"Jim what could you possibly be looking at?" asked Dwight, as he shuffled through his papers. "Hm, what? oh nothing" Jim mumbled quickly, turning back to his computer screen. Dwight huffed, muttering "imbecile" under his breath. Jim smiled at this. Pam who sits next to Jim made a small noise, alerting Jim. "What Beesly?" asked Jim, his eyebrows raised at his good friend. "Oh nothing" said Pam with a smirk on her face, even though she was trying to act as nonchalant as possible. At this point even Dwight had gained interest in what Pam might have to say. Jim raised his eyebrows at her, she signaled to him to go to the break room. Jim huffed, pretending to be annoyed, but still made his way to the break room following Pam.
"So what can I help with you with?" asked Jim as he sat down. "Well I have been thinking..." started Pam. "Uh oh" said Jim putting his hands up. "Shut up Jim" laughed Pam, "I am trying to tell you something really important!" "Okay, okay I am listening" said Jim putting his most serious face on. "So this has been the third time just today that Dwight has caught you staring at him. What's up with that?" asked Pam. "W-what do you mean?" asked Jim an incredulous look on his face. He felt his face heat up from Pam's intense, questioning gaze. His legs appeared to be out of his control as they moved restlessly, and even hit the table causing it to shake. Jim closed his eyes when the table shook, this was not looking good for him. Pam reached over to hold Jim's hand. "You don't have to tell me anything, I just want you to know I am here for you" Pam gently stated to her friend. Jim opened his eyes, a sigh escaping his mouth. He was silent for a second. Did he want to tell Pam something he had just discovered himself the weekend before? or did he want to carry the burden of his secret? Pam just smiled at him, reassuring him.
"Okay, um wow I guess I am going to tell you something really important or well it's not important just..." Jim scrambled trying to think of the best way to tell his best friend that he may or may not have a crush on the person deemed as his "enemy."Pam stifled a laugh as she waited for Jim to tell her the big secret. "Haha okay wow it's just you I am talking to I need to calm down" laughed Jim, brushing his hair back. Pam gasped "oh wow just me huh", Jim laughed, rolling his eyes. "You know what I mean, shut up" Jim said. The atmosphere started to feel lighter and Jim felt less nauseous then he had a couple minutes ago. Jim smiled at Pam before speaking, "I am going to be honest with you. I like Dwight and I don't know when it happened, but I noticed I literally spend hours and hours just looking at him and seeing what he's doing. I always thought it was just for pranks, but all of a sudden it wasn't." Pam looked at Jim, a sudden smile appearing on her face. "Aw Jim! that is so cute, what are you going to do about it?" asked Pam, her eyes gleaming. Jim laughed, but a defeated expression was on his face. He shrugged saying "what can I do? I am his sworn enemy and if I even tried to tell him I like him, he'd make fun of me or not believe me." Pam contemplated this and realized that Jim was partially right, but this could not be it. "Jim you always go for things, if you like him enough I still think you should try." Jim looked up at her, processing her words. She was right, but the thought of this all blowing up in his face was haunting him and he told her so. Pam was resolved in wanting Jim to talk with Dwight, "I think you should do it, you might be surprised" she said with her eyebrows raised. Jim sat back, "okay i'll see, but if this all blows up I'm blaming you Beesly" Jim teased. Pam clapped and said "yay!" The two got up, making their way out of the break room, with a quick little hug. When they got to their desks, Jim whispered "thank you" again to Pam and she nodded, a small smile on both of their faces.
Dwight was on edge about this whole thing. Pam and Jim had been in the break room for more than 15 minutes, they or Jim specifically were probably planning a prank on him and he probably roped Pam in to help him. Dwight kept looking over his shoulder, squinting at the two of them. Jim looked up at Dwight, asking him if he is okay? Dwight just sneered and said "you tell me?" Jim looked back at him confused and said "I don't know Dwight I'm not in your head" with a small chuckle. Dwight glared at him and returned to his work, still suspicious and anxious to just get the prank over with.
The end of the day arrived and still no prank. Dwight had spent the rest of the day at his desk, not even taking a bathroom break in fear of what the prank might be. 5 o'clock could not have come sooner for him, so he quickly packed up, making sure everything in his bag was the same as it was this morning when he had packed it. Jim and Pam packed up too, Jim was trying to wait for Dwight so that they could all walk out together, but the older man stayed at his desk for he thought by doing so the prank would not come if Jim already left. Jim sighed quietly, before starting to make his way out with Pam. Grabbing his jacket off the coat hanger, Jim decided to start somewhere with his crush. "Night Dwight, see you tomorrow" Jim said with a smile to Dwight. Dwight scowled, but muttered a "night." As they made their way out, Pam bumped his shoulder and said "that's a start isn't it?" Jim nodded and smiled "yeah I guess so." They both said goodnight to each other, Jim hopped into his car, ready to just relax after a long day. He made up his mind in the car, he would try and have a relationship with Dwight and to do this first he would have to become friends with him. Jim snorted at this, it'll be a who knows how long time for Jim before he will be at peace again. With that he started his car and made his way home.
