"Mr. President, I can't believe you had to conspire to win over the First Lady," Donna said.
"I had to fight for her. She was quite a catch back then, Donna," Jed replied.
"Back then!" Abbey exclaimed.
"…and to this day," Jed added, to his wife's satisfaction.
"It all seems a little over the top," Sam said.
"If you were a woman, Sam, you'd love it. Women love to be fussed over," Abbey said.
"It's true. I'd fall madly in love with anyone who conspired for my love," Donna said, wistfully.
Josh rolled his eyes at her.
"Do you hear yourself?" Josh asked her.
"Damn right I do. And you should try it sometime. Maybe you wouldn't sound like such a jackass all the time"
Abbey and CJ clapped and whistled.
"Nice one," CJ commented.
"Well done, girlfriend!" Abbey cried, grinning.
"I, for one, would really like to hear the rest of the story," Toby said, calmly.
By the time everyone had finished their meals, they were all feeling good and ready to shoot the breeze for a few hours. The only person who was slightly on edge was Leo. Leo was just waiting for something bad to happen. He knew Jed's plan was fairly simple, but he also knew that sometimes it's the simplest of plans that tend to fail. Jed stood up.
"I'll be right back."
He discreetly walked over to the deejay. He was certain no one in his party had noticed where he had gone.
"Hi there. I, um, was wondering if I could make a request. The next song just play whatever you want. But after…" Jed gave him his song request.
"Ok, so you want me to play just any ole song first?"
"Yes. Please. I mean, if you could."
"Yeah, sure. You got it."
"Thank you so much."
Jed turned and went back to his seat, then sat down again.
"Everything all right?" Abbey asked.
"Oh, yeah. Everything's great."
The next song began to play. Halfway through the song, Jed jabbed Leo in the ribs lightly and nodded. Leo looked at him with confusion before quickly realizing that this was the signal. Suddenly he couldn't remember what he was supposed to do when he gave him the signal. Jed nodded in Jenny's direction.
"Oh!" Leo turned to Jenny. "You wanna dance, Jen?"
She grinned and, as expected, accepted the offer. Then, Jed turned and looked at Amanda.
"Oh, me too?"
Jed shushed her, but nodded. A bright, sly smile immediately appeared on her face as she turned to face Ron.
"Hey, Ron, how would you feel about a dance?"
Ron was surprised, and a bit frazzled by the question. He looked at Abbey for approval.
"I don't care what you do, asshole," she said, turning her head the other way.
Inside, however, she was hoping he would go dance with Amanda.
Just to spite her, Ron said, with a big, phony smile on his face, "I'd love to, Amanda."
They stood and joined Leo and Jenny on the dance floor. As the song came to an end, Jed knew it was now or never. He and Abbey were the only ones left at the table now. And they had been sitting in awkward silence. The reflective look on her face told him she was daydreaming. She just looked so beautiful. He knew it was time.
"Abbey…" He began.
She snapped out of her daydream and looked at him. He stood and held his hand out to her.
"May I have this dance?"
His eyes widened with surprise. His plan...gone. SHE had just asked HIM to dance. She sure knew how to keep him on his toes.
Before he could answer, she took his hand and lead him out on the dance floor. He was stunned by her. He couldn't believe she had made the first move like that. But then he thought about it again, and remember the morning before, the day they'd first met. That morning too, she had made the first move when she kissed him on the cheek. He should have seen it coming. She was like no one else.
Then, the song he requested began playing. All night long he had been racking his brain for the ideal song with which to steal her heart. That's the way he saw it. The song had to be perfect. It had to describe them. It had to make her feel like this was right. Otherwise, he would loose her forever. The song he had finally chosen was 'I Can't Help Falling in Love' by Elvis Presley.
It was the right song.