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�I�m not a stupid man, Stanley. I came home after my freshman year at Princeton and it was obvious right away. I managed to put up with it for a week before I had had enough. One of my professors had recommended me to a friend of his on the Hill for a summer internship. I didn�t really want to get into politics�it�s something I was interested in but I didn�t think I had it in me to do some of the things that need to be done. I was eighteen and, to be perfectly honest, I wanted to get the hell out of there, and putting a continent between myself and my parents sounded like the best thing in the world. Josh was put in charge of the group of interns I was in. We started hanging out and I started listening to his ideas and debating him on some of his more outlandish thoughts. I did the intern thing every summer until I graduated. I was going to get a job in Washington but Josh was working for John Hoynes and� he and I have many different thoughts on many different subjects,� I said, trying to remain respectful. The man is, after all, the Vice President of the United States. That doesn�t change the fact that I pretty much despise him and ninety percent of what he stands for. �Josh and I kept in touch, sort of, but we didn�t really see each other much until he came to try to get me to join him on Hoynes� campaign.� �Josh tried to get the Democratic opposition to President Bartlet elected?� Stanley asked. Clearly Josh hadn�t shared that detail during his sessions. �Yeah. Leo McGarry was the one who pulled him in to the President�s campaign. He went to Washington to see Josh and asked him to go to New Hampshire to listen to a speech. Josh says Leo played the guilt card, even going as far as to bring up Josh�s dad who was battling�and losing against�cancer.� �Leo and Josh�s father were friends?� Stanley asked. �Yeah. I don�t know how they met, but the Lyman family and the McGarry clan were always really close. I think they got even closer after the fire� when Josh�s sister died. Leo�s daughter, Mallory, became a surrogate sister to him,� I said. Mallory and I have no ill will toward each other anymore. We also have no feelings for each other beyond friendship and respect, so it�s unlikely we�ll ever have any further ill will toward each other. It�s easier to not screw up a friendship if you don�t try to date. I�ve learned that the hard way over the years. Stanley turned the page and made a note of what I had said, and then he went back to the previous page, leaving me to believe he felt that what I had said about Joanie and Mallory would be good information to have if he were to speak to Josh again. That thought left me feeling a little like I had just ratted out my friend, a thought I hadn�t had since the sixth grade. �What kind of law did your practise?� Stanley asked. �Corporate, mostly. I was less than a week away from making partner at Gage Whitney when Josh pulled me back into politics.� �How did that go over with your family?�

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