The quiet state of Pennsylvania is very far from the busy state of California. When comparing the two places it is nearly impossible to find any similarities between them. In Scranton the people move slow, they eat dinner at a set time every night, and they read there children bed time stories. Los Angeles is a much different kind of place. There is no such thing as taking your time, people spend as much on dinner as they do on a down payment on a car, and they have nannies that put there children to bed for them.

With all of these things considered, the employees over at Dunder Mifflin never expected there careers as local reality television stars to amount to much. All of that changed as the year 2007 drew to a close. No one in the office paid much attention to the writer's strike, besides reading the occasional article on the internet. Naturally, as the strike lingered on it began to get more attention. Reality shows were the only programs left on television, and networks were doing whatever they had to do to get the ratings they needed. The viewers were also growing restless, desperately searching the channels each night to find something that kept there interest.

Quiet walks to the local deli and picking there children up from school quickly became publicity stunts and autograph sessions for the employees at Dunder Mifflin. There documentary show was starting to gain popularity in there region, something they had never expected. Soon all the big television networks were trying to get the rights to the small paper company's show and before they employees knew it they were being broadcasted weekly on NBC. The Office was the newest craze among 18-24 year olds.

Pam arrived at the office around eight thirty just like she did every other morning. She parked in the same spot as she always did and walked in the same direction as she did every day. On this particular day, she noticed what looked like a few people waiting to be let inside. She just figured they were some of the new camera crew who hadn't gotten there keys yet. As she approached the door all eyes were immediately on her.

"Pam, do you think you could sign this piece of paper for me? I'm a huge fan." A young girl asked as she fumbled through her back pack searching for some paper. Pam smiled when she realized the young girl had obviously skipped school to catch a glance of her favorite receptionist.

"Pam, how about you sign my shirt for me. Wow, you're even prettier in person. Jim is one lucky guy." A construction worker type asked her as soon as she finished with the young girl. She couldn't help but blush.

She spent about fifteen minutes down in the parking lot talking to all the people, she couldn't bring herself to call them fans. They had been waiting down there for who knows how long and she wasn't about to deny them what they had been waiting for.

The rest of the morning was much of the same for the rest of the employees, as did the rest of the week. Each day there were a few more people waiting by the door, and by week two there were two security guards stationed at the door at all times.

"Hey, did you check your e-mail today?" Jim asked as he hunched over Pam's desk, popping a few jelly beans n his mouth.

"I'm pretty sure I haven't checked my company e-mail in about, um…oh that's right, never." She replied with a big smile.

"Wow, I feel obligated to let you know that today would be a good day to start. I'm going to be over at my desk, call me after you've soaked it all in." He said as he drummed both of his index fingers on her desk, and made his way back to his desk.

Pam quickly logged on to her company e-mail account surprising herself that she even remembered her password. Her eyes opened wide as she saw that she had 96 new e-mails, hoping she wouldn't have to go through them all to find what Jim was talking about. Her worries were put at ease when she saw her newest e-mail on the list. The topic read in all caps, 'REALITY TV SHOW AWARDS.' She immediately became interested scanning over the messages contents. As she read on she could feel her jaw beginning to fall open. Before she even finished she was dialing Jim's extension.

"You better pack your bags Beesly, looks like we're all going to Hollywood." Jim said as he answered the phone.

"This cannot be real. Did everyone get this?" She asked.

"Yes. We were nominated for a few different awards, one of them being 'outstanding cast in a reality program.' He replied, twisting the phone cord in his fingers.

"Oh yeah, I see the list now. Oh wow, looks like you're up for 'hottest hunk.' My boyfriend is a hunk." She said teasing him.

"Well if you had read all of the nominations you would see that my girlfriend is up for the 'America's Sweetheart' award. Wow, we are quite the power couple." He leaned back in his seat placing his hands behind his head, and gave her one of his crooked smiles.

"Ladies and gentlemen, boy and girls. I have an announcement!" Michaels yelled as he barged out of his office. It was obvious he had already gotten the e-mail.

"Everybody get your sunscreen, because we are going on a little trippy trip to the good old east coast!" Michael continued as he pretended to fly through the office using his arms as wings.

"Wait a second, I thought we were going to Los Angeles?" Phyllis asked while Michael flew in circles around her desk.

"Call me crazy but the last time I looked at a map California was on the west coast. That was a while ago though so I could…" Jim tried to mock his boss but was quickly interrupted.

"Fact, if you are looking at a map and it is upside down California would be on the east coast. Michael is not wrong." Dwight quickly jumped to Michael's defense.

"Well either way we all are leaving this Saturday morning. We will be gone for a full week, so make sure you pack enough pair of panties Angela." Michaels laughed hysterically at himself while everyone else avoided all eye contact with him.

For the rest of the day, there was a little more of a sparkle in everyone's eyes. California dreams flooded everyone's minds. For many of the employees it was there first time going to California. Images of movies stars and musicians passing by brought smiles to there faces. Whether they won any awards or not, it was definitely going to be a trip to remember.