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So I've been reading stories here for a while, really excited to find so many already developed stories and really talented writers, and something about this just caught my attention.

First of all... wow. Hello angst. It doesn't get much angst...ier than this. I mean "You were trying to get him off across the room?" Wow.

But they're actually not all out of character, like a lot of people want to make Jim and Pam out to be. They're definitely breaking the rules set for them on the show, but it's all surprisingly feasible.

And Ryan? I'm not going to lie, I have been known to hate him on occasion, mostly after he wasn't the temp anymore. Just business school and weird loyalties I have to Michael and...yeah. But this Ryan is human, and again, he seems to understandably stem from the show. I did love him in Grief Counseling, so... maybe there's hope.

And finally, the selfishness shows, and you had the line:
"And how perfect does Kelly and Ken sound??"
...so my name is actually Kelly. And my old best friend's name was Ken... and that's a whole pool of not unrequited, but bad timing and bad location love, so...yeah.

Great story, though, really. I'm pretty lucky, because I'm coming in late, and so I don't have to wait to continue reading such great writing.