Part 3

Sam and Toby waited for Josh out in the car.

"Does he flirt with all women?" Toby asked.

"Who Josh? I've known him for 15 years, and he flirts with anything with a pulse."

"Yet he's still single."

"Well, I never said he was good at it." Sam smiled.

"Yeah." Toby laughed. "Here he comes." Toby pointed as Josh came out with a smirk on his face. He got in the car and shut the door. Then he noticed Sam and Toby staring at him.

"What?"

"What, you're not taking her with us?" Toby asked sarcastically.

"Shut up! You might have made sexiest politician or whatever of the year, but I still make the cutest politician of the year." Josh joked.

"Whatever." Toby snorted.

"When was the last time you had a date, oh sexy one?" Josh asked while turning around to face Toby.

"I've had many dates." Toby barked.

"When was your last date?" Sam added while pulling away.

"What is this, gang up on Ziegler day? Leave me alone!"

"I'll make a deal with you Toby." Josh started.

"I make it a habit never to deal with the devil, Joshua." Toby smirked.

"Hear me out." Josh said while hitting him. "I'll show you how to pick up women, if you show me how to keep them." Josh said seriously.

"What the hell Josh, that makes no sense!" Toby yelled.

"You married Andi, and you stayed married for quite awhile, right?"

"Yeah."

"Well, I can pick up any woman, but I can't seem to do things right to keep them. Apparently, you know how to treat a woman to have her stay around for a while. I want to know how you do that, and I'll teach you how to pick women up."

"Josh, Toby and Andi are divorced." Sam added.

"Yeah, but it was nothing about the romance or love. It was they're work. Right?"

"So?" Toby added.

"This trip can be a learning trip. I'll teach you and you teach me." Josh put out his hand. "Deal."

"Fine, but I don't like it." Toby shook Josh's hand.

"I'm sorry, but this is something I'm going to like seeing." Sam smiled and laughed.

"Shut up!" Josh and Toby said together.

6:00PM

"Okay, dinner time." Josh let out.

"Here we go again." Toby said to himself.

"There's a nice hotel about ten miles ahead. They have a nice restaurant. We can stop for the night there." Sam recommended.

"That's good. Oh god!" Toby groaned.

"What?" Josh turned around quickly.

"I can't feel my butt." Toby barked.

Sam and Josh laughed.

Sam pulled into the hotel parking lot. And all three men got out and stretched.

"How's your butt?" Sam smirked at Toby.

"I can't feel it, so I don't know. I'll go get the rooms, you guys go get a table at the restaurant." Toby said while walking over to get them checked in.

"Yeah, we'll meet you over there." Josh said.

"Nice place Sam."

"Yeah it is." Sam looked around.

"How are you holding up?" Josh asked.

"I'm okay. Having you guys here is really helping me."

"I'm glad we could come." Josh smiled. Just then the waitress walked over.

"Good evening, my name is Steph, can I get you guys a drink?"

"Yes, I would like a scotch please." Josh ordered.

"Ginger ale is fine." Sam said.

"There'll be someone else joining us, I believe he would want a scotch as well." Josh added.

"Yes sir." The waitress smiled and left.

"I'm surprised, you didn't flirt with her." Sam joked.

"I'm too tired right now. Besides, I liked Sarah better."

Sam laughed as Toby came in and sat next to Josh.

"Here, three rooms." He handed each one a key.

"Thanks, I ordered you a scotch." Josh said.

"Thanks." Toby said as Steph came back and handed out the drinks.

"Hi, my name is Steph and I'll be your waitress." She said to Toby.

"Hi." Toby smiled.

The three of them ordered and Steph went off.

"We should get an early start tomorrow." Sam mentioned.

"Sure." Josh nodded.

"You want someone else to drive tomorrow?" Toby offered.

"I'm okay." Sam smiled.

TOBY'S ROOM

"Oh." Toby fell willingly on his bed. He was exhausted. "I need more sleep then this." He said to himself. Toby reached over and grabbed the phone and put it on his stomach and put the receiver up to his ear. He dialed the number and laid there waiting for an answer.

"CJ Cregg." CJ answered.

"Hey." Toby groaned.

"Hey, I guess he let you guys go along."

"Yeah, Josh and I were persuasive."

"Yeah right. Sam just has a soft spot for you guys. How's it going? How's Sam?"

"He's good. Well, you know. He seems to be having a good time."

"What about you?"

"I'm good. I think we're really helping Sam."

"You are, trust me."

"Yeah." Toby smiled. "Have Larry and Ed been good?"

"They're driving Leo nuts, but that's to be expected. But everything is going fine here; you just keep your mind with Sam right now. We can handle it for a week without you guys here."

"I know you miss me." Toby laughed.

"Actually, I'm getting a lot more work done now that you're gone."

"That's because I'm not there to distract you with my good looks."

"Yeah, yeah. Tell Sam I'm thinking about him."

"I will."

"Be good."

"Always." Toby smiled as he hung the phone up and put it back on the table.

"Sam will be fine." Toby told himself as he dosed off to sleep.

JOSH'S ROOM

"He's doing good Leo. I think he's glad we're here." Josh said into the receiver.

"What about Toby?"

"We're having a good time."

"Toby doesn't have good times."

"Well, I think he's willing for Sam."

"Yeah, he loves the kid."

"We all do."

"Give him my best, and keep me informed."

"I will." Josh said and hung up the phone. He was usually still at work at this time, but he was here. And he liked it. He needed a break, and this was it. He fell on the bed and shut his eyes, he didn't realize how tired he was until then. He smiled to himself.

"Sam will be fine." Josh told himself as he dosed off to sleep.

SAM'S ROOM

Sam laid on his bed staring up at the ceiling. He could remember all the good times he had with his mom and dad when he was young. He remembered the water park, swimming, and he remembered the stories his mom used to read to him every night before he went to bed. Sam felt the tears fall down his face. He went to wipe them away, when he remembered Toby telling him it was okay to cry. It makes you feel better.

"I love you mom." Sam said when he started crying. "I miss you."

Sam laid there and cried. Remembering the way his mother looked and her smile. She always told him that if something happened to her, he would have angels with him to help guide him. Sam smiled and thought about that.

"Thanks for the angels mom." Sam said about Josh and Toby.

"I'll be fine." Sam told himself as he dosed off to sleep.

"Hello." Sam said as he picked up the ringing phone.

"Mr. Seaborn, this is your wake-up call." The voice said.

"Thanks, did you call Mr. Lyman and Mr. Ziegler?"

"Yes sir, but they both hung up on me."

"Thanks." Sam smirked and hung up the phone. He got up and started the shower. He decided just to let Toby and Josh wake up on their own. They needed the sleep.

TOBY'S ROOM

It was noon, and Toby was still sleeping. However, the knocking on the door promised to change that. He groaned and got up to open the door. "What?" Toby said while swinging the door open. "Oh Sam, sorry."

"It's okay. I was going to let you and Josh sleep in, but it's noon. They want us out of here or they're going to make us pay for an extra night." Sam smiled.

"It's noon?" Toby asked with his eyes still shut because of the sunlight.

"Yeah."

"I'm sorry, you wanted to leave early." Toby ran in and started to get some clothes together.

"It's okay. Listen, take a shower and meet me in the restaurant for lunch. I'm going to wake Josh up."

"Okay, thanks Sam." Toby smiled. "I'd hug you, but it would be a little weird because I'm half naked here." Toby pointed out.

"Thank you for that." Sam smiled and closed the door to go wake Josh up.

Toby looked at the clock and saw it was really noon.

"I haven't slept 'till noon in over twenty years." He said to himself. Then went to take a shower.

TBC