and asks Pam to join him for coffee. Their meeting at a local diner is awkward and ends with their relationship over; they hug, and Pam wipes a tear from her face. Roy encourages Pam to pursue her feelings for Jim but she says she will not because he is still dating Karen. Roy says he does not understand Pam and leaves. Throughout the day, Angela Martin (Angela Kinsey) has been asking people from the office to tell her the tale of Dwight's heroics which arouses her. Believing themselves to be alone at the end of the day, the two kiss passionately. However, Jim sees them and decides that keeping their relationship secret will be his gift to Dwight to make things "even". Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) returns from anger management, and a vindictive Dwight subdues him with pepper spray. This prompts Toby to confiscate the rest of Dwight's arsenal hidden in his desk. Meanwhile, Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson) asks Michael for a 10 percent raise due to the extra workload resulting from Roy's termination. When he discovers that he can’t get a raise until Michael himself gets a raise, Darryl goads him into going to corporate to negotiate his own raise. Jan Levinson (Melora Hardin) initially tries to keep their romantic relationship out of the negotiations but ultimately gives Michael the maximum 12 percent raise that was authorized despite his continued inability to negotiate properly. Elsewhere, Toby becomes considerably annoyed with Ryan Howard (B. J. Novak) and Kelly Kapoor (Mindy Kaling)'s constant making out and arguing in the cubicle next to his. Production "The Negotiation" was written by supervising producer Michael Schur and directed by Jeffrey Blitz. It concluded a story arc featuring Roy Anderson's attempt to win back Pam, his former fiancée. Roy's portrayer, David Denman, reported he was "really grateful" that executive producer Greg Daniels allowed his character to develop, "where all of a sudden, he wasn't just a complete idiot but felt bad for being a bad boyfriend and wanted to try to get the girl back. It's so rare to have that on a television show, because so often everyone wants you to be the same character every week. It was quite refreshing creatively to get to do that." Referring to Jim and Pam, Denman felt it was "inevitable that Romeo and Juliet had to get together" and end the series' love triangle. "Otherwise," he