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We're Gonna Make It ~ 5
The next day........
Toby walked into the communications bullpen, whistling. Something he
normally didn't do. "Good morning, Sam," he said enthusiastically.
"Morning, Toby. Is something wrong?" Sam looked puzzled.
"Why would anything be wrong?"
"Well, you are never happy in the morning, and you never say good morning to
me. Come to think of it, you're just never happy."
"Well, Sammy boy, things have changed." He patted Sam on the back and
walked into his office, leaving a very confused Sam just standing there.
CJ walked down the hall to her office. "Good morning, Carol," she said
brightly. "How are you today?"
"Um, I'm fine CJ."
"You don't sound too happy. What's wrong?"
"Well, normally, you come in and ask for messages and then you disappear
into your office until your briefing."
"Do I?" CJ looked at her, "Well, things are changing. May I please have my
messages?"
"Sure." Carol handed CJ her messages.
"Thank you." CJ smiled and walked into her office.
Leo's office........
"Morning Leo," Toby said as he walked in. "Hello Josh, how are you?"
Josh looked at Leo who shrugged, then at Toby. "I'm fine Toby. Are you
feeling all right?"
"You're the second person to ask me that today. Yes, I feel fine."
"Uh huh." Josh eyed him skeptically.
"Good morning all!" A chipper CJ said as she walked into the office.
"Okay, who are you people and what have you done with CJ and Toby," Leo
asked.
Toby and CJ looked at each other and laughed.
"Something is definitely wrong, Leo," Sam said.
"Toby's....he's...laughing."
"We're fine, Spanky," CJ said. "So Leo, what's new with you?"
"Nothing except I have your assignments for today." He eyed the two
carefully. "Is there something you'd like to share with the class?"
"What are you talking about?" Toby asked.
"Well for one thing, the last time you were happy was when it was your day
of jubilee."
"Nonsense! I must have been happy since then."
No one said anything.
"Of course he has," CJ said, defending him.
"The two of you should really go see a doctor. In the meantime, Sam, I need
you to work on a memo for the President for the speech he's giving tomorrow
at that high school, Josh, I need you to finish what you were doing
yesterday, CJ, here's what you need to brief on, and Toby, please work on
that thing for the NEA."
"Got it," Toby said.
"Oh, fun stuff I get to brief about," CJ said, sarcastically, yet in a
somewhat giddy tone.
Sam and Josh looked at each other, then at CJ and Toby. Before either one
could say anything, Leo put them all to work.
"CJ," Josh said as he caught up to her.
"Yes?"
"What's going on?"
"What are you talking about, Joshua?"
"You and Toby. You're so...happy all of a sudden."
She walked to her office, gesturing for him to follow. "Let's just say that
I took your advice." She winked and walked towards the Press Room.
"Okay Toby, spill it," Sam said as they walked back to their offices.
"Spill what," Toby asked as he checked his messages.
"Why are you so happy? What happened?"
"Well Sam, let's just say that I decided to take you up on your offer."
"Huh?" Sam was completely confused.
"I took your advice. I asked her out," he said quietly.
"Aha, I had a feeling you did. So, what did--"
"Don't you have work to do," he grumbled.
"Now there's the Toby we know and love." Sam walked into his office.
The mess.........
"So I told Josh that I took his advice," CJ said as she took another bite of
her salad.
"Yeah?"
"Yep. He looked as though he knew it."
"Well, we were acting a bit odd, I must admit." He looked at her. "I took
Sam's advice and asked you out."
"Well, yeah, that I remember." She smiled and put her hand on his.
"So," he asked quietly, "What do we do next?"
She shrugged, "I don't know. Wanna go out next Friday?"
"I don't think I have anything planned," he said, smiling.
"Good, cause I was thinking we could sit back and watch a movie or
something."
"Sounds good to me." He smiled.
She now knew she fell for him. She knew he felt the same way about her.
She wondered what took them so long to get together. 'Oh well,' she thought
to herself, 'We're together now.'
He had fallen for her, no doubt about it. He knew she liked him. What was
next though? He had to think of something romantic. CJ was so special to
him. He wanted to make her the happiest woman alive.
TBC......