~One month later~

Jim's P.O.V

Jim sat at his desk, trying to do his work but not being able to. He gulped as he looked up to see Y/N's desk empty. His eyebrows furrowed as he looked around.

"Pam." He spoke, looking at reception.

"Yeah?" Pam asked.

"Where's Y/N?" he asked.

"She's in the conference room, doing an interview for the documentary with the camera crew." She spoke. Jim looked at the conference room and surely enough, there she sat. He gulped and nervously tapped his foot against the floor before shaking his head and rolling back to his desk. He groaned and held his head in his hands.

"Screw it." He mumbled before standing up and knocking on the door.

Y/N's P.O.V

"Jim and Pam have been broken up for a month now, and it's actually been okay. They agreed to be friends, so we're all still good friends, which is great." I smiled.

"Am I happy that they broke up? Of course, I'm not. They were happy together, so, no, I'm not happy that they broke up. That being said, I have liked Jim since I got here, and now it's beyond that. I love him." I admitted before looking down.

"He hasn't made a move yet, and I don't know if he will so-." I was cut off as the door opened and Jim walked in.

"Hey, Jim, you okay?" I asked. Jim gulped and looked into the camera before looking at me.

"I was wondering if you'd like to go to dinner with me tonight." He nodded. My eyes widened slightly.

"As, um, as a date?" I asked.

"Yes. As a date." He spoke, smiling at me. I returned it.

"I'd love to." I spoke. His smile widened.

"Great." He nodded, chuckling as he looked into the camera before leaving the room. My heart pounded through my chest as I looked down slightly, unable to hide my smile. I looked back at the camera.

"I, um...sorry, what was the question?" I smiled.

I applied my last coat of lipstick before putting it into my purse. I smiled to myself as the doorbell rang. I opened it and smiled as Jim stood there, hands in his trouser pockets.

"Hey you." I smiled.

"Hey. You look beautiful." He smiled.

"Thank you." I returned before putting on my stilettos.

"Woah, those are high, I've never seen those before." Jim chuckled.

"Yeah. There's a company policy stating that heels can't be more than three inches, but since this is a date, I broke out the five inchers." I spoke, making Jim laugh as I stood up.

"Wow. Five inches and you're still smaller than me." He smirked.

"Shut it, Halpert." I chuckled, making him laugh as we walked out to his car.

"I'm telling you, they actually did that. I thought we were millionaires." Jim smiled.

"Oh my god. And I thought my brother was an ass." I laughed.

"Nothing is as bad as being the youngest out of three boys. I got wedgies every day for ten years." He nodded, making me laugh more.

"So, what's something I don't know about you?" he asked, bringing his glass of wine to his lips.

"Um...I can't think of anything. The thing about us being best friends before this is that we basically know everything about each other already." I chuckled, making him laugh and nod.

"Come on, there must be something. How about, what were you doing before you were at Dunder Mifflin?" He asked.

"Ah okay. I know it's lame, but I was training to be an elementary school teacher." I nodded. Jim's eyes widened slightly.

"I know, stupidest dream job ever." I sighed.

"What? No, I think that's awesome. I loved all my teachers in school." He scoffed. I looked at him.

"Really?" I smiled.

"Yeah. My mom is a teacher so obviously I have a healthy respect for them." He spoke. My smile widened.

"So, why didn't you carry on? What made you go from elementary school, to Dunder Mifflin?" he smiled, making me chuckle.

"Well, as you know because of Seth, I tend to not have the best taste in men." I winced.

"I'm aware." He chuckled. I returned it and looked at him.

"At the time, I was with this guy who wasn't exactly happy with the fact I was only a teacher in training and wasn't earning real money, as he put it. We were both living off of his wage and he didn't like that." I admitted. Jim's smile dropped.

"It's so stupid, he said we'd be over unless I got a proper job. So, I went for the one at Dunder Mifflin, got the job, and then he promptly broke up with me anyway." I nodded. Jim's eyes widened.

"Wow. What the hell?" he scoffed.

"Exactly what I said." I sighed.

"Sounds like I'm your first boyfriend in a while who hasn't been a complete jackass." He chuckled.

"Definitely. My boyfriend before Seth was a complete ass." I chuckled.

"What's the worst date he took you on?" Jim asked. I thought for a moment.

"Thinking about it, it was the date that made me realise I wanted to end it." I nodded. Jim raised his eyebrows.

"What happened?" he asked.

"Even though I was only a size ten, he had been making me feel crappy about my weight for months. So, I'd been working really hard to slim down and I'd bought this size eight dress that made me feel amazing. I wore it on this date. But he spent the entire time either fat shaming me for what I was eating, or flirting with the waitress. It was what made me realise that I didn't need that." I shrugged.

"Damn. That sounds awful. But good for you." Jim smiled.

"Thanks." I chuckled before looking at him.

"What about you? What was Halpert's worst date ever?" I asked.

"This one." He teased, making me gasp and laugh.

"Nah. Before Pam and I were together, there was another woman about her age in the office. She told everyone that she had broken up with her boyfriend, so I asked her out. We were on the date, and her ex storms in and starts to beat the crap out of me before being dragged out. Turns out she hadn't broken up with him, and had used me to cheat." He nodded. My eyes widened.

"Wow. That's nearly as bad as mine." I chuckled.

"I was black and blue for weeks, but I got over it." He shrugged.

"Well I'm glad you did, otherwise you might not have ended up with me, here." I smiled.

"Very true." He chuckled and nodded before taking another sip of his wine.

"This is me." I nodded as Jim and I stopped in front of my house. He smiled as he looked at me.

"Did you have a good time?" he asked, his hands in his jacket pockets.

"I had an amazing time, Jim. Did you?" I asked. He chuckled and shook his head as he looked at me.

"It was incredible. Possibly the best night of my life, if I'm honest." He nodded.

"Jim, it's okay, you don't have to over-exaggerate." I chuckled.

"I'm not. I've waited a year and a half to be with you." He admitted, making me smile.

"I feel the same." I nodded. He returned it before looking down.

"Can I tell you something?" he asked.

"Of course you can." I nodded. He gulped and looked at me.

"I, erm, I know this is only our first date, but I've had feelings for you for a long time now, since you got here actually, and I..." he stopped. I looked at him.

"I'm in love with you." He admitted, looking into my eyes. My eyes widened slightly.

"And it's okay if you don't feel the same yet, that's okay, I just, I wanted to be honest with you, and that includes telling you that I'm in love with you." He nodded. I tried to hide my smile as I took Jim's face in my hands and pressed our lips together. He returned it instantly, curling his arms around my waist as he kissed me back. I broke the kiss and touched our foreheads together as my eyes slowly fluttered open. Jim smiled.

"Does that mean you're in love with me too?" he whispered, making me laugh.

"Yes, Jim Halpert, I'm in love with you too." I smiled, making his smile widen as he leant down and kissed me again.