This is my first CJ/Leo story and I'm a little nervous about posting
it. So please send feedback to let me know what you think.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Everything you recognize belongs to
Johns Wells, NBC, Aaron Sorkin etc. I'm a poor 22 year old who still
lives at home. So please don't sue.

This just kind of came to me the other day. If this sounds at all
like anyone else's story I am very sorry. That just means that I have
Read your story so many times I have it memorized.

Chapter 1

December 16th, 2006

I can't believe that this happened now. We were so happy the last few weeks, then this happened and my whole life got turned upside down.

Well I guess I should start at the beginning.

December 1997

Toby came to get me today, perfect timing as usual; I had just lost my job. He said he found a good man running for president, and they needed my help. So I packed up my house and moved to New Hampshire.

When I first got there Toby introduced me to the staff. Josh, who has turned out to be one of my best friends. Sam, who I have come think of as a brother. Governor Bartlet who is like a father to me now. Then there was Leo, this is where the real story is.

You see when I first shook hands with Leo a shot of electricity like I had never felt before shot through me. I know it shot through him to because he looked me right in the eyes and I saw strait into his soul.

At the time he was married and I did not want to destroy what he had worked so hard for. So for the next two years we worked together without ever giving into the temptations that we both felt.

October 1999

Leo forgot his anniversary and Jenny left him today.

I was on my way out when he stopped me by touching my arm, once again the sparks shot through me; I pulled my arm away slightly. He asked me if he could walk out with me. My first reaction was that I would not be able to control my self if we were alone for long, but I thought it was about work, so I said sure.

Right outside the gates he pulled me to sit down on one of the benches near the fence. It was late and there were not many people around. As we sat there I could not help but grab his hand as he told me about the night before.

How when he got home Jenny was waiting for him with her bags packed and how he had moved into the Watergate hotel. I sat there with him as we both cried. I was crying both sad and happy tears, sad because I was hearing of almost 30 years of marriage ending, and happy because we were finally free to be with each other.

I am not going to say that after that every thing was perfect, no good relationship is, but for a bit it was good. Then we hit a few rough patches.

Nobody knew of our relationship yet and that was weighing on me, but I knew that we could not say anything till the divorce was finalized. So we kept it to ourselves, by having all of our dates at home mostly his hotel because of room service and that was fine for awhile.

November 1999

Today Toby asked me if I was seeing anyone and I told him I was , but that I was not able to tell him who yet. That hurt me a lot and Leo and I had a big fight about it. We finally agreed that we could tell just our best friends, Toby for me and the President for him.

What went on in the room when Leo told him I don't know because that was we had said, That no matter what we would never ask what went on and that we would never tell.

I did not have a good conversation with Toby in my office. Most of what was said I will keep to myself, but I will say that when he asked me if I was just sleeping with Leo to get higher up on the ladder I slugged him so hard he got a black eye and a broken nose.

December 1999

Once we knew we could survive telling our closest friends, and Toby was talking to me again, we thought it was time to tell our families.