Chapter 7
"Earl! Earl! Wake up, Earl!" Randy hurriedly shook me awake, "We're going to be late for work!"
I looked at the clock, and jumped out of bed, "Damn!"
"You get in the shower and I'll fix coffee," Randy told me. I followed his directions, and shortly after that we were in the El Camino.
It turned out that we weren't late for work that day, although we just made it on time. I was in such a hurry that I didn't notice Pam crying in the hallway, but Randy did.
"What's wrong, Pam?" Randy asked, concerned. He didn't like to see Pam upset.
Pam sniffled, "Roy cheated on me."
"That's awful. I'm sorry," Randy hugged her," But…hey, you know what?"
"What?" Pam blew her nose.
"Earl's ex-wife, Joy, cheated on him with Darnell, but now Earl and Darnell and Joy are all friends. So maybe…wait, you wouldn't want to be friends with Roy…would you?" Randy just knew that there was just something different about the friendship between Pam and Roy, and Joy and Cabman and I.
"I'll be right back," Randy told Pam. He ran into Michael's office.
"Hey Michael," Randy asked, "Do you have a radio that I could borrow?"
"Yeah," Michael gave Randy a radio.
Randy went back into the hallway and played "Time After Time" for Pam.
"Whenever someone breaks up with me," he told her, "I listen to this song. It cheers me up, and maybe it'll cheer you up, too."
Pam smiled, "Thanks, Randy."
She felt a little bit better.
At Dunder Mifflin, nothing stays a secret for long, and Roy's cheating on Pam was no exception. Over in accounting, Kevin had just gotten word of it.
"Wow," Kevin said in his usual flat tone, having no concept of volume whatsoever, "Now that's she's single, I will SO hit on that."
"Kevin!" Angela the disciplinarian harshly scolded him, "That is inappropriate!"
"What about Stacey?" Oscar, the voice of reason, reminded him.
"Oh, yeah," Kevin looked disappointed.
Angela to Camera:
"Yes, Roy slept with a girl that he met at Poor Richard's. How tragic. But I know what Dwi- my mate would never do anything like that.
To: Pam Beasley Jim Halpert heard about what happened with Roy and I'm sorry. I'm here if you need to talk.
-Jim
Jim to Camera:
I just sent Pam an email, and I really hope that I didn't make myself sound like an idiot.