Two days later…

Josh is sitting in his office looking at the paper. It's not on the front page, but soon after: the picture of Annabeth and Leo, laughing, his arm around her waist, her body turned into him. The headline reads: "Is this the former Vice President's Heart Trouble?"

He throws it down on his desk.

Donna walks into Annabeth's office in the East Wing, holding the newspaper.

Donna: "That is a beautiful dress!"

Annabeth: "Oh, god, yeah, I saw that this morning."

Donna: "Seriously, you look gorgeous."

Annabeth: "Thanks" (she stands up from behind her desk, picks up a folder and starts to move towards the door)

Donna: "Were you…were you there with Leo?"

Annabeth: "Yeah, and C.J. and Danny."

Donna: "You all went together?"

Annabeth: "We met there."

Donna: "Did you leave together?"

Annabeth: "You're looking at the picture of all of us leaving, Donna!"

She walks out of her office.

Donna: (trailing behind her) "Actually, I'm looking at the headline."

Annabeth's phone rings. It's Leo. She picks up and keeps walking through the East Wing.

Annabeth: "Hey."

Leo: "You seen it?"

Annabeth: "Yep, and so has everyone else here."

Leo: "Okay. Then I guess that's that."

Annabeth: "That's what?"

Leo: "We're public."

Annabeth: "You want me to acknowledge that we're…?"

Leo: "Yeah."

Annabeth: "Okay. I'm saying what, exactly?"

Leo: "That we're seeing each other. Socially."

Annabeth: "Socially?" She laughs. "Is that what we're calling it?"

Leo: "For this. For the people who are going to ask. Yeah."

Annabeth: "Okay. I'll talk to you later."

Late that night.

Josh is sitting in his office. He hears Matt come back into the Oval, Debbie handing him things to sign.

Josh gets up and walks into the Oval. Matt finishes signing and Debbie leaves the room. Josh is carrying the newspaper. He folds the paper over to the picture of Annabeth and Leo and the headline "Is This the Former Vice President's Heart Trouble?" and hands it to Matt.

Matt: (drops it on the desk) "Yeah, Helen showed it to me this morning."

Josh: "And?"

Matt: "And what?"

Josh: "It doesn't look great."

Matt: (picks it back up) "I mean, the dress is a little last season."

Josh: "I'm serious Mr. President."

Matt: "You're serious about a…a page six gossip column?"

Josh: (digs the heels of his hands into his eyes) "I have to tell you something."

Matt sits down.

Josh: "Leo and Annabeth had a physical relationship during the campaign."

Matt: "I know."

Josh: "You…you know?"

Matt: "Yeah."

Josh: "How?"

Matt: "Helen figured it out. She's amazing at reading stuff like that."

Josh: "Yeah. So did Donna...but, listen, it's just…they get involved, it's a little questionable, Leo is a guy with a lot of power, she's…less powerful. And then the next thing we know, Leo's telling us he's resigning."

Matt: "What are you suggesting, Josh?"

Josh: "It's just…I don't know. Leo's decision. It bothers me. And maybe…"

Matt: "Maybe Annabeth Schott blackmailed Leo into giving up the Vice Presidency. But now they are also a couple attending events together and looking, I might add, damn happy about it."

Josh: "Yeah, look, I'm not saying this all makes sense."

Matt: "It makes no sense, Josh. I know Leo means the world to you and that you miss having him here, and cannot understand how he walks away, but you gotta see that what you're saying…It's ridiculous."

Josh: "Yeah."

Matt: "Leo resigned because he had a massive heart attack and this…place…" (Matt gestures around the Oval) "Well, it's not great for your health."

Josh: "Yeah. Yeah. You're right. Sorry. I'm embarrassed I brought this to you." (He goes to pick up the paper from Matt's desk.)

Matt: (picks up the paper and looks again at the picture) "You gotta admit, Josh, Leo looks good. And Annabeth, well…"

Josh: (smiles) "Yeah. Leo McGarry is a god amongst men."

Matt: "You think he'd tell us how you get a woman to look at you like that?"

Josh: "There's no chance of that for me. Donna barely tolerates my…delightfully quirky personality."

Matt: (laughs) "This is a tough place for health and relationships."

Josh: "Yeah…. Everything ok with you and Helen? I mean, you know, if that's something that you want to…"

Matt: "You've never been married, right Josh?"

Josh: "No."

Matt: "Yeah. Well, I'm not sure I'd suggest it."

Josh: "We could talk about your schedule. I mean, if you think you need to be home more?"

Matt: "It's fine, Josh."

Josh: "Okay. Well, goodnight Mr. President."

Matt: "Goodnight, Josh."

Matt stands up, grabs his suit jacket off the back of the chair and heads towards the glass doors leading back to the residence. He steps outside, waves off Secret Service and takes his cell phone from his pocket.

Matt: "Jed…Josh is still unsettled about Leo's resignation…no, he actually thinks it has to do with Annabeth…"