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The main party ran until 1am, until there was only the handful of people who were staying at the house left. It was basically the senior staff from the old administration, plus the President and First Lady, Danny Corcannon, Mallory, Zoey, Ainsley Hayes and Joe Quincy, who were still good friends to the administration, both current and previous. They were all sat around the large family room, eating pizza and chatting happily. Josh had not been able to wipe the smile off his face all night, and it seemed unlikely that he would succeed anytime soon since Donna was sat on his lap and he had his arms wrapped around her narrow waist as she continually stole his beer from his hand.

"Well it certainly took you guys long enough!" President Santos teased, laughing at how quickly and fiercely Josh blushed at his comment.

"Thank you sir!" he replied, reaching for Donna's hand and interlacing his fingers with hers, "I've never been so happy in my life!" he admitted, eliciting 'awww's' from the group, which swiftly turned into 'euwww's' as he kissed her gently on the lips. They pulled apart, blushing slightly. A few minutes later, the President, First Lady, Jed and Abbey all excused themselves and went to bed, leaving the younger members of the group lounging around together. All the couples were sitting together, curled up in armchairs, Ainsley was on one sofa with Joe, their hands interlinked, her engagement ring flashing clearly in the light, and Danny, while Toby sat at one end of the other one with CJ in the middle, her head on his lap and her legs stretched out over the rest of it. Will had been relegated to a beanbag chair in the corner.

"Let's do something!" Ainsley said, obviously getting a bit fidgety.

"Like what?" Josh answered, taking a swig of his beer.

"I know!" Sam exclaimed, "We can play truth or dare!"

The girls collapsed into giggles, but all nodded their agreement. Sam looked round at the rest of them, "Well? What do you guys think?"

Toby scowled, "we are not teenagers anymore Sam!" he answered, grumpily.

"Awwww Toby, are you scared!" CJ teased, shifting her head slightly so she could look up at his face.

"I'm not scared; it's just a pointless exercise!"

"You're just chicken!" CJ taunted, laughing up at the scowl that flashed across his face.

"Fine!" he muttered, sighing softly.

"Great!" Sam said, smiling like a little kid, "You can go first! Truth or Dare?"

"Dare." Toby replied.

"I dare you to…." Sam looked around the room, thinking, "kiss CJ!"

"What?" Toby shouted, shooting a glare in Sam's direction.

"You heard me, you have to kiss CJ."

Toby looked down at CJ and rolled his eyes, before leaning down and giving her a quick peck on the cheek. He looked at Sam expectantly.

"No you have to kiss her on the lips! And standing in the middle of the circle." Sam said in response to Toby's glance.

"You never said on the lips." Toby answered, a slight blush evident from underneath his beard.

"Toby, we are playing truth or dare, its not gonna be a kiss on the cheek is it!" Josh piped up, hiding his face behind Donna's back as Toby turned his glare in Josh's direction. All the while this conversation was happening, CJ had moved from her position with her head in Toby's lap, to the other end of the sofa, and was studying her nails intently as the discussion raged on around her. Eventually Toby gave in, stood up and offered his hand to her to help her up from the sofa and pull her into the middle of the room.

"I'm sorry about this," he whispered into her ear, before leaning forward, and gently pressing his lips against hers. CJ gasped quietly, at the jolt of desire that ran through her body as their lips met, and raised one hand to cup the back of his neck, pulling him closer, the other hand joining Toby's, their fingers interlocked. She felt his tongue flick at her lips, begging for an opening and she readily complied, their tongues duelling together, exploring every part of each others mouths. They both heard vaguely in the background, the sound of someone clearing their throat, and they jumped apart blushing furiously, looking around the room, studiously avoiding each other's gaze. As she looked around the room, she noticed that none of her friends seemed shocked at the events that they had just witnessed, on the contrary, they were all smiling happily, especially Sam, who was grinning like a Cheshire Cat.

"Well," he said, smiling even wider as he noticed that once again CJ and Toby were once again still holding hands without seeming to realise it, "I think I'm gonna turn in now, what do you think Mal?" Mallory smiled and nodded and turned to Charlie and Zoey,

"Congratulations again you guys! Girls, are we still going shopping tomorrow morning?"

Donna, CJ, Zoey and Ainsley all nodded. "Ok, night everyone!" she added, as she followed Sam out of the door.

"I…uhh…I'm going to bed too," CJ managed to stutter before pulling her hand out of Toby's grasp and heading out of the room, before anyone could say anything. Toby just stood there, staring at her retreating back.

"Toby, go after her, or I will!" Donna said, moving to stand up. Toby rushed out of the room before she could extract herself from Josh's embrace.

"I always wondered about those two," Joe said, "In a way they always flirted more than you and Donna did Josh," he rolled her eyes at the identical squeaks of surprise that were emitted from Josh and Donna, "please Josh, Donna was pretty much all you talked about to me during my interview! But Toby and CJ, I always assumed that they had been together before he was married."

"Nah," Josh replied, "They have never got it together, although there has always been something there. You should have seen CJ when Toby announced about his and Andie's twins, she was so torn between being happy for her best friend and being jealous that it wasn't her he was having the children with, especially when he kept trying to get Andie to marry him again."

Joe nodded, "Well they don't have that trouble anymore. They came to an agreement in the end didn't they?"

"Yeah, and Toby's a good Dad, and he and Andie finally realised they are better off as friends."

"So what's the problem?"

"The problem is CJ's never realised that Toby feels the same way for her and I think it freaked her out a bit." Donna jumped in before Josh could reply, "And it was in front of all of these people. I think she was quite embarrassed."

Joe smiled and nodded in understanding before he heard a quiet snore coming from beside him. He looked down and saw Ainsley fast asleep, with her head on his leg. He grinned. "Well it looks like we're going to bed then!" He stood up quietly, carefully moving her head from his leg and picked her up with ease. "Night guys!" he said softly as he carried his fiancée out of the family room, in the direction of their room. Soon after Ainsley and Joe left, the others all followed suit and went to bed.

TBC

A/N – in the next chapter, what happens when Toby gets up to the room he is sharing with CJ, and the week following the party, how will people react to Josh and Donna's news.

I know that its quite unlikely that Joe and Ainsley would be together and I loved the Sam/Ainsley paring in the second series but I prefer Sam and Mallory together so for the purpose of this story Ainsley and Joe are engaged, they would make a cute couple I think!

I do like Toby and Andie pairings, for the sake of their children if nothing else, but I think the chemistry between Toby and CJ is much more fun to write!

Hope you enjoyed this little bit. Its not the best chapter I have written, but it will do as a filler I think!

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