Title: Every Girl's Checklist
Rating: K+ (for hypothetical "doing")
Disclaimer: I don't even own the idea for this one... That belongs to the singular OverkillKiller7.
A/N: So here we are. Been a long, strange journey, my friends. This series is just... everything I could have hoped for and more. Gah, I really don't have a life, do I? Season Two fic for ya all...
Pam and Kelly ended up sequestered in the break room for lunch the day after The Great Office Fire of Aught Five, as the kitchen was still unappetizingly acrid.
"How crazy was that yesterday? Playing 'Who Would You Do?' in the parking lot... I wish work was actually fun like that every day," Kelly said nostalgically over her carrot sticks.
Pam just nodded, feeling slightly flushed. Nodding wasn't really lying, right?
"I can't believe you didn't say Jim," Kelly continued.
Pam choked a little on her yogurt. "...He's my friend," she managed. "I... don't really think of him that way." Yeah, sometimes for two or three minutes at a time, even.
Kelly laughed. 'Geez, Pam, it's just 'Who Would You Do?' It's not like it means anything."
"Okay." Then, in a smaller voice, "I'd do Jim."
Kelly smiled victoriously. "I knew it.'
"What?"
"I'd totally do that hot temp. Mmm..."
"You'd have to fight Michael for him," Pam muttered.
"He's so cute... I can totally see myself having babies with him."
Pam gave her an odd look. "You barely know him."
"But oh my God, our kids would be so adorable! Can you even imagine it, Pam? 'Cause I can."
"But the guy you marry... he should be... you know..."
"What do I know?"
"Nice. And caring. And good with kids." Pam didn't know much about Ryan either, but he looked like the kind of guy a kid could tear apart in about three seconds flat.
"Yeah, totally. And hot. Because I would die if I had ugly kids."
Pam frowned. "That's not really that important. If he's hot, I mean." She wasn't even going to touch that last statement. "So long as he's nice."
"But cute, at least?"
"Yeah. Cute's good."
"And smart," Kelly said unexpectedly.
"Uh-huh." Pam said, pleasantly surprised. For once.
"And a good listener," Kelly added with great import.
"That would be... perfect for you."
"I know. I bet Ryan's a good listener..."
Pam sighed a little inside. "Probably."
"But... The perfect guy doesn't really exist. Like, I was reading in Cosmo how you shouldn't just look for some awesome guy that's everything on your checklist. You should just, like, give people a chance."
Pam nodded, heretofore unaware of the breath of philosophical insights to be gleaned from Cosmo.
"You're so lucky you have Roy, though."
"Yeah." Oh, she was lucky.
So... lucky.
A/N II: So... This is based off OverkillKiller7's prompy of "Maybe something about how Jim is something a girl would want in a more obvious way, but Toby is possibly better for someone like Pam or Kelly in a more subtle way." Apparantly, I get to keep my fingertips and teeth, so I guess I did a pretty good job...
Well, cue up the tearful music, 'cause this is goodbye, folks! I kinda feel weird. This collection's been running for nearly the entire duration of my active involvement in this fandom. And now I've just moved past it. Sigh.
Well, a million thanks to everyone who brightened my days with reveiws and admissions that they think Toby is at least one-tenth as awesome to them as he is to me.
