Chapter 11: The Florida Trip

It was Monday and the plane to Florida was about to leave. All the senior staff plus a few extra people, including Ainsley and Zoey, were boarded on Air Force One ready for take off. Ainsley and Sam sat in a corner of the plane with CJ, Toby, Josh and Donna in the rows to the right of them.

"I know who I want to walk me down the aisle," said Ainsley quietly to Sam. "I thought about it all weekend while you were at work and I was at home packing."

"Thanks for packing my stuff."

Ainsley smiled. "I was hoping you were going to thank me."

Sam spoke quietly as well. "Who did you pick?"

"Leo."

"And how did you get to that decision?"

"Are you questioning my decision?" asked Ainsley sounding like a lawyer.

"No. I think it's a good choice. I just wanted to know how you picked him."

"Well, he doesn't really have a role in the wedding and he's been the nicest person to me when I started working here. So I thought this would be a nice 'thank you.'"

Sam nodded his head. "Sounds good. Do you want to tell him later?"

"Yeah."

The plane was up in the air when CJ came up to Ainsley and Sam. "Are you guys busy?" she asked.

"Yes," said Sam hoping CJ would leave them alone so he could talk with Ainsley but Ainsley said, "No," which made his plan fail.

CJ had a mischievous look on her face. "Donna and I are going to teach the guys 'The Electric Slide.'"

Sam gulped. "Do you have to?"

"Yes," said Donna coming up behind CJ.

CJ went to get Toby and Josh up off the comfy chairs. Sam couldn't figure out how she got Toby up, but it worked. The three ladies took their shoes off.

"Can you guys do that on Air Force One?" asked Josh pointing to their bare feet.

"We'll see pretty soon if we get in trouble," said Donna. "CJ! Music!"

The music to "The Electric Slide" filled the small section of the airplane as CJ, Donna, and Ainsley began to dance barefoot in the aisles.

"Just watch us for awhile," said CJ as she talked over the music. Once the ladies went through a couple rounds of the dance, Donna turned the music off.

Ainsley looked at the men. "Do you get how it goes?"

The guys had looks of fear on their faces. Josh nodded his head slowly and meekly said, "Yes."

Donna shook her head. "It's not as hard as it looks."

"I have better things to do with my time," said Toby.

"Hey!" exclaimed CJ. "Do you want to make a fool of yourself at the wedding when you can't dance 'The Electric Slide'?"

"I think we will look like fools either way," said Josh.

"Then you might as well dance," said Donna.

Zoey walked in the space where the dancing was taking place. "Hey, guys!" Zoey said cheerfully. "What are you doing?"

CJ, Ainsley and Donna smiled. "Do you know 'The Electric Slide'?" asked CJ.

Zoey was confused. "Yeah."

"Good. You can help us teach the guys how it goes. We'll start without the music. Get next to one of us and follow what we do," ordered Donna. Naturally, Sam went next to Ainsley, Josh went by Donna and Zoey, and Toby went with CJ. The ladies did a slow version of "The Slide" so the men could follow easier. After a few trips (Sam), sarcastic remarks (Josh), and complaining (Toby), CJ thought it was time to dance with the music. They were a little slow to start, but to the ladies' amazement, the boys caught on quickly. Actually, the seven people were so into it, they didn't notice the President, Leo, and Charlie watching them.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!" screamed the President. The dancing staff and Zoey froze except for Donna who ran over to the CD player to stop the music.

"CJ, would you like to tell the President what we are doing?" said Toby looking at CJ.

Josh said, "Yeah, Donna or Ainsley. I believe that you three got us into this."

CJ stepped forward, but not before giving Toby a dirty look. "Sir, Donna and I requested this song to Ainsley and Sam that we wanted to play this song at their wedding. But Sam, Josh, and Toby didn't know how the dance went, so we agreed to show them."

"But why are you doing it on my airplane?" asked the President.

CJ continued to talk, "No one was doing anything and we had some time to kill."

The President looked at his daughter. "Why are you doing it?"

Zoey looked a little scared. "They asked me to."

The President turned Leo and Charlie. "Do you two know how this goes?"

Leo and Charlie answered in unison, "No, Sir."

"Well, neither do I." The President turned his attention back to the staff. "Do you care to show us?"

Everyone let out a sigh of relief and said, "Yes, Sir."

"Come on Leo and Charlie," said the President.

"Sir, I'm not really up for dancing right now," said Leo trying to get out of dancing.

The President gave a stern look to Leo. "Leo, don't think you are going to get out of this." The President directed his attention to Charlie. "Don't you try to get out of this either." Now the President was looking at the rest of the staff. "Show us what to do."

"Get in line," said Donna, "and follow what we do." The President joined Toby and CJ's line with Charlie in Zoey, Josh, and Donna's line and Leo with Sam and Ainsley. Donna went to turn the music back on and everyone started to do "The Electric Slide."

"I swear to God CJ," shouted Leo over the music, "if the press gets a picture or story of this, I'll make sure to give you a special Big Block of Cheese Day assignment."

CJ stopped dancing. "I think I'll just go check on the press right now."

"That would be an excellent choice," said Leo still shouting over the music.