Ah. I'm starting to see that their relationship is more of a circle than a line, especially sniffing nearly twice as much as I did after watching Back from Vacation than after Boys and Girls. I think it's very intentional; our writers are genius for a reason. Anyway hopefully that means that when they go full circle they get back to that kiss, except move forwards from there before falling back into routine. 

I adored this line:
But maybe she wants to be bigger than that. Better than that. Not only for him, but for herself, too.
Because how true is that? I'm almost completely convinced that if Jim and Pam ever become JimandPam, it's Pam that has to do make the first step, and this sentence shows that she probably thinks so, too. Love that.
And the way you described how she's standing and fidgeting and the way she's wrapped her arm around her stomach so tightly [the actors are just beyond amazing, goodness] and the way you described what their argument is - not an argument. Bah. 

And I seriously adore the slight repetition in detail; how he notices she's been crying and how she hopes he doesn't notice she's been crying - it's in two different situations, but something about those lines remind me that so much of the first years of their friendship [before Casino Night, that is] is about pretending and acting and hiding. Thanks, because I feel sniffy at the end of this, too. :P 

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Ooh, these are all such interesting parallels, and you show that so well. It'll be interesting to see more of these, if more little comparable moments come out throughout the season, which I'm sure they will.