Office Olympics
I sat at my desk, pretending to stare at my computer, but I was really staring at Jim. Sometimes I would just stare at him for hours. He was doing his expense reports, and all of a sudden he let his head fall flat on his desk. He had died of boredom again. It was so adorable. I giggled as I stared at him.
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I walked up to Pam's desk after I had died of boredom. Pam asked, "You see Dwight's coffee mug?"
"Mm hmm."
"Sometimes, when he's not here, I try to throw stuff in it."
"No way." I laughed, and she giggled, and I saw that cute smile of hers that lit up her face. I took a post-it off her desk and crumbled it up. "Let's do this." I threw it at Dwight's coffee mug but I missed. "Awww."
"Here, try paper clips." Pam always came up with the greatest ideas. She was fantastic.
"Ooh wait, this message, for Dwight."
"Perfect." I threw it, but missed again.
*****
Many people were participating in the office olympics. Jim had such great ideas. Angela wasn't participating, but who expected her to, right? I was standing next to Angela. "Are you sure you don't want to play?"
"I'm sure."
"Come on Angela, don't you have a game?"
"I have one, yes."
"Well, let's play, what is it?"
"I call it Pam Pong. I count how many times Jim gets up from his desk and goes to reception to talk to you." So what if Jim talks to me all the time? We are best friends.
"We're friends."
"Apparently." I looked at Angela and rolled my eyes, then walked away.
*****
Jim walked back in to the office after he had finished playing another game. "I made something, for our closing ceremonies."
"What?" I opened a box that I was holding and showed him the doves that I had folded out of paper. "Oh my God. Where'd you have time to make that?" Jim was so much more pleased with my artwork than Roy ever was. I loved Jim for that. He always had supported my ideas, no matter how crazy they sounded.
"Automatic voice mail."
"Alright Pam." He gave me a high five. "Alright." I giggled. It was nice that someone appreciated what I did. "Nice work." I watched Jim as he walked away and I smiled at him. Once he was gone, I saw Angela. She was eavesdropping from behind the cubicle divider by her desk. She had just counted another time that Jim came over to me. She was really annoying.
*****
I was sitting at my desk, looking at the medal that I had won during the office olympics. I wanted to keep it forever, just because Pam had worked so hard to make it. I would cherish it for the rest of my life. I got up and walked over to her desk. "Hey."
She was listening to her voicemails on her phone. "I have 59 voice mails."
"Um. Hey, could you ignore those and...do something for me instead?"
"Sure." She said that right away. She was always willing to do things for me.
"Okay. Today, 5 o'clock...closing ceremonies."
"Really?"
"Notify the athletes."
She smiled at me and it brightened up her face completely. "Cool."