Pairing: CJ/JL
Spoilers:Five Votes Down.
Disclaimer: Aaron Sorkin, Warner Brothers Television and NBC own everything West Wing. I own my imagination. Don't sue.
Pull Out The Pin
They're walking down a corridor when she asks. "Is there something repellent about me?"
He looks at her blankly and then says jokingly. "Well, now that you mention it - "
"I'm being serious Josh! Do I physically repel men?"
"You're asking me?" he exclaims.
"Good point."
They turn a corner.
"What brought this on? Was it the neck thing?"
C.J. stares at him in alarm. "What?! What about my neck?"
Josh sucks in a breath. "Uh – nothing…"
"Did someone say something?"
"No."
"Josh?"
"C.J. you have a great neck," he compliments.
"Okay then. But you would tell me if someone said something derogatory about my neck, wouldn't you?" she asks.
"C.J., what the hell?"
"'Cause I'd tell you if anyone said something horrible about you behind your back."
"They never do," he says confidently.
"Sure they do," she replies casually.
"No they… Who?"
C.J. flicks through some notes on her clipboard as she answers. "You know, like that time when Bonnie and Ginger said your forehead was abnormally long and bulky."
"No you didn't," Josh's voice rises a few octaves.
"Yes I did."
"Bulky?"
"Some primitive caveman-type-thing. I think the word they used was 'Monolithic'," she pauses. "Or maybe it was 'Palaeolithic'."
"You never told me that!"
She looks thoughtful for a moment. "Are you sure?"
"Yeah!" he cries out. "I'd think I'd remember if you'd told me something like that!"
She shrugs. "Well, I meant to."
"Thanks."
She smiles helpfully. "Anytime pal-o-mine."
"By the way - " he stops outside her office and gazes at her.
She turns to look at him. "Yeah?"
"I lied. Your neck is unusually large," he smiles meanly and continues down the corridor.
"Yeah - well, at least my forehead isn't shaped like a Neanderthal's!" C.J. yells after him.
Carol looks up from her desk and stares at her boss.
"Well it isn't," the Press Secretary assures Carol and quickly steps into her office.
The End
