Calleigh woke up to her phone ringing incessantly.
"Hello?"
"Calleigh Anne!"
"What did I do now Mom?"
"Put that sister of yours on this phone right now."
Calleigh yawned and padded into the guest room, seeing Ainsley still asleep.
"She's sleeping."
"I do not care! Get her on the phone."
"Ainsley..." Calleigh poked her a couple of times.
"Go away."
"Sam's on the phone." Calleigh said. Ainsley sat up.
"Give me!" she yanked the phone out of her sister's hands and brought it up to her ear. "Hi."
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?"
Ainsley squeaked and fell off the bed. She gave Calleigh a deadly look and she just shrugged and walked out.
"What do you mean?"
"You haven't seen the papers?"
"Huh?"
"I read, 'Romance in the White House? Deputy Communications Director Sam Seaborn and White House Counsel Ainsley Hayes were caught kissing outside an apartment building in Miami, early yesterday afternoon.'"
"What? We didn't kiss. Is there a picture?"
"You two look very content together."
Ainsley jumped out of bed and ran into the kitchen. Tim was chuckling as he read the newspaper and Ainsley grabbed it out of his hands. There was a picture of her and Sam, who was leaning down, his face very close to hers.
"Oh my God..."
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"What were you thinking!" C.J yelled at breakfast. The staffers had got together in the Agramonte's restaurant and were now eating breakfast.
"I'm sorry Mom." Sam said sarcastically.
"Do you have any idea what this is going to do?"
"You got quite a streak buddy." Josh said. "The hooker..."
"She was a call girl!"
"Leo's daughter, now a Republican."
"So? Who cares if she's a Republican?"
"The press!" C.J exclaimed. "And who deals with the press? Me! This is... not a good idea Sam!"
"I don't care. We didn't even do anything. Just some stupid reporter trying to get a scoop."
"Do you have any idea how this looks? No one knew she was coming down here. It looks like a republican is campaigning for a democratic president! This is going to send the republicans into a fury, not to mention it looks like you two are romantically involved."
"She came out of his room yesterday morning." Josh added.
"Sam!" C.J exclaimed exasperatedly.
"She was helping me with the speech and feel asleep. Look, it's not a big deal."
"He also asked her to the big party the mayor's having."
"Josh..."
"Oh great. More press!"
"Look, she said no so don't worry about it." Sam said.
"You told me she didn't answer." Josh said.
"Usually when a girl runs away from me, I figure that means no."
"We're going to ignore all reports of this." C.J said. "We'll say you were escorting some woman home that strangely looked like Ainsley. You saved her in the... tragic bombing at The Agramonte."
Josh chuckled into his coffee.
"Like anyone is going to buy that."
"It'll die down soon." Sam muttered.
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"So?" Calleigh looked at Ainsley, who was biting into a muffin.
"She's mad... very mad."
"I was talking about the party, at the mayor's mansion. Are you going?"
"Who would I go with? I didn't get invited."
"Didn't you mention something about Sam asking you?"
"I... no I didn't."
"Really? I thought you did."
"Calleigh, just leave it. I'm definitely not going with him now that this is in the papers!"
"Do you want to go?"
"Why?"
Calleigh nodded over her shoulder to where Tim and Eric were sitting on the couch watching TV.
"I'll think about it."
"No thinking. We need to go dress shopping. Now." Calleigh jumped out of her seat and grabbed her pocketbook. "Let's go."
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"Hello?"
"Um... hi."
"Hi. Did you see the papers?"
"Yeah. I'm sorry."
"I'm more sorry. Your career is more important than mine."
"My career has been at stake before so don't worry. What are you doing?"
"I'm dress shopping."
"Oh. You're coming then?"
"Um..."
"Ainse, I know it looks bad..."
"No. Sam, I want to go."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Um... wow. Okay. I'll pick you seven."
