Jim and Pam felt like a couple of teenagers. Here they were sitting in Jim’s car in the Dunder Mifflin parking lot, making out like a couple kids who drove up to the point for a little fun. Things had been going really well between them lately. They had easily moved from friendship to a more intimate relationship, and had been able to keep their usual playful banter.
At times, Pam felt they were moving a little too fast. After all, she did just get out of a long-term relationship. But every time she thought this, it was quickly kicked to the back of her mind when she saw him with those deadly lips, penetrating eyes, and provocative smile. She just had to have him, all of him, as much as possible. While she hadn’t had all of him just yet, Pam could definitely feel that she was ready for it when the right moment came along.
Unfortunately, there was one lingering issue that sometimes made things uncomfortable. Pam was still reeling from Angela’s veiled threats last week. She really didn’t care about other people knowing about the relationship. It was going really well with Jim, so well that she was sure it would be fine even under the scrutiny of their office coworkers. The only problem was Roy’s involvement. A confrontation between Roy and Jim would not be a pleasant situation, no matter how it ended. Pam could sense that Jim was getting a little restless about the Roy situation, but she really appreciated that he was understanding enough to give her the time needed to figure out how to best handle things.
Meanwhile, Jim didn’t mind that they had to hide from everyone for now. He understood the complicated situation with Roy. After all, he remembered the moment not too long ago when Roy got a little physical with Jim when he saw him touching Pam. On the surface, he understood the logic of this situation and he wasn’t going to complain. Deep down, this bothered him just a little bit. It’s not like he wanted to shout to everyone in the office that they were dating, but now it seemed like they spent less time flirting than they did before they were even dating. It was so hard to just sit there at work and not be able to touch her, smell her hair, hold her in his arms. Still, he decided that it wasn’t best to rock the boat. He was just happy to be with her and didn’t want to do anything that would jeopardize that. For now, her wish was his command.
“I wish we had longer breaks,” Jim said as they finally came up for air.
“Much longer,” Pam replied.
“Actually, I wish we were independently wealthy. Then we could just do this all day long.”
“But why would we be here in the Dunder-Mifflin parking lot?”
“Good question. Let’s say we bought the company and we had to come here and keep an eye on Michael.”
“We bought a failing paper company? In the alternate world where we’re independently wealthy, you do not get to control our finances.”
“Really? Because I’ve never seen someone spend, spend, spend like you.
“That is not true!” Pam exclaimed with mock outrage.
“Oh yeah it is. I mean, I’m starting to think you won the Whitest Sneakers Award because you buy a new pair every day.”
Pam had a comeback ready, but was distracted by Michael running out of the building. “Uh oh,” Pam said several other coworkers following him. Jim and Pam quickly got out of the car, trying to act as casual as possible. They walked up to the group, which now included the entire office, and discovered that a small fire had started in the building.
“Is this real or is Dwight running his monthly homeland security test?” Jim asked.
“Hey, I’m just glad he doesn’t think this is Gitmo,” Oscar replied.
Phyllis walked up to Pam and whispered into her ear, causing Pam to blush. Pam quickly turned around and buttoned the top button on her shirt. Then she walked back over to Jim with a flirtatious smile. “Pretty slick move there, Halpert.”
Jim was confused. “What are you talking about?”
“One of my buttons was undone.”
“Oh, and you’re blaming me?”
“Definitely. I mean, Kevin wasn’t anywhere near me, and I don’t know who else would want to look down my shirt.”
“What makes you think I want to?” he said jokingly, but he instantly regretted it as soon as he saw her face fall. “Wait, Pam. I’m sorry. Of course that’s not true. I was just joking. I thought we had this little rapport going.”
“No, I know. It’s just that there are some things I’d rather you didn’t joke about,” she said quietly.
“I’m sorry, Pam,” he said with utmost sincerity. He always hated to see her upset.
“No, I’m sorry. I mean, I didn’t mean to make things awkward. I know you didn’t mean it. I guess I’m just a little self-conscious about that stuff.”
“You shouldn’t be,” he replied, but she shrugged it off. “Pam,” he says as he grabs her hand, “You’re beautiful.” She looked up at him and smiled, but they quickly remember where they are and let go of each other.
While waiting for the fire department to take care of things, Jim and Pam decided to pass the time by goofing off in a variety of ways. Fresh off their successful hosting stint for the office Olympics, they led the office in a series of silly games such as Desert Island, Who Would You Do?, and Would You Rather? Pam always loved how enthusiastic Jim got during these moments. She always wondered why someone with so much intelligence and charm ended up in such a dead end job like paper salesman. She’d brought up the subject a few times while they were friends, but he always tried to dodge the issue. It seemed like a sore spot for him, so she didn’t want to bring up the subject now as their relationship was just starting, but it definitely concerned her.
Jim and Pam left the game activities for a bit to check on Dwight, who was upset over Michael’s newfound attention on Ryan. They had a bit of fun teasing Dwight, giving him several suggestions on how to make Ryan jealous, but he wasn’t having any of it. They began to make their way back to the group, when they saw Roy walking over.
“Roy? What are you doing?” Pam snapped.
“Oh come on. I can’t even come over and talk to you anymore?”
Pam was about to shout something at Roy, but Jim interjected. “Hey Roy, can we talk for a second?”
Roy didn’t like the sound of that, but was willing to do anything to get away from Pam‘s angry stare. “Yeah, alright.”
Jim decided the best thing to do was reason with Roy man to man. “Look man, I know you mean well, but I think Pam just needs some time, you know? I mean, she’s obviously upset and I’m sure you don’t want to make her more upset, right?”
“Yeah, I guess that makes sense,” Roy said with obvious disappointment. He was clearly having trouble coping with Pam’s rejection, which worried Jim quite a bit. “Hey, you’re not so bad, Halpert. I still think you’re gay, though.”
Jim quickly gave one of his patented quizzical expressions to the camera. Then he just tried to say anything that would make Roy go away. “Good to know. I promise I won’t hit on you.” Roy laughed and nodded at Pam before walking back to the warehouse.
“What did you say to him?” Pam asked.
“Just used the old Halpert charm,” Jim said.
“Oh really? Well I guess I need to meet your brother to find out what that is.”
“Yeah, that’s very funny coming from someone who couldn’t keep her hands off me this morning.”
“Oh yeah that has nothing to do with you. I’m just a sucker for a guy who drives a Toyota Corolla,” Pam teased.
“Well that’s good to know, because I was about to sell it to Creed,” Jim replied and they both started cracking up.
“Thank You, Jim. Whatever you said. Thanks.”
“No problem,” he replied with a delicate smile. “Let’s get back to the games.”
When they got back, the group was in the middle of Who Would You Do? and Michael had decided to take charge. “Welcome Back, Jimbo. It’s your turn. Who would you do?”
Jim was at a loss. He couldn’t say his real answer right now, and picking anyone else would be insulting to Pam, who had already noted that she was self-conscious about such things. “Actually, can you skip me? I’ll have to think about it a bit. Let Kevin go next. I’m sure that will keep us occupied for a while.”
“Alright then, I’ll start with your mom,” Kevin retorted. “MILF.”
“Score,” Jim replied, even though he wasn’t really paying attention. Instead, he was busy fiddling with his cell phone.
After a few seconds, Pam’s cell phone started vibrating. She flipped open her phone and noticed there was an incoming text message from none other than Jim Halpert. She scrolled down and blushed as she read the message:
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