A fun little songfic to the song "Lips of an Angel" by Hinder. I only did up to the first chorus though. I decided to do it about the best TV couple ever, Jim Halpert and Pam Beesley. Set in season 3, after "Casino Night". I'm going to make it a twoshot, and the second chapter probably won't be a songfic, but we'll see.

Disclaimer: I don't own The Office. Oh man, I wish though.

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Honey why you calling me so late?
It's kinda hard to talk right now.
Honey why are you crying? Is everything okay?
I gotta whisper 'cause I can't be too loud

"Jim?" Pam sobbed, holding her cell phone closely to her ear. She tried to control her weeps, but they seemed impossible to stop. She crossed her dark room and sat on her bed, her legs suddenly giving out on her. She needed to hear his voice.

"Pam?" Jim whispered, his voice full of concern. He and Pam hadn't really been speaking since he moved to Stamford and started dating his current girlfriend, Karen. They used to be best friends, but for some reason their friendship faded. Jim was clearly in love with Pam when he worked in the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin, and he told Pam that, but she turned him down, and had regretted it every day since. "What are you doing?" Jim looked around Karen's apartment room, hoping Karen wouldn't hear him. He had stayed for dinner, and Karen was doing dishes in the other room. Jim missed Pam terribly, and even though it was kind of mean, he was just using Karen to fill the empty void in his heart. Don't get him wrong, he liked Karen, but no one could replace his love for Pam. But it was too late.

"I miss you. I miss who we used to be, and I miss what we used to have." She choked out, barely audible. Jim had to strain to hear it, but he caught every word.

"What do you mean, we never were together. You turned me down... twice." Jim shot back, the words coming out harsher than intended. He sat down on Karen's bed and put his free hand on his forehead, rubbing it back and forth.

Well, my girl's in the next room
Sometimes I wish she was you
I guess we never really moved on
It's really good to hear your voice saying my name
It sounds so sweet

"You...were...my best...friend." Pam sniffled between words. "And, I just need you to know that...I miss you, so much." Jim's heart broke when he heard how much pain she was in. No, they hadn't been the same since he left, and he really did miss her too. But they couldn't go back to being the way they used to be.

"Pam, Karen's in the next room, and she might hear me. I really have to go." He hated himself for being like this to her, but he wouldn't be unfaithful to Karen, he wasn't that guy.

"I love you." Pam blurted out. She crossed her legs on her bed as her heart swelled, wanting to know what he had to say, but not wanting to at the same time. The line was silent, so she continued. "I always have, even when I was with Roy. And I've never really moved on." She whispered.

Jim sighed, moving his fingers to his temples now. "Pam, it's really good to hear your voice-"

"Jim, no. Don't say that."

Jim loved the way Pam said his name. She said it with a certain passion. It sounded so sweet. His legs suddenly felt weak as he realized that the woman he loved so dearly was finally professing her love him, and he wasn't saying it back. But he couldn't find the will to say it. Especially not with Karen 20 feet away.

Coming from the lips of an angel
Hearing those words it makes me weak
And I never wanna say goodbye
But girl you make it hard to be faithful
With the lips of an angel

"Jim, I love you. And I know that doesn't really change anything between us, but it really just feels good for you to know." Her sobbing had subsided, taken over by hollowness in her heart. She never heard him say those words back to her. But did she really expect him to? He was with someone else now. He was probably in love with her too. His end of the line stayed silent. "I guess, this is goodbye." A single tear streaked down Pam's face as she went to press the "end" button. But she heard his voice once more and pressed her phone back to her ear.

"Pam, wait. I don't want to say goodbye. We can't just throw away what we've been through. I still want to be...friends."

The F word. Friends. Pam's heart sank as she heard his proposal. "Jim, we can't be just friends after I just told you I love you. It doesn't work that way." Her sobs returned, more gentle this time. Jim couldn't stand it. He was the reason for her heartache. Once a long time ago, he promised himself that he would never make Pam cry, and if he did, he would stop it as soon as possible.

"Okay, screw this. I love you too, Pam."

"As a friend, right?" Pam laughed, cold and hard. Jim scoffed under his breath.

"No," he growled, his voice fierce with passion and a little annoyance that Pam could be so naive about his love for her. "Pam, I've loved you from the moment I saw you sitting at the reception desk on my first day at Dunder Mifflin. You were flicking your face repeatedly to keep from falling asleep. You looked at the clock every 3 minutes and 15 seconds, and you always waited exactly 23 seconds to answer to Michael. I probably sound like a stalker, or something, for knowing all of this, but it just shows how much I love you. And need you." Jim took a breath, and looked over to the kitchen, finding Karen standing with her hands on her hips, a death glare in her eyes. Jim's heart rate accelerated as he realized that Karen heard every word he said. He dropped his phone, his jaw hanging wide open, frozen in time. He quickly brought himself back to earth, hit the "end" button, and slowly got up from the bed. Karen walked towards him, tears in her eyes.

"I'm sorry Karen, but I love Pam." Jim whispered.

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TO BE CONTINUED. (:
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