Summary: It's all about becoming the Fancy New Beesley, really it is. A series of short-ish pieces running from "Business School" to "Cocktails," this story was started right after Phyllis' Wedding as a speculation and flight of fancy based on available spoilers for those episodes. As you can see, things didn't quite turn out the way I'd planned.
Rated: T
Categories: Jim and Pam, Episode Related, Alternate Universe Characters: Jim/Pam, Karen, Roy
Genres: Fluff, Romance
Warnings: Adult language
Series: None
Chapters: 12 Completed: No
Word count: 9123 Read: 45456 ePub Downloads: 3
Published: February 10, 2007 Updated: June 22, 2007
Story Notes:
Spoilers for up to Phyllis' Wedding, Speculation on Business School on forward. (And, I do read spoilers, so there is a strong likelihood that my specs are "spoiled" ) Since those confounded writers never do what I want, odds are that this will be Alternate Universe soon enough.
Title is from TS Eliot poem "The Wasteland"
Ergo, the disclaimer: I own none of what you see here. I am borrowing NBC/Reveille's Barbies and making them do nice stories.
1. Chapter 1: Pam does not destroy Art. Roy's heart is another matter. by Maybe Once [Reviews - 7] 
1 (652 words)
Spec on Business School. Low-level spoilers.
2. Chapter 2: Pam is Pleasantly Surprised by Maybe Once [Reviews - 4] (593 words)
Speculation and very light spoilers for "Business School."
3. Chapter 3: Doors Closing, Please Stand Clear of the Doors. by Maybe Once [Reviews - 6] 1 (766 words)
Still not mine, none of it.
4. Chapter 4: Garbo Speaks! by Maybe Once [Reviews - 5] 2 (610 words)
There is more to come...but I want to get my "Fantasy Business School" stuff out before the episode airs and it all becomes AU.
Oh, yeah. I own a car. I own two computers. I own a cat, a fish, and a gecko. Sadly, I do not own the Office or anything connected to it. I can't even get a Dwight bobblehead.
5. Chapter 5: He Receives the Gift He Did Not Give. by Maybe Once [Reviews - 4] 1 (550 words)
This should wrap up the spoiled spec for Business School. In just two days, it will become AU for Business School, I'm sure. Cocktails spoiled spec to follow.
I am eternally grateful for the bounty that has been given me in this charmed life.
This bounty includes none of the intellectual property associated with The Office. I do have a great collection of bootleg cassettes of 90's Grunge, Blue and White Staffordshire pottery,and Chuck Taylor All Stars, though, so there's that.
6. Chapter 6: The Catfight in Jim's Mind by Maybe Once [Reviews - 4] 2 (1155 words)
This takes place the day after Pam's Art Show in my happy little post "Business School" Alternate Universe. We're now transitioning into AU and speculation for Cocktails....
As is painfully clear by now, I do not own these characters or any intellectual property associated with them. If I did, things would be different.
7. Chapter 7 -- Good Morning by Maybe Once [Reviews - 2] 2 (571 words)
This is Pam's Monday, in the week between my pretend "Business School" and my pretend "Cocktails."
Nuttin's Mine. It's all theirs. Good on 'em, too.
8. Chapter 8: The Runner-Up by Maybe Once [Reviews - 5] 1 (1444 words)
A secret: I desperately want Karen off the show.
And yet....I suspect she's more like me than any other character on the damn thing.
Clearly I need therapy. But, fortunately, it is alot cheaper to take other people's characters and make up stories about them.
9. Chapter 9 -- An Evening with Roy by Maybe Once [Reviews - 2] 1 (654 words)
A little character bit on Roy (since I did one for Karen.) Again, still in the week between my pretend Business School and my imaginary Cocktalis.
I own none of these characters, etc. I'm just a simple housewife, unfrozen from a block of ice. Your world confuses me.
10. Chapter 10: Tom Petty says the waiting is the hardest part, and Pam is inclined to believe him. by Maybe Once [Reviews - 1] (186 words)
Oy. After "Cocktails" aired the other night, my little alternate universe became really, really alternate. But, enjoy...there are only a couple more chapters left in this one.
Disclaimer: Not mine. Not, not NOT. Theirs. But, don't they look cute when I play with them?
11. Chapter 11: Must See (you) Thursday by Maybe Once [Reviews - 2] (1285 words)
A bit of a Resurrection. There are only a few more chapters needed to wrap this up...so enjoy.
And, as you know by now, none of these characters belong to me. I am borrowing them, and will return them with a cup of sugar when I'm done. That's what she said.
12. Poi Dog (and Jim) Pondering by Maybe Once [Reviews - 3] 2 (657 words)
OK, first, a history lesson. Once upon a time, Indie music was called Alternative music. And, in a darker age before that, it was called "College Music." Which, conveniently, happened to coincide with the years when Maybe Once was in college.
Moral of the story? This chapter has a musical theme. go here: [li]http://www.amazon.com/Best-Poi-Pondering-Austin-Years/dp/B0009A1BB8/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-7270630-1318428?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1182557074&sr=8-1[/li]
and listen to the song called "Living with the Dreaming Body." You will hear the intro and the first verse, the verses referenced come later....
And, yes, I know that Jim and Pam were maybe 10 when this song came out. I don't care.