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Well that's an aggressive claim. Good thing Roy is a better man in this than the Negotiation. Nice moment though.

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I really expected this to be a one shot so I'm very excited it isn't. More please!

These updates are wonderful, though they keep making me sad this is canon-compliant (as the whole Karen thing is going to really suck in this world). I wonder if Jamie will make it back into Pam's thoughts at all? Cute moment with the plushie, and a good job with the phone call and Helene.

Author's Response: Great to hear from you again! I was getting some feedback that the whole "almost figuring things out" was getting to be a bit to much. So I decided to have the plot advance a bit quicker. There might be a little less Jamie/Morgan stuff in the next few chapters, but I won't say it'll be gone for good.

This is delightful. I like your version of the second scavenger hunt/teapot. And I think it's entirely appropriate that Jim remembers Morgan but doesn't put two and two together until Pam is literally standing in front of him. It's a very good reveal, even though we as an audience already know. Nicely done.

Now, what do I have to do to convince you to make that "epilogue" long enough to become the longest fic on the site, hm? Because I'd dearly love it if we had a longest fic that was actually FINISHED. And also I want more of this story, even though yes, you've definitely wrapped up your loose ends by now. Well done.

Author's Response: An 18,000+ word epilogue? Yeah I don't think I've got that in me sorry to say. I'm glad you liked it. It's been a lot of fun trying to think of all the various bonus gifts and how Pam would go about giving them to Jim. We still have one loose end. After all I didn't reveal what that song was. Thanks for all the feedback.

I do think this came across as plausible in the Pam-Jim interactions. If anything was implausible it was with Karen, but that was sufficiently cathartic to make it definitely worth it (nice Parks and Rec shoutout). I like this approach to their reconciliation actually. Though Jim definitely loses memory points for forgetting the rain check. Tsk tsk. Lovely chapter; didn't feel like filler at all.

Author's Response: Thanks. It was fun to put in that Park and Rec shoutout. Most of the fics I've read have Karen pissed at Jim for using her as a shield and so on. It's been done so much that I wanted something else. Yeah Jim forgot about his rain check. To be fair though it's been a long time since he's gone over all that and to his knowledge he threw out all the Morgan stuff back in Stamford. 

"He stood up and walked the few steps away from his desk. With one last glace he slid the sealed letter into the paper shredder. "

JimnowhywhatJim!?!? Otherwise, I love this chapter. I like Jim's family, I like this take on his first day, and I very much like that we will get a time jump. Nice work.

Author's Response: Thanks. Like I said, Jim's not at his best here. He's starting down the "put up armor" about all things Pam phase. So there you go. The stuff I have planned for the next chapter should be a lot of fun.

Oh man this was delightful. Good tension, both romantic and dramatic. I'd love to see more of the driving lessons sprinkled around, and I enjoyed your reason why Jim has the golf pencil.

Author's Response: Thanks. We all know that there will be quite of bit of angst coming since I'm keeping this story canon-correct so I wanted at least one angst free chapter before we get to all that. Glad you liked it.

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And now they're Jim and Pam. Hooray! Of course, they'll never find each other if they keep changing names...

Author's Response: Don't worry there won't be anymore changing of names anytime soon. 

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I like Jim here and your vision of why he joins DM. Gotta say, it's not that serious of a relationship if you've been together for four years and you aren't actually discussing post-grad plans until 2 weeks before graduation, or telling your boyfriend that you applied for internships in California...

Author's Response: Thanks. That was what I was going for with the whole Jess thing. I always figured Jim had at least one girlfriend prior to DM, so this was me telling that.

Love your versions of these characters, especially younger Dwight (in addition to JAM, duh). I really like how you keep the story going while giving us ample time inside both their heads.

Author's Response: Thanks. There may be some time jumps coming up soon to better deal with some of the scenes I want to write. These last two chapters were important as Jim and Pam finally "meet" and they of course we have to start in on the pre-camera through season 3 angst that is the JAM relationship. Dwight was kind of fun to write I will admit.

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Oh god, that stuff with Roy was hard to get through (not that you wrote it badly, just that it's hard for me to read that kind of pregnancy scare/proposal thing). But I'm glad Pam has the sketch; I hope she and Jim get along the way they ought. I have full faith in you for how this will go.

Author's Response:

Thanks for the vote of confidence. It wasn't the most fun thing I've ever written that's for sure. That's also why I ended the chapter the way I did. There's was no way I could leave Pam hanging anymore. We still have a lot of journey left, but at least there's a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel now.

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A nice start! I wonder how other characters (Michael especially) would react to a non-Casino-Night move to Stamford on Jim's part, as well as what brought Jim to this decision. Looking forward to finding out more as you continue! Also, sidebar, we don't really get to see the chapter titles until there is more than one chapter, so I'm hoping chapter 2 is soon so I can see what chapter 1 is titled ;)

Author's Response: Thank you! Glad you’re enjoying it!