This is my very first try at fan fiction. I am slightly obsessed with the office. This just kind of came to me at work a few days ago. There will be more chapters. I have actually already finished chapter 3, but i need to finish chapter 2 (obviously) before I post it. Please let me know how I am doing. Thanks.
Going Back to Scranton
'Who would have ever imagined that a simple message on a post-it note and an old yogurt lid could change your life so much?' Jim thought to himself as he made what felt like the longest drive of his life to get back to her. He had so many thoughts swirling through his mind. He had just ended things with Karen & left her in New York. He didn't know what would happen if she didn't get the job and had to come back to Scranton. Jim felt like a bit of an ass as he admitted to himself that he didn't really care. He had liked Karen. She was smart, funny and attractive. They had some good times together, but there was one glaring flaw he saw in her… She would never be Pam.
Jim had no idea what he was going to say or do when he got back to the office. He felt so many things; he didn't even know where to begin. He thought back to that night that he had told Pam his truth; that he was in love with her. So much had happened since that night, but that was the one thing that remained constant. He still loved her with every ounce of his being. He couldn't shake it, no matter how hard he tried. Even when he was 150 miles away in Stamford he couldn't let Pam go. Even with Karen lying next to him, Pam was his first thought in the morning and his last thought when he closed his eyes at night. He knew that would never change. Jim had been a haunted man for all those months and it seemed even more so when the branch closed and he returned. He had tried so hard to distance himself from Pam when she was the only thing he wanted. Though Jim didn't really want Karen there, he hoped that her presence would give him the distraction he needed.
Even though he had been at the wheel, Jim had been so lost in his own thoughts for the entire drive that he was surprised when he pulled into the parking lot. He sat in his car for what could have been 2 minutes or 2 hours before he finally opened the door and got out. He walked slowly but with a purpose. Though it had only been a day, it felt as if he hadn't seen Pam in months. Things had been strange between them since he returned. Jim wanted to walk in and kiss her. He wanted to drop to his knees and just hold her. He inhaled deeply as he pressed the button for the elevator. As the elevator rose to the Dunder-Mifflin floor and came to a stop, he remembered that as far as Pam knew, he and Karen were still together. He would need to explain all of this to her outside the office. He stepped out of the elevator and went to the door, taking another deep and deliberate breath. As he walked in, his eyes immediately went to the reception desk only to find it empty. Looking to his left he saw Dwight with a puzzled and somewhat maniacal look. Just before Jim could ask where she was he saw her sitting in the conference room. He opened the door, only slightly tilting himself in.
"Pam, sorry. Um... are you free for dinner tonight?" he asked her with a smile.
"Yes," she replied, somewhat stunned yet happily.
"All right. Then it's a date," he turned and closed the door and walked straight out of the office without so much as a word to anyone else.
'Tonight,' he thought to himself as the elevator went down, 'Tonight I tell her that I never stopped loving her.'