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Summary: Past Featured Story

The Office meets Parfumerie/She Loves Me/Shop Around the Corner/You've Got Mail. Pam and Jim meet earlier in life in AOL trivia chatrooms without knowing who each other are. 

In addition to the above-mentioned sources, also owes a lot to a number of fics on this site, most notably Expressions in Emoticons and the Love-Song of Squirrel McPants. 

Now Complete: AU, starting before S1 (and thus also a Prior Meeting), running into S2.


Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Past, Episode Related, Alternate Universe
Characters: Dwight, Jim, Kelly, Oscar, Pam, Roy, Toby
Genres: Angst, Childhood, Drunk Pam/Jim, Fluff, Holiday, Inner Monologue, Romance
Warnings: None
Challenges: Prior Meeting, Instant Messaging
Series: None
Chapters: 32 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 32205 Read Count: 43650 ePub Downloads: 28
[Report This] Published: December 01, 2017 Updated: December 26, 2017
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Date: December 03, 2017 Title: Chapter 4: Omg Omg Omg

“oh, where do you go to hs?”

And that ..would have.. made all the difference.

Oh Pam...

Author's Response: Oh Pam is my dominant feeling through most of S1-2. And also is pretty likely to be a common thread in this. 

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Date: December 06, 2017 Title: Chapter 6: Aftermath

Yes! Brilliant!

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Date: December 06, 2017 Title: Chapter 7: First Fight

oh wow, I had figured they’d somehow lose touch after awhile and then start at DM. But this way is going to be so much more interesting. So excited!

Author's Response: I'm glad you find this more interesting. I agree! My Pam and Jim are going to feel really dumb when they find out, but it will be worth it.

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Date: December 08, 2017 Title: Chapter 9: Pam's First Day

I hadn’t really thought too deeply about it before, but this added layer to their relationship, that they don’t even know about, makes this story so much more heartbreaking than what actually happened. All those years, all those clues that they’ll have overlooked once they begin working together, all those missed opportunities. But, I’m getting ahead of the story! I’m really excited to find out how they’re going to find out. Will one of them start to be curious or will it be one head smacking moment for them...

Author's Response: Yes, there's a reason for the angst tag here ;). Just as in the You've Got Mail (etc) series, I think the poignancy comes (assuming it comes at all in my story) precisely from that deepened sense of missed opportunity, but on the positive side it gives a real sense of ongoing future potential at the same time. Much less risk when you've known each other for decades...in at least some sense.

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Date: December 09, 2017 Title: Chapter 11: Meeting Dwight

Yay! I’m anticipating complicated overlapping IMing but I’m excited they’ve finally met as Jim and Pam.

Author's Response: So am I! To both. Yeah, this is going to get complicated very fast. Hopefully I'll be able to keep it plausible! 

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Date: December 11, 2017 Title: Chapter 13: "Pilot"

Yay! I’m so excited to finally get into the series!

I’m inclined to say let your frustrations seep with Diversity Day... my curiosity is peeked.

Author's Response: I'd be interested to know what you thought of "Diversity Day"--you can see my frustrations in both of them but mostly Jim there. Thanks for reading!

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Date: December 14, 2017 Title: Chapter 16: "The Alliance"

Ahhh... I am biting my tongue so hard right now. I’ve got some suspicions and you’ve pretty much confirmed half of them in your review replies.

Anyway, it’s really quite hilarious to see how much they talk to each other about the situations they go through together at work and yet can’t see themselves being described by the other.
The thought of it being Jim or Pam on the other side of the computer is just so absurd it seems to never cross their mind. And Pam seems to really relish the anonymity. Jim probably not so much. Poor guy.

Author's Response:

Yeah, I know it can be really hard to imagine you actually know a person online (it turned out that one of the people who ran a website I frequented back in the day was also in my freshman class at college, but neither of us believed it at first) so I'm giving them pretty wide latitude of assuming they're just parallels and not the same. Poor Jim, though, since he thinks he's 0/2 instead of 0/1 in getting awesome women to date him...

 And I'd be fascinated to know your suspicions, but feel free to keep them to yourself if you prefer to stay unspoiled whether or not they are true. 

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Date: December 17, 2017 Title: Chapter 18: "Hot Girl"

Oh man, what a way to finally tell Scranton about the fiancé status, ouch.

My thoughts on the time between Hot Girl and The Dundies is that it was pretty much just more of the same, the only difference being Jim in a relationship that is basically a tiny step above casual. I was trying to think about things mentioned in the show that you could use, like learning to drive stick, but that would probably give too much away. And I couldn’t really come up with anything else.

I have complete faith in you and your excellent writing and story telling to decide what is right for this story. :D

And, yeah, I think I’ll keep my thoughts about how they find out quiet. Just in case I’m actually correct I don’t want to spoil anything for anyone.

Author's Response:

Yeah, I don't think Pam is really thinking how that's going to feel for Scranton, more just embarrassed she got mad at Roy for something she's been doing herself and anxious to fix it as quickly as possible. But it would clearly hurt Jim. 

Thank you for your faith! I'm interested to know what you think of what I did with the hiatus--kinda setting up for my Dundies too, but stands alone.  I also couldn't think of particular canon points to use so I sidestepped. 

 And once the reveal happens you'll have to let me know if you guessed right. I think you usually do :).

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Date: December 21, 2017 Title: Chapter 23: "The Fire"

Argh, I’ve been a bad reader/reviewer. Christmas is kicking my butt!

I really liked how you focused these last two chapters on Pam and connected them the way you did. That whole jealousy thing was brilliant, probably my favorite part of the story so far.
I wish I had jellybeans to give this chapter!

Author's Response: I appreciate the kind words. I certainly don't think of you as a bad reader/reviewer; I always appreciate hearing whatever you have to say. I'm glad the emphasis on Pam is working for you. I think she has the furthest to go at the start of the story, so I want to make sure she gets there in time.

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Date: December 18, 2017 Title: Chapter 19: Hiatus

Looks like our ideas for that summer match up fairly well. This chapter felt just right.
It was nice to have them a little happier and playful in this chat. Quite the contrast to their inner thoughts and even much of their previous chats.

Off to the Dundies!

Author's Response:

I try not to always hit the angst button, even if its right there. These guys have got to be happy sometime, right?*

 

* Offer does not apply to "the Dundies."  

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Date: December 18, 2017 Title: Chapter 20: "The Dundies"

Lol.. oh jim, you are going to feel like such an idiot!

Author's Response: He's not the only one...

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Date: December 22, 2017 Title: Chapter 24: "Halloween"

I thought it was very clear.
Pam was as usual wearing the blinders provided by her ring and of course the issue of being inside the situation leaving her incapable of really seeing what was going on.
It’s great to read her outsiders opinion on Scranton’s situation with NC though. I think you are writing her very fair. Of course she may be a bit bias ;)

Author's Response: Yeah, she's got an interesting perspective, doesn't she? I'm glad it's coming through for you the way it is for me when I write it!

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Date: December 22, 2017 Title: Chapter 25: "The Fight"

Blinders come off! I really like this chapter. 

Author's Response: Oh good. We'll see where it goes with the next two, which are the two I think I'm most worried about, but this is heartening to hear.

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Date: December 24, 2017 Title: Chapter 28: "Email Surveillance" Part 1

“And since Christmas is a time to tell people how you feel”

Well, if you say so… I’ve wanted to type this on many chapters but have refrained for something a bit better…

 

Squeeeeeeeeeeee.......



Author's Response: Hopefully you'll keep feeling that way! The Christmas party (especially part 2) should be quite squeeful if I do it right :).

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Date: December 24, 2017 Title: Chapter 29: "Email Surveillance" Part 2

Yeah, I’m just going to stick with the Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....... :D

Author's Response: Hopefully that's the dominant feeling from here on out :-D

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Date: December 25, 2017 Title: Chapter 30: "Christmas Party" Part 1

Oh my goodness Jims part was too funny. At first I was a little irked at him but then I decided to him a pass... Poor guy is a mess here.

Author's Response: Yeah, unlike Pam he's really not sure what's going on. Don't worry, he'll figure it out (or have it figured out for him) soon :-).

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Date: December 26, 2017 Title: Chapter 32: Epilogue

Such warm fluffy goodness!
I have read these last two chapters a couple times now and they are the perfect ending to this story. I love it. I love that it was a prank, I love that it was pams doing, I love that Jim basically got his ass kicked :D
Oh! And what she wrote in the yearbook, especially the first line... love that too!

In this universe I can just picture them occasionally using Morgan and Scranton as cute little pet names from now on, and forever.

Author's Response: I'm glad the ending worked so well for you. I really appreciate your consistently involved reading. I like this universe, and I think they'd use those pet names there too :-)

Wake Me Up by agian18 Rated: MA [Reviews - 100] 113
Summary: Past Featured Story

**NOW COMPLETE!!**

Jim receives a peculiar call from Pam in the middle of the night that slowly turns into a habit for the pair.

Multi-Chapter, set after Booze Cruise.

Based loosely on the lyrics to "Wake Me Up" by Billy Currington (wait, I'm writing a fic based on a song?!? Who would've thought? ;) 


Categories: Jim and Pam
Characters: None
Genres: Angst, Fluff, Humor, Romance, Weekend
Warnings: Adult language, Explicit sexual content
Series: None
Chapters: 36 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 129656 Read Count: 107259 ePub Downloads: 87
[Report This] Published: December 03, 2017 Updated: May 21, 2018
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Date: February 13, 2018 Title: Chapter 21: Saturday: Jim's

Oh so great! And I’m feeling some progress, slow but sure :)

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Date: February 16, 2018 Title: Chapter 22: The Final Straw

“Do you want to hear how much I both love and hate that you have to run to me? That I want nothing more than to comfort you, but that I damn well shouldn’t have to do it, too?”

I love that!
I feel like this chapter was just... something more. Everything else was tiny little baby steps and even a step or two back occasionally, but this was... more.

I really really love this chapter.

Author's Response: Wow, thank you! I wasn't sure I wanted Jim to be as honest as he was, but it seemed that, given the circumstances of his impending transfer, he needed to be a little less hesitant than he has been. Hopefully it all pays off in the end ;)

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Date: December 06, 2017 Title: Chapter 3: Saturday: Pam

Oh, I’m am very much liking thing this!!

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Date: December 09, 2017 Title: Chapter 4: Weekend 2: Part 1

Yes, more! :D.
None of what they went through was black and white it was a very complicated situation and that’s coming across very nicely.

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Date: December 11, 2017 Title: Chapter 7: Weekend 2: Part 4: Pam

This story just pulls me right in and everything else just disappears.

Author's Response: Thank you so much! I'm so glad you're enjoying it :)

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Date: December 12, 2017 Title: Chapter 8: Valentine's Day Part 1: Pam

I wholeheartedly agree with you about Roy. And I won’t go into it completely in the review section here but in short he is just a “guy” he hasn’t matured into a man. He is tactless, self centered, and domineering. There must have been something there for a sweet girl like Pam to have fallen for him other than attention from the popular jock but she stuck around for so long out of comfort, naïveté, and her own insecurities.
But I really do think you are doing a great job writing Roy, and Jim and Pam as well.

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Date: December 17, 2017 Title: Chapter 9: Valentine's Day Part 2: Jim

Yay! I was hoping she’d be going to his place eventually. I feel so awkward with Jim in Pam and Roy’s place so I always imagine it’s not a place jim wants to spend any amount of time, ever.
And even better, drunk!Jim, I love a drunk jim.

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Date: December 19, 2017 Title: Chapter 10: Valentine's Day Part 3

Lol. That was adorable!

Author's Response: Thank you! Hopefully we get to see a little bit more of that in the next chapter :)