A look at what might have happened between The Job and 'round about Money. Lots of steam in the beginning, then some angst for good measure.
8 I wish there were a way to reply to your reply! Thank you for the detailed response. I see we simply have different perspectives on the show and the characters and heh, now that I think on it, we may have disagreed over at TWoP at one time or another! That being said, I still have really enjoyed your writing and this story and will continue to do so.
Author's Response: You\'re welcome! Yeah . . . there are two sides to every story, but we usually end up picking the one that rings true to us the most. And although I see Jim\'s weaknesses (mostly having to do with the pain of being rejected), I find myself always sticking up for him. I adore Pam and relate so much to who she is, but I see her character \"flaws\" (and I mean that in a loving way) maybe more easily than I see Jim\'s. Maybe because I share so many of them! Anyway, thanks again for reading and for your comments! See you at TWoP ;-)
Pam moved to New York instead of starting work at Dunder Mifflin. Years later she returns and she meets Jim, but they're at very different points in their lives.I'm really enjoying this story. I love how you are showing their growing relationship as something they are almost unaware of, yet deeply comfortable with and dependent on. I really liked Jim in this chapter. I hope we get some more of his POV soon, I'm curious what his thoughts are on all this change around him and of course, when he realizes he forgot Megan's bday. All in all, look forward to more!
10 Wow, that was such a powerful chapter. Once again, I really enjoy how you are playing Pam and Jim, almost living in this idealistic world, with the real world taunting them just outside. I'm curious how the next chapter goes. Pam is still nursing her own wounds, so once Pam realizes that Jim is alive and well and simply...left, well... I'm not envisioning rainbows ;) Though I really look forward to more.
If i could give one critique, you've mentioned several times how involved the office was with Jim's loss and you've further demonstrated in this chapter how they all tried to take care of him in some way. Given that, I'm finding it really hard to believe that Pam has heard nothing about Jim and the death of his wife, or Jim and his period of depression. While there is tact and I'm sure most would not say anything intentionally, we all know that there is gossip and Michael without the best censor button. It just seems like a lot of time has passed at this point for Pam to still be so much in the dark about Jim's life.
10 Eesh. Wonderfully written, as always, but eesh. Painful. And to think, if he could've only been honest, like, a month ago? So hard when there's this wall between them, something it seems Jim didn't realize was still there until he remembered he forgot. Pam knowing nothing isn't his coworker or his family member who can brush off his "sick" days. I look forward to more, especially when Jim takes a hammer to that wall :)
10 Every new chapter of this story makes me love it more. I love the respect and detail you give to the lives Pam and Jim each had before they met and I love how each character deals with these pasts and all their repercussions so realistically. I really enjoyed what you did with Roy in this chapter. He's a coward, knows it, and has decided leaving could be the best thing he could do. His final note and gift to Pam and Franny was touching, but his final scene with Jim was really wonderful. I also appreicated all of Pam's worries and insecurities about the house and I like how Jim resolved it. I also liked how Jim resolved his love that remains for his wife and his love that grows with Pam and Franny. His scene with Megan's mother was so lovely. I'll be incredibly sad to see it end and I look forward to whatever comes next.
Author's Response: Thanks albie_, I have unhealthy attachment to the Jim and Pam in my story. I have a ridiculous amount of back-story that didn\'t make it into the first few chapters, and I sometimes have to remind myself not to mention. I really appreciate that you commented on all of the parts of the chapter. I was worried that people would think I was trying to give Roy an excuse, but you took it exactly the way I hoped readers would.
10 I am sitting here with tears in my eyes. You always get the emotions just right, never shying from the difficult or the awkward. I really thought the scene at Megan's grave was great. Something I really love about this story is the respect you have given to Pam and Jim's pasts. That MEgan isn't an afterthought and Roy isn't the bad guy. They are parts of who make these characters who they are and I appreciate you doing that. I also love Franny. Writing children is hard but you've manage to not make her too adult or too precious, but just right. I'm going to terribly miss this sotry when it finishes and I know as soon as I read the epilogue, I'll go back to the beginning and read the whole story all over again. It's really been such a lovely trip you've taken us all on.
Author's Response: I\'m glad someone other than me was tearing up.
10 *happy sigh* That was a wonderful ending. I liked how you flashed back to give us a taste of what family life was like growing up and I really enjoyed the scene of the girls at the hospital as well as Franny's first meeting with Roy(at least one she'd remember). I also appreciated how you kept the Jim and Franny relationship, always special, always different.
And the final moments with just Jim and Pam reminded me of where we all began. Which reminds me. Now that it's all over (*sniffle*) I must read it all over again. Wonderful storytelling and characterization, I always look forward to more from you.
7 I enjoyed this story, your use of language perfectly working for that dreamy state of fever Pam was in. It was a very interesting read altogether.
10 Everything about this story was just spot-on, character wise. I loved Pam's use of the red M&M, came so fluidly and without thought. I loved the bubble fairy and cooking cranberries. It really just hit all the right notes. Beautifully written, wonderful style.
Author's Response: Thank you for reading and reviewing!
10 Ha! I really enjoyed this. I just loved Jim's ode to Pam's butt.Well done.
Author's Response: I'm glad you liked it. I tend to believe that Jim devotes a lot of time to thinking about and wondering about all the tihings he likes and loves about Pam...I like to think of it as his own personal version of the "Finer Things Club".
10 I really enjoyed this story, it had a unique look on the couple and their draw to one another, no matter the time changes. I liked the cinematic grabs throughout the story and the parting shot was well done. I can see leaving it as is, or adding an epilogue, though I'm not sure it's needed. I really don't love the idea a sequel, as this has more the feeling of Sunset than Sunrise. But, just my opinion of course. Beautiful story, either way.
Author's Response:
"I really don't love the idea a sequel, as this has more the feeling of Sunset than Sunrise."
that is so great! i agree with that wholeheartedly. thank you for your lovely feedback. this story is sort of AU in some ways, and i'm really drawn to that kind of story, because i think their love and energy can exist anywhere. i'm so pleased that you liked it.
8 Aw, this looks like it's going to be fun. Well-written, well-paced, looking forward to more :)
Would love an update on this. It's been a longtime, but I'm still hopeful.
10 In dire need of a some good italianfood :) I hope you can update soon!
10 I just reread what is one of the most fun and hot stories I've read on the site. Not sure if you're around anymore, but I wanted to leave some love for the story and some hope that there could be an update. There's just too much good stuff left hanging to leave it there :)
10 If you're at all curious if too much time has passed and no one's interested in seeing this continue, not too much time and we actually arestill very interested. I figured I'd let you know, just in case :)
Passion, possession, and paint in the wee morning hours.
10 Vivid, tender, and sensual. Such a gorgeous story.
Author's Response: I am absolutely aghast that it's been so long since you left this review, albie. Forgive me. Thank you so much for reading and leaving a comment. I loved writing this and I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
Post-"The Job," Jim and Pam's first Saturday together as a couple.10 That was really lovely, caught all the right notes of the couple without dipping into the shmoopy realm. Beautifully written and handled.
Author's Response: Aw. Thank you so much! :)
10 Oh Pam, she sure has the devil's curly hair /Flanders
Excellent, altogether. So little yet so much said. Just the right way to do it.
yayy! oh flanders.
i really appreciate it - thank you for the feedback.
10 I really like the premise here and I also appreciate Pam and Jim in an entirely different setting(yet still Pam and Jim).I'm looking forward to what these three years have been like for the two of them and what this meeting will bring.
Author's Response: Thanks albie. I have to say this is quite tough to write as three years is a long time and so they will both have accumulated some baggage along the way and changed (perhaps not fundamentally) their outlooks and even their dreams. Still, I shall do my best as its fun to imagine Jim sitting on a tube train or wandering round Camden Town. Scranton feels like a very long way away to me.
7 I really enjoyed this chapter and I think I've said this before, but I do so appreciate Jim and Pam in an entirely different element. Creates entirely different dynamics. I'm looking forward to what happens next.
10 Very glad to read a new chapter of this story. I'm sad that their journey together in London is over, but I look forward to where they go will go now.
Author's Response: Hiya, albie_! Thanks for your review. I don\'t think I\'m done with London yet...just need to invent a way to get Jim back over the pond. Given that he promised himself that we would never again take to the skies, I think I have my work cut out. Still, I\'m sure he\'ll make an exception for the woman he loves! Maybe... BAx
10 That was a beautiful chapter. Always happy to see an update :)
Author's Response: Hey there, albie ! Thank you so much for reviewing. Am so pleased that you\'re sticking with this story and I hope the next chapter makes you happy. BAx
Jim chooses to counsel at a camp he hasn't been back to for years rather than spend a week with his parents. Pam, who spent most of the summers of her youth at the camp fears she is outgrowing it. Will the week they spend together at camp cause them both to re-evaluate their feelings for this place?
10 I always enjoy your writing and this looks like some good fun to be had here. Looking forward to it.
10 This was such a gorgeous story. Everything about it was so tangible and evocative,all your wording and description lyrical and atmospheric in quality. You really drew Pam so beautifully, touching on her insecurities and always burgeoning strength. I also appreciated what you did with Jim as well as their relationship. One of my favorite touches were the sweet little Jewish widows who lived nearby. You have my grandmother in Canarsie down :) I really hope we get to read more from you, as this one is already a favorite and you've made me greedy.