this chapter's p short
title taken from: "Spanish Sahara" by Total Life Forever
text.
sent 06:58
TO: Jim Halpert, Kelly Kapoor, 8 others
FROM: Pam
merry christmas everyone!
sent 10:04
TO: Pam, Kelly Kapoor, Ryan Howard, 11 others
FROM: Jim Halpert
happy christmas :)
sent 23:51
TO: Jim Halpert
FROM: Pam
hope you had a nice christmas day
read 23:52
sent 23:55
TO: Pam
FROM: Jim Halpert
you said that already
read 23:55
sent 23:56
TO: Pam
FROM: Jim Halpert
;)
read 23:56
sent 23:56
TO: Jim Halpert
FROM: Pam
i know, but it was a group text
read 23:57
sent 00:00
TO: Pam
FROM: Jim Halpert
well then. thank you :)
read 00:03
sent 00:05
TO: Jim Halpert
FROM: Pam
you're welcome :)
read 00:05
sent 00:06
TO: Pam
FROM: Jim Halpert
gtg now, sorry. waking up early tomorrow so need to catch some zzzzzzzz
read 00:08
sent 00:09
TO: Jim Halpert
FROM: Pam
oh okay. night :)
read 00:11
sent 00:15
TO: Pam
FROM: Jim Halpert
night
read 00:16
When Pam awoke the day after what had been a relatively successful Christmas, it was almost noon.
She toed on her slippers and retrieved the wine glass from her desk, swirling the red dregs around lazily and feeling for her cell phone in her pocket as she made her way from her bedroom to the kitchen.
"Hey, there." She addressed her sister, who presently was draped over the couch cushions, eyes glued to the TV.
"Mmmph." Emily groaned. "Too early for social interaction."
"I see." Pam took that as a request to turn on the coffee machine. "What's on TV?"
"Reruns." Emily replied, lifting an arm to change channels restlessly. "Too early for anything good."
"Ah." While she waited for the coffee machine to beep, she mindlessly flicked through the texts on her phone. There weren't any new ones, not since the miniature conversation last night with Jim, but nevertheless, she reread the texts anyway.
Although it was the first conversation they had had in quite a while, it still made her feel optimistic - it felt normal, right. Like the events after the Christmas party never happened.
(Which was what she wanted.)
(Right?)