Chapter One

AN: Just some thoughts on what season 7 could be like and I'm seeing if I can finish this before September.

Andy looked up to see Phyllis, Stanley, and Angela glaring at him from the Elevator, but his smile didn't falter.

"What are you happy about?" asked Phyllis coldly. "Did you get a cash reward from the press or something?"

Andy ignored her and headed for the stairs. Erin was happy with him. He could take whatever crap the rest threw at him.

Michael sat back in his chair pondering the possibility of Holly coming back. He'd been in several relationships over the years, but he'd only been truly happy when he was with her. He could be himself around her. He felt nervous not knowing how Holly would feel if she was transferred back to Scranton. He didn't even know if she was still with AJ.

"Michael, do you need anything else before I go home?" asked Erin as she entered his office carrying some faxed paperwork. Michael looked at her thoughtfully.

"Yes I do, actually," said Michael. "Grab a piece of paper and a pen, Erin. We're going to do some brain storming."

"Alright," said Erin cheerfully. She ran to her desk and got a note pad.

"You don't mind staying, do you?" asked Michael. Erin shook her head.

"I love brain storming," she said.

"Excellent!" said Michael. Maybe it was the thought of Holly returning energizing him or the desire to prevent any of his employees from losing their jobs, but Michael felt a very strong desire to do his job extremely well all of the sudden. "Sabre just had a public relations nightmare. We need to figure out how to turn this situation around and make this company more successful than it has ever."

"There is a positive to the leak," said Erin as she thought of Andy and the trouble he was in with most of the Scranton employees.

"Let's hear it," said Michael eagerly.

"Well," said Erin. "Before the Press found out Sabre only recalled the printers that had already caught fire."

"Yes?" said Michael curiously.

"It's possible there were a lot more effected printers that the company didn't know about. What if one or more of those had caught fire and someone had been hurt or killed? That would have been much worse. Now the company can really improve the quality of the printers. They could even move the factories back to the states and create some jobs here. That could help the economy."

Michael looked thoughtfully at Erin. The girl was dim as could be sometimes, but occasionally said some very intelligent things.

"Are you worried about Andy?" he asked. Erin bit her lip.

"He didn't mean to cause trouble for anyone," she said nervously. "I mean someone could have really gotten hurt."

"Nothing's going to happen to him, Erin, I promise." Erin gave Michael a relieved smile. "Besides, he wasn't the only whistle blower. Pam, Darryl, and Kelly all leaked information too. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the clients went to the press as well."

"Really?"

"Yes. At least Andy had good intentions when he sent the email. I'm not sure I could say the same for everyone else."

"It's too bad BP didn't have a whistle blower before they caused the biggest oil spill ever," said Erin. She'd been a small child when the Exxon oil spill of 1989 had occurred in Alaska, but never thought she'd see anything that bad again. As someone who loved animals the oil spill in the gulf mad her particularly angry.

Thinking of Holly again, Michael decided to change the subject.

"Are you getting back together with Andy?"

"I-I don't know. I mean we haven't talked about it. After the way I freaked out, I'm not sure he'd want to."

"Oh, he wants to." said Michael. "Believe me."

"How do you know?" asked Erin.

"I've seen the way he looks at you. I know that look. It's how I look at..."

"How you look at who?"

Michael considered Erin for a moment. He never thought of her as someone he'd talk to about this kind of thing, but he had to talk to someone. Erin, at the very least, would not judge him.

"Holly. Holly Flax."

"The woman you did the sketch with at the company picnic last year?"

"Yes. She worked at this branch about two years ago. I wanted to ask her out for the longest time. When we finally did start to date I was happier than I'd ever been, but she got transferred to Nashua. I've spent every single day since wishing I'd asked her out sooner. I wasted too much time. Last year at the company picnic, I wanted to tell her how I felt and couldn't. If you want to get back together with Andy, you shouldn't waste any more time."

Holly stared at the email. She couldn't believe it. She was transferring back to Scranton at the end of June. Michael had been the reason she had called off her wedding with AJ, yet she'd never been able to pick up the phone and call him. Soon she'd be working with him again. She felt both excited and anxious at the same time.

Holly took a deep breath and found her resolution. She picked up her cell phone and clicked down to Michael's number.

"Holly?" Michael's voice came over the speaker. Holly hesitated for a moment not knowing what to say before deciding to fall into her comfort zone.

"Darn, how'd you know it was me? I thought I was being so subtle." Holly joked.

"You were being subtle," said Michael. "I just have a seventh sense about these things."

Erin finished Andy's letter he'd instructed her not to read unless something happened to him. Technically something had happened in that most of the office had turned on him so she really hadn't gone against his wishes. Erin wiped a tear from her eye. She couldn't remember anyone in her live caring for her like Andy did. He was the only person who had ever said 'I love you' to her. She couldn't even recall her own family members ever saying that in what little memories she had of them. Maybe Michael was right. She shouldn't waste any more time, but she was scared.

Erin hesitated for a moment before deciding to pick up the phone.

"Erin?"came Andy's eager yet nervous voice over the phone after only one ring.

"Hi, Andy."

"Hey." Andy paused. "What's up?"

"Can you come over?"