First date. Anxiety and hope and terror and euphoria.
Last chapter is up! New beginnings, new rating.
10 Pam's in love with Jim, and I'm in love with this story! This chapter was beautiful!
Author's Response: Aw, thanks! :)
10 Amazingly perfect ending chapter. wow. i absolutely adored this whole story! so sad to see it ended! lol
Author's Response: Thank you! Glad you liked it. :) As much work as it was, I already want to start another one! This is not good for my sleeping habits...
I got this idea from the JAM Therapy thread on the NBC boards. A fellow board member brought up an article stating the 10 ways a woman can best compliment her man. I am taking each one and implementing it into JAM. Pretty simple, really.
RC, this one goes out to you. ;) meow.
Spoilers thru S4 so far.
I don't own any of this. Don't sue.
10 A reference to our newest holiday! How exciting! Although I'm pretty sure I still have to go to class on that day (What's up with that? lol). This story is so sweet! And I'm glad to see you got the chance to update! I hope we get to see more soon!
MEMBER'S CHOICE TOP NOMINEE - Jim and Pam must interact in network sponsored live chats to promote their documentary. Angst (and maybe some smut) ensue.
Story now complete.
10 ok, i read the first 20 chapters in one sitting a couple days ago, and when i went to comment the page wouldn't load! so here we go: this story is amazing!! i literally just sat in one spot for like 4 hours and read through it. all the angst actually gave me a tummy ache! anyway, i'm in sitting in the school library where i should be writing an essay, but i just had to check to see if you updated and you did!! haha, sorry, i'm rambling, i just love this story so much! ok i'll stop now.... can't wait to see what happens next!!!!!!!!
10 awwwwwwwwwww!!! This is a perfect ending to a perfect story. Well done! This is definately one of my favourite stories ever!
10 Squee indeed! I must decree that this story is tummy-achingly good (yes, that's a good thing! your words are so real and intense that it causes me physical discomfort, and i wouldn't have it any other way!! hehe)
This is a series of moments in the life of JAM.
The title was inspired by a line from a favorite song, "Both Sides Now." You might find a few more sprinkled in along the way, along with other guilty pleasure song lyrics.
I just miss "The Office" so much, I feel like stories are floating in my head.
I hope you enjoy. :)
10 aw! this was so sweet! can't wait to read more!
10 I read this on the boards and had to come and review here cause I loved it! Amazing story. Insecure Jim makes me melt *sigh*
10 this chapter was so sweet! like grape soda, har har har
seriously though, well done! can't wait for more!
Author's Response:
Yep. Super-sweetness is always on the menu around here! I just hope it wasn't too sweet for you, because if so you might want to skip the rest of the story. It's like sugar over-load!
Thanks for the review!
10 very sweet ending! and middle, and beginning! lol. i'll never look at grape soda the same way again ;)
Author's Response: Thanks! I'm really glad you enjoyed it! I had a lot of fun writing it, and I'm with you on the grape soda thing. There are certain things in my life (grape soda, Herr's chips, Sun Chips, pretzels, grilled cheese sandwiches, etc.) that will forever be associated with The Office. Which only makes me like them more. ;)
50 10 ???? cliffhanger much?! hehe. this chapter was great! please post more soon!!
Author's Response: Thank, ISB - more soon, I promise!!
10 I love the new approach on this one! Showing how Jim's decision had an impact on others, very cool. And your tale on the rooftop scene was so sweet! All in all, amazing chapter! Oh, and perfect ending line: "Who's Pam??" haha, love it!
Author's Response: Thank you, ISB - I was playing with the roof scene for a little bit, making sure it flowed believably from the snippet we saw on the screen. I'm so glad you thought it worked! :-)
10 I read through the whole squirrel saga about a month and was so happy to see it continued! This was great! I can see Jim and Pam PMing eachother while there sitting alone in the same room, so funny! Can't wait to read more!
Author's Response: Thanks so much, ISB! You have no idea how happy it makes me to know people are glad to see a sequel - I'll do my best to live up to the original! Thanks for leaving a review!!
10 I read this on the boards while the site was down, and I just needed to review because it's so good! Very poetic and sweet.
It's very real to Jim and Pam. I loved: "It’s the silent looks and the subtle touches and knowing that you can, you can, you can."
Thanks for posting!
Author's Response: Thanks for reading (both times)!
10 “That one was awesome.” He had no idea what she was talking about
Classic Jim response! This story was great! Thanks for sharing :)
Author's Response: thanks! and i\'m happy to share. it made my day to see all of this lovely feedback. and i think jim is often painted as being really into pam\'s art, which i just don\'t buy. i think he\'s supportive of whatever she likes, but i just don\'t know that he pays that much attention to the specifics. so - maybe - is jim more like roy than we realize???\r\ni\'m just being silly. but i do maintain that mr. halpert is not as lovely as we\'d all love him to be.
Author's Response: thanks! and i\'m happy to share. it made my day to see all of this lovely feedback. and i think jim is often painted as being really into pam\'s art, which i just don\'t buy. i think he\'s supportive of whatever she likes, but i just don\'t know that he pays that much attention to the specifics. so - maybe - is jim more like roy than we realize???\r\ni\'m just being silly. but i do maintain that mr. halpert is not as lovely as we\'d all love him to be.
Jim and Ryan have a chat in the kitchen -- "missing scene" from DMI (so I guess some "spoileresque" conversation)
This basically wrote itself -- not something I intended. I think it's my first ever non Jim/Pam story. But it's about them. :-)
This was great! I can completely see Ryan slamming Jim and Pam's relationship like that. And bringing up the possibility of Jim holding Pam back- i definately agree with moofoot that that is something that could come up later.
Nicely done!
Author's Response: thanks so much!!! So excited that others have this Ryan loathing. lol
Post-Benihana Christmas fic!
Remember when Jim and Pam convinced Dwight that a CIA helicopter would pick him up on the roof? Well, neither of them could resist showing up that night to see the prank to it's conclusion.
10 Amazing chapter!! Please post more soon! I bombed a midterm today too, but getting home and reading this made me feel better! lol
Author's Response: Oh, I feel your pain on the midterm thing and I'm glad I could help :)
10 Oh, amazing post-benihana fic, I miss you so! Update? Please? Pretty please? ;)
Author's Response: Thank you! I finally, finally updated. Hope you like it!
Pam and Jim give baby-making a try.
The last two parts posted 10/22.
10 ok, i'm seriously loving this story! realistic, sweet, and smutty all at the same time. please write more!
Author's Response: There will definitely be more.
Four seasons of Jam from Jim's POV. More immediate-future fluff, I just can't help myself. Spoilers for episode 4.04: Money.10 this was so sweet! the ending made me tear up a little.
oh, and i loved this:
"It’s rediscovering how you fit, pieces from the same puzzle and her edges making up for your gaps and vice versa."
Author's Response: Aww, tears! Thank you so much!
10 Aw, this story was perfect! And the hug with the kiss on the head was definately the right choice! I think you need to continue this into a full first date fic! please? lol
9 This was so funny! Ah, memories of career testing. I got plumber and librarian.
Author's Response:
Glad you thought so! Plumber and librarian? Very different careers. ; )
Thanks for reviewing!
-Rose : )
What Jim will remember about their night at Schrute Farms.
Spoilers for "Money."
10 love love love this story! thanks for sharing!
Author's Response: yay!thanks for the sweet comment! :)
10 this story is so cute! i love fall and grilled cheese and, of course, jam! thanks for sharing :)
10 ok, i couldn't stop smiling through this entire story! so good! this was a perfect first "i love you" fic. thanks for posting!
Author's Response: I\'m always glad to bring on a little JAM related smiling. :-)\r\nI must admit I was really nervous when I first posted this, so hearing all the wonderful encouragement has been great! Perhaps I\'ll write something else I\'ll be gutsy enough to post...\r\nThanks so much for your feedback!\r\n