I sighed as I unlocked my front door and hurried in out of the rain before shutting the door. I checked the time and sighed as my phone read 11:35. I turned the light on and my eyes widened as wedding magazines were spread out across the coffee table. I gulped as they were all open on the ring pages.

"Oh, hey, you're back." I looked up and sighed as Seth wandered down the hallway, rubbing his eye.

"Hey." I spoke.

"What took you so long to get home? You get off of work at five." He scoffed.

"I went to go visit my mom, you knew that." I spoke. He shrugged.

"Seth, what's all of this?" I asked, gesturing to the magazines. He smiled.

"I booked an appointment at the jewellery store tomorrow." He spoke. My eyebrows furrowed.

"What will we be doing there?" I asked. He looked at me and bit his lip.

"We'll be picking out an engagement ring, and then it'll be sized to fit you." He admitted, making my eyes widen as I gulped.

~Three hours later~

"I'm so sick of this, Seth! You always freaking do this!" I shouted.

"That's such a lie! You always start these fights! I wish that you'd just admit already that you're trying to sabotage this relationship so that you can be with Jim!" he yelled. My eyes widened at what he said.

"What?" I scoffed. He sighed and looked at me.

"Don't even try to lie to me, Y/N. I see the way that you look at him, and I see the way that he looks at you too. You're in love with each other, and everyone knows it except for you two." He spat. I gulped.

"That's not true, and even if it was, he has Pam-."

"Do you really think that Pam doesn't know?" he cut me off. I choked.

"She knows?" I asked.

"Of course she does. It's not just you, it's Jim too. He's been getting more and more distant since you got to the branch. She knows that he doesn't love her anymore, and she knows that he's in love with you. So do I." he nodded. I put my hand over my mouth in shock as a tear left my eye.

"I think that you should go." Seth mumbled. I gulped and nodded.

"I'm sorry, Seth. I really am." I choked before grabbing my coat and walking out.

I sat on the front step, hugging myself as the rain poured down. I gulped as I took my phone out with shaky hands and scrolled through my contacts, thinking about who I could call. I gulped as my finger stopped at one name. I sighed.

"Pam's going to kill me." I mumbled as I pressed call and held the phone to my ear.

Jim's P.O.V

Jim's eyes slowly opened as he heard a quiet buzzing sound.

"What the..." He mumbled, looking around with furrowed eyebrows. He looked at the time. 2:15. He sighed as he saw his phone ringing on his bedside table. He groaned before grabbing it and pressing the green button before putting it to his ear.

"Hello?" he yawned.

"It's me." His eyes immediately shot open.

"Hey, Y/N, is everything okay?" he asked as he sat up in bed, trying not to wake Pam.

"I'm so sorry to wake you up like this, but I think that Seth and I just broke up, and I got locked out because I forgot my purse and I'm currently sitting on our doorstep in the rain, and I didn't know who to call." She choked. Jim's heart filled with sadness at the sound of Y/N so upset.

"Okay, I'm on my way. Hang in there, I'll be there in ten minutes." He nodded as he got up and pulled his jeans on.

"I'm sorry, Jim, I never meant for this to happen, I'm sorry." She cried.

"Hey, hey, it's okay, don't worry about it, you know that I'd do anything for you." He reassured before looking down. There was a pause.

"Will Pam be okay with this?" Y/N sniffed. Jim sighed as he pulled his shoes on.

"It doesn't matter what she thinks. You're my best friend and you need me. Not to mention that I'm starting to get worried that you'll catch hypothermia from sitting out in the rain." He joked, making her laugh slightly.

"Thank you. See you soon." She spoke.

"See you soon, Y/N." Jim replied gently before hanging up.

"Jim?" he looked to the bed and sighed as Pam opened her eyes.

"What are you doing?" she yawned.

"Y/N and Seth broke up and she's locked out in the rain, so I'm going to go get her." He nodded. Pam's eyes widened as she sat up.

"What? Don't do that, come back to bed." She scoffed.

"No, she needs me." He spoke.

"Yeah, in more ways than one." She mumbled.

"Look, Pam, I'm not having this fight again, especially not at two in the morning." Jim sighed.

"I don't even know why she called you, it's her mess, she can get out of it-."

"Pam." Jim cut her off. She sighed.

"Y/N is my best friend. She's my best friend, she's just broken up with her boyfriend and she's currently sat in the cold, soaking wet. She needs me. And I'm going to be there for her." He spoke. She sighed and shook her head.

"See you later." He mumbled before leaving.

Y/N's P.O.V

Tears ran down my face as I remained sat on the doorstep, the rain still soaking me through. I had called Jim almost an hour ago and he still wasn't here. Maybe, he wasn't coming. Maybe, he didn't think of me as I thought he had. I choked and let more tears fall as I held my head in my hands.

"Y/N?" I looked up and choked again as Jim stood there. I slowly stood up.

"Jim, I'm so sorry." I choked.

"No, no, no." he shook his head as he rushed towards me and hugged me tightly. I cried into his shoulder, letting him cradle my head and pick me up slightly so that my toes were only just touching the ground.

"I'm sorry, Jim, I'm sorry, I messed everything up." I cried.

"Hey, don't you dare be sorry, this isn't your fault, you're okay, I've got you." He reassured, his hand against my hair as he gently put me down. I pulled away slightly but felt reassured by Jim's hands still on my back.

"Where are you staying tonight?" he asked gently, the rain pouring through his hair and then dripping onto me. But I didn't mind. I sighed and looked back at the house.

"I don't know. I moved in with Seth and sold my place, but then he said that he was planning to propose-."

"He was going to do what?" Jim scoffed. I sighed and looked up at him.

"He was going to ask me to marry him, Jim." I repeated. Jim sighed and looked at me with heartbroken eyes.

"What would you have said?" he asked quietly. I gulped and looked at him before looking back at the house.

"I have nowhere to go. My purse is still inside, and I don't want to go back in there. Well, I can't, my keys are in my purse and he won't let me in. I have nowhere to go and no money. Only my phone." I choked. Jim sighed and nodded before gently putting a hand on my back.

"Come on. We'll figure it out." He reassured. I sighed and nodded before letting him walk me to his car. He opened the car door for me, making me give him a small smile as I climbed in. He climbed in the drivers' seat and started the car.

"Where are we going?" I asked as he started to drive.

"Whenever Pam and I have a fight, which I admit is a lot these days, I always go out and buy myself the most sugar-filled ice cream that I can find. It always makes me feel better." He smiled, looking at me.

"That sounds incredible." I returned.

"Good. And then, once we've eaten so much ice cream that we feel like vomiting, we'll figure out where you're going to go for the night." He spoke, looking sympathetically at me. I sighed and looked down.

"First bit sounds amazing, the second bit, not so much." I sighed.

"I know. But remember, I'll be right here with you. I'm not going anywhere." He reassured, gently putting his spare hand on my knee and making me smile as I put my hand over his.

We sat in Jim's car, eating ice cream.

"So, how come you and Pam fight a lot?" I asked. Jim sighed and shrugged as he ate a spoonful of ice cream.

"We've just drifted apart, I guess. Before Pam broke up with Roy, we flirted constantly, and I guess the chase and the thrill of knowing that I couldn't have her but could still flirt was what kept it alive. And then, we didn't tell anyone about being together for months, so that kept the thrill going, the fact that we had to kind of sneak around. I don't know, I'm just not as in love with her as I used to be and I'm pretty sure that she feels the same way." He nodded, his eyes wavering as he looked down.

"I'm sorry, Jim." I sighed. He shrugged and gave me a half-hearted smile.

"It's okay. Wasn't your fault." He spoke. I gulped and looked down.

"That's not entirely true, though, is it?" I mumbled. Jim looked at me.

"What do you mean?" he chuckled slightly. I gulped and looked at him.

"Well, we kind of flirt, I guess, we sometimes hold hands, we're close. And I asked people around the office, they said that not only were you guys fine before I arrived but apparently, there's also a rumour going around that you're cheating on Pam with me." I scoffed. Jim sighed and put his spoon into his ice cream.

"Look, I'm not going to lie to you, things have been rocky since you arrived. But that isn't your fault. Truthfully, we've been having problems for about a year now. And whilst I think that you coming made that happen more, it's not necessarily a bad thing." He admitted. I looked at him, making him sigh.

"I love someone else now. I love Pam too, sure, but not in the way that I love this other person. I'm in love with this other person." He spoke, looking timidly at me. I sighed and nodded.

"Care to tell me who this special girl is?" I chuckled nervously, half wanting to hear the answer but half not wanting to. Jim chuckled and shook his head.

"She knows who she is." He nodded, looking at me and smiling. I returned it and looked down.

"Anyway, what happened with Seth? Why did you guys break up?" Jim asked, eating another spoonful of the ice cream. I sighed and looked down.

"As I said earlier, he was talking about proposing." I nodded, making Jim's eyes waver.

"I got home late, about half eleven, because I was visiting my mom after work. I came home to find loads of wedding magazines and ring magazines, which majorly freaked me out because he hadn't even bought a ring yet, let alone had me answer." I started, Jim nodding.

"He told me that he had booked an appointment at the jewellery store tomorrow to look for a ring and I got mad at him for not asking me about it or anything and it ended, hours later, in him saying that he knew I was in love with someone else and me leaving." I admitted.

"Damn. That's pretty heavy." He nodded. I returned it.

"So, who's this lucky guy?" he smiled, making me return it.

"He knows who he is." I replied, making him laugh and nod as he put his spoon back into his ice cream before putting the carton onto the dashboard.

"So, do you have anywhere that you can stay tonight?" he asked, looking at me. My smile faltered.

"Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have you over, but Pam was already pissed off enough at me for leaving at two in the morning, and I don't want to have another fight with her right now." He sighed.

"No, it's okay, but you guys are still living together?" I asked.

"Yeah. Officially we haven't broken up yet, and the "I'm keeping the house" is an argument that we've yet to have, so..." he chuckled. I returned it.

"Um, my mom lives about twenty minutes from here, if you're willing to drive." I gulped.

"Y/N, I've sat with you for an hour, eating ice cream in my car, of course I'll drive you to your mom's." he chuckled. I returned it.

"Thank you." I smiled as he started the car.

"This is it." I sighed as Jim rolled up to my mom's house.

"There you go." Jim chuckled. I returned it as I unbuckled my seatbelt.

"Thank you, Jim. You've been amazing tonight. I really appreciate you being there for me." I spoke.

"Of course. I'm not kidding when I say that I really care about you." He admitted. I gave him a small smile before leaning forwards and hugging him. He returned it, gently holding my head as he hugged me tightly. I pulled away but stopped at his cheek before gently pressing my lips to his skin. I pulled away to see him smiling gently at me.

"What was that for?" he asked quietly. I gave him a small smile as I opened the door.

"Goodnight, Jim." I spoke as I climbed out and started to walk up the path.

"Goodnight, Y/N." he returned, giving me one last smile before I shut the door.