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Author's Chapter Notes:
A tiny bit of this was inspired by a comment in "The Negotiation".



“Ohmygod! Ohmygod! Ohmygooooooooood!”

[I heard you the first time, my child]

“Did you hear what he said? Did you? Ohmygod!”

[Well it was kind of hard to hear what with all of the squealing, but I think I got the gist.]

He said that he loved me! And he didn’t qualify it or anything. He didn’t say he loved my laugh or that he loved the way I did that one thing that I sometimes do when I’ve had a little to drink. He just said, ‘I love you, Kelly.’ Do you think he meant it? He can’t take it back, can he?”

[Would you ever let him take it back?]




Oh, Lord….what did I just do?

[Well, if I translated the Kelly-speak correctly, you just told Kelly that you loved her.]

“I’ve never done that before.  Not even to get, um, something that I wanted, if you know what I mean?”

[I do know. I was there on your prom night and I was so proud of you for not lying to Melinda Carpenter, despite the fact that you were already in the backseat of your mom’s mini-van and just 3 words to her would have given you everything your 17-year old ego needed to take back to your buddies the next morning. You were….a gentleman.]

“So…..what now?”

[Well, if you really want my advice…I say go with it. There’s been enough stubbornness and denial around this office lately.]




Okay, now I, like, have a huge problem.”

[Did you miss a sale? Can you still not tell the difference between Johnny Depp and Skeet Ulrich? What, Kelly?]

It’s just that, well, I know that I throw that L-word around a lot. I like, say it all the time to people. I think I’ve told both Dwight and Creed that I love them. And I say it all the time to Ryan. I even call him in the middle of the night to say it to him. I guess I’ve never thought about if I actually meant it. And now, well, Ryan….he just…he just looked so serious when he said it. Those blue eyes staring into mine…I felt it…he meant it.”

[Yes. He did.]

“This is, like, really serious.”

[Feelings usually are.]

“I don’t know what to do.”

[Come on, Kelly. You aren’t as stupid as you act. Just let your heart lead you. You are so good at that. You wear your heart on your very stylish sleeves. As I was saying to Ryan earlier, that’s not a bad thing. Not at all.]




Oh.my.god!  Oh.my.god! Wow! Just, like, wow!  I think she loves me. I think she really loves me.  Cool.”

[And all is right in the universe. Or at least in the Office annex.]

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