Josh smirked. �That doesn�t explain why you have button marks on your forehead.� Donna blushed and Sam avoided looking Josh in the eye. �Okay, what was really going on in here while I was gone? �Cause I was joking before, but, seriously, there�s enough going on around here without you two doing dirty things in the White House.�
Donna crossed her arms across her chest. �So, hypothetically speaking, it would be okay if we were doing �dirty things� outside the White House?� she asked. Josh paled and Sam blushed as red as Donna had ever seen him. �Never mind. Josh, I�m gonna need that list of people you pissed off in the next half hour. Also, Sam, you should probably talk to Toby before you leave because he�ll only get angrier if this thing festers for two days.� And with that she left the office.
Sam sighed heavily. �I should go find Toby,� he said reluctantly.
�What the hell were you two doing in here?� Josh called as Sam headed down the corridor to the Communications bullpen.
Almost as if he had some creepy kind of sixth sense, Toby was on Sam the moment he came within ten feet of his office.
�You�re going to have to make a statement. We were hoping to hold off until you got back but CJ got the question��
�A variation on the question,� Sam cut in.
��and she denied everything so the moment you step on a plane to LA it�ll be the only thing she hears about, and, in turn, the only thing everyone else hears about,� Toby said, talking over his deputy.
Sam shook his head. �I�m not making a statement. At least not until I get back. I say anything now and I�ve got to deal with reporters on two sides of the continent trying to get their story. I don�t even know if my mother knows any of this yet�I don�t want her finding out all the details of my father�s affair from the LA Times or whatever paper her latest maid picks up from the Bodega. Let CJ leak the fact that my family was in a car accident and I�m going to take care of some legal work in LA. I�ll make a statement when I get back if I have to, but nothing until then.�
Toby knew how Sam got about family, so he didn�t push the issue. Instead he tried to figure out who would be the best reporter for CJ to leak to this time.
Despite the fact that CJ had leaked the truth to the press, rumours of Sam�s Congressional aspirations dominated her press briefings. Sam had been in California for two days and CJ was one press briefing away from having a nervous breakdown. �We need Sam to get back here. Either that or we need something to take the spotlight off of this because I�m not sure how much longer the press will lay off based on the minimal leak that we offered up,� CJ announced in Senior Staff.