usually i don't like AUs because they mess with what i consider a perfect storyline, but you have proved me wrong!

this is so cute, i can't wait to read more.

oh, and i live nearly 15 minutes away from Messiah College! haha, and believe me, i can see Angela going there in a second!

Author's Response: Wow. Thanks a lot for saying that. Quite a compliment. I\'ll try to continue to prove you wrong. :)\r\n\r\nRe: Messiah College- I just looked up Christian colleges in PA and looked for one that offered an English major and that\'s what I came up with. So funny that someone has not only heard of it, but lives close. Thanks for the review.

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This (unfortunately) seems very realistic, and true to the characters of the show. I believe Jim is destined to always be the love sick puppy, left to pick up the pieces of his heart after Pam breaks it. Your storyline was true to their characters, and it was sooooo good.

I also love those 'pieces' of Jim's heart that you mention. I love fics that have those tiny, offhand details in them - they make it seem so much fuller and richer. The little things like Pam's chocolate chip cookies and the view of their house make something as abstract as true love seem tangible.

To put it short, this was an awesome blossom with double extra awesome. I am in awe, my friend.

Author's Response: Thank you so much for your review! I really am glad you enjoyed it. I had a lot of fun filling in all those details and I think putting these characters in such a realistic, albeit tragic, situation really helped me to see them in new ways, so that was really interesting for me to write. Again, I'm so glad you liked it. Reviews like yours are why I keep posting. ;)

I love this. Truly beautiful, the lazy kind of way they talk while undressing each other. so realisitic and beautiful, and dare i say, hot, without being contrite and dirty and too explicit. guh. you have no idea how excited i was to see this updated.

but, i'm having a brain fart, and i'm tired and i'm not that smart enough to figure out that crossword that pam was working on. can you give a girl another hint?

Author's Response: Hey, Miss - thank you. My aim here was to write what I jokingly called \"zen smut\" in my emails to my betas - smut without smut; all cake, no frosting. I didn\'t want explicit and I didn\'t want it to seem, as Colette so fantastically put it in one of her messages to me, as if someone had abruptly hit the smut button and it was time to abandon the plot and get down to it. ;) Finally, your hint - eleven letters, horizontal conversation, first letter is \'i.\' Another hint - on the inside, I\'m kind of a nine-year-old boy. That should help.