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Chapter End Notes: I hope you all enjoyed this. It seems like it’s a bit trite to say, but this really is my first piece of fanfic. I used to write a lot of short stories in college, but the realities and stresses of life have put an end to that. While watching The Office, though, I felt like I had something to say about the program and the “characters”. It’s just something I had to get out of my head. I hope you liked it and I’d love to read your feedback.

I can’t wait to read more of this. It was so good and felt real. Spot on characterization.

Author’s Response: Thanks for reading. I’m glad you felt the characters were believable. As I said in my author’s note, this is my first piece of fanfic like this so I’m glad you thought it was good.
Date:  13 Mar 2007 – 10:30pm [Report This]

This reminded me of why I liked season one so much. The playful banter between Jim and Pam before all of the ugh….drama set in. You have everyone’s voices down so well. It’s like you are quoting them directly.

Favorite line….” He had never verbalized it, not even to himself. His love was a silent thing, buried inside of him waiting for the day when someone would give it a voice.”  So……awesome.  I always wondered what was going on in Jim’s head and this is an interesting take on it. Can’t wait to read more.

This was cool. I’m not sure that I totally get where you are going with this, though.  Is this supposed to be like what was REALLY going on in Jim’s head during all of those episodes? Because some of the stuff that you’re talking about…that he’d go home and punch the wall or almost call her cell phone, I didn’t get that from watching the show at all and I watch Jim pretty intently. I'm his biggest fan and I never saw anything to indicate that was happening.

Wow. You have such an novel take on things. When I first watched “The Alliance” I just thought that Jim was embarrassed at being caught in an “intimate” position with Pam by Roy. I thought he was afraid that Roy would beat him up or something, but then you wrote:  “He had crossed over that line….gone too far. What if Roy’s perception and jealousy caused her never to talk to him…that way...again? What if the casual touches and smiles….all she afforded him were over?  He would have to be more careful in the future. He would be like Charlie Bucket, given only one Wonka chocolate bar a year. He would break off little pieces of her, savoring each morsel, knowing full well that if he dared to gulp her down whole he could make himself sick and be left with nothing.”  Wow! You reference my favorite book in such a heartbreaking way. Hey, maybe Dwight is an Oompa Loompa! More please!!! I can’t wait to see what you do with Season 2.

I’d be interested to know what you think Pam was thinking through all of this.