The White House has a way of breaking relationships apart Margaret Deals with her painful past.

Margaret and Leo's relationship is moving forward but then it comes to a grinding hault. Images of Margaret's past begin to plauge her personal life but what happens when the master of those images shows up at the White House? Will Margaret and Leo's relationship survive?

Disclaimer: The West Wing belongs to Aaron Sorkin et al. No copyright
infringement is intended.

Author's Note: This is a sequel to "One, Two, Three, Say Kiss" I'm
feeling very evil. This one is highly suggestive so beware. Rated M for violence and suggestive content.

Rated M Suggestive content.

Title: Uninvited Demon
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"Leo."

"Hello, Mr. President," Leo said as he walked through the side door.

The President looked up from his work to his friend. "You look
terrible."

"Thank you, Sir."

"What happened?"

"Well, my assistant seems to have taken the day off."

"She isn't in yet?"

"No, Sir."

"What did you do?"

Leo looked over to his friend in shock. "I didn't do anything."

"Are you sure? Tell me what happen."

"Sir, I don't think it would be appropriate to have this conversation in
this office."

"Fine, Let's go into your office." The President walked to the side door
and walked into Leo's office. Leo reluctantly followed him and closed
the door behind him.

"Spill it." Jed ordered

"I took her ice skating." Leo noticed Jed trying to hide his laugh.

"Jed! It's not funny."

"Sorry."

"Anyway, she didn't know how so I spent time trying to teacher her. I
thought we were doing fine. We talked got to know each other better and
then we went and got an earlier dinner. I took her home after we ate
and…"

Jed sat down on the sofa, "you're home?"

"I didn't plan it. She said she wanted to come home with me. She had
fallen a lot so she was cold. I gave her some dry clothes and then we
talked until it was late and…"

"And, What?"

"It was getting late so I asked her to stay. She was still worried
about the picture and the press. She didn't want to be alone. She
stayed with me. I offered to sleep on the couch and I told her to take
the bedroom. She didn't want me to sleep on the couch. She asked me to
hold her so I did. When she woke up this morning she jumped out of bed
and away from me as fast as she could. I don't know what I did. She was
an entirely different person then the one I had held the night before.
The person who told me she could get used to being with me, that she
loved me that person was gone. She asked for space so I gave it to her.
I haven't seen her since. I'm getting worried. This isn't like her."

"Don't worry, my friend we'll find her."

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Margaret had taken her time walking up to the entrance and almost made
it inside. That is until she saw him. He didn't see her but she saw him
and she couldn't move.

"Josh."

"Yeah, Donna."

"Congressman Slater is here."

"Okay, the Roosevelt Room, right?"

"Yeah and here is the stuff."

Josh stepped out of his office and meant Donna in the hallway. He took
the folder from her. "Thanks, I'm off."

Margaret stood frozen in her tracks. He was in there. She couldn't go
in there. It was one in the afternoon. Leo was probably ready to go to
the President and have him send out the National Guard. What was she
going to do? She heard the sirens is the distance and then watched as
the First Lady's motor cade pulled up to the door and the Secret Service
agents got out followed by Mrs. Bartlet. Margaret tried to get her
attention. "Mrs. Bartlet."

Abbey turned around when she heard her name and saw Margaret standing
frozen in panic by the curve. She walked over to her. "Margaret, what's
the matter?"

Margaret didn't answer instead she motioned in the direction of the Rose
Garden. Abbey put a supportive hand on her shoulder and nodded to her
agents as the walked to the Rose Garden. When they reached their
destination they sat down on one of the benches.

"Am I taking you away from something?" Margaret asked.

"Not at all. What's the matter?"

"Congressman Slater is in there. I can't go in."

Abbey looked at her carefully. She knew she had to be cautious about her
next step. "Why not?"

Margaret seemed to be lost and began to ramble on. "Ya know, Leo and I
are getting close. Last night I stayed with him and it all went away.
For one night it all went away.

"What all went away? Abbey asked getting concerned. She had known
Margaret for a long time and she never remembered seeing her like this.

"The pain of that night. I begged Leo to go. I wanted to go and I begged
him."

"Begged him to go where?"

"The Correspondence Dinner that is where it happened."

"What happened, Margaret? Did someone hurt you?"

Margaret who had been holding her head down to cover the pain and the
tears looked up at Abbey. She could see the pain in the young woman's
face. Margaret's eyes teared up and she started to speak but was
interrupted by one of the agents.

"Excuse me, Ma'am."

"What is it Alex?"

"They're looking for her." Alex said motioning to Margaret. "What do you
want me to do?"

"Don't do anything or say anything yet."

"Yes, Ma'am." Alex replied walking away and joining the rest of his team.

Abbey sat next to Margaret. She kept trying to piece together what
Margaret had told her and then it hit her.