"Well that was…quite interesting," I remarked to Andy as I went up on the stage after the panel was over and most of the audience had gone.

He smirked and shook his head, "I'm just glad Jim and Pam took the most heat."

"Thanks, buddy." Jim quipped sarcastically from behind him, clapping him on the shoulder.

"We'll see you at the wedding?" Pam asked me as she grabbed Jim's hand.

"Yeah, I'll be there." I nodded, smiling sympathetically at her for what she just went through. She read my stare and smiled back, and I felt an instant connection with her. I hoped that I would be able to get to know her better- even gain a friend. Lord knows I didn't have many in Scranton, save for most of the staff in my building…if you wanted to call them "friends" instead of colleagues.

"Shall we head home and get ready m'lady?" Andy asked, and a feeling of domesticity came over me. I think he felt it too as soon as he said it, because a bit of color suddenly rose in his cheeks. "We shall, good sir." I replied, linking my arm through his and allowing him to escort me to the parking lot.

Andy politely opened my car door for me, but stopped me from getting inside. Instead, he wrapped his arms around my middle and kissed me passionately. I felt my toes curl in my shoes- it was completely unexpected and I loved it.

He pulled back and rested his forehead against mine. "What was that for? Not that I'm complaining, I'll just make sure I do it again in the future." I teased, closely looking into his eyes. By this time my arms had gone around his neck of their own accord.

"You've just been so amazing. I-I don't know what good deed I did that allowed you to come into my life…Lord knows I've had my fair share of mess ups in the last year." I could see the wetness beginning to well up in his eyes, and it broke my heart.

"Andy I've told you, I don't care about all that. You had a lot of personal growth over the years, and you just had to do it on camera, which is shitty. I didn't meet the Dunder Mifflin Andy who always felt like he didn't meet the expectations of others. I met the confident and sexy Andy who rocks the hell out of the Cornell admissions office. You have a lot of passion and caring inside you, and you need to surround yourself with people who are willing to accept that. And you didn't get that by being in Scranton."

"Until now," He added softly, a grin breaking over his face.

I reached up and kissed the tip of his nose, "Let's go get ready for a wedding, Nard Dog."

He sighed teasingly, letting go of me so I could get in the car, "I've always dreamt of a woman saying that to me."

"God I hate cats." I whispered to Andy as I spied a basket of felines on the gift table.

"Thank God," Andy replied as he sat his card down, then winking at me. Looking into the tent where the ceremony was being held, rows of hay bales were strategically placed leaving the center aisle clear. He took my hand and we ended up sitting in the second row from the front on the groom's side. It was then that I realized that there were two holes on the ground at the "altar" adjacent to one another.

"Andy what the fuck are those holes for?" I whispered.

He sighed, shaking his head. "It's in Dwight's family custom that a couple be married standing in…their graves."

My hand flew to my mouth, eyes wide. I stared at my date like he had grown another head. He did not seem surprised at my reaction, but merely nodded.

"That's so creepy. Kind of puts a damper on my getting married in a field image."

"You want to get married in a field?" He asked, smiling cutely.

"Well it's probably better than your idea- you probably want to be married in the Cornell Dining Hall." I bit my bottom lip to keep from laughing and he gaped that I went there. "You have wounded me deeply, m'lady." He shook his head, but his eyes danced with humor.

More guests started to roll in, some I recognized from being on the panel. Meredith sat on the other side of Andy, and he formally introduced us. Jim and Pam sat in front of us, and I complimented on how pretty her dress was. Jim quietly mentioned to Andy that Michael was in the house and was going to be Dwight's new best man. The news made Andy smile, and he wrapped his arm around my lower back, squeezing me closer to him, if that were possible.

A few minutes later the man himself walked out and some of the Dunder Mifflin employees, current or former, excitedly waved at him. He came over and hugged Pam before reaching out to shake Andy's hand. "Who's your beautiful date, Andy?" He asked. "This is Kate, she actually bought your old condo here." A lightbulb went off in Michael's mind, "Oh! Oh gosh yes, Kate Fletcher! It's so great to meet you!" He shook my hand as well. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Scott. I hope you and your wife are well." "We're great, she's back home in Colorado with the kids. We couldn't be happier."

Dwight came outside and Michael excused himself so that he could get into position. "I can't believe he remembered my name." I commented. "Michael's always been good with names and remembering little quirks about people, that's how he was so good at sales." I nodded in silent understanding.

The ceremony was an interesting one, but sweet seeing these two people who loved each other become a family.

After dinner, the sun was starting to set over the sprawling land of the beet fields. Andy and I joined the other couples on the dance floor for a slow number. Being in his arms felt so right, and as he planted a soft kiss on my neck, I felt the familiar prick of tears in my eyes. The sniff I was trying to hide seemed to have not passed by him, because his face immediately shot up, eyes concerned.

"Kate, sweetheart, what's wrong?" We stopped swaying, and his hands went from the small of my back to my cheeks. I bit my bottom lip to keep from tearing up further, "Can we talk privately somewhere?" "Yeah…" he dragged out, probably thinking the worst, but I needed to get it out.

He grabbed my hand and led me to a bench that faced the setting sun. The Gremlin guy was making out with a scarecrow dressed like a woman, but it didn't distract me from how I was feeling.

We sat down and Andy immediately grabbed my hands, looking at me intently and waiting for me to talk. I couldn't look at him in the face, so I just stared at our adjoined hands.

"Spending this time with you has been amazing. But I know that you have to go back home tomorrow…so I can understand if today is…it, for us."

"Oh, Kate…" He grabbed my face and kissed me hard, and it threw me for a loop.

"Look at me," he said seriously. I finally got the nerve to look him in the eye. "You're the best thing to happen to me in a long time, Kate. It's only been a day but I'm falling for you so hard it's making my head spin and I'm trying to figure out how to deal with it."

"Ditto," My grin cracked my face wide open that my cheeks were hurting. With one more kiss, he stood up and reached for my hands. "Come on, you owe me a dance." His smile was infectious and I always wanted him to look at me that way.

Leaving the wedding a few hours later, Darryl and Andy were talking about a party in the warehouse of Dunder Mifflin. They were giving the Toby guy guff for 6:30 being late, but talked him into going too. We slipped into Andy's rental and left Schrute Farms.

"You should go spend time with your friends. You can drop me off at home." I grabbed his hand that was resting on the shift knob. He looked a little disappointed, "You don't want to come see where the magic happened?" I smiled, "Do you want me to know about all the magic?"

He hissed through his teeth as he turned back into the city limits, "Well, maybe not all of it."

I giggled.

"You sure you don't want to go?" He asked one more time.

"Yeah, go have fun with your friends."

He dropped me off at the house and I waved him goodbye from the driveway. I prayed that this was his closing chapter and could move on completely.