Chapter 13- Skipping

Author's Note- Hi everybody! Sorry that I haven't updated in so long, I feel terrible :(. I kind of forgot because I was really busy with my Glee stories. I'm on break right now, so I'll really try to update every few days. Here's the chapter, enjoy! ;)

"Bye Mom," Pam waved, as she walked down her driveway to Roy's car. Pam got into the Mustang and smiled at her boyfriend.

"Hey beautiful," Roy greeted, as he backed out of the driveway.

Pam blushed. "I was thinking about what you said last night and…maybe we could skip, well, just for today. I have a math test that I'm not really looking forward to."

"Really? This is great! I'll call Jake, Tyler, and Xavier and tell them to bring their girls to the mall," Roy said, pulling out his phone. Usually Pam would say something about driving while talking on the phone but she was too excited to say anything. After all, Pam was popular now…and skipping school was just one of the things that popular kids got away with.

"Okay, they're going to meet us there," Roy explained, smiling.

"Do you guys skip a lot?" Pam asked.

"Uh, sometimes. Is that a problem?" Roy replied, concerned.

"No! No, I mean I am coming with you," Pam joked. All thoughts of Jim were erased from her mind; this may have been the first time she had gone a few hours without thinking about him.

"Oh, okay, cool. How are you getting along with the girls?" Roy questioned.

"Great, they're so nice," Pam gushed. It was true, since Pam had started dating Roy; her and the girls had become close friends. They now walked the halls together, talked on the phone, texted and IMed constantly.

Jim walked into his first hour math class to find that Pam wasn't there. He thought this was weird because he was just talking to her last night…she didn't say anything about being sick. Jim tapped Mark who was sitting next to him. "Mark, do you know if Pam's here?"

Mark glanced around the room. "Uh, she's not."

Jim rolled his eyes, he knew that. "I meant, is she sick?"

"How would I know? You're her best friend," Mark replied.

"Are Roy and his posse here today?" Jim sighed.

"Uh, no, none of them are here and their girlfriends are gone too." Mark began copying Jim's homework from last night.

Jim ran a hand through his unruly hair as the realization set in. All of them must've skipped together, there was no way they were all sick. "Hey! I think I know what happened…they probably all skipped!" Mark declared.

"I realized that," Jim grumbled.

"Will the store clerks notice that we're supposed to be in school?" Pam asked, cautiously.

"Not if they want tickets to our basketball games," Tyler laughed.

"Relax, you've got nothing to worry about, Pammy," Roy assured her. He took her hand as they walked into Abercrombie.

"Oh, this would look soooo hot on you, Pam!" Julie squealed, holding up a pair of hot pink skinny jeans. They looked like they would be skin-tight. Pam had never really worn anything like that to school before.

"Yeah, those look good," Pam agreed, surprising herself.

"I'm gonna go with the guys to look for some shirts," Roy said, giving her a quick kiss before walking to the other side of the store.

"Um, how much do those cost?" Pam asked, admiring the jeans.

Julie checked the tag. "Fifty."

"Dollars?" Pam repeated. Most of her jeans cost twenty at the most.

"Duh, what else," Maggie laughed. She leaned over, "Unless you would rather it be free."

"What?" Pam asked, not catching on.

"You can just go to the dressing room and stuff it in your bag…I do it all the time. Haven't paid for clothes in nearly three years," Maggie explained, smirking.

Pam's green eyes grew wide. She knew that was against the law. "I-I…"

"You don't have to…actually just don't," Grace assured her, ignoring Maggie. Pam nodded, smiling. Grace was the one she trusted the most, she was the one who helped her at the party. "Maggie's the only one who does that," she whispered once the other two were ahead.

"Oh, okay," Pam replied, not knowing what else to say. "So, what do you really think of these pants?"

"The teal ones would look better on you," Grace said, holding up a pair equally as tight.

Pam placed down the pink ones and grabbed the blue ones instead. The girls quickly caught up to Julie and Maggie. "Ooh, I just love this shirt," Julie squealed, clutching a loose, off the shoulder tee that would definitely show a lot of skin.

"Yeah, it's cute," Pam added, hopefully. Julie turned to face her, smiling.

"You should get one," Julie suggested. "I'll pay."

"Seriously?" Pam asked, incredulous.

"Yeah, I have a $200 gift card. I'll get you three shirts of my choice if you get those pants."

"In teal?" Pam asked, hopefully.

Julie laughed. "Sure."

After Julie and the girls picked out a few open tops for Pam, they went to the cash register and met the boys. Pam had already paid for the pants and Julie was paying for their stuff right now. "Where's Maggie?" Jake asked.

"She's…you know…in the dressing room," Julie offered, glancing at the dressing room stalls.

"Oh, yeah, well she better hurry up," Jake replied, shuffling his feet.

"You know, she can catch up with us. I don't want to get involved in her issues," Grace declared, taking Tyler by the hand and dragging him out the door.

"Yeah, come on, babe. I don't feel like getting arrested," Roy agreed, as he and Pam walked out of the store. Julie and Xavier quickly followed, leaving Jake in the store and Maggie in the dressing room.

Jim sat down at his lunch table next to Mark. A few of Pam's old friends were there but instead of sitting with the boys like they usually did, they were off in the corner. "So, did you and Pam stop fighting yet?" Mark asked, peeling a banana.

"Yeah, she apologized over IM."

"Cool. What do you think of her dating Roy?" Mark raised an eyebrow at his friend.

"It's not any of my business," Jim replied. Truthfully, he hated that she was dating Roy.

"Defensive much?" Mark laughed.

"Whatever, I really don't care." Jim glanced over to Pam's old friends and wondered what they could be talking about. Jim strained his ears and caught snippets of the conversation.

"I miss Pam," one girl said.

"I can't believe she left us for those blonde bimbos and Roy," another complained.

"I actually don't blame her," the last voice said. "Roy's hot. He's quarterback of the football team and plays basketball, hello? Total jock and you know what jocks come with…abs. Face it, Roy is everything Jim isn't. He has abs, popularity, tons of girls vying for his attention, and a real sense of humor."

"I thought Jim was kind of funny with his pranks," the second voice argued.

"His pranks are funny for a kindergartner. Jim needs to grow up," the first voice laughed.

Jim's cheeks burned and he scooped up his lunch bag and chucked into the garbage can with so much force that the can nearly toppled over. Jim stormed out of the lunchroom and ignored Mark's cries asking where he was going.

"Hey, it's already three," Julie announced.

"We should head back before basketball starts, man," Tyler agreed.

"Wait…what about Maggie and Jake? We still haven't heard from them," Pam interjected. She didn't want to be a party pooper but they hadn't seen the two since they left them in Abercrombie.

"I'll text Jake," Roy suggested, pulling out his phone.

"What if Maggie got caught stealing?" Pam asked, worrying.

"She wouldn't…she's practically a pro, Mags does it all the time," Xavier replied, though he too was worried.

"Yeah, what if she got arrested?" Grace wondered.

"Jake replied!" Roy said, almost yelling. "He says; Emergency! A store alarm went off when Mags and I were going. The police were called and Mags is down at the station right now. I didn't get in trouble, they just took me home and told mom that I was ditching. I don't think Mags will get arrested but I'm worried, man."

"Oh my God!" Julie squealed.

"What will happen? Will she get arrested? I- on my God!" Pam stammered.

Roy shrugged. "If they took her to the station…they're probably just holding her there for a few hours."

"Yeah…" Tyler quietly agreed.

"It's not a big deal. Last year when the guys and I got hammered, they took us down to the station. Our parents just had to pick us up," Roy shared, calmly.

Grace shot Tyler a look. "I wasn't there," he admitted.

"Yeah, it was just me, Roy, and Jake," Xavier explained.

"Oh cool," Pam added, surprising herself.

"Let's go home," Grace suggested, already dragging Tyler to the mall's exit.

"Can we stay a bit longer?" Pam asked, smiling at Roy.

"No," Grace said, firmly. "I don't want to get in any more trouble."

"Yeah, we should split," Roy agreed.

The teens said their goodbyes and headed back to their carpools. "This was so fun," Pam gushed.

"Yeah, sorry about Maggie getting in trouble, that usually never happens," Roy apologized.

"It's cool. Skipping was fun…hanging out with you is fun," Pam smiled.

"I'm glad you think that." Roy pulled into Pam's driveway and unbuckled his seatbelt. Roy leaned over and started kissing Pam. Pam melted under his kiss and deepened it. Mrs. Beesly peered out the window and nearly screamed at the sight.

Pam's mom opened the front door. "Pam! Get in the house right now!"

Roy nearly jumped at the sound of this and his elbow crashed onto the car's horn, causing it to beep for a few long seconds. "Sorry," he said, an innocent smile crossing his lips.

"It's okay," Pam laughed. "My mom's just a little overprotective."

"I'd be overprotective too if I had a daughter that looked like you," Roy smirked.

Pam blushed. "I would totally kiss you but…" she pointed to the door.

"Yeah, I'll text you as soon as I get home," Roy promised.

"Okay, bye," Pam waved, getting out of the car.

As Roy backed out of their driveway, only one thought enter his mind…what on earth was happening to Pam Beesly? Not that he minded, though.

So what did you think? Good or bad? Boring or interesting? Like I said, I'm on break so I'll really try to update more often. The next chapter will have some Jim/Pam drama though, just warning you. Please leave a review, I love hearing what you guys think. Seriously, though, not a lot of people are reviewing and that's what fuels my writing. Would any of you be interested on like a two-shot alternative ending to 'Casino Night'? R&R! ;)