A West Wing Halloween: Special J. and the White House Coven
By: MariKenobi
Disclaimers: Not mine. Neither is Harry Potter, nor LOTR.
This is set on Halloween last year.
Part 2
It was a week later and Josh was still having weird dreams. He leaned back in his chair hoping that tonight would be the night he got a good night's sleep, but first, he had to go to the President's Halloween thing. At least he would wear a cool costume.
"Are you ready for a West Wing Halloween?" Sam burst into the office.
"Are you testing me by almost giving me a heart attack?"
"You still on edge?"
"Yeah." Josh sat down on the chair.
"More nightmares?" Sam wondered and Josh nodded. "Do tell." He quickly sat down. "I love them. Who was I this time?"
"Not sure. You weren't the center of my dream this time. I'm thinking you might have been Legolas, but you were in the background with the rest."
"Legolas. Nice. So? What happened?"
"We were at the party and there was a red and black menace at the entrance. The President was dressed as Gandalf and he was sort of recreating the 'You shall not pass' scene."
"Josh," Sam tried not to smile, "Who was the red and black menace?"
"Amy."
Sam snickered, "and why do you think you put her in that place?"
"Well, she wouldn't tell me what her costume would be. Only that it would be red and black."
Sam burst out laughing, "So you equated her with the Balrog. Josh, I think your subconscious is trying to tell you something."
Josh sat up straight, "I know you think I should break up with her, but ."
"Look buddy, I'll make you a deal. If you can come up with five reasons by tonight as to why you shouldn't end the relationship, I'll stop bothering you. Now these have to be good reasons. Reasons you would give your mom. If you can't, then you have to break up with her."
Josh stared at Sam. He couldn't believe what he was hearing, or what he was about to do. "Deal." *****
Sam knocked on CJ's door.
"I'm busy, come back later."
"Mumbles."
"Come in."
"I must say, I really like that last code word. Donna has wonderful ideas." Sam said as he entered the office and sat down.
"Yeah, but I really hope you didn't interrupt me to talk about that."
"Of course not, CJ." Sam grinned. "You'll love this. He had another nightmare last night. Even better than we could have come up with."
"Really? This is great. I finally talked Donna into the costume thing. We are going to have some fun tonight."
"Does Donna know about the other things we tried out before she joined our little coven?" Sam became a bit worried.
"I haven't told her anything. She knows that we must have tried stuff and that her spirit has helped us immensely, but I haven't gotten into details."
Sam nodded, "Are we going to try something on her?"
"Let's see what happens tonight. If she still is in denial, we might have to go to drastic measures."
"How can she not see that she's in love with him!"
"Sam, Sam, Sam. It's a girl thing. Her competition is Amy. No girl would want to admit that the guy she wants has such bad taste at the moment."
"We'll fix this. Right?"
"Yes." *****
"Hey Mister!" A little kid yelled at Josh.
"Yes?"
"Are you supposed to be a baseball player?" The kid was obviously admiring his uniform.
"Of course, but not just any baseball player, and before you ask. this is an original uniform," Josh boasted.
"It is? Why would anyone buy a Mets' uniform? They suck!"
"They do not suck. They are just wading through a rough patch and ." Josh's attention was suddenly diverted elsewhere. A vision in black sauntered past him. Whoever she was, she wore a Catwoman costume. All leathered up. Sadly her face was covered by the mask, but he was sure of one thing. That was not Amy. He had to find out who she was. He left the kid behind without a second thought and followed his mystery lady.
It didn't last long. Not only did she get lost in the crowd, Harry Potter stopped him.
"Your dressing as a Mets player is no surprise."
"And you coming as Harry Potter is right out of my nightmares, Sam."
"If you'd given me proper notice, I would have come as Legolas." Sam smiled. "So? Who were you following?"
"Someone dressed as Catwoman, whoever she is. She is hot. Hey, do you happen to know who D. I mean what everyone is coming dressed as?"
"Everyone? Or just someone in particular you wish deep down were dressed as Catwoman?" Sam smirked.
"For crying out loud, I didn't mean anything by it. I just wanted-"
"She is dressed as Hermione." Sam interrupted him.
"Really?" Josh sounded disappointed.
"I happen to think she looks cute." Sam smiled and nodded at someone. "And speak of the devil. Hey Donna!"
Josh quickly turned and saw Donna standing behind them. She looked cute, childlike cute. She wore a robe just like Sam's and she carried a wand. She also wore a reddish brown curly haired wig.
"Hey guys!" She greeted then. "What do you think?"
"You look wonderful. Now, if only we had a Ron." Sam told her.
"Yeah, Josh, why don't you change? You'd be a much better Ron Weasley than Mike Piazza."
"I don't think so. Why don't you try finding Danny? Or maybe Mallory wouldn't mind cross-dressing." Josh suggested.
"Nah. You just miss out on the fun." Sam winked at him.
"What were you guys talking about?"
"It seems, Donna, that Josh saw the most beautiful vision dressed as Catwoman, but he doesn't know who she is."
"Catwoman? Really?" Donna went from Sam to Josh and back to Sam. "That would have been really cool if we'd gone with the Batman motif."
"What Batman thing?"
"Nothing really, Josh. At first I suggested going dressed as Batman characters. I thought it would be cool if Toby would be Batman, I could go as Robin, Donna as Batgirl and CJ as Catwoman. We figured we might even talk everyone else too."
"Yeah, I suggested having Leo as Alfred." Donna smiled and bit her lip.
"That was a cool idea! What happened?" Josh couldn't believe they actually chose to wear lame witches outfits.
"Toby said no." Sam shrugged. "It wouldn't have been fun without someone dressed as Batman."
"What am I? I could have been Batman. Why didn't you tell me?"
"The night we were discussing it, you were out with Amy. I guess we didn't want to bother you."
"Plus," Donna interrupted him, "We came up with the Harry Potter idea later that night."
"You didn't include CJ. What is she wearing?"
"What about me, Joshua?" CJ had impeccable timing. She wore a robe similar to the one worn by Sam and Donna, accompanied by glasses and a pointy hat.
"Who are you supposed to be?"
"She's Professor McGonagall, Josh." Donna told him matter-of-factly.
"Whatever, you like the Harry Potter stuff way too much. I'm going looking for Toby." Josh rolled his eyes at them and left.
"Weren't you laying it a bit thick about Amy there, Sam?" Donna sighed at him.
"Maybe a little, but it's Josh." Sam reminded her.
"Yeah, you need to hit him with a ton of bricks and it may still not register." CJ put an arm around Donna. "C'mon, it's time for the next phase."
*****
Josh stood by the bar. He waited to see if other adults would show. He couldn't believe how his friends were acting like children. At least his costume was in honor of a great baseball team (who had run into a patch of bad luck, seriously, they were good.)
"Give me a water bottle, please." Josh felt someone stand besides him. He glanced and noticed whoever it was wore some kind of purplish wizard robe. There must be something in the water.
"Hey Josh. So? A Met? Couldn't come up with anything actually original?"
Josh turned to see Leo dressed as Merlin. "Not you too!" He groaned.
"Get into the spirit, son. Halloween only comes once a year."
"Sure. Have you seen Toby?"
"No, but maybe Charlie has. Hey Charlie!" Leo called and it turned out he had also caught the bug. He was dressed as the Sorcerer's Apprentice, complete with the Mickey ears.
"Don't you have any dignity, man?" Josh asked him.
"Hey! This is one of my favorite cartoons. Plus my sister bought me the ears." He grinned. "What can I do you for?"
"Josh wants to know if you've seen Toby."
"Hmmmm," Charlie looked around. "Actually, he is the only one I haven't seen yet. I wonder what he is wearing."
"Well, I can tell you he said no to Batman. His costume could be anybody's guess. Anyways, have you seen Amy? She wouldn't tell me about her costume, only that it would involve black and red."
"Sorry, can't help you there, but if you want to know, I can tell you what the President and the First Lady are wearing."
Josh looked at Leo and shrugged. "Would I be scarred and in need of therapy?"
"No." Charlie laughed. "They learned after the Sid and Nancy incident. In fact the First Lady is dressed as Samantha Stevens from Bewitched. She's even wearing a blond wig."
"Great. Another witch. Who's the President dressed as? Darrin?"
"Nope. He went bigger. He's dressed as Gandalf and he has every member of his Secret Service detail as a member of the Fellowship. He's calling them Jed's fellows. They are not amused."
"Great. Neither would I. Be amused I mean. What is it? When did the White House become Hogwarts?" Josh freaked out.
"What's wrong, Josh? Afraid you'll have more nightmares?" Leo smirked.
"Sam has a big mouth." Josh rolled up his sleeves and walked away from them, feeling somewhat lost. *****
By: MariKenobi
Disclaimers: Not mine. Neither is Harry Potter, nor LOTR.
This is set on Halloween last year.
Part 2
It was a week later and Josh was still having weird dreams. He leaned back in his chair hoping that tonight would be the night he got a good night's sleep, but first, he had to go to the President's Halloween thing. At least he would wear a cool costume.
"Are you ready for a West Wing Halloween?" Sam burst into the office.
"Are you testing me by almost giving me a heart attack?"
"You still on edge?"
"Yeah." Josh sat down on the chair.
"More nightmares?" Sam wondered and Josh nodded. "Do tell." He quickly sat down. "I love them. Who was I this time?"
"Not sure. You weren't the center of my dream this time. I'm thinking you might have been Legolas, but you were in the background with the rest."
"Legolas. Nice. So? What happened?"
"We were at the party and there was a red and black menace at the entrance. The President was dressed as Gandalf and he was sort of recreating the 'You shall not pass' scene."
"Josh," Sam tried not to smile, "Who was the red and black menace?"
"Amy."
Sam snickered, "and why do you think you put her in that place?"
"Well, she wouldn't tell me what her costume would be. Only that it would be red and black."
Sam burst out laughing, "So you equated her with the Balrog. Josh, I think your subconscious is trying to tell you something."
Josh sat up straight, "I know you think I should break up with her, but ."
"Look buddy, I'll make you a deal. If you can come up with five reasons by tonight as to why you shouldn't end the relationship, I'll stop bothering you. Now these have to be good reasons. Reasons you would give your mom. If you can't, then you have to break up with her."
Josh stared at Sam. He couldn't believe what he was hearing, or what he was about to do. "Deal." *****
Sam knocked on CJ's door.
"I'm busy, come back later."
"Mumbles."
"Come in."
"I must say, I really like that last code word. Donna has wonderful ideas." Sam said as he entered the office and sat down.
"Yeah, but I really hope you didn't interrupt me to talk about that."
"Of course not, CJ." Sam grinned. "You'll love this. He had another nightmare last night. Even better than we could have come up with."
"Really? This is great. I finally talked Donna into the costume thing. We are going to have some fun tonight."
"Does Donna know about the other things we tried out before she joined our little coven?" Sam became a bit worried.
"I haven't told her anything. She knows that we must have tried stuff and that her spirit has helped us immensely, but I haven't gotten into details."
Sam nodded, "Are we going to try something on her?"
"Let's see what happens tonight. If she still is in denial, we might have to go to drastic measures."
"How can she not see that she's in love with him!"
"Sam, Sam, Sam. It's a girl thing. Her competition is Amy. No girl would want to admit that the guy she wants has such bad taste at the moment."
"We'll fix this. Right?"
"Yes." *****
"Hey Mister!" A little kid yelled at Josh.
"Yes?"
"Are you supposed to be a baseball player?" The kid was obviously admiring his uniform.
"Of course, but not just any baseball player, and before you ask. this is an original uniform," Josh boasted.
"It is? Why would anyone buy a Mets' uniform? They suck!"
"They do not suck. They are just wading through a rough patch and ." Josh's attention was suddenly diverted elsewhere. A vision in black sauntered past him. Whoever she was, she wore a Catwoman costume. All leathered up. Sadly her face was covered by the mask, but he was sure of one thing. That was not Amy. He had to find out who she was. He left the kid behind without a second thought and followed his mystery lady.
It didn't last long. Not only did she get lost in the crowd, Harry Potter stopped him.
"Your dressing as a Mets player is no surprise."
"And you coming as Harry Potter is right out of my nightmares, Sam."
"If you'd given me proper notice, I would have come as Legolas." Sam smiled. "So? Who were you following?"
"Someone dressed as Catwoman, whoever she is. She is hot. Hey, do you happen to know who D. I mean what everyone is coming dressed as?"
"Everyone? Or just someone in particular you wish deep down were dressed as Catwoman?" Sam smirked.
"For crying out loud, I didn't mean anything by it. I just wanted-"
"She is dressed as Hermione." Sam interrupted him.
"Really?" Josh sounded disappointed.
"I happen to think she looks cute." Sam smiled and nodded at someone. "And speak of the devil. Hey Donna!"
Josh quickly turned and saw Donna standing behind them. She looked cute, childlike cute. She wore a robe just like Sam's and she carried a wand. She also wore a reddish brown curly haired wig.
"Hey guys!" She greeted then. "What do you think?"
"You look wonderful. Now, if only we had a Ron." Sam told her.
"Yeah, Josh, why don't you change? You'd be a much better Ron Weasley than Mike Piazza."
"I don't think so. Why don't you try finding Danny? Or maybe Mallory wouldn't mind cross-dressing." Josh suggested.
"Nah. You just miss out on the fun." Sam winked at him.
"What were you guys talking about?"
"It seems, Donna, that Josh saw the most beautiful vision dressed as Catwoman, but he doesn't know who she is."
"Catwoman? Really?" Donna went from Sam to Josh and back to Sam. "That would have been really cool if we'd gone with the Batman motif."
"What Batman thing?"
"Nothing really, Josh. At first I suggested going dressed as Batman characters. I thought it would be cool if Toby would be Batman, I could go as Robin, Donna as Batgirl and CJ as Catwoman. We figured we might even talk everyone else too."
"Yeah, I suggested having Leo as Alfred." Donna smiled and bit her lip.
"That was a cool idea! What happened?" Josh couldn't believe they actually chose to wear lame witches outfits.
"Toby said no." Sam shrugged. "It wouldn't have been fun without someone dressed as Batman."
"What am I? I could have been Batman. Why didn't you tell me?"
"The night we were discussing it, you were out with Amy. I guess we didn't want to bother you."
"Plus," Donna interrupted him, "We came up with the Harry Potter idea later that night."
"You didn't include CJ. What is she wearing?"
"What about me, Joshua?" CJ had impeccable timing. She wore a robe similar to the one worn by Sam and Donna, accompanied by glasses and a pointy hat.
"Who are you supposed to be?"
"She's Professor McGonagall, Josh." Donna told him matter-of-factly.
"Whatever, you like the Harry Potter stuff way too much. I'm going looking for Toby." Josh rolled his eyes at them and left.
"Weren't you laying it a bit thick about Amy there, Sam?" Donna sighed at him.
"Maybe a little, but it's Josh." Sam reminded her.
"Yeah, you need to hit him with a ton of bricks and it may still not register." CJ put an arm around Donna. "C'mon, it's time for the next phase."
*****
Josh stood by the bar. He waited to see if other adults would show. He couldn't believe how his friends were acting like children. At least his costume was in honor of a great baseball team (who had run into a patch of bad luck, seriously, they were good.)
"Give me a water bottle, please." Josh felt someone stand besides him. He glanced and noticed whoever it was wore some kind of purplish wizard robe. There must be something in the water.
"Hey Josh. So? A Met? Couldn't come up with anything actually original?"
Josh turned to see Leo dressed as Merlin. "Not you too!" He groaned.
"Get into the spirit, son. Halloween only comes once a year."
"Sure. Have you seen Toby?"
"No, but maybe Charlie has. Hey Charlie!" Leo called and it turned out he had also caught the bug. He was dressed as the Sorcerer's Apprentice, complete with the Mickey ears.
"Don't you have any dignity, man?" Josh asked him.
"Hey! This is one of my favorite cartoons. Plus my sister bought me the ears." He grinned. "What can I do you for?"
"Josh wants to know if you've seen Toby."
"Hmmmm," Charlie looked around. "Actually, he is the only one I haven't seen yet. I wonder what he is wearing."
"Well, I can tell you he said no to Batman. His costume could be anybody's guess. Anyways, have you seen Amy? She wouldn't tell me about her costume, only that it would involve black and red."
"Sorry, can't help you there, but if you want to know, I can tell you what the President and the First Lady are wearing."
Josh looked at Leo and shrugged. "Would I be scarred and in need of therapy?"
"No." Charlie laughed. "They learned after the Sid and Nancy incident. In fact the First Lady is dressed as Samantha Stevens from Bewitched. She's even wearing a blond wig."
"Great. Another witch. Who's the President dressed as? Darrin?"
"Nope. He went bigger. He's dressed as Gandalf and he has every member of his Secret Service detail as a member of the Fellowship. He's calling them Jed's fellows. They are not amused."
"Great. Neither would I. Be amused I mean. What is it? When did the White House become Hogwarts?" Josh freaked out.
"What's wrong, Josh? Afraid you'll have more nightmares?" Leo smirked.
"Sam has a big mouth." Josh rolled up his sleeves and walked away from them, feeling somewhat lost. *****