Sam rolled away from Ainsley, hearing the phone ring. He sat up and turned the light on, then glared at the offending machine that had woken him up. Sam brought the phone up to his ear and mumbled a what.

"What? What do you mean she's in the hospital?" he was fully awake now and from hearing the movement behind him, he was pretty sure Ainsley was awake as well. "Yes! We're coming right now!"

Sam slammed the phone down onto the base, shock coursing through his body along with fear.

"Who was that?" Ainsley mumbled. Maybe she hadn't been awake.

"Ashley."

"Everything okay?"

"Gracie's in the hospital."

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"Just tell me what happened." Sam said. Ashley sighed and ran a hand through her hair.

"I don't know." she mumbled.

"What?"

"I said I don't know."

"Where were you?"

"She asked me to stay in the car."

"And you listened to her!"

Ashley just nodded, not really knowing what to say. Ainsley was just sitting on the chair, not really doing much of anything.

"Is she awake?"

"No. The doctors said it would be a few hours before she woke up."

"Alright." Sam nodded, then looked at Ashley. "Go home. You can't do any more now."

She quietly walked away and Sam sighed, running a hand over his face.

"She's going to be okay right?" Ainsley muttered. Sam turned and stared at her as though he had never seen her before.

"Yeah," he finally nodded, though he didn't seem too sure of himself. He sat down next to her and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. She dropped her head onto his chest, tears pouring out of her eyes. Sam kissed the top of her head and rubbed her back gently. "Honey, shh..."

"No! I just... I... I don't know. I just want to hear she's okay."

"I know honey and we will. Just relax."

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Sam rubbed his eyes tiredly and glanced down at Ainsley, who was asleep on his shoulder. He was ready to fall asleep too but the door opened and CJ and Josh walked in.

"Hey," Sam muttered. He moved away from Ainsley slowly, then laid her down over the rest of the couch they had been sitting on.

"How is she?" Josh asked.

"She's still out of it."

"You've been here for six hours. Did you talk to the doctor?"

"Yeah. They ran a panel on her blood and she was drunk and had traces of a date rape drug in her as well."

"You're kidding."

"No. What's going on CJ?"

"Amanda said that the press was beginning to ask questions."

"What?"

"It was on the news." Josh said. "Probably still is."

He grabbed the remote off the coffee table and pointed at the small TV mounted on the wall.

"—where police showed up at the home of DC Defense Attorney Richard Meyers. Meyers's son Rick was having a party, which was attended by the First Daughter and Congressman David Newman's son Ben, who she has been seen with since February. Ben, eighteen, was stopped by a patrol car near Dupont Circle for speeding but was then taken into custody for having marijuana on him."

"Oh Jesus."

"Gracie, who will be turning sixteen in two weeks, was found unconscious in Rick's bedroom and taken to GW, where the President, First Lady, and various members of the Senior Staff have been seen going in and out of. There has been no word on her condition although other attendees of the party say she had been drinking and had followed Rick up to his bedroom after she and Ben were seen arguing."

"What are they saying?" Sam asked as the next news story came on.

"She's a drunk. She's into drugs and sex. She hangs around with the wrong crowd." CJ replied. "She's a bad kid. There's problems going on between her, you, and your wife. She's corrupt. She has multiple boyfriends. This isn't the first time that she's drank and done drugs. She needs to be put in rehab. You and Ainsley are bad parents. There are lots of things going around."

"My favorite is that she's not a virgin and is pregnant but doesn't know who the father is." Josh smirked.

"What's Amanda saying?" Sam asked, ignoring his best friend.

"She's stayed out of the Press Room." CJ said.

"Well she's a big help!"

"Well what if she says something that makes the situation even worse?"

Sam sighed and rubbed his eyes.

"What's going on?" Ainsley mumbled, sitting up slowly.

"We're sharing the rumors that are swirling around your daughter's hospitalization." Josh replied. "How you doin'?"

"Fine I guess. Is she awake yet?"

"I haven't heard anything." Sam said. "What's going on at the White House?"

"Everthing's fine." CJ said. "A situation came up but I took care of it. There will be a memo on your desk when you get back."

Sam nodded and sat back down next to Ainsley.

"Anything else?"

"No."

"Okay." Sam yawned as the door to the waiting room opened again. A nurse walked in this time, looking quite timid.

"Uh... Mr. uh... Mr. Pres-President, uh..." she shuffled slightly, staring at the floor. "Your uh... um... daughter..."

"I think Gracie's awake." Josh said.

"Thanks." the nurse mumbled and ran out.

"Come on," Sam stood back up, pulling Ainsley with him.

"We'll see you later." CJ and Josh left the room with the couple but went their separate ways in the hallway. Sam stopped at Gracie's closed door and Ainsley looked at him. He gestured for her to open it so she did and walked in. Gracie looked up, her normally clear blue eyes clouded over.

"Mommy,"

"Hey," Ainsley walked over to her and sat down on the bed next to her. She pulled Gracie to her gently and held her. "You okay?"

"What happened?" she mumbled.

"Don't worry about that right now. We'll talk later." Ainsley kissed the top of Gracie's head and they went silent. Sam just stood there watching them as quite a few thoughts ran through his mind.