They all walked into the crowded Steamtown Mall when a blast of warm air hit Karen's body. Ah, she thought. The hairs stood up on her arms and chills went down her spine. That warmth did felt so good. It had been cold as ice outside, even in Meredith's van.

"Hey, is anyone hungry now? Because I am," said Michael. "Come on, let's go to the food court," he finished saying, obviously not letting anyone answer his question. Micheal got on the escalator leading to the second floor, where the food court was, and all the women followed him. Karen was the last one on the escalator and when she was half-way up she could see how indeed crowded the mall was. It must have been winter break for the kids. There were tons of them at the mall today.

When she finally got on the second floor, she could already see Micheal saving a table for them and when they all sat down and told him what they wanted to eat, he got in line. When he finally got back, he started conversing with them. "So, let's dish," he said. Karen looked to her co-workers and she saw that they were, in fact, uncomfortable with this. She took a sip of her drink; an unsweetened iced tea. "What do you want to dish about?" asked Pam. "Anything you guys want. This is your time, " replied Micheal.

Everyone remained quiet and it got awkward. Karen tried look anywhere else but at Micheal. She even briefly locked eyes with Pam, but she quickly looked away. So did Pam.

Out of the blue, Micheal asked, "What is a Pap smear? Or is it shmear?" Karen couldn't believe that Micheal had asked that and she could see that he was truly enjoying himself, while Angela looked like she wanted to slap Micheal. Her look almost made Karen choke on the chips she was eating.

"Okay, new topic, " said Pam. She turned to Kelly. "How are things with Ryan?"

"Awesome," replied Kelly, "awful, I mean," contradicting herself. Karen just looked at Kelly. She couldn't believe how incredibly stupid one person could be. Kelly was such a Barbie doll wannabe.

"So, what do you think of role play?" asked Micheal, cutting off Kelly. "Well, it can be fun," replied Phyllis, a smile spreading across her face. All of sudden, Karen imagined a scenario that Phyllis and Bob Vance could role-play. Oh, God, why did she have to imagine that? I gonna be sick, she thought. "Well," continued Micheal, "Jan has this schoolgirl fantasy."

She thought of her earlier boyfriends and how she played the role-played with them. She came to the conclusion that she never role-played with Jim, but they did have amazing sex. It was almost too good to be true. Besides, Jim wasn't the guy for role-play.

"Yeah," she found her-self saying, "that's a pretty common one."

"I, uh," Micheal was saying, staggering. " I...I just feel uncomfortable wearing the dress," he finished saying. Karen felt her eyes widened. She suddenly felt uncomfortable. Why would Jan do such a thing to a poor helpless man? she thought. "Okay," said Angela, "I'm going to the doll store." Creepy, Karen thought. Does she have a whole collection antique dolls?

"Micheal, you shouldn't be doing anything you're not comfortable with, " said Pam. Karen had to agree with her on this one. She still couldn't believe how sick Jan is. "Jan says that doesn't scare us is not worth doing," he replied. "I don't know," he continued, "Maybe we're different people. I like cuddling and spooning, and she likes videotaping us during sex." Oh yeah, Karen did that with her earlier boyfriends too, but not with Jim. Maybe she should try spicing their love life. They were getting dull in bed lately.

"And then we watch it back afterwards so I can improve my form," said Micheal. She thought she should say something, because she never treated her boyfriends like that, even if they were douchebags. "That is not healthy behavior," she said. "No, it's not that bad," exclaimed Micheal. His eyes were deceiving. "The worst part is that she shows it to her therapist," Micheal said. "Micheal," said Pam, "you need to get of this." Still, Micheal defended Jan, claiming it was a "woman thing." Karen found her-self shaking her head. That wasn't how women treated men. God, Micheal definitely needs help. Maybe this "Women's Appreciation Day" wasn't for them, but for him.

"Normal women don't do stuff like that," explained Pam. Karen found her-self nodding in agreement. Tears were starting to well up his eyes.

Pam suggested that Micheal should make a pros and cons list about Jan on a piece of napkin. He started reading the pros and then moved on the cons. Karen stopped dead in her tracks when he heard Micheal say "I'm unhappy when I'm with her." She thought of Jim and how he loved Pam for a very long time. It made her question about her relationship with Jim. What if he was unhappy with her and wanted to be with Pam instead?

"Micheal, you shouldn't be with someone who makes you unhappy," Pam said. "Well, um, I'm happy sometimes," he said. "Look," Karen said, "most relationships have their rough patches. You just have to push through it sometimes."

"Yeah, that's smart," Micheal said. "Maybe, but it sounds like you're just wrong for each other," explained Pam. Karen felt her anger and her sorrow boiling inside her. It was as if that explanation was directed to her and Jim. She looked at Pam, and she saw that Pam had indeed directed that to her. That bitch! How could she?! She wanted to gauge Pam's eyes out right there and then, but instead slowly sunk back down into her chair.

"I don't know what to do guys," said Micheal in a sad voice. Karen felt sad too. "I bet you know. Don't think, just answer. What do you want to do about Jan?" asked Phyllis forcefully and rapidly. "I want to break up with Jan, " answered Micheal. Karen felt her sink. Will Jim break up with her? "Wow," she heard Micheal said, "I wanna break up with Jan."

After lunch was consumed and after Angela rejoined the group, Micheal got some "no-calorie" yogurt, or so he claimed. "Oh, hey," he said, "I want to do something nice for you, because you did something nice for me earlier. I want you to go in there. I want you to buy one item on me as a thank you." Karen looked up from the tile and saw that they were standing in front of a Victoria's Secret.

Kelly rushed in and Karen wanted laugh again.

Karen found the best set of undies and bra. It was green and it had pink flowers on it with lace. She walked up to Phyllis, since she was the closest to Pam, and asked her opinion; it was payback. "Jim's gonna love it," said Phyllis.

Karen was truly enjoying her-self and she knew that Pam overheard. She walked over to lines and waited. Jim is definitely going to love this, she thought. He's in for a treat.