5 Moments in the Annex

Author: Mistress Sara

Disclaimer: I own nothing. Shocker.

Rating will vary with each piece. 5 Moments, 5 chapters; I'll give you a moment to follow that logic. Reviews are welcome, appreciated, thoroughly enjoyed. This is going to be predominately Kelly/Toby, because I don't know how I didn't see it before. Enjoy.

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(1) Christmas Kiss

Kelly unfortunately made it a habit to get drunk at the Christmas party. However she managed to avoid throwing herself at Dwight, which was something she could be grateful for when the alcohol cleared in the morning. Each year was different. There were a few with Ryan, before he broke up with her, then there was Darryl, who broke up with her, then Ryan again. This Christmas was different; it was the first time in years where Kelly found herself single. She was far from thrilled about it. The one thing she was actually looking forward to was the gift exchange she and Toby had agreed upon.

Well that and the punch. For all of Michael's faults she did appreciate the fact that he often forgot that he had already spiked the punch and would just keep adding more liquor to it. Despite her unhappiness Kelly felt just like Bridget Jones! Single at Christmas, getting drunk at an office party, all she really needed was to be British… and have someone like Colin Firth vying for her affections. She already had an asshole like Hugh Grant's character, Ryan totally fit that bill; obsessed with his own looks, inability to commit, plus he had a habit of breaking up with her and running away. She needed someone who was sweet and moderately awkward around women… the latter described practically every man that she worked with.

"Hey Kelly, do you want to do our exchange now?" Toby asked timidly, holding an almost full cup of punch.

"Sure Toby." She answered, quickly downing the contents of her own cup and following him towards the kitchen that connected the office to the Annex.

The party was starting to take a rather uncomfortable turn. Meredith's intervention had gone poorly and Phyllis announced that Dwight and Angela had been having an affair. Now seemed like the perfect time to leave. On days when the main office was acting particularly insane Kelly and Toby liked to consider the Annex their own little refuge from Michael's absurdity and Dwight's… well Dwight was reason enough to hide out in the back.

"Oh my God, that was so crazy."

"Yeah." Toby replied, holding the door open for her.

"Dwight and Angela… that's so…" Kelly giggled, "She always says that I'm the office slut."

"Kelly you're not…"

"Clearly." She giggled again. Toby just shook his head and reigned in a smile. He could tell she was well on her way to being drunk. The way she swayed slightly while walking to the filing cabinet, where his present had been stored, was a dead give away.

"I don't know why Angela says things like that."

"Because she's the office tight ass, don't you pay attention during the Dundees?"

"Not really."

"Oh my God me neither, but I looked up hoping that she'd trip or something."

"Merry Christmas." Toby said, handing her a wrapped, rectangular box.

"Merry Christmas Toby." Kelly smiled, proudly handing him the present she wrapped in a shiny pink paper.

"Wow… you got me a book." He seemed genuinely surprised.

"Don't be so surprised, there's a book store in the mall." She replied, pulling the wrapping from her box. "Oh my God! Toby!"

"You like it?"

"It's like so awesome! How did you know my size?" She asked pulling the pink cardigan from the tissue paper.

"You told me."

"Right." She giggled, pulling off the sweater she had on and snuggled into the new one. "Do you like your book?"

"Yes, thank you."

"I asked Oscar, he said it was a good book." She explained as she finished adjusting the sleeves, "How does it look?"

"Great… very pretty." He said shyly.

"Thanks Toby." She smiled, throwing her arms around him suddenly for a hug.

"You're welcome." He pulled back slightly, looking down at her. Neither released what was happening but Kelly found herself pulling him into a kiss. What surprised her more then the kiss itself was the fact that he was kissing back… and he was good at it!

"Oh my God!" She said suddenly, pulling back.

"What?" Toby seemed shocked out of the moment.

"You're like Colin Firth!"

"Wh---"

"Toby!! Why didn't I see this before?" She kissed him again then paused, pulling away. "I think I drank too much punch… I'm gonna throw up."

Toby stood quietly in the Annex, watching as Kelly ran for the woman's room. Out of all his time at Dunder Mifflin the last five minutes were possibly the most bizarre. Kelly had given him a book, kissed him, called him Colin Firth (which still didn't make sense), kissed him again and ran away… it was actually in the top five of strange happenings at the office. He sighed and sat down, she was going to need a ride home.

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That's all for this one, I'll have the next bit up soon.