Pam was sitting in the passenger’s seat. She smiled at him.
“So where you taking me?”
“Can’t say. It would ruin the surprise.”
“I love surprises!”
Jim smiled and started the car. He had such mixed feelings about this day. At one hand, he was really excited, and really looking forward to spending time with her, but on the other hand, it all felt kind of weird. He felt really naked and exposed, because she knew all about his feelings. He wanted her to give a response, to react, to make herself clear. He thought she had already done that, the other night. But her showing up like this filled him with doubt. Maybe she did have feelings for him as well. Why would she want to hang out with him, all day, right after he told her he loved her? If she really didn’t feel anything, she wouldn’t come over and play with his feelings like that. Or would she?
No, Pam isn’t like that.
They had been driving for approximately an hour when he pulled over.
“Alright, I think we’ve made it.”
“Where are we?”
“You’ll see.”
“My God, Halpert. Still not telling me?”
“You’ll find out soon enough. Besides it wouldn’t be as much fun, if you knew where we were going. C’mon, this way.”
They were crossing an almost empty parking lot. The sun was slowly rising and Pam heard a few birds sing in the trees. She took a deap breath and suddenly felt extremely happy. She hadn’t felt like this in a long time. She saw Jim’s tall shadow on the concrete and couldn’t help but smile. She ignored all her rising guilt and punishing thoughts. Not today!
Suddenly she saw it.
“Jim! A Zoo! Where at a ZOO!”
“Yeah, I know.”
“Oh my God! I love Zoo’s! How did you know!!”
“I didn’t. I just sort of knew you would like it.”
“Wow! I’m really impressed.”
She was, she really was. Jim knew her so well. She didn’t think Roy would ever think of taking her to a zoo. She knew this was going to be an amazing day. She hugged him and said:
“This is so great!”
“You haven’t even seen the place, Beesly. Come on. Let’s find the entrance.”
They neared a big, closed gate. Pam looked at it and said a bit dissapointent:
“Jim, we forgot! It’s only 8:30am! It says here, this zoo doesn’t open til noon...”
He could here she was kind of sad about it. He couldn’t keep the surprise from her any longer.
“Did you hear me making a phonecall this morning, Pam?”
“No, why?”
“Well, I have this really close friend, and he works at this zoo. I thinks he feeds the animals or something. But anyway, I told him that I was bringing you... And, well, he should be here any minute.”
“He’s gonna let us in?”
He saw the excitement in her eyes again.
“The whole zoo will be ours, Pam. For three and a half hours. How do you like that?”
“I feel like I could cry.”
”Oh, come on, don’t. It’ll be fun.”
Suddenly they heard someone coming. Pam looked around and saw a friendly looking guy approaching. Jim grinned at her and turned around to greet his friend.
“Jason! How are you doing, man! It’s great to see you!”
“Jim! Wow, it’s been way to long.”
He pulled out a gicantic key bunch and opened the gate. Jim went in and hugged Jason, Pam followed him.
“You must be Pam! Great to meet you!” Jason smiled at her and shook her hand enthousiastically.
She was a bit overwhelmed by his unconditional kindness, but soon recovered and smiled back.
“Nice to meet you too. Very kind of you to let us in.”
She couldn’t hide the excitement in her voice.
“It’s no big deal, really. Just don’t break anything, haha! Well, I got to get going, still have lot’s of work to do. You two have fun, and I think I’ll see you in a bit.”
“Thanks, Jason. So... What do you think. Where do you want to go?”
“My God! I really don’t know. I’ve never been here before. I just want to see everything! This is so exciting!”
Jim couldn’t help but feel really content with himself.
“Well, I happen to be an expert, so if you like, I could be your personal tour guide for today.”
“I would very much like that!”
“Alright then, follow me! The show’s about to start!”
Pam followed him, feeling happier with every step she took. Jim was such a great guy. She knew it. She also knew there was a lot of things left unsaid between them which needed to be said. But right now, she didn’t want to think about any of those. She just wanted a tour. And she knew she had the best guide possible; Jim.
Author's Chapter Notes:
loved writing this one as well! You're about to find out what Jim has planned for Pam! At least, a part of it. Dive in!
Chapter End Notes:
Next: Jim's tour! And maybe some more surprises ;) Every kind of feedback would be great! I really, truly appreciate reviews! You'll here from me soon!
