More Jim and Pam and their adventures in raising baby Jill!
SO FREAKING CUTE! As always. Jill the DJ is the best ever. And Cooey! Hee - and at first glance I thought the sentence said: "the very first time Pam slipped it on her hand, Jim went absolutely crazy" and I was going to say that was the absolutely cutest, funniest thing ever, but it's still pretty damn funny and cute upon realizing it was Jill :) Also love the return to the store PA system, and, best line ever: "Toes were love."
Wow, who would have thought that Dwight-with-baby is almost as cute as Pam-and-Jim-with-baby? His greeting of "Hello tiny one." was just perfect, and I loved his diligence at checking that everything was safe for her. And that he was moved to near-tears at Jill's adorableness! Awwww!
Also, awesome and hilarious return of the No Jill list :D Jim attempting to explain some of those things is too funny.
Oh, that was so effing cute. Your Jim voice comes out so perfectly through his written word as well. I could imagine these being the kinds of things he'd want to share with Jill. And that last one - scary! Aw.
I've been meaning to set aside a good chunk of time for myself to go back and reread this whole story from the beginning, and all your related stories, because they always make me smile :)
Awww, what an emotional chapter! I'm glad you expanded the incident into a whole chapter of its own. The letter from Jim gave a really sharp image of what it must have felt like, but this in-depth POV from both his side and Pam's really worked to help us understand the huge impact this had on them.
Awww, that *was* a good gift! I love how well you convey that he loves both his girls SO MUCH. :)
Wow, Dwight reached new levels of crazy in this one, and I love how they responded. Jill the prankster is amazingly awesome :)
Author's Response: new levels of crazy. roflmao...Yes indeed. Thanks so much for the review Semby!!!
Wow, that was some letter! Aw, Pam. He really is the best daddy, and she is the best mommy/wife for realizing that and managing to articulate it so well in that letter.
Brilliant as always! Michael, Andy and Dwight were so amazingly and irritatingly in character, wow. Andy getting irritated with Jill for playing with his tie! Really just wow, but I totally believe it.
Author's Response: :-) Semby your reviews make me smile! Thanks so much for the kind words!
Aw! Wonderful once again. Sounds like quite a party, and I'm glad they managed to appease Michael, Dwight and Toby. And Toby's letter - yeesh! Not exactly subtle, is he?
And I bet this would be a big seller at Target!
"What are you up to, Beesly?" 
7 Cute! Fancy New Beesly is very brave and awesome here. I love this: "But then I thought about it, and I decided it would be better to tell you now when you're kind of dating someone than later when you're engaged, or something." Learning from his mistakes! (though obviously, in his case, he didn't have another option)
6 This was a great start! You've really got all the characters' voices down.
If you don't mind a teeny bit of constructive criticism: I noticed that while most of this is in the past tense, you slipped into present tense a few times. Also, in Angela's talking head, where you used "in promptu" I think you meant "impromptu"
Post-Merger. A little angsty, a little triangular, but fear not - it doesn't end there. 8 Oh, just lovely. Beautifully done!
Author's Response: Thank you, Semby. Glad you liked it.
Seven different ways to say I love you.10 This was gorgeous! I can't tell you how happy it made me when I reached the first changed moment in the parking lot. And the story as a whole was beautifully written - so many moments felt very... sensory-rich.
Author's Response: Thank you, Semby! I'm glad you liked the change to the parking lot scene. I debated it, but eventually my inner 'shipper won out. These poor kids deserve a little happiness.
He's playful and animated, quippy and sexy, and always, always just a little bit dark. 9 I adored this one. It's such a cool perspective, seeing them from Karen's point of view, seeing how she realizes little by little what she doesn't have with Jim that he shares with Pam. And the hands! Oh, the intertwined fingers. That was perfect. Fantastically symbolic, and I love that it was THAT one thing that set off all the alarm bells in her head.
9 I adored this one. It's such a cool perspective, seeing them from Karen's point of view, seeing how she realizes little by little what she doesn't have with Jim that he shares with Pam. And the hands! Oh, the intertwined fingers. That was perfect. Fantastically symbolic, and I love that it was THAT one thing that set off all the alarm bells in her head.
"She looks away, and gives the start button on the copy machine a good smack as she wonders why she feels guilty spying on the man she’s sleeping with comfort another woman."8 That was very cool! Nice progression between each of the five moments that lead to her "getting a clue". Karen's a very smart and mature girl!
Author's Response: Thank you!
Ryan kind of wishes Jim had stayed in Stamford. Seating arrangements make an already odd situation even weirder. A sprinkling of Jam with Ryan and Kelly on the side.
8 Ryan has such a unique perspective on the office and the people around him, and I don't think that's explored often enough. You did a great job here, I think it's a very accurate take on how he would (and probably will) deal with being literally in the middle of that particular triangle.
10 These were awesome! The first one is so believable of how a 16 year old would feel, with a guy that she really does care about but it's all very awkward and scary. The second is very unexpected but wonderful, that she'd be so desperate for a Jim-replacement, someone to fill the void, since she's so not a one night stand kind of girl. And the last is, of course, swoon-worthy. I love how even among the layers of emotion and meaning, it's fun. :)
8 This has me absolutely cringing with embarassment, but it's very fun so far!
The experiences of five Office couples (or non-couples) registering (or not) with HR. Spoilers through The Merger, speculation thereafter.
9 These are so clever! I think you really captured how each couple would handle that potentially very awkward registration process - I really love Michael jumping the gun like that, and then later rationalizing it like it was partially his decision not to do so. And the Dwight/Angela is so like them: that's that, and there's no further need to discuss. Awesome!
Author's Response: Thank you! I'm really glad you thought the characterization worked. I had fun imagining what each couple's experience would have been like.
A class assignment for Pam brings the office mates together.10 Cutest story ever! And such an original, creative concept. I could picture all the little office animals. Not to mention, a great ending.
Almost-happy endings. And a few happy ones, too.8 These are great! Really fun to see the different takes on the different couples' weddings. Although, Michael and Carol's made me a bit sad, thinking of Carol "settling" for Michael like that. It makes me think they'll never be truly happy, but her reasons are very realistic.
8 Aw, Phyllis! And so it starts. Very cute, and I love Katy's perspective, how she's so used to analyzing and categorizing the men that buy from her.
Author's Response:
Yeah, Katy interests me. Sometimes I think it would be cool to be a Hot Girl... but when I see Michael and Dwight fall all over her, I thing maaaaaybe not.
Thanks for reviewing!
Feel-good love. A sequel/companion for Language Barrier. 9 These were all just gorgeous! You do great stuff with all the little details that make up a scene.
Author's Response: Thank you, Semby!
Awesome! I think the Phyllis/Creed one was my favorite - hysterical :) Ryan's is kind of sweet, in a misguided way, but I'd like to think that part of him wants to ask for other reasons than pregnancy. And yeah, that last one: don't we wish? Well, I admit, I wish it would be bigger than that, but that was fun.