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�Go,� Donna said, giving Sam a little push toward Communications. �Tell Josh I�ll be at my desk in fifteen minutes!� she called as Sam rounded a corner. She turned back to Meredith who was looking more than a little on edge. �You a little freaked?� she asked. Meredith nodded. �That�s okay. Just remember that everyone here knows what they�re doing and that you are in what is probably the safest building in the world. Okay?�
�Okay,� Meredith said.
Nodding, Donna took the little girl�s hand. �Okay, let�s go meet Zoey,� she said.
�Who�s Zoey?� Meredith asked.
�Zoey is the President�s youngest daughter,� Donna said as they made their way toward the Residence.
Meredith frowned. �She�s the one with the pretty smile, right?� she asked.
�Yeah, how�d you know?� Donna smiled.
�Grandpa likes watching the TV when the President�s on. He has this diary thing in his office at the house and he counts the number of times he sees Uncle Sam a week. He filled a whole page last May� but Uncle Sam wasn�t happy and they wouldn�t let me watch most of the time,� Meredith said. Donna felt a twinge in her heart as she thought about the little girl hearing that her uncle, who she had never even met, had been with the President when shots were fired in Roslyn. Thankfully Meredith didn�t seem to know what had happened; just that Sam had been on TV a lot. �Grandpa tried to tell me who everybody was and what they did but I didn�t really get it. Uncle Sam made it a lot more clear on the plane.�
�It�s hard to explain the job if you don�t actually see everything as it happens,� Donna said. �Okay, make sure the Secret Service agents can see your pass,� she said once they reached the doors that separated the Residence from the rest of the White House.
�You�re back!� CJ said happily.
�Apparently,� Sam said. He�d been to his office, which was a mess, then he�d gone to Toby�s office to find it dark and empty, and he�d been on his way to Josh�s office when he saw CJ running toward him.
CJ hugged him tightly. Sam could smell the scent of her beloved Grasshoppers on her breath and he made a mental note to talk to her about that before she briefed the press. �You�re not going to be allowed to leave again, you know that, right?�
�Donna intimated as much,� Sam nodded. �Do you have any idea what�s going on?�