"That's it." Sam said, setting the last of the luggage in the living room. Ainsley closed the door and walked into the living room, surveying the area.
"We came home with more than we left with." she said. Sam nodded and slid an arm around her waist. "It's so hot in here."
"The A/C hasn't been on in two weeks."
"True. Can you go turn it on?"
Sam nodded and headed towards their bedroom. Ainsley waited about five minutes and sighed.
"Any day now would be great honey!" she called.
"It's broken."
"WHAT? How can it be broken?"
"I dunno." Sam shrugged as Ainsley walked into the room.
"Fix it."
"Sweetie, I'm a speech writer not a repairman."
"This can't be happening."
"Obviously it is. I'll call the super."
"How's that sunburn?" Ainsley asked. Sam glared at her and poked his very red cheek.
"How do you think?"
"That's why you should've listened to me when I said to put sun block on."
Sam didn't say anything and Ainsley wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Are you going to listen to me next time?"
"Yeah." he mumbled, staring down at his shoes like a little kid.
"You're gonna need to put more of that aloe stuff on later."
"I know."
"I'll help you out." Ainsley said, her eyes twinkling. She leaned up and kissed Sam softly. He kissed her back, his fingers getting tangled in her long hair.
"I don't want to go back to work tomorrow."
"Me neither. Never thought I'd say that."
"Same here."
"You just don't want to go 'cause they'll make fun of your sunburn." Ainsley teased.
"No..."
"Yeah. You know CJ and Josh will say something."
"That's not true." Sam mumbled.
"You want pizza or Chinese? I'm not cooking. The stove will make it even hotter in here."
"Pizza. I'll call."
"Okay."
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Sam glanced up when he heard footsteps near his office and quickly looked back down, seeing it was Josh.
"Don't say anything."
"Sam..." Josh broke off into a laugh and shook his head. "Man, you look like a lobster."
"Didn't I just say don't say anything?" he muttered. Bonnie poked her head in and tried to hide her smile.
"Sam, you have a senior staff in five minutes." she said.
"Thanks Bonnie."
"You might want to do something about the sunburn."
"Thank you Bonnie."
She smiled and left the room as Josh turned back to Sam. He started shaking as he tried not to laugh but let out a snort.
"Shut up Josh."
"Sa— whoa," CJ stopped in the doorway, making Sam sigh.
"I know." he said flatly. "According to Josh I look like a lobster."
"A six foot lobster." CJ said. "What happened?"
"I didn't listen to Ainsley. Come on. We got senior staff." Sam grabbed his stuff and stood up, heading out the door. Josh and CJ followed him, pestering him the whole way to the Oval Office.
Toby and Leo were already there and they just stared at Sam.
"I'm not going to say anything." Toby said.
"Thank you."
"Except I need sunglasses to be able to look at you."
"What the hell happened to you?" Leo asked.
"He didn't listen to Ainsley." Josh replied.
"Good morning." Jed greeted, walking into the room. "Sam nice to have you back."
"Thank you Mr. President."
"You look very red."
"Yes. I know sir."
"What happened?"
"He didn't listen to Ainsley." Josh said again.
"She told me to put sun block on. I refused. She said I'd get sunburned. She was right. I was wrong." Sam said.
"What did I tell you about that?" Jed asked.
"Not to say she's right or smarter than me."
"And why not?" CJ asked. "Is there something wrong with the woman being right?"
"It's a man thing." Sam explained.
"A husband thing." Jed corrected.
"What? Are you insecure?" CJ asked.
"Yes." they said together.
"Why?"
"You wouldn't understand. Can we get on with the meeting?" Sam said.
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"Hey," Ainsley greeted as Sam flopped down in a chair across from her. "Why so glum?"
"You were right." he said.
"As always."
"Funny."
"Josh and CJ made fun of you."
"Everyone made fun of me."
"My poor baby. Guess what."
"What?"
"Babish is giving me a new office. It's upstairs in the actual counsels' office and it has air conditioning." Ainsley said.
"Great. I don't have to travel fifty miles to see you." Sam muttered.
"You're hilarious."
"Yes I am. When do you move in?"
"Tomorrow."
"Can't wait."
"Me neither. You want to get lunch?"
"Sure. Did you pass out everyone's souvenirs?"
"Yeah. They all loved them. Hey, Donna and Josh aren't together."
"What?"
"Yeah." Ainsley said. "I was just as shocked as you are."
"I thought they were together."
"Apparently they're not. Donna came down here and told me that they're not together."
"It's probably a cover." Sam said.
"I don't think so. She seemed pretty upset." Ainsley said.
"Josh hasn't said anything to me."
"He was probably too busy making fun of you."
"Are you ever going to let it go?" Sam asked. Ainsley smiled as she put a file in her briefcase. "I'll be fine in a few days."
"You said that last Sunday."
"Ainsley, shut it."
"I'm just saying."
"And you're making my day worse."
"I'm sorry honey. Let's go get lunch. I'm starving." Ainsley said, standing up. Sam took her hand and they headed out of the office for the Mess.
"I'll talk to Josh."
"You sure?"
"Yeah."
"Don't mess it up. Don't be a meddler."
"I don't meddle." Sam said, an incredulous tone in his voice. "How can you even say that?"
"Because knowing you and Josh, you'll screw it up some how."
"That's not true. We've done plenty of things together that have turned out just fine."
"Political things. Personal things take a while to turn out just fine with you two."