The paper salesman

The dinner party

I sat at my desk, writing out my sales.

"Jim, Y/N, can I see you in my office?" Michael asked. Jim and I looked at each other.

"Are we in trouble?" Jim asked.

"No, no, I just wanna talk to you." Michael shrugged before walking back into his office. Jim sighed and looked at me as we stood up and headed into his office.

"So, what's this about?" Jim asked, shoving his hands into his trouser pockets.

"Jan and I would like to invite you guys over for dinner on Friday." Michael smiled. Jim's eyes widened, as did mine as we looked at each other.

"Oh, we can't, we have that...thing." Jim spoke, raising his eyebrows at me. I nodded.

"Yeah, we, um, we're going to see a movie with another couple friend of ours." I lied.

"Nice." Jim whispered.

"Just rearrange. Jan is making her famous chilli." Michael smiled.

"Sorry, Michael, we really can't shift our plans." Jim smiled sheepishly. Michael sighed.

"Fine. We can rearrange." He mumbled. Jim and I smiled at each other as we started to leave.

"Oh, by the way, you guys got any plans this weekend?" Michael asked.

"Nah, we're pretty much free-."

"Jim!" I exclaimed. His eyes widened as he realised.

"Crap." He sighed. I returned it and held my hand to my head.

"Ah hah! I knew you guys were lying! Now, since you don't have any real plans, I'll see you on Friday at seven." Michael smiled. I looked at Jim with pleading eyes.

"We'll be there." Jim chuckled nervously, making my eyes widen at him.

"Great." Michael laughed. I looked up at Jim.

"I know, I know." He sighed, gently putting his hand on my lower back and guiding me out of the office before shutting the door.

"We've been together for about thirteen months, and in that time, Michael has asked us over for dinner about thirty times." Jim nodded, looking at me. I returned it and sighed.

"We've used every excuse in the book. Jim's sick, I'm sick, a parent is sick, a brother has just had a baby, we have tickets to something, all of them." I spoke.

"The only one we haven't used is that Y/N is having morning sickness, which we can't use obviously because she's not pregnant." Jim chuckled.

"Yeah, that's a no go." I sighed.

"Well, it's a no go until I propose." Jim shrugged as he looked at me. My eyes widened slightly as I looked at him.

"What did you just say?" I scoffed.

"I said we can't use the pregnancy excuse until I've proposed." He nodded. I chuckled and shook my head.

"Good joke, Halpert." I smiled.

"It's not a joke. I'm proposing, you'll just never know when." He chuckled. I returned it and shook my head as I looked into the camera.

"He's so full of it." I chuckled, making Jim smile.

Jim's P.O.V

"I wasn't joking." Jim smiled into the camera.

"I don't have the ring on me right now, but I'm going to propose to Y/N." he admitted, nodding as his smile widened.

"We've been dating for just over a year, I know it's kinda quick but...I've been in love with her for three years." He scoffed and shook his head, tears pricking his eyes.

"I'm just waiting for the right time. I don't wanna wait for a year and a half because that's still months away, but I'm waiting for a good time." He smiled.

Y/N's P.O.V

"It's not too late to turn the car around." I groaned.

"I think it is, babe." Jim chuckled as he pulled up to Michael's condo. I groaned again as we got out of the car.

"It'll be good. A dinner party with Michael, Jan, Andy and Angela will be fun." He smiled as he took my hand. I looked at him.

"You've worked with them for longer than I have, you should know that those names don't belong in the same sentence as the word fun." I spoke, making him laugh.

"I love you." He chuckled, making me smile as he kissed my head before knocking on the door.

"So, who wants to play some party games?" Jan smiled as Andy and Angela sat down.

"Oh god." Jim mumbled as he put his arm around me.

"Tuna, what's the haps?" Andy smiled as he sat next to Jim.

"Oh, you know, just getting hungry and wishing I was somewhere else." He nodded, making Andy laugh.

"Yeah, Jan, when is dinner? It's already 7:30." I chuckled. She looked at me.

"You know, Y/N, in some parts of Spain, they don't start dinner until midnight." She smiled as she handed me a glass of wine. My eyes widened and I looked at Jim, making him gulp.

"This chilli is lovely, babe." Michael smiled at Jan as we ate.

"Thank you, it was marinating in the sauce for five hours." Jan chuckled. I gulped and put down my fork as I felt increasingly ill.

"You okay babe?" Jim mumbled, putting his hand on my back.

"Yeah, Y/N, you look kinda pale." Andy spoke.

"I'm fine, I must have eaten something dodgy." I nodded, giving Jim a reassuring smile.

"You mean like my food?" Jan smiled at me. My eyes widened.

"Oh, god no, Jan, that's not what I meant-excuse me." I spoke as I shot up and rushed to the bathroom.

"Y/N?" Jim yelled after me. I rushed into the bathroom and threw the toilet seat open before throwing up into the bowl. I sighed as I stood up and wiped my mouth.

"Hey, you okay?" Jim gulped as he appeared at the door.

"I'm sure I'm fine. I think I've just eaten something dodgy." I lied, giving him a reassuring smile. He nodded and looked at me.

"Okay, well, we can go home if you want." He spoke.

"I'll be okay." I shrugged.

"Wrong answer." He chuckled, making me smile as he kissed my head before walking away. I sighed and looked into the camera.

"I think I might be pregnant." I admitted, sighing and fiddling with my fingers.