Disclaimer: Again, I do not own any of the characters or things surrounding the show The West Wing!

Two Months Earlier...

"SAM!" Ali bellowed, storming into the West Wing. It was a beautiful March afternoon, as the cheery blossoms were just in bloom in D.C. Ali was in quite a mood as she made her way through the offices of the White House. Her heels were stomping loudly on the granite floors, and her tousled short brown hair was tied back into a hasty ponytail. She made a sharp turn, and nearly ran into Josh. "Josh! Where's Sam? That dirty, rotten..." Her eyes darted around angrily and then turned to Josh accusingly as she placed her hands on her hips.
"Well," Josh said, "By now...he's probably running as fast his legs will carry him down Constitution Ave. after hearing the sound of your voice."
"Funny," Ali said. "Really witty. I need to have a little chat with him about something," she said, waving a folded section of newspaper in his face.
"Uh-huh, try his office."
Without another word Ali headed off into that direction. She opened the door to his office without knocking to find him lounging back, looking at something on his computer. "Busy?" She asked coolly.
"Um...nooo..." He said timidly.
"Good!" She said, her voice raising to a dangerous level. "Perhaps, then," she continued, throwing the section of newspaper onto his desk, "you might want to have a little chat with me about something?" Sam looked at the piece of newspaper on his desk. "Something was in the paper...?" He asked.
"No," Ali said, letting her voice drop slightly, "It's the Sports section. I just needed something to throw at you."
Sam sighed. "Listen..."
"No! You listen for once! I swear to God Sam...you know how I feel about this kind of stuff! It's just wrong! You don't rob people of their land, especially after all the years of – "
"Ali," Sam interrupted, "So that's what this is about? We're not robbing anyone of anything. We're repaying them completely."
"Funny, that's what they used to say in the 1800's to make themselves feel better about...you know...doing bad things!"
"You know, you had it going for a while, but just there, your argument kind of lost its zing," Sam said, starting to smile.
"Shut up," getting, if possible, even more irritated. "Even if you are giving them something for it, it's still not right. It's not what they want. For God's sake, they were here first!"
"Listen," Sam said, trying to keep the conversation civilized. "I know you have a hot spot for all this Native American stuff. But you've got to realize, you can't go in the past and change things. And that's what you're trying to do. These people are mixed anyways. They're dying out. It's been over a hundred years since they freely roamed and followed the buffalo."
"Well, then I guess we should strip them of their land and any of their culture they had left!" Ali exclaimed.
"Al..." Sam started, but Ali held up a hand.
"Forget it. I seriously don't want to hear it. I just want you to know that I fiercely oppose this decision, and so don't go telling the President we're unanimous on this...'cause we're not." And with that, she walked out of his office. Sam stood rooted to the spot, deep in thought, until Josh came back and poked his head into the doorway. "Hurricane Ali over with?"
"Yeah," Sam replied. "Let us hope this isn't just they eye of the storm."
"Nah," Josh said. "You know how she gets about this stuff. I'm just glad she went after you and not me this time."
"She always takes it out on me."
"Yeah, that just because you try and keep it all civilized, it makes it easier for her to lash out at you. See, with me, we end up hating each other, and with Toby, it always turns into WWF Smackdown."
"Yeah, but I have to say I love those Smackdowns."
"Remember the time when she emptied her garbage can on his head?" Josh laughed, recalling the memory.
Sam chuckled. "How could I forget." Then Ginger came in to inform the two of them that Leo wanted to see them in her office.
"Alright," Josh said, as the two of them headed for Leo's office.

A/N: Well, that's mostly what I've got for now! I've definately got a direction for this, so keep checking back for more!