Oh, drunk!jim, oh boy! Good thing for you drunk!pam was the Pam you were talking too.

I cannot wait to see what happens when she replays that convo in her head later.

Author's Response:

Exactly ;) The drunkenness will definitely be addressed coming up :) 

Ahhh... this was a great end to the day. I was so worried it’d be awkward much longer but this was nice.

Author's Response: :) I knew I didn't want to let them stew for too long here, and I figured they'd both be too prideful to actually bring it up in person. Thanks!

Ok, wow. At first I was just really surprised and excited at what I was reading, but then I started feeling a bit sad because I felt it meant the end was nearing much sooner than I expected.

But then *thud* and I find I’m actually feeling relieved at what I had come next. Not really what I would normally expect to feel I must say.

I know this story is going to end Jam happy, but I guess I’m just really not ready for that ending yet because I am really enjoying this journey so very much.

Author's Response: Thanks so much! And trust me, we still have at least a good chunk of this story to go. Pam won't figured things out quite that easily ;) Plus, I'm not ready to let go yet!

“As I'm continuing to have Pam realize what she's feeling, there's a part of me that wonders if this sort of immediate awkwardness to being pals again thing I've got going isn't believable.”

For anyone else maybe but this is the dance of Jim and Pam. This is how it is done with them.

Guh, I need to go find a super fluffy story, like right now!

Author's Response: Oh trust me, the angsty stuff makes me as sad as you guys. But the fluff is coming!

So Pam just gets done berating him for turning her world upside down and then not giving her more than a moment to think about what just happened before he runs away. And he then this..

‘But with his head now drowning in perspective, he didn’t trust his own words, not yet anyway.

“Hey, can we uh...can we like, hit the pause button for a sec?”’

I couldn’t help but roll my eyes at this, LOL. (Not the writing, at jim) And it was such a jim season three thing to do. She’s just poured her heart out, the pain still showing in her eyes, waiting for the response she needs and he avoids her by asking for the time he was unwilling to give her.
That said, as they continue to put off the conversation over and over again I actually began to enjoy that they were doing that. They were actually giving themselves time to process what was happening and what had been said and allowing them to come up with a proper response and not some knee-jerk reaction.

Just read the review below mine and I’d argue that Pam gave next to nothing in the actual show and in this story she practically threw herself at him and he hesitated.

But you have to remember that this story is set after the booze cruise, he had plenty of time before that to get a handle on things and (if I’m remembering correctly) she had only begun to realize her feelings after that first visit. And then of course she has her time and commitment to Roy, lout that he is, he can’t just be written off so easily.

Ha! Nope, not interested in the other character voices one bit. These last two chapters were wonderful.
Your transition from the angst to fluff with this story is just wonderful. (Kinda rare in this archive)

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Awww... I really liked that :D
The confrontation was definitely my favorite part (and through the happy ending of course) I just love a pissed off Pam Beesly! Nicely done!

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Well, I have to say Pancake, this is definitely your best work. I really just want to give hugs to Pam, Jim, and even you. Well done!

Author's Response: Thank you so much. As soon as I started writing I knew it was different than anything else I had ever written, and I think it’s because of the autobiographical parts that I have included. Thank you for reading d84;a039;

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Poor Jim! Such an awkward position pam has unintentionally put him in!
This was fun... what happens next?

Author's Response: Yep, Pam's is trying to have fun with a friend but as you and I both know these two just having fun to each other almost inevitably leads to more...

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Holy hell! You are killing me here... too many emotions going on right now.

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Oh, that was adorable and so heart-wrenching at the same time. On my first read through, really late last night, I actually teared up a bit when jim did and that’s really unusual for me. But he was given a bit of hope to cling to and clearly the connection is still there, she still feels a strong pull to him, now she just needs to figure out why.

Holy f*ck

This whole chapter...