Summary: Three-part series detailing three times Pam stayed over at Karen's and realized something new.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Dwight, Karen, Michael, Pam, Phyllis
Genres: Humor, Romance
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Series: None
Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes
Word count: 5600 Read Count: 9047 ePub Downloads: 1
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[Report This] Published: March 04, 2007 Updated: March 11, 2007
Reviewer: Semby Signed
Date: March 09, 2007 Title: Chapter 3: Tequila Answers
Date: March 09, 2007 Title: Chapter 3: Tequila Answers
Oh this was great! Especially the end - lovely in its simplicity within a complicated situation, and Karen's speech felt very character, very understanding of a girl who's obviously given up and doesn't want to hate anyone. You really shouldn't hate anything about this! I think your rules were very effective.
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Date: March 12, 2007 Title: Chapter 4: I Don't Mind
Date: March 12, 2007 Title: Chapter 4: I Don't Mind
Aw, that was lovely and sweet! Happy Jim and Pam with a solid future are so cute, and I love Karen still being close with them and happy for them and helping Jim pick out a ring. This was a perfect ending!
Summary: 
Pam's discovered the world of internet chat rooms. Jim can't resist the chance to be near her in cyberspace. Spoilers up to Cocktails.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Alternate Universe
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst, Fluff, Humor, Romance
Warnings: Adult language
Series: None
Chapters: 18 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 84660 Read Count: 289087 ePub Downloads: 115
Pam's discovered the world of internet chat rooms. Jim can't resist the chance to be near her in cyberspace. Spoilers up to Cocktails. Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Alternate Universe
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst, Fluff, Humor, Romance
Warnings: Adult language
Series: None
Chapters: 18 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 84660 Read Count: 289087 ePub Downloads: 115
[Report This] Published: March 04, 2007 Updated: May 22, 2007
Reviewer: Semby Signed
Date: March 04, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: When the evening is spread out against the sky
Author's Response: You would certainly be correct, dear Semby!! Thanks for the review! Chapter 2 will be coming soon....
Date: March 04, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: When the evening is spread out against the sky
That was a nasty place to leave us hanging! But it's cute so far.
What did Mr. Wonderful do today? -- Hmm, methinks Jim's going to be privy to some very interesting stories about himself!
Author's Response: You would certainly be correct, dear Semby!! Thanks for the review! Chapter 2 will be coming soon....
Reviewer: Semby Signed
Date: March 07, 2007 Title: Chapter 3: And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells
Author's Response:
Date: March 07, 2007 Title: Chapter 3: And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells
Ooh, I *knew* Karen had done something nasty like that! Very exciting and I can't wait to find out what Jim does with this new information!
I was, however, a little confused in the conversation between Karen and Jim about the upcoming dinner. I wasn't sure how much Karen had told him in advance - since she said she told him on Wednesday that they were coming, and told him to pick her up in the morning so they could leave early to go to dinner - but Jim says that she should have consulted him first. So was he just not listening, as she said, or did she really not tell him that they were going to dinner with her parents?
Author's Response:
Sorry if that confused you. It really was a bit of both - Karen did NOT make a big deal about her parents coming, and she most definitely did not tell him about going to the restaurant at Lake Wallenapaupack because as Jim said, he WOULD have remembered that, even though it was true that he really wasn't listening on Wednesday. I mean, her parents coming into town isn't necessarily a big deal to Jim, but had she said they were coming and they were going to a FANCY RESTAURANT so they could "meet" then that might have set off warnings that Jim would have mentioned. Does that make it clearer?
Thanks for reading and reviewing, Semby!!
Reviewer: Semby Signed
Date: March 08, 2007 Title: Chapter 4: To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet
Date: March 08, 2007 Title: Chapter 4: To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet
I'm starting to really get into the old chat room feel here - people making very natural typos or bad timing, finding it difficult to keep track of who's who in the room because conversation goes too fast - I'm starting to wonder if someone else in there is from the office too! Very curious about this Vexin...
I'm torn because I'm starting to feel a little squicky about Jim taking advantage of Pam not knowing its him to get all this information, but at the same time I'm *loving* seeing all the things Pam says when there's no fear holding her back. There's a wealth of honesty in there just dying to burst out in person!
And Jim's excitement over the virtual hugs was just the cutest thing ever :)
Reviewer: Semby Signed
Date: March 14, 2007 Title: Chapter 5: And time yet for a hundred indecisions
Date: March 14, 2007 Title: Chapter 5: And time yet for a hundred indecisions
Aw, this was a cute chapter - I love them having a "date" over Miss Congeniality and Jim really starting to open up about *his* relationship woes... even if he's still got a long way to go to be totally honest! And it's nice to see them just getting along.
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Date: March 18, 2007 Title: Chapter 6: Do I dare disturb the universe?
Date: March 18, 2007 Title: Chapter 6: Do I dare disturb the universe?
Karen has officially turned to the dark side. I guess this means Jim *won't* be making that visit to Pam's later in the day? Although I think they would be capable of keeping it quiet until Karen's gone...
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Date: March 21, 2007 Title: Chapter 8: Time to turn back and descend the stair
Date: March 21, 2007 Title: Chapter 8: Time to turn back and descend the stair
Eeee! I love the crayons thing. So cute. Gotta say, Jim sounds a little girly saying periwinkle is his favorite color, but you gotta love that reasoning... :)
Oh, and I loved Dwight being supportive!
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Date: March 23, 2007 Title: Chapter 9: Streets that follow like a tedious argument
Date: March 23, 2007 Title: Chapter 9: Streets that follow like a tedious argument
Aw, distant!Pam is making me sad... I hope we find out what's wrong (and Jim fixes it) soon!
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Date: March 26, 2007 Title: Chapter 10: Beneath the music from a farther room.
Date: March 26, 2007 Title: Chapter 10: Beneath the music from a farther room.
Oh, gosh, I don't much like Jim's idea about not telling her the truth and just letting Squirrel disappear. I'm if she doesn't know already, she'll be pissed when he tells her, but that's gotta be better than her finding out some other way...
And, whoo, Pam, getting flirty! How's he going to handle this picture thing, I wonder?
Cutest squirrel photo ever!!!
Reviewer: Semby Signed
Date: March 28, 2007 Title: Chapter 11: In the room the women come and go
Date: March 28, 2007 Title: Chapter 11: In the room the women come and go
Oh, man, the extent of Jim's lies are going from bad to worse! He's made Squirrel a person! With a face! And a whole name! He's screwed when the truth comes out. Oh, what a tangled web we weave...
Very interested in Pam being interested in sex talk with Squirrel! Though I wonder if Jim would really be able to go through with it, knowing that Pam thinks he's someone else...
Reviewer: Semby Signed
Date: April 01, 2007 Title: Chapter 12: Shall I say, I have gone at dusk through narrow streets
Date: April 01, 2007 Title: Chapter 12: Shall I say, I have gone at dusk through narrow streets
Pam certainly doesn't respond well to being told that she should really think about what she wants and not let opportunities just pass her by, does she? Poor girl. I hope this doesn't stop they're chatting sessions, unless it means that he starts talking to her *as Jim* more...
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Date: April 05, 2007 Title: Chapter 13: Before the taking of a toast and tea
Date: April 05, 2007 Title: Chapter 13: Before the taking of a toast and tea
Oh, fun chapter! It was good to see them happy and getting along so well after the end of the last chapter. Although I kind of missed the chatting and am curious about how it's going to go the next time Pam has a run in with SMcP. I'm also very curious about whether Pam was explicitly hinting to Jim that she knows with those squirrel drawings, or if she just happened to have Mr McPants on the brain and didn't have a Jim connection in mind...
And I absolutely believed you that asparagus was a real Crayola color, but I went to check the website anyway just to see what specific shade of green it is, and I got to COLOR! Virtually! It was so fun! /random tangent.
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Date: April 14, 2007 Title: Chapter 14: For I have known them all already, known them all
Date: April 14, 2007 Title: Chapter 14: For I have known them all already, known them all
Eeeee! Go Pam! How long has she known, I wonder? Still, she just seems like she wants it out in the open, not like she's *mad*, but who knows... Jim's definitely still got some 'splaining to do! How's he going to handle this one??
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Date: April 22, 2007 Title: Chapter 15: No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be
Date: April 22, 2007 Title: Chapter 15: No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be
That went way better than I'd expected/hoped! I love that Pam's understandably mad, but not absolutely furious and unwilling to hear his side. Honestly, how could she stay mad with him telling her he did it because he loves her? She'll be putty in his hands after breakfast. Awwww!
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Date: April 26, 2007 Title: Chapter 16: After the cups, the marmalade, the tea
Date: April 26, 2007 Title: Chapter 16: After the cups, the marmalade, the tea
Aw, they're so on the right track. And I can't wait to see Jim paying his penance, and how the other IRCers respond to his confession! :D
Reviewer: Semby Signed
Date: May 02, 2007 Title: Chapter 17: Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse
Date: May 02, 2007 Title: Chapter 17: Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse
Who does Pam think she's fooling? There's no way she's not going to dinner with him! I think at this point the punishments are more for the fun of it than real anger :)
Author's Response:
I think at this point the punishments are more for the fun of it than real anger :)
You are very, very wise. ;-)
Summary:
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Ensemble, Jim, Karen, Pam, Ryan
Genres: Humor
Warnings: Adult language, Violence/Injury
Series: None
Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 6450 Read Count: 9853 ePub Downloads: 3
I caved and wrote a post-Cocktail fic that can be best described by Jim's Talking Head from Season 2 Ep 6:
Fight! Fight! Fight! FIGHT!
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present
Characters: Ensemble, Jim, Karen, Pam, Ryan
Genres: Humor
Warnings: Adult language, Violence/Injury
Series: None
Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 6450 Read Count: 9853 ePub Downloads: 3
[Report This] Published: March 05, 2007 Updated: March 14, 2007
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Date: March 14, 2007 Title: Chapter 2: we can work it out... maybe?
Date: March 14, 2007 Title: Chapter 2: we can work it out... maybe?
Aw, both of these chapters left me hurting! Ryan and Karen, because yay for them, but I can't help thinking about poor Kelly. And, ouch, chapter two, I thought they were getting somewhere positive but then Jim drops that bombshell about why he gave up and it's actually kind of true... (or maybe not, and Pam will prove him wrong?) - because we've definitely seen that he's absorbed more of her than she has of him - mixed berry yoghurt and the teapot prove that, and we haven't seen many similar gestures from her end. I'd never even thought about that before! So sad.
Author's Response: Read Hole in My Pocket to get some Ryan/Kelly resolution (I wrote it before this story, so this is kind of a prequel). I think its hard to tell what's going on in Jim's head... I can't tell if he knows that Pam likes him or not so I thought I'd write something a little different. Hope you liked it!
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Date: March 16, 2007 Title: Chapter 3: ohhh, the bitch is back
Date: March 16, 2007 Title: Chapter 3: ohhh, the bitch is back
Ha! Karen *so* got what was coming to her. You don't mess around with Kelly's man! And I love Pam's list so, so much.
Summary: A friend talks Pam into writing Jim a letter telling him how she feels. Crossover with Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Crossover
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst, Romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 6104 Read Count: 10669 ePub Downloads: 1
Categories: Jim and Pam, Present, Crossover
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst, Romance
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 6104 Read Count: 10669 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: March 06, 2007 Updated: March 09, 2007
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Date: March 10, 2007 Title: Chapter 4: The Reconnection
Date: March 10, 2007 Title: Chapter 4: The Reconnection
Oh, lovely ending! I loved Jim and Pam's talk in all its honesty and sweetness. And Jim's question/Pam's answer about when she knew she'd fallen in love with him made me swoon in all its Austeny goodness!
Author's Response: I actually stole that line directly from the book. Glad you liked it!
Reviewer: Semby Signed
Date: March 07, 2007 Title: Chapter 2: The Stalemate
Date: March 07, 2007 Title: Chapter 2: The Stalemate
I'm normally reluctant to read and enjoy crossovers, and I was pretty hesitant at the idea of Elizabeth Bennett in modern times, but you've made my doubts disappear! This is great so far (Liz's wit and sass was ahead of her time anyway, so it actually works really well). Looking forward to seeing where this goes! Wonder if we'll be seeing the letter's contents or just Jim's reaction...
Author's Response: I totally understand. I was reluctant to write it for the same reasons. But I'm glad you liked how to it turned out.
5 Times (out of many) That Karen Considers Doing Something Drastic by Alex Wert Rated: T [Reviews - 14] 
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4 Summary: Does anyone bother writing a summary for a 5 Things fic? What's the point? I mean, it's pretty much all there in the title, isn't it? So I'm just going to fill this space. Cantaloupes.
Categories: Other
Characters: Dwight, Jim, Karen
Genres: Humor
Warnings: Violence/Injury
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 775 Read Count: 3606 ePub Downloads: 2
Categories: Other
Characters: Dwight, Jim, Karen
Genres: Humor
Warnings: Violence/Injury
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 775 Read Count: 3606 ePub Downloads: 2
[Report This] Published: March 06, 2007 Updated: March 06, 2007
Reviewer: Semby Signed
Date: March 07, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Date: March 07, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Haha, this was very funny, especially that last one. Drastic, indeed!
Author's Response: Thanks. The whole thing was a vehicle for that last one. I'd been sitting on it one for a while waiting for the rest to come together. My degree of seperation from that lady is 3, so I feel close to the subject matter.
Summary:
Categories: Jim and Pam, Episode Related, Present, Past
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam, Roy
Genres: Angst, Oneshot
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1198 Read Count: 3751 ePub Downloads: 1
It may be a bruise on the surface, but it goes deeper than that.
Young Pam/Roy and then spoilers through Cocktails.
Categories: Jim and Pam, Episode Related, Present, Past
Characters: Jim, Jim/Pam, Pam, Roy
Genres: Angst, Oneshot
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1198 Read Count: 3751 ePub Downloads: 1
[Report This] Published: March 07, 2007 Updated: March 07, 2007
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Date: March 07, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Author's Response: Thank you, it is so nice to hear that you think it had a quiet simplicity! I know that I love those types of stories and it's so flattering that you think mine was like that too!
Date: March 07, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Oh, that was just lovely. It had a nice sort of quiet simplicity to it. The last line is just perfect. And I love the parallel/contrast with the opening Roy/Pam scene.
Author's Response: Thank you, it is so nice to hear that you think it had a quiet simplicity! I know that I love those types of stories and it's so flattering that you think mine was like that too!
Summary:
Categories: Jim and Pam, Future
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 10696 Read Count: 13248 ePub Downloads: 2
“Pam? Well, we are more like acquaintances now. She does her own thing and I do mine. It’s best this way if you think about it,” Jim said into the camera.
Pam is leaving Dunder Mifflin. Where do Jim and Pam stand before her departure?
Categories: Jim and Pam, Future
Characters: Jim/Pam
Genres: Angst
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 10696 Read Count: 13248 ePub Downloads: 2
[Report This] Published: March 07, 2007 Updated: March 25, 2007
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Date: March 08, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Date: March 08, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Oh, I love this! It's so very sad. And I love, LOVE, that you borrowed from Tim's talking head from the UK version. It fits here so very well.
Summary: "Pam called me tonight." It was best to be blunt.
Post Cocktails.
Categories: Present
Characters: Jim, Karen
Genres: Angst
Warnings: Adult language
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 811 Read Count: 2054 ePub Downloads: 0
Post Cocktails.
Categories: Present
Characters: Jim, Karen
Genres: Angst
Warnings: Adult language
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 811 Read Count: 2054 ePub Downloads: 0
[Report This] Published: March 07, 2007 Updated: March 07, 2007
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Date: March 09, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Elephant
Date: March 09, 2007 Title: Chapter 1: Elephant
Oh, this was really sad and lovely. And I love the way you used the lyrics - normally in song fics when there's whole chunks of lyrics I just skip over them but a line decorating it here and there was a nice touch.
Author's Response: Thank you! I was hoping the lyrics spread throughout would set a certain tone. I'm glad you liked it!