Ryan looked up as the carousel beeped to life. He watched as the first bags came through the wall and sighed, wondering what would happen now.
“Thanks for picking me up.” Ryan turned as he heard Jim behind him.
“No problem. I better have a good present.” Jim just smiled and shook his head. They stood their in an awkward silence, not talking about the gigantic purple elephant that was standing with them. Jim grabbed his bag and they headed to the parking garage. Jim dropped his bag into Ryan’s trunk and got in the front seat. Ryan turned the ignition and looked over at Jim.
“Look, Jim, I need to tell you that…”
Jim held up his hand. “No, not yet. I’m starving, so I need food and at least 2 beers before you can ask me about anything other than LA.”
“But Jim, I really need to tell you that…”
“Not interested in anything but where to eat right now!” Ryan just shook his head and backed out of the parking spot. “Fine, where would you like to eat?”
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It had been two hours and Ryan was over it. He had been trying to tell Jim about Pam since they sat down, but it was like Michael had a tracker on his car or something. They hadn’t been there 15 minutes before the whole damn office strolled in on this Saturday night. Ryan had tried, Oscar had tried, even Angela had tried, but Jim was having none of it. “I just want to have a good time and drink some beers with some friends. I’m still on vacation. I’ll deal with everything else tomorrow!” After the sixth time he said it, people quit trying. “Let him find out for his damn self” Oscar said to him, and Ryan couldn’t help but agree.
She noticed the large group as soon as they had walked in. She immediately spotted him and couldn’t help but stare. She knew who he was immediately, even though she had only seen pictures of him. She couldn’t help herself – she got madder and madder standing there, watching him drinking beers and laughing while she could barely get her sister out of the house. She had tried and begged and pleaded for her to come out tonight, but Pam had refused. “They are your friends and I’ll be a downer. Go have a good time. I’m going to eat ice cream and watch Lifetime till I fall asleep.”
Jamie wanted to beat the crap out of him as he stood their flirting with some barely legal waitress. She watched as she sat down at his table. She watched as he talked to his friends. She watched him until he was alone and she could see something wash over his face – a look that she would have sworn was sadness. He glanced around like he was looking for someone when she caught his eye.
He glanced over his shoulder to see if she was looking at someone behind him. He turned back around and smiled at her. She knew that, normally, a smile from a good looking guy would have had her smiling and waving back, but he was different and he needed to know.
“I’ll be back” she whispered to her friend. She moved around the tables and people and dropped into a chair directly across from him.
“Hi” Jim said. His smile quickly disappeared as she continued to scowl at him. “I’m sorry, but… do I know you? You’re looking at me like I kicked your puppy.”
“Something like that” she spit out at him. His eyes got wide and he put his beer down, crossing his arms over his chest. “Oh, I’m sorry, how rude of me! I should have introduced myself.” She stuck her hand out across the table. “Jamie Beesley.”
He leaned over and shook her hand. “Nice to meet you Jamie Bee…” He froze, realizing who she was.
She pulled her hand back and leaned back against the chair. “There it is.”
“Beesley? You wouldn’t happen to be…”
“Pam’s sister? Yeah, I am. You and I need to have a chat, Mr. Halpert.”
TBC…
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