Part 4

"Okay," Josh barged in and slammed the door. "What's your problem?" He snapped.

"What?" Toby snapped back.

"You turned Donna down?" Josh asked while putting his hands on his hips.

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"You asked her out, and then you turned her down."

"No, she turned me down because you were making her work. Then, she said she would go out with me after she told you she was leaving early. By that time, I gave up on the finding a date thing," Toby defended. "And I have no idea what the hell I just said."

"She agreed to go out with you though."

"Out of pity."

"If she said she would go out with me out of pity, I would go."

"Well, that's you. Besides, it all worked out," Toby said with a grin.

"What did?"

"The date thing. I told CJ I could do it."

"Yeah, who did you get a date with?" Josh smirked.

"Her name is Allison Price…"

"Ben Price's daughter?" Josh looked surprised.

"Yes, why?"

"She's gorgeous. Why the hell is she going out with you?" Josh laughed.

"She asked me out to dinner. Ask her why!" Toby growled.

"CJ is going to be pissed," Josh mumbled as he walked out.

"What?" Toby asked, but Josh was already gone. "Weirdo," Toby mumbled and went back to work.

SAM'S OFFICE

"Are you serious?" Sam smirked. "When did this happen?"

"I guess when he gave her the tour," Josh grinned. "Have you seen that woman? She's fine."

"Yeah, I saw her this afternoon with Toby. They seemed to be having a good time, but I didn't think it would have gotten this far," Sam smiled. "Oh, and she is very fine. What the hell is she going out with Toby for?"

"She asked him, I guess. Which confuses the hell right out of me." Josh shook his head. Just then, CJ walked in.

"You know, you two are the biggest gossip queens around here," CJ smiled. "What's going on? I heard something about someone asking someone out," She said as she sat next to Josh.

"I'm not telling her," Sam looked over at Josh.

"Well, I'm not telling her," Josh snapped. "Besides, I have work to do," He quickly said and ran out.

"Samuel," CJ said in a warning voice.

"You know, the briefing this morning went by very well," He smiled nervously.

"One of you two did something stupid, I can sense it," CJ wouldn't stop staring at him.

"Well, for once, I can honestly say it was neither me nor Josh," Sam smiled.

"Then who is it?"

"I should really…"

"Sam!"

"It was Toby," Sam said quickly.

"What about Toby?"

"He got a date and Josh was telling me about it, that's all," He said. CJ looked around for a minute and took a deep breath.

"And why would you not want to tell me that?" She asked, trying to hide her feelings.

"I thought you would be mad," Sam said.

"Mad?" CJ stood and found her voice getting louder. "Why would I get mad?" She screamed.

"I'm not sure what I was thinking," Sam said while sinking further into his seat.

"I'm very happy for him. Now if you will excuse me," CJ stormed out and slammed the door. Leaving Sam there to take in what just happened.

Toby stood outside Ally's door, taking a few deep breaths before knocking. He hasn't been this nervous in years. He held the flowers he bought and waited for her to answer.

"Hello," She opened the door and smiled. She was wearing a very tight, and very short red dress.

"Um…" Toby found himself speechless.

"Well, if I made the Communications Director speechless, then I must look okay," She laughed. "Are those for me?" She pointed at the flowers.

"Uh…" He just nodded.

"I love them. Thank you Toby," She grabbed them. "Let me put them in some water. Come on in," She smiled and walked back in. Toby slowly followed her. He was having a hard time keeping his eyes off her.

"You look beautiful," Toby managed to get out.

"Thank you," She smiled and walked over to him. "I hope I didn't over dress."

"Oh, no. You look fine to me," Toby said nervously.

"Is that why you haven't been able to stop looking at my dress?" She asked with a grin.

"Maybe," Toby laughed. "I'm out of practice here."

"So am I," She smiled. "Should we go to dinner?"

"I would love too," He grabbed her hand and they walked out. She could tell that he was still looking at the dress. She kept lifting his head up with her hand. Then he smiled, but his head dropped to look at the dress again. She couldn't help but laugh. The only time Toby took his eyes off her was when he was driving to the restaurant. "Here it is," He smiled and parked.

"It looks very fancy," She smiled over at him.

"Yeah, well. I go out once a year. When I do, I like to go all out. But this time I have a very beautiful woman with me, so it's extra special," He grinned.

"And whoever said you weren't a romantic?" She smiled.

"Everyone in the White House," He said seriously and got out of the car. He opened the door for Ally and helped her out. "Have I mentioned how gorgeous you look tonight?" Toby whispered.

"Only a few times," She grinned and kissed him on the cheek.

"Well," He smiled. "If I get a kiss every time I say it, then I'm going to be saying it a lot tonight," He grinned as she took his hand.

"Works for me," She smiled back as they began walking toward the restaurant.

TBC