"Y/n!" the voice calls. I'm not sure where it's coming from, it's a bit far, but close at the same time. It's getting too dark to see, but I can tell someone is jogging towards me.
I unlock my car but don't get inside. I turn away and hold on to the handle of my car door.
I know who it is.
They make it up behind me.
It's Erin.
"Hey y/n!" she says. I turn around and smile at her.
"Hi Erin, if you've come to ask how I'm doing, I am alright." I turn back around quickly and try to open my car door, but she stops me.
"Hey wait! Can we have just a little chat?" she stops and looks down at her feet shyly. "...if you have time of course!" she smiles and looks back up at me.
I sigh and smile bleakly, and tell her to get in the passenger seat. We hop in together and there's a minute of silence as we get situated.
"Are you and Jim alright?"
Ouch, Erin.
This is a great way to start the year.
I look at the steering wheel and follow the circle of it.
"Uhm, y-yes-" I pause. I should be honest with her. "well, its a bit complicated right now."
"Oh?" She sits back in astonishment.
I sigh.
"He admitted to still liking Pam."
Erin gasps. "Are you serious?" She reaches out and rests her hand in my shoulder. "Y/n I'm so sorry."
I shrug, not to take her hand off my shoulder, but it's just, I don't know.
"He said he wants to be with me more, but I don't want to be a choice between two things. I want to be the main choice. The only. No doubt about it. You know?"
She intently watches my face, and my expressions. I find she copies them.
"I totally get that sister. What are you gonna do?"
I sigh again, but quietly, looking down at my lap.
"I told him I needed a break, but not like breaking up, just thinking space." I start getting a little emotional at this point, but I try to hide it.
"What should I do?" I look up at her; I try to secretly blink my tears away.
"Text him tomorrow. Or now if you want. Tell him you're not a choice. You shouldn't have to compete to be loved."
"You know what? I think I'll text him right now."
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the coffee☕️ {Jim Halpert X Reader}
Fanfiction☕️ (Y/n)(l/n) just got fired, & is scrambling for a new job. And when a random salesman from Dunder Mifflin strikes up a conversation with you at a coffee shop at 7am, do you respond back? Absolutely. or- Absolutely I do. Well, until the coffee...
