Honesty Is the Best Policy - Pam - PG

[bebitched]

Title: Honesty Is the Best Policy (And Other Stupid Sayings Pam Learns Might Not Be So Stupid After All)
Pairing/Characters: Pam (Pam/Jim, Pam/Roy)
Rating: PG
Word Count: 3373
Spoilers: To Beach Games, aka nothing recent
Summary: Pam's journey of self-discovery from post-Phyllis' Wedding to Beach Games.

It starts out small.

Pam’s perched on the

Comments

[bebitched]

Thanks! There are alot of great Pam-finds-herself stories out there and I'm so glad that you enjoyed this one.

[kyrafic]

Aw, I love Pam growing and being awesome on her own.

If anything she owes him for the blunt confessions that knocked her out of her trance. Pam resolves that sometime soon she’ll return the favor

Oooh, interesting.

[bebitched]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[greenfish]

This was very nicely written. It was hard to get myself to read it at first, because -- it's weird; it's hard to go back to a time where things weren't the way they should be, but then I read it and it really made me smile, because it really did take Pam's self-realization to make things right. And you captured that well.

[bebitched]

I know, I waited a while to post this and I'm also hesitant to return to the dark ages of Jam - and Pam - so I'm so glad that you took the time to read and review. Thanks!

[obsession_inc]

Oh, Pam. I'm still not over how overjoyed new!Pam made me, and how proud of her I am, and this is all of that gathered up and awesome. I cheered (very quietly, for there are other people around) when she told the guy that it was a no-smoking area, and again when she politely but firmly told Roy's mom that no, she wasn't sorry that she called off the wedding. GO, TEAM PAM!

I also love how you point out that while it took Jim years and years (and an upcoming wedding) to be truthful with Pam and snap her out of the half-life she was wandering in, but it took Pam less than a year to decide-- decide!, I love that-- to do the same for Jim. This makes me want to punch the air and make macho fighter noises. PAM!!

[bebitched]

Oh my god, LOL! I am mightily proud of Pam myself and I can't wait to see more of her growth in the future as well as the product of her already evolved life. Thank you so much for reading!

[sophia_helix]

This is lovely. I especially like the way you create a few moments outside of canon and outside of Jim, like sleeping naked with her hair wet and the phonecall with Roy's mom. It's hard to think of the second half of S3 fondly, but this kind of makes me do just that.

[bebitched]

Yeah, that was not a happy time. But I'm glad that I could turn it around, at least somewhat. Thanks!