Part 5

They stopped once they got to L.A. so Sam could drive to the house.

"It's different being here without a motorcade." Josh mentioned seriously.

"Shut up." Toby replied sarcastically.

"Yeah, yeah." Josh waved him off.

"There it is." Sam said to himself as they pulled down the street.

They could see all the cars and people that were outside. Sam pulled over and parked.

"We can wait here Sam, go ahead." Josh mentioned.

"No, you guys came this far with me, come on." Sam practically ordered and got out of the car. Josh and Toby looked at each other, and then got out with Sam.

"Sam!" Maggie screamed and ran to her brother.

"Maggie." Sam smiled and hugged his sister. "I came as soon as I could."

"Thank you." She smiled and wiped the tears from her face. "Hi." She said looking at Josh and Toby.

"Hi." They said together.

"Maggie, you remember Josh. And this is my boss, Toby Ziegler."

"Josh." She smiled as she shook his hand. "And Toby, I heard so much about you. Sam really looks up to you."

"Maggie!" Sam lowered his head in embarrassment.

"It's okay. He's a great deputy." Toby laughed.

"Thank you for coming with him."

"Sure." Toby smiled.

"Dad's waiting for you Sam." Maggie pointed over at the house. "He's inside."

"Thanks Maggie." Sam looked over at Josh and Toby.

"Go. We'll be fine." Josh smiled.

"Yeah, go." Toby nodded.

"Thanks for coming you guys. It really meant a lot to me." Sam said with tears falling down his face.

"We're friends Sam. We're there for each other." Toby hugged Sam.

"He's right. We are always going to be here." Josh smiled and joined the hug. Sam didn't care that he was crying. He was just glad they were there.

"I don't know how long I'll be…"

"Don't worry. We're going to go out someplace. You just stay with your family. Call us later on the cell if you want." Josh said.

"I wanted you guys to stay, I have a…"

"Don't worry, we're grown men." Toby have a questionable look in Josh's direction. "We'll be fine. We'll come by tomorrow before we go."

"Go?" Sam frowned.

"We should get back to the White House. Don't worry, we're taking a plane." Toby joked. "Now you have family. Spend time with them. Think about the good times. Okay?"

"Okay. Thanks for everything." Sam smiled as he looked at his friends.

"We'll be back tomorrow. Take care, Sam." Josh added.

"I will." Sam hugged the men once more and then walked into the house.

"You think we should leave him?" Toby asked worriedly.

"I think he's going to be just fine." Josh looked around at all of Sam's family members. "Now come on." Josh started walking back to the car.

"Where are we going?" Toby followed him reluctantly.

"It's time for us to have our teaching lesson." Josh grinned.

"Great." Toby mumbled.

SAM'S HOUSE

"Sam." His dad walked over and hugged him. "I'm glad you came."

"Me too, dad." Sam smiled, but couldn't hold back the tears. "I miss her."

"I miss her too, son." The two of them embraced each other; mourning over their lost loved one. And loving each other. Hoping it wouldn't end.

SOME BAR

"Please tell me what the hell we're doing here?" Toby yelled over the loud music.

"Well, it's time you learned how to pick up women." Josh patted him on the back.

"Josh…"

"Sam and I used to come here all the time. It's a fun place. Music, singing, and most of all, beautiful women." Josh smiled as a woman walked past them. "I call that one."

"I'm leaving. I have to make a call."

"To CJ?" Josh asked smugly and took a sip of his scotch.

"Why do you say that?" Toby asked as he noticed a woman looking at him from the table next to them.

"You've called CJ every night since we left. I was just thinking it was her." Josh shrugged innocently.

"That's what you get for thinking." Toby said quietly, staring at the woman at the next table.

"Someone you know?" Josh asked while looking over at the woman.

"No." Toby shook his head and looked back at Josh. "Look, just because I have called CJ every night, it doesn't mean anything. She wanted to be kept informed."

"I didn't say it meant anything." Josh smiled at Toby's uneasiness. "Sorry, I didn't know CJ was a touchy subject." He laughed.

"She's not." Toby finished his drink. "I'm getting another drink." He stood and walked over to the bar.

"Yeah." Josh rolled his eyes at his friend.

"Scotch please." Toby ordered when he got the bartenders attention.

"I'll have the same." The woman that had been looking at Toby came over and smiled. "Does a body good." She joked as they made eye contact.

"Yeah." Toby said shyly.

"My name's Allison." She held out her hand.

"Toby." He shook her hand and smiled back at her.

"Nice name." Allison replied.

"You too." Toby grinned at her as the bartender gave them their drinks. "I should get back." Toby motioned over at Josh.

"Yeah." Allison smiled sadly. "It was nice to meet you."

"You too." Toby nodded and walked back to the table. He noticed the weird look on Josh's face.

"What?" Toby questioned.

"How the hell do you do that?" Josh asked with complete ignorance.

"What?" Toby just shrugged.

"Make the women come to you. She followed you to the bar, eyeing every little move you made."

"Shut up." Toby growled.

"She's going to be your test. Now, what you want to do is…"

"Sit here and enjoy my drink." Toby finished.

"I thought we were going to teach each other."

"Josh, what do you want to know?" Toby gave in.

"How to keep a woman. The longest relationship I ever had was 6 months. And that was in high school."

"It's not hard." Toby simply blinked.

"It is for me." Josh said seriously. "Tell me what I need to know. Please."

"Look." Toby looked around and moved in closer. "You don't need any fancy one-liners for one. All you have to do is accept who that person is. You have to be able to compromise with her. No one is always going to be right all the time in a relationship. You have to make sure she knows you love her. Tell her things that make her feel important." Toby tried explaining.

"What did you say to Andi?" Josh asked seriously.

"I told her everyday that she was my life, because she was. I fell in love with her life. It fascinated me. Every move she made, everything she said, it made me love her even more. We both knew that we couldn't be with each other because our work had control over us. It didn't mean we loved each other less. It just meant we couldn't be with each other as husband and wife. I still love her, I always will." Toby looked over at Josh. "Josh, you can't make yourself stay with someone just to see if you can. You have to find that one person that you can love completely, and learn to live with her. You have to learn to love before you can be with someone for a long period of time."

"Yeah." Josh looked down, suddenly understanding his lack of long-term relationships. "So I need to quit being a playboy and find that one person out there that I can love and that I can live with."

"Exactly." Toby smiled and took a drink.

"I think I understand now." Josh nodded his appreciation.

"Good. Now will you leave me alone?" Toby asked sarcastically.

"Don't you want to know how to pick up woman?" Josh couldn't resist asking.

"No, I think I do pretty good on my own." Toby grinned.

"Why didn't you hit on that one woman at the bar?"

"Trust me. I wanted to." Toby smiled in her direction. "But something was holding me back."

"Does that something start with a C and end with a J?" Josh laughed.

"What is this obsession you have with me and CJ?" Toby yelled.

"I see the way you look at her, and the way she looks at you." Josh grinned.

"She doesn't look at me any different than she looks at anyone else." Toby yelled.

"Whatever man, she's got a thing for you. And I think you have a thing for her. But hey, it's only my opinion." He put his hands up in surrender.

"Yeah, only you." Toby gave Josh a glare and then looked over at the woman. "Excuse me." Toby said as he got up and walked over to her.

"Toby." Allison smiled as he walked up to her.

"Can I be honest with you?" Toby asked while standing in front of her.

"Sure." She turned to face her body toward him.

"I don't know how to pick up a woman. I don't have fancy one-liners to say to you. I'm leaving tomorrow and I would like to have a good time tonight. Would you care to join me?" Toby asked the question only loud enough for her to hear him, and kept his eyes locked with hers.

"You know what? No one has ever been that blunt with me." She laughed. "I would love too. As long as we can get out of here." She looked around.

"Of course." Toby offered her his hand and helped Allison put on her coat. They both walked over to the table Josh was sitting at so Toby could get his jacket. Josh sat there in utter shock. "I'm leaving." Toby explained.

"Where are you going?" Josh grinned at the both of them.

"He's going to show me a good time." Allison smiled while hanging off of Toby's shoulder.

"Yeah." Toby smirked when he saw the look on Josh's face. He held onto Allison's arm as they began to leave.

"Don't do anything I wouldn't do." Josh called out as Toby and Allison went out the door.

TBC