-1Title:
The First Times from Michael's P.O.V.
Rating:
PG-13
Spoilers:
All episodes up to date, ending with The Deposition of Season 4
(eventually - right now I'm still on season 2 in this
fic)
Disclaimer:
I don't own The Office or its characters.
Author's
Notes:
This will be updated with more first times from Michael's P.O.V.'s.
After I finish the fic, I'll write all of the sections from Jan's
perspective. Each section sort of ties into the previous, hopefully
you'll like. This is the first three sections, tagged accordingly.
Also note that the third section gets a little dark - I plan on
taking that into consideration in a different fic (hint-hint), but
for the most part this fic will be light throughout the entirety. Oh,
and I feel like a big dummy - I majored in English and I can't think
how to spell "rickoshay" or "damnedess." Please
forgive my lack of spelling skills on those two words as I get my big
'ol dictionary out from my upper cabinet at work.
The first time they met was upon Jan's meeting Michael, who she'd be supervising in her new role as an executive working for DunderMifflin in the corporate office. The previous CFO had brought her to the Scranton branch to introduce her to everyone, with a meeting scheduled with Michael. The CFO and Jan walked in, still talking business about what Jan would be expecting out of this branch, when the entire office looked up to see who Michael would be working for.
"So that's Jan," Dwight said, eyeing Jan over. She was tall, even without her slick black heels. She was wearing a black business suit with a scarf that had black and white swirls all over it. She had light brown hair with some blonde throughout it. Her facial features looked hard. Her mouth, standing out in pink lipstick, didn't budge one bit into an upward curve. Her eyes reflected her cold personality with the dark eyeliner that was drawn around them. She looked like the exact opposite of Michael, somebody who would never ever laugh. Right then in there, everyone knew that this was going to be a change for Michael. First, Jan was a woman. Second, his previous boss didn't mind his irratic behaviors - such as keeping toys lined up on his desk.
Jan gave Dwight a cold stare. She knew that immediately upon setting her foot in every branch she supervised she had to set the record straight. She was a hard working woman. Yes, a woman. A woman, who infact would be in charge of a group of men and women. She was ready to shoot anybody down who was ready to challenge her to her role.
As was Michael's style, he already announced to the entire office that corporate had hired a woman to replace his previous boss' position. Back in the accounting corner, Kevin held out his hand to Oscar, who now owed him $20 bucks over a bet that was whether or not the woman would be hot. Kevin said yes, Oscar said no.
Luckily, Jan missed seeing this transaction as she eyed the room for MichaelScott. Upon seeing him at the door of his office just standing there in amazement as he watched Kevin and Oscar, Jan held out her hand and to get his attention, said, "JanLevinson-Gould, a pleasure to meet you."
"Oh, hi, nice to meet you, too, Ms.Gould" Michael said as he shook her hand. "Woah, quite a grip there," he joked, hoping to see a warm reception from Jan.
Instead Jan went back to what he called her, saying, "That's Levinson-Gould," in the most serious of tones. Michael then led Jan into his office, realizing this was going to take a while.
Immediately her eyes dropped to his desk. She furrowed her brows, shook her head, and sat down. It was so obvious, whether or not Jan meant it to be is unknown, that even Michael picked up on the disgust in Jan's face, realizing it was going to be a long while before JanLevinson-Gould and he broke the ice with each other.
When they took a break for lunch, Michael immediately ran into the break room, eager to fill everyone in on JanLevinson-Gould.
"Well, how is she?" Jim asked.
"Let's put it this way, 'I wouldn't go so far as saying she's on the leading front for women to rule the world, starting with her insistence that I call her JanLevinson-Gould," he said in a condescending voice. As he started blabbing away, Jan opened the break room door, stopping once she heard what he was saying with his back literally to her. "I mean does it really make a difference if I say Levinson or Levinson-Gould? Why didn't she just call herself JanGould? Noooo, women have this thing about not dropping their maiden names. Some kind of power trip I think. If she feels that strongly about it, she should just call herself JanLevinson."
Everyone in the breakroom noticed their new superior standing there. Jan looked disgusted again. This was one tough woman. Nothing so far made her flinch even one bit despite all of the antics she had already suffered from the Scranton branch. Finally realizing that someone was behind him, Michael turned around, to find Jan saying to him, "Michael, we were wondering if you wanted to go get lunch at the Radisson. Maybe it's best if we eat separately though." With that, she turned and was off to lunch, leaving Michael behind to wonder how badly he screwed up this first meeting with "JanLevinson-Gould."
