A shockingly accurate post-cocktails fic written during the hainous. Jim rebuffs Pam's apologies and while distraught at the grocery store she meets a handsome stranger who catches Karen's eye too.

EPILOGUE ADDED :) STORY FINISHED! I had to change it to Explicit Sexual Content so avoid the epilogue if that isn't really your thing.

The Ladies' Restroom has always been the place for the "official" parties. Here's a behind the scenes look at one of those parties. No men allowed.

“I get it now, she’s everything I’m not.” She says as a few tears slip out from beneath her lashes.  His subconscious realizes at this moment that she’s unconsciously mimicking a line from the Royal Tenenbaums, one of their joint favorite films. When he replays this conversation in his mind later, this will break his heart.

Sometimes things happen in life that make people stop and wonder what it is they really want. The truth can be painful, or it can be exhilarating. Story starts in the present but ventures off into AU.

Jim's basketball game with the C.F.O. (not his actual initials) gets interrupted with news from what happened at Poor Richard's; he reacts accordingly.

Once upon a time, Prince Charming plucked you out of shy teenage obscurity, and you expected to live happily ever after.

Just like you know will happen, Jim and Pam get together right before a long hiatus. Here is how it all plays out in my happy head. Happy and saucy-- this one starts off all squeaky clean, but quickly earns a "Whorish!" from Angela and a "Niiiiice" from Kevin.  

Wishful thinking for a Jim/Pam fan who's convinced it'll all work out, but is sick of waiting.