Toby's Daughter
Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with the West Wing or any other cultural references that might find there way into this story. Although Kate Braddock and Quinn Ziegler are mine.
Summary: Toby has a daughter with a woman (not Andi) and she is going to be placed within the series.
Summer of 1982
Outside a dorm at Berkeley
"Kate, give me another beer," Toby reached out his hand just to have it slapped away from the beer. "CJ stop hitting me."
"Then stop drinking. You are already half way to being drunk and I don't want to have to help drag your sorry ass up to your apartment again," CJ smiled but was serious. The last time he had gotten drunk he had revealed his feelings of love to her and she just wasn't ready to settle down. She wanted Toby to be her best friend and this revelation caused a lot of unwanted awkward feelings between the two of them. It had just gotten back to normal.
Kate and CJ were roommates both getting their Master's at Berkeley, CJ in public relations and Kate Braddock in interior design. They had met Toby at a rally one night for the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the three had become seemingly tight in the past year and a half.
Toby Ziegler quickly fell in love with CJ Craig, but now knew never to approach this subject. For now he would just have to be content with being her best friend and putting up with CJ's friend Kate.
Kate was a blue eyed, blond hair former Miss USA. She was only 5'3" and had curves that CJ was quite envious of. Kate also had a crush on Toby and was determined to add him as a notch to her bedpost. If he stuck around because of that giant CJ, she would just put up with her.
"I'll take you home," she gave him her pageant winning grin and handed him another beer.
"See, that is the mark of a true friend," Toby teased CJ, using his grin to show her there were no hard feelings.
"Fine, but good luck going up the stairs. I'm going to bed, I have an early shift tomorrow," CJ yawned and stretched her legs and stood up.
"Sweet dreams," Kate called as CJ waved back at the couple.
"Well, I guess I should also get going," Toby stood up and brushed off his pants. He hated sitting on the grass, but CJ and Kate were already there when he arrived and he didn't want to cause anymore trouble with CJ than necessary.
"Wait, I'll walk you home," Kate held her hand up to be helped off the ground, which Toby, being the gentleman his mother raised him to be, quickly took.
"No, I'm really not drunk, I can make it on my own," Toby nodded and started to walk away.
"CJ would kill me if I didn't help you home, besides I'm not tired yet and CJ is already in bed. I don't want to have to turn on the TV or the light and wake her, but I don't want to just sit there bored either." Well, if it meant CJ could get a better night sleep, Toby guessed he could deal with the blond ditz for a little longer.
"Ok," Toby once again started to walk away.
Once the two arrived at Toby's apartment, about a five minute walk from campus, Kate began to complain about having to walk back by herself. Toby offered her the couch until morning because he wasn't sure if it was safe for a young woman to be walking by herself after dark. Plus, the sky looked threatening.
After Toby fell asleep, he felt a dip in the bed and then heard a clap of thunder.
"Kate? What are you doing," Toby was exhausted and had probably drunk a little more than he should have.
"It's storming and I'm really scared, will you hold me?" Kate's little girl voice grated on Toby's nerves, but he had to remind himself that to stay with CJ, he had to be nice to Kate.
"Uh….ok…sure," However it wasn't until Kate was fully in Toby's arms that he realized that she had nothing on and his boxers weren't the best barrier between the two of them.
"Uh Kate, where are your clothes?"
"In the other room, you didn't expect me to wrinkle them did you?" This statement left Toby wandering if jeans did indeed get wrinkled and one day when he was looking back on this moment, he would realize that he had a gorgeous naked woman in his arms and was contemplating laundry. That probably meant something.
(Three months later)
"You are what," CJ yelled. "So let me get this strait, the two of you had sex and now are three months pregnant."
"Um, well no actually, Kate is three months pregnant. I'm well not pregnant," Toby stuttered out. He was furious at himself for being weak on that stormy night, for making CJ yell and most of all for seemingly putting the last nail in the coffin that was to be his and CJ's relationship.
"But he did obviously have a large part in this situation," Kate smirked at the tension in Toby's voice. She was sick of him mooning over CJ and this was just the way to stop it.
CJ went outside to talk to Toby. He had left quickly once Kate had stared to throw up. However, CJ really did not blame him; Kate could be a bit of a bitch when uncomfortable.
"It's ok," CJ smiled at Toby. She was shocked but Toby was her best friend and nothing was going to change that.
"Really, I mean, we're good?" Toby could not believe his good fortune. He was thrilled about the baby, but scared to death about being a father. He wanted to be a better father than his was to him. Now CJ wasn't closing the door on a relationship with him. A friends only relationship, most likely platonic relationship with his luck, but a relationship none the same.
"Are you going to get married?"
"No, I mean can you imagine Kate and me trying to live together, we would scar the kid for sure," Toby grinned. "We will both raise it though and be part of its life."
"But I get to be the favorite Aunt right?"
"Well, we can bestow the title of Aunt on you, but you have to work on the favorite part," Toby joked. He wished it was the title of mom that he was bestowing on her.
"Come here," CJ gave Toby a big hug. "I am so happy for you two and love you both so much." The sentiment did not fail to affect Toby, but being a guy, neither did CJ's breathe against his ear.
