It's always been you - Jim Halpert (Slow Updates)

Chapter 4 - Basketball

I'm on call, when I see Jim pull out a Jim bag from under his desk, then Ryan does the same thing, I look at Jim with a confused look, he mouths 'Basketball at me' I just roll my eyes at him and finish making my call. Dwight calls Michael and pull out his bag, I bite my lip to stop a laugh from coming out, I look at Jim and mouth to him 'Michael' and pull out my middle finger raising it in the arm, from across the room I hear Phyllis snort a laugh and Jim winks at me.

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"Today, Michael has challenged the warehouse guys to a friendly game of Basketball, who ever wins today game will not be working on Saturday. I have known Jim for a long time and he has told me all about his basketball skills, so I'm not worried for him but with Michael being on his team, I'm starting to worry." I play with my hair tie on my wrist will smiling towards the camera.

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I'm sitting at my desk when Michael points to Stanley to join his team, I rest my head down in my arms and quietly laugh to myself, Phyllis also offers to play, I shout that she should always play, She sends me a big smile, I just wink in her direction, I feel eyes on me and when I turn to see Jim I raise my eyebrow at him, He pulls his hands in defence mood and smiles at me. I can see Michael shrug her off and stand up with an angry expression, ready to punch Michael in the face, when Jim put his hand out and pulls my arm back to sit at his desk. secretly rubbing his hand up and down my arm in a comforting manner. Dwight is trying hard to get on the team that he empties out his pens and throws his pen holder towards the bin where he misses, I kick Jim in the leg and reach over to scrunch a ball of paper in my hand and do the same, It goes in, I have the most surprise look on my face, I didn't think would do that. I look at Jim in disbelief but we both have the same emotion on.

I'm spend time watching Oscar and Kevin throws rubbish into the bins and gets in straight a way, I send them a quiet applause. Michael walks up to me and ask if I want to be a cheerleader with Pam. I look over at her and give her an eye roll when I tell him no. Jim offers which makes me laugh and so does Phyllis but as soon as Michael says Yuck. Jim rolls his chair to me because he knows I'm going to beat him up, Michael can see the angry on my face and steps back and comes up with an alternate for Phyllis. I'm in front of the vender machine looking for something to eat when Jim stands next to me.

"We are about to start playing in a bit are you coming down to watch?" "Yes, I'm just hungry so I'll grab something. Get you some water and I'll be down, I would say good luck by I don't think you will need it, but just in case." I pull of (Your favourite colour) Scrunchy, grab Jim's arm placing it on his wrist. "For Good Luck." Jim smiles at me, hugs me and heads out of the kitchen, I finally find something to eat and grab a water bottle for Jim, when Michael appears in front of me with looks like a cheerleader outfit, he shoves it in to my hands and runs away. I stare at the outfit in my hands and throw it onto the table, did he really think I would wear this.

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"Basketball, Kind of my thing in High school, I'm looking forward to playing. I think I'm going to impress a few people in here. Plus I have my Lucky charm so I don't think I have anything to worry about." He hold up his right wrist showing the scrunchy the sit perfectly on his wrist. moving his wrist left and right to show the camera with a smile on his face they shows his teeth.

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I head down to the warehouse to see Jim not looking towards Pam and Roy making out, I walk over to him and tab his shoulder, I give him a big hug and wish him luck, he pulls his wrist to your face and says don't need it before walking on the court. I pull out two chairs for me and Pam to sit on while we watch the game and I tell her about Michael getting me a outfit to wear, which she tells me so didn't get one. We are talking about what we are going to do on Saturday and I share my bag of crips with her, while we wait for the game to start. I look over to see Dwight taking off his shirt and almost gag, I look over at Jim to see him mocking him but going to pull his top up, My breathe catches in my throat as I see the hair trail that leads under his shorts. Is it hot in here.

I watching the game and when Jim scores I stand up and cheer loudly, which he sends a wink my way and holds up his wrist to show my scrunchy still attached to it. Dwight also scores and I cheer for him, which he send an approved nod my way and I smile at him giving him a thumbs up. Michael is losing badly and I could see it in his face. I know we all work here together but I want Jim's team to win of course I do, so I leave the warehouse unnoticed and head up to the vender machine where the cheerlead outfit still is, I grab it and head to the bathrooms, I put it on and pull my hair into a ponytail, when I look into the mirror making sure it looks good I head back downstairs, As I walk in I hear Phyllis whistle at me, I see Kevin with his mouth hung open and Pam has a surprise look on her face. When the boys hear Phyllis they turn to look in my direction, I can see Michael face light up at me, I look in Jim's direction but he eyes are so big, I think they might fall out. I give him a little twirl showing my full outfit and its like his frozen in time. I shou 'Let's play ball' Jim comes back from reality and heads straight to the court. He plays good but I see Roy elbow him in the face, I grab him a bottle of water and head over to him. He grabs it from me rinsing his mouth out. He rubs his back in confronting manner and tells me his is okay. I flip off Roy and send an apologetic look to Pam.

I'm watching Jim and Roy and there immature game, I know why there doing this, so I just slide into my seat and pull a chocolate bar from my waist bag getting ready to eat until Kevin sits next to me staring. I break it in half and hand him one side, which he side hugs me and leaves me in piece. I wonder over to Oscar to see him working as I take a seat with him. I hand him over a bottle of water and he looks over at me sending me a small smile, I take his news paper and read it to distracted myself from the game. I look over to see Phyllis taking a shot and it goes straight in, I stand up and loudly cheer for her, running up to hug her. She makes me so proud. We are in the lead when Michael gets hit in the face. I'm not I shouldn't laugh but I try not too. The game ends and Michael tells the guys there working but they gang up on him, so he says we are, I'm so disappoint. I sit and watch Kevin throw basket after basket and he is super good, maybe it was because of the chocolate earlier.

Everyone starts to leave and Me and Jim are left alone. "I told you, you didn't need good luck" "Of course I didn't I had something better" He raises his wrist to show my scrunchy on it and I laugh at him, I pick the ball up from the floor and line up to shoot but I miss. "Let me help." Jim comes and stands behind me, he puts his hands on my waist and turns me into the correct stance, he moves his hands down my arm to my hand and places them directly in the right place. He learns his head forward so that his lips are right next to me ear. "Bend your knees slightly, look at the box in the back and shoot" He is so close to my face I can feel his breathe on my skin. I try to focus on the back board that is above my head, I close my arms and enjoy the closeness of the two of us as Jim moves his hands back down to sit onto my waist.

I take a deep breathe and re-open my eyes, I bend my knee slightly raise my arms a bit into the air and the I thrust the ball. We watching it go flying in the air, like we are in some slow motion movie, It hits the middle of the black box and straight into the net. I turn around and throw my arms around him smiling brightly and he picks me up and spins me in the air. "That's how you do it, That's my Girl." We are both laughing together while I'm currently being spun in the air, until we hear a someone clearing their throat and interrupting our moment, I look over to see Phyllis standing there. I look back at Jim and our noses brush against each other, we both clear our throats as I reluctantly pull away from him and go over to Phyllis, She gives me a certain look but I just shake my head at her and walk out of the warehouse and back upstairs to finish of some last minute work before heading home. Jim eyes follow us until me and Phyllis both have left. The camera stay pointed at his face, when he turns around to give the camera a polite smile, while he cheeks have a very prompt blush on them, he shakes his hand while looking to the floor and goes to grab his bag, letting out a big breathe, he pulls his bag on his shoulder and beings to head upstairs, he is not sure what had just happened a few seconds ago, but for some reason he wished Phyllis didn't come down looking for y/n.