Summary: Jim starts work at Dunder Mifflin one day later than he'd been supposed to due to personal problems, which leads to a cascade of changed events.
Rated: T
Categories: Jim and Pam, Alternate Universe Characters: None
Genres: None
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 30 Completed: Yes
Word count: 35504 Read: 54781 ePub Downloads: 21
Published: September 24, 2019 Updated: December 30, 2019
Story Notes:
I do not own the Office or any of its IP.
1. Chapter 1: A Boring Day by Comfect [Reviews - 5] 
7 (1158 words)
Pam's POV on the day Jim didn't start work.
2. Chapter 2: Jim's Side of a Conversation by Comfect [Reviews - 5] 5 (1739 words)
Jim's POV for this one, as he talks to Pam on the phone.
3. Chapter 3: A Typical Evening by Comfect [Reviews - 3] 1 (1272 words)
Pam's POV, after the phone cuts out.
4. Chapter 4: If You Give a Jim a Cookie by Comfect [Reviews - 2] 2 (1332 words)
Jim's evening at home.
5. Chapter 5: Dwight by Comfect [Reviews - 2] 3 (1248 words)
Pam comes into work.
6. Chapter 6: Kelly by Comfect [Reviews - 2] 2 (1316 words)
Jim's POV, continuing from the previous chapter.
7. Chapter 7: Break Room by Comfect [Reviews - 2] 2 (1092 words)
Pam and Kelly talk.
8. Chapter 8: Great Scott by Comfect [Reviews - 2] 2 (1012 words)
The aftermath of the awkwardness.
9. Chapter 9: Roy by Comfect [Reviews - 3] 2 (1362 words)
Jim's welcome tour to Dunder Mifflin.
10. Chapter 10: A Stairwell by Comfect [Reviews - 3] 2 (1388 words)
Pam's POV on the rest of the workday.
11. Chapter 11: Poor Richard's by Comfect [Reviews - 3] 2 (1612 words)
Pam goes to Poor Richard's.
12. Chapter 12: Masks by Comfect [Reviews - 3] 2 (1252 words)
Jim's POV over the next couple days.
13. Chapter 13: Pizza by Comfect [Reviews - 3] 1 (1446 words)
Pam's lunch with Roy.
14. Chapter 14: The Bar, Redux by Comfect [Reviews - 3] (1262 words)
Jim's next couple of weeks.
15. Chapter 15: A Good Parking Lot by Comfect [Reviews - 3] (1518 words)
Pam comes to a realization, if not a decision.
16. Chapter 16: Penny's by Comfect [Reviews - 3] 1 (844 words)
Pam at her sister's.
17. Chapter 17: The Office by Comfect [Reviews - 4] (1143 words)
Jim's day.
18. Chapter 18: Pam's Morning by Comfect [Reviews - 3] 1 (1084 words)
Pam's experience while Jim is with Dwight and Michael.
19. Chapter 19: Parking Lot by Comfect [Reviews - 2] (1043 words)
Jim, simultaneous with the last chapter.
20. Chapter 20: Pam in the Parking Lot by Comfect [Reviews - 2] 2 (1088 words)
Pam looks out the window and reacts.
21. Chapter 21: The Same, Continued by Comfect [Reviews - 2] (628 words)
A brief, but vital chapter from Jim's POV.
22. Chapter 22: Pam's Choices by Comfect [Reviews - 3] 2 (909 words)
Pam in the parking lot.
23. Chapter 23: Pam's Desk by Comfect [Reviews - 3] (1223 words)
A time jump and suggestion, from Jim's POV.
24. Chapter 24: Corolla by Comfect [Reviews - 2] 2 (1519 words)
Pam and Jim out on the town (or starting to be at any rate).
25. Chapter 25: The Batmobile by Comfect [Reviews - 4] 1 (1173 words)
Jim drives Pam.
26. Chapter 26: Apartment Hunting by Comfect [Reviews - 2] 3 (1459 words)
Pam and Jim hunt for apartments.
27. Chapter 27: Office by Comfect [Reviews - 2] (737 words)
The following week: a short but important update.
28. Chapter 28: The Office Again by Comfect [Reviews - 1] 1 (802 words)
Continuing our theme of short-but-crucial, Pam makes a list.
29. Chapter 29: Parking Lot by Comfect [Reviews - 2] 1 (986 words)
Pam finds Jim.
30. Chapter 30: A Date by Comfect [Reviews - 4] 5 (857 words)
Our finale.