Sam gave a sigh of relief as his lunch break finally came by. He quickly headed down to Ainsley's office and closed the door behind him.
"Hey." she smiled.
"We have a half hour. I told Bonnie I'd be back by one."
"That's a lot of time."
"Are you taking a break?"
"I just have to finish typing this. So your sister kicked your ass this morning." Ainsley said, smiling as she quickly typed on her laptop.
"She didn't kick my ass."
"Do girls usually beat you into the ground or are we just special?"
"Shut up."
"Make me." Ainsley taunted. So Sam did. He leaned over the desk and kissed her deeply. Ainsley smiled against his lips and pulled away slightly. "I have to finish this. Then I'm yours. Well... I'm hungry. I brought my lunch from home but I ate it."
"As usual." Sam smirked. "We can go up to the Mess and get something."
"So why was she here?"
"Who? Oh Sarah? She got kicked out of Princeton."
"Oh yeah. I heard you two yelling at each other. You probably woke the dead."
"It's a possibility. What are you typing? A novel?"
"No. I'm saving that for you." Ainsley winked. "I'm typing up a memo for Josh."
"Doesn't he have an assistant?"
"Donna is sick."
"So he told you to write it."
"I offered."
"You don't type up my memos."
"Because you get mad when I reverse them."
"Oh yeah." Sam muttered. Ainsley hit save and shut her laptop.
"Let's go."
"Yay." Sam waited for Ainsley to grab her jacket and slid an arm around her waist as they went to the door. Ainsley went to open it and tugged on it a few times before looking at Sam. "What?"
"It won't open."
"You're probably turning the knob the wrong way." Sam said. "Move."
Ainsley stepped back and let Sam try and open the door. He slammed his body into the door and winced.
"Okay... when you saw me come in you should've told me not to close the door and that it gets stuck!" he exclaimed.
"You shouldn't have closed the door to begin with!" Ainsley snapped. Sam sighed and pulled his cell phone out and called Josh's office.
"Josh Lyman."
"Josh, I need you to do me a big favor and not make any jokes about it."
"What did you do?"
"I'm locked in Ainsley's office."
Josh burst out laughing and sighed.
"You two are locked in there together?"
"Yes."
"Who's going to be dead first?"
"Right now, I don't know. Just get down here right now and open the door."
"I would but I'm already late for a meeting on the Hill."
"Josh..."
"Sorry man. I'll be back in about two hours. Call CJ or Toby."
"Are you kidding me? They'll... they'll never let this die."
"Nor am I. What were you doing down there anyway?"
"None of your business."
"...oh... so uh... you two huh?"
"Can't you make a quick stop?"
"Nope. Be back later." The phone clicked as Josh hung up. Sam sighed and flipped his phone shut. He snapped it back onto his belt and tried opening the door again.
"You know... we could use this to our advantage."
Sam swung around and looked at Ainsley incredulously. She just gave him a devilish smile and sat back down behind her desk.
"Why is it so hot in here?" Sam complained, rolling up his sleeves. Ainsley gave him a look and shrugged out of her jacket.
"Because it's the Steam Pipe Trunk Distribution Venue." she drawled.
"Any one come down here?"
"Not really. Donna once in a while. I usually go upstairs to do business. Honestly, I don't think anyone knows my office is down here."
"Well that can come in handy sometimes."
"Times like these?"
"Don't start. Please don't start." Sam begged. Ainsley shrugged and leaned back in her chair.
"Take a seat." she pointed to the chair in front of her desk and Sam plopped down.
"I have a meeting with Vinick in an hour." he said.
"I like Senator Vinick."
"He's an asshole."
"He just wants what's best for this country."
"He's got a funny way of showing it."
Ainsley sighed and pulled her hair into a ponytail.
"Sam, if we're going to be locked in here, please don't debate with me." she said.
"We can't do anything else."
"We can talk like civilized adults." Ainsley leaned over her desk, giving Sam a clear view of her chest. She grabbed a pen out of a cup and sighed, seeing it was broken. She rummaged through the cup and Sam licked his lips.
"Sit up." he muttered.
"Why?"
"Because that's the only thing that will keep me from... just sit up Ainse."
"Am I turning you on?" she asked, a seductive drawl in her voice. Sam gave her a look then stared down at his lap.
"Oh screw it." he mumbled. "Come here."
-----------------------TWW-------------------
"Bonnie,"
She looked up and smiled.
"Hi Danny. What's going on?"
"Where's Sam?" he asked, peering into the empty office.
"Um... he's on a lunch break. I think he said something about going to see Ainsley Hayes. He's been gone a while though. Why?"
"We had to talk about something. Do you know where Ainsley's office is?"
"Down in the basement. Steam Pipe Trunk Distribution Venue."
"Okay. Thanks. Do you know what they were doing?"
"Probably debating. Most likely nothing important."
------------------TWW---------------
Danny finally found Ainsley's office and saw the door was closed. As he neared the door he heard a thump and then Sam groan. Danny raised an eyebrow, an amused look on his face.
"Josh may be coming soon."
"Yeah."
"Stop!" there was a loud smack and Sam let out an 'ow'.
"What did I do?"
"That tickled."
"I... OW Ainse!"
"Stop doing it and I won't smack you. I... oh God Sam."
"H—" Danny flung an arm out and Josh went quiet. There was silence for a minute and Ainsley let out a moan.
"That was..." she let out a sigh and was silent for another minute and Danny and Josh exchanged a look. He leaned over and turned the doorknob. The door swung open and Josh was preparing himself to see the two of them having hot sex on the floor but...
"Are you kidding me?" Josh groaned. Ainsley was sitting in her chair, Sam behind her, his hands slowly working their way over her shoulders, neck, and back.
"What?"
"I thought... I oh never mind. Vinick is getting pissed."
"Danny, why are you here?" Sam asked.
"We had to talk about that thing and Bonnie said you were down here. I wanted to catch you before you left for the meeting with Vinick." he replied.
"Oh. I'll meet you two upstairs."
Danny and Josh nodded and disappeared from the hallway.
"That was close." Sam said once they were sure they were gone. "That's the last time I listen to you."
"Oh it was fun and you know it." Ainsley grinned. She pulled out a mirror and ran a hand through her hair. "Oh my God..."
"What?" Sam turned around and saw Ainsley rubbing her neck furiously.
"You gave me a hickey."
"Oh." Sam had an amused look on his face and Ainsley glared at him. "Uh... don't you have something to cover it up? Like... make-up or something?"
"I suppose." Ainsley leaned down and grabbed her pocketbook then began digging through it.
"I got to get back upstairs."
"Yeah."
"I'll..." Sam suddenly felt awkward. They had only been going out a week and it seemed odd to ask if she was coming by his place that night. But then again that's what had happened the past seven days. "Let's get dinner tonight."
"Okay. I'll meet you in your office at the end of the day."
"Okay."
Ainsley leaned over and Sam kissed her quickly. He was halfway out the door when Ainsley called him back.
"What?"
"You missed a button." she said, pointing. Sam looked down and saw he indeed missed a button when he had hastily redressed.