This oneshot is based on a prompt at TWoP to write a fic based on a screen shot from Gay Witch Hunt showing that Jim has a note stuck to his monitor reading, "Smile!" This is what I imagine he was thinking when he looked at it. Oh, so, spoilers for Gay Witch Hunt, sort of.
Oh! Excellent ending. Loved this.
Author's Response: Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. :)
Three years have passed since Pam left Scranton for New York, and Jim is still very much on her mind. Will a work-related trip to Rome, Italy be the catalyst that reunites Pam with Jim once and for all?
Oh! This is so fun! I cannot wait for more!
Author's Response: Thanks so much for the review. I'm glad you're liking it! :)
So good. Can't wait for more!
Author's Response: Thank you so much! I'm glad to hear that you're enjoying it. Thanks for reading and reviewing desert island! :)
I just love the way you're weaving this story. When Jim sees Pam, I love that we know he's sent her a message, but like Pam, we don't know what it says.
And all the Rome details are so fun.
This is definitely my number 1 obsession right now. Can't wait for the next installment!
Author's Response: Wow! I'm completely flattered- thank you for the sweet and very awesome review. I hope that you continue to enjoy the story. Thanks so much for reading and reviewing.
Oh no! Karen found the ring! What is Jim going to do!? And poor Pam... horrible place to end the chapter! ;) What suspense!
Can't wait for the next update. Loving your descriptions of Rome and the art and architecture.
Author's Response:
Such awesome compliments! Thank you!!! Yes, I'm evil like a hobbit to leave the chapter hanging where I did... ;-) I'm excited to hear such amazing feedback about the details, so thank you for noticing- it really means the world to me!
My little knowledge of Italian is making me very excited for the next chapter! Not to mention the planned discussion between Jim and Pam!
Oh! This is so fun!
Really well done!
Author's Response: oooh! Shhhh... no spilling secrets ;-) Mind you anyone with a Lonely Planet phrasebook could probably look it up. LOL I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter. Thanks so much for reading and reviewing.
Oh. That's a good, exciting ending. Well done. I felt so bad for Pam when she got upset thinking about Jim being in Rome with Karen, even knowing the phrase he chose...
So well done!
Author's Response: Oh wow, thank you so much for the awesome review.
26 Begun out of hiatus frustration as an exploration of what we might miss of Jim and Pam's newfound romance, this has grown into something unique and cool, a multi-authored exercise in creativity and obsession.
By the way, we talk about it here if you're interested in saying hi.
That was too cute. Loved it.
Nice work. It felt so real between them, I loved it. Great banter.
Author's Response: Thanks! I love the banter. It's sexy and fun and I like speculating on how it will be when they're "together"!
Perfectly fluffy. Loving this. A great vehicle to tell a great story! Nice idea, and well done.
Author's Response: Thank you so much! I loved the idea of new clothes symbolizing change, and this story is all about change. Thanks for commenting!
That was so cute! It made me smile. Playful! Pam is great. Happy to hear there will be a 6th chapter!
Author's Response: She is great when she's having fun, isn't she? And she never has more fun than when she is with Jim. Oh, is it season 4 yet?! I can at least promise that chapter 6 will be up before we get a new episode...Thank you so much!
Really funny ending! Loved it. And go Pam, getting her MBA! I love that Pam can see that Jim, even with little ambition, really does make a difference in people's lives. Nice work.
Author's Response: Thank you! These two see, and bring out, the best in each other. I am glad you enjoyed my little peek into their almost-empty-nester lives!
A few people run into Jim Halpert at the Super Walmart.Haha. So perfectly Jan. And I just love the Jan/Jim relationship; you've written it perfectly here. And made Michael and Jan happy in their strange way. Well done!
"Well...if it isn't the queer!" That line made me so happy! I love to hate that man so much, and your Packer/Jim dialogue was awesome.
Well done.
Loved the whole thing. Very fun!
16 Jim and Pam think they are keeping a secret."At least it's not Michael." Haha. Famous last words. This is so clever. Am loving this so much!
And what makes it so good is how realistic it is. Everyone is perfectly in character!
This chapter is so good! Jim's emotion at what he did to Karen and how Michael insensitively made him think about it further. Every character - Pam, Jim, Michael, Toby - written so perfectly in character.
I just laughed out loud. What a great chapter!
I love the IMs. And Dwight was excellent!
So good! Loved it all. Perfect ending.
Haha, and Creed blogged the whole thing!
Now that they are together, it's all about them.Really nice. Well written and just really sweet. Like us all, I've been reading a lot of 'happy Jim and Pam' fic and this stands apart from the pack.
Pam gets a taste of what her life could be like. AUI love Pam's confusion, yet extreme happiness, amidst their happy life together. Nice stuff. Glad you're gonna finish this!
Author's Response: Thanks for reading and reviewing!
Oh! This is really great and fun. I love that everything is familiar to her, but she is confused, still. And I especially love that his cologne is her favorite smell. Nice.
Author's Response: Thanks! :)
Can't wait to hear what she says to Jim! This is really well done! Loving Pam's confusion, yet familiarity. And Jim is so sweet. Nice work. Looking forward to more.
Author's Response: Thank you! I'm glad you're liking what I have so far.
I cannot wait for more interactions between Pam and the kids! Yay.
Author's Response: They're comning up! Thanks for reading.
I was so excited to find an update of this story! Thanks!
Pam's uncertainty and uneasiness is so Pam, and then her familiarity is so perfect for the situation you've created here.
Really enjoyable premise and really well written!
Author's Response: Thank you so much!
I think the end is very fitting. The panic is just like when she wakes up in her house with Jim, but sadder and scarier, since it is her real, and unhappy life. Nice work. I really enjoyed it!
Author's Response: Thanks!