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I'm so excited to see this on the Most Recents page! It's just as amazing as I remembered it to be! Thanks so much for the awesome steam during chilly February!

I eagerly anticipate whatever plans you have next for our world travelers!

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W. O. W.

This just keeps getting better! The banter in this chapter was simply awesome. I mean, I'd offer up details of what, specifically, in this chapter I found awesome, but I mean, the whole thing, top to tail, all of it was made from the good stuff.

Now, next chapter... A pub.... I'm hoping some liquid confidence will get some blanks about both of thier pasts filled in...

:::adds story to favorites:::

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I love it! I like how excited Jim was to go to work and see Pam again, but since he wanted her face to be what greeted him when he got to the office, he used his extra time/ energy to do something nice for her. I think that really shows off the difference between Jim and her former fiancé.

I really found the banter between them to be very fun. I think it really shows how fun and easy their relationship can and hopefully will be.

I am so so so so happy that even with Roy crashing at Pam's house for a couple of weeks, since they both acknowledged that they want to be together, they are moving forward with the new relationship. I'm hoping that since Pam will be busy hanging out with Jim while Roy is living on her sofa, Roy will get the point that she has moved on and he should do so as well.

Really though, I have to wait all the way til the weekend for more?!? Aww man! (I look forward to it!!!)

Author's Response: Thank you as always for your long review. I appreciate every one of them. I'm really glad you're enjoying this story.

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Aww, the date was wonderful. I enjoyed the exchange of embarrassing childhood stories and how, instead of heading home to deal with the headache that is Roy, Pam had Jim take her to his place for additional quality time.

I look forward to whatever you have coming up next for them!

Author's Response: Thank you for your review. I was really nervous about writing the first date so I'm glad you enjoyed it.

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This is cute. I look forward to reading more of it, so please keep going!

Author's Response: Thanks!

Okay. First.
Thanks for the call for updates on all the unfinished WIPs! I figure we have you to thank for the activity on the archive. Thank you!

Now. New chapter. As always, it was great. I loved how you showcased how well Jim and Pam work together as a team. I love how she talks Jim down after his interview and later once he is home, how she was able to decode the possible why for this odd interview 'homework' Jim was given. I also really enjoyed the family time you gave us in this chapter as well, Cece had a milestone, aided by her daddy, when she was able to have grandparents there cheering her on, I was so happy for her! And how perfect was it to end with a little nap. That was just lovely.

I cannot wait for more!

Author's Response: Aw! It was getting a little lonely around here, and I'm so happy to see the updates too! Hopefully others will join in on the fun. I'm so happy to hear that you liked the little snippet of family life in this chapter. I started feeling like maybe it was too out of no where but I was really happy with how it turned out, so thanks for letting me know you liked that part. I love that these two are a team and I'm so happy to see that what I'm trying to show is coming across. I'm loving writing Cece, and I'll have a hard time not including her in future stories lol More of this on the way soon, I'm away for a few days starting tomorrow so if I can't squeeze out the next chapter today, I promise to have an update by Monday evening. Very happy that you liked this chapter and I'm looking forward to your thoughts on the next one when it's posted! :-)

Never, ever, never apologize for a long chapter! I love your story so much and if it is a lengthy chapter then I can enjoy longer before I have to hit the edge of my seat to await more from you! And I didn't think that this chapter had any wasted words, so again, lovely work!

Interesting interview project Jim has. I cannot wait to see how he does. And how amazing is it that he has a friendly name on his homework!

Author's Response: Thanks so much! I'm glad you weren't bothered by the length, I worry that I'm too wordy sometimes, but I hate taking things out once I've written them. Thanks so much for the lovely compliment of my writing. I really appreciate it! I know this project seems a little odd but part of it happened to me, and part of it happened to a friend, so I incorporated it here (more of her experience than mine, which was showing up at the place to interview and finding the person that I was supposed to meet with wasn't there - and I couldn't do that to Jim lol) So happy that you liked this chapter and are continuing to follow this story! HOpe you like the next one as well, more is on the way soon, I'm about a chapter ahead of myself right now, so the next one will be up soon. :)

I'm sorry you had a tough week... But I can assure you that the new chapter was worth the wait!! I am so glad that Jim and Pam were able to have a good come clean chat. I hope that tomoro's interview goes well, and that they won't have to sell the house...

I hope that you feel better!

Author's Response: Thanks! I'm feeling a little better. Hoping that it continues, I hate being sick. I'm so happy to hear that their chat came across well, I was worried that it was too much, so I'm relieved to hear that you liked it. I think even though they know they love each other, there are still sometimes when they need to be reassured. Next chapter is on the way soon, I'm hoping within the next day or two. Stay tuned, and thanks so much for such a lovely review! :) Hope you continue to enjoy this story.

Oh my goodness. My heart shatters...

Who knew what Pam has been holding in all this time? Her happy, strong face, only mask as she suffered with feelings of sadness, lonliness, and guilt, all this time?!?! And poor James, already feeling so low, putting thier beloved house up for sale, reading of his wife's anguish and fear, when he thought he was going to just get the opportunity to smile proudly over her creativity as he read the beginnings of her young adult novel?

And now, has all that stress caused some complications for Pam and baby A? Has Pam's heart shattered too?

I'm waiting for more...

Author's Response: I loved showing strong Pam throughout this story, but I also really believe that she would have been hiding her worries so Jim wouldn't start worrying about her. I really think in times like these, people do tend to not say everything they're thinking, and sometimes writing it down helps deal with the way you feel. I really needed something to nudge Jim to be more pro active in his job search, and I think I found it. Hopefully you enjoy the update as well! Thanks so much for being with me along this journey! :-)

Wow, just woah, wow, woah, wow...

What exactly are you tryna do to me? That amazing family morning, followed by that grenade tossed in their little family bubble!

I am thrilled that you already told us that this story mapped out. That saves my life because now I have to hold my breath waiting for chapter two.... Don't let me run out of air!

Author's Response: BREATHE!!! LOL I just posted the second chapter! I would have done it sooner but my coworker kept interrupting me all day long. I do have a very real end point for this, and hopefully it's not terribly predictable. Glad you're enjoying it and I really appreciate the kind review. Hope to hear from you again! :)

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Wow. This is really good. So, the beginning of this chapter it sounded as if they were gonna be trying for a sibling for Cece, and apparently they were successful a little earlier than they meant to be?

I love the stress and tension you wrote for them. It wouldn't be realistic to stay perfect after being blind sided by the loss of a job and a downgrade of another. I am glad Jim acknowledged that it wasn't going to be easy for Pam going back to receptionist duties.

I cannot wait to see what else you have planned for them!

Author's Response: Thanks! My intention was to hint that they started trying earlier, like right before the story started and just as he's thinking they shouldn't, boom, they're having a baby. I'm really happy to hear that I'm writing these emotions and the tensions well. The arguing was the most difficult getting it just write so it wasn't over the top. I am so happy to hear you enjoyed this chapter and I'm sorry for the delay in replying to reviews! Thanks so much for the support and the feedback. :)

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Wow! So over four thousand words and still finished way too quickly!

It was all just amazing! Do you know that I almost forgot about Pam's young adult novel? Great little detail, there.

But I like that Jim and Pam came to the decision that it would be best for the family to stick close and he say thanks, but no thanks, to his recent decent job offer. The daddy/ daughter scenes of Jim in the park with his little girl, imagining her future, and her soon coming role as big sister, it would be so sad for him to pack up and leave his three other pieces....

But, at first, when he was at lunch with a melancholy Pam, I thought he would lean to take, because if he had a good job, maybe she could stop working there and create works of fiction and art while at home with her little people.

But I gotta tell you, ahhhhmaaaayyyzinnnngggg work from you, as always. Cannot wait for more!

Author's Response: Thank you so much for this amazing review! I had this entire chapter written in my mind for a while and I'm so thrilled that it came out to being something you really enjoyed reading. I couldn't believe it was over 4,000 words, but I didn't want to cut any Jim/Cece interaction because I thought it fit. I'm really happy that you got and liked what i tried to do with this chapter, show him in this one day spending time with his daughter and his wife, feeling two different things but not actually saying it until the end. Very happy to see you're still with the story, and hope you enjoy the continuation, and can't wait to see what you think of it! :)