beat.  "We're friends.  We'll always be friends."  She wasn't sure why she said itShe knew that it was true.  But it wasn't good enough.  She wanted to be...more than that.  God, karma sucked.

End Notes:
Song:  "Taste Of Red" by Butch Walker and the Let's Go Out Tonights, on the album of the same name (I think).
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