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CJ is sleeping on Christmas morning when Danny tries to wake CJ up by kissing her all over the face. "I know you can be like a kid on Christmas morning, but please let me sleep a little longer, Danny." Danny sits on the bed trying to come up with a plan to get the most beautiful woman awake. He gets up to the bathroom and starts to sing 'It Feels Like Christmas' from a Muppets Christmas Carol. CJ gets up and walks into the bathroom. "Now, will you be quiet until I have my coffee." Danny turns around to kiss her and turns on the water to brush his teeth and misses CJ mumble to herself "decaf of course."
"What was that dear?"
"Nothing babe, now let's go downstairs."
"Ok," Danny practically runs down the stairs to open the presents and hears CJ's laughter as she follows him. CJ thinks that he will be even more cheerful next year after the baby is born. "Come on CJ, the day is a wasting away."
"Danny we have the whole day to ourselves."
"I know that I just want most of the day to be us relaxing on the couch."
"Danny we do that almost every weekend."
"I was gone last weekend interviewing Bartlet for The Bartlet for America bio. I missed being in your arms, and the week before that you were in Africa looking for places to start your project."
"I know Danny, remember that we took most of November to celebrate when we first started sleeping together 2 years ago."
"Danny, I'm here and have my coffee. We can start opening gifts now. I have one that is opened last after all the gifts have been opened."
"Ok, then let's get started." Danny starts gets his presents to CJ out from under the tree, and CJ gets hers to Danny including a small green rectangular box that holds something Danny will love that is only partially bought, but the big part was giving to her from Danny in November.
CJ opens up her gifts a neckless with a picture of her mom inside it. A letter from an Editor saying that a book that her father started, but he finished will be published in January. Danny opens up a brand new watch, a scrapbook of all of his published stories from Newspapers starting in High School. CJ hands him the box, "CJ you already have gotten me so much."
"Just open it, let's just say it is a gift for the both of us," Danny opens up the box to see a pregnancy test "you're pregnant?"
"There's more Danny."
He picks up the test to see a letter from her doctor, "Mr. and Mrs. Conncannon, I am proud to announce that you two are expecting triplets."
Danny looks at CJ with a big smile "we are having more than one."
"Yes, Danny, we are." Danny gets up from his spot and picks up CJ and spins her around after he puts her down he gets down on his knees and puts his hands on her stomach and kisses it.
"Hi, there I'm your Dad. You are the best Christmas present that I could ever ask for, I love you kids, and I love you CJ."
"I love you too, Danny," they eat breakfast, Danny can't stop smiling thinking about how next Christmas is going to be. "What?"
"Just thinking about next year, and how we are going to have three little babies curious about all the colors surrounding them and why their parents are singing weird songs."
"Then a few years after that, I will have 4 children one that is an adult and three toddlers practically jumping on me so they can open presents."
"At least there will be so much joy in our house with our kids here. Do you think we should get another fish?"
"Yeah, it has been a few years since we had Gail."
"It will be a full circle, our relationship started because of a fish, and here we are married expecting a few kids and about to have another fish." CJ leans over to grab Danny's hand.
"We should have a Gold Fish anniversary this year."
"Why?"
"Gold Fish are our thing."
"They really are, why are you drinking coffee?"
"Caffeine-free, I haven't had anything caffeinated since I found out that I am pregnant."
"Good, I am going to try and give it up for these months."
"Danny, no you can't. You live by coffee."
"I can try."
"One of us should be caffeinated, and that should be you as you will be dealing with a very hormonal wife, then in a handful of months help still slight hormonal wife plus three babies to take care of while wife helps."
"Well, the husband may ask for help from his parents and wife's surrogate parents."
"We do need to tell them, Abbey and The President were disappointed that I didn't want to travel East this year."
"Don't forget my parents."
"Let's call them now, as we are finished with breakfast."
"Ok," Danny grabs the phone as they sit on the couch and call their family in Michigan. The phone rings as Lorretta picks up.
"Danny, CJ how are you doing this Christmas?"
"We are doing good, can you please put the phone on speaker, CJ and I have an announcement to make."
"Ok?" Loretta calls everyone to the phone as she puts it on speaker phone.
"Hi, everyone. I had a reason not wanting to come to Michigan, I wanted to give Danny some news in private and him to be the first one I told after my doctor's appointment."
"What is the news?"
"Well, how would you feel about more grandchildren running around."
"Wait, you're pregnant? You said, children?"
"Mom, Dad, Cathy, Elisabeth, Anne, Melody, and Charlotte CJ and I are having triplets."
"Triplets?"
"Yes, triplets. Three kids at one time."
"CJ are you ok with this having triplets?"
"I always wanted a big family. I thought it was past me. I even thought until Danny and I got together that having any kids was past me."
"So, my son helped restore a lot of things for you."
"Yes, he did."
"It must be a very Merry Christmas for the two you, knowing that next year there will be little ones running around."
"Yes, it is."
"When the babies show up I am coming down there to help."
"Thank you, Loretta."
"You do not have to thank your mother-in-law. I helped my daughters when they had their children and they only had one at a time."
"Mom," Cathy and Elizabeth say together.
"Come on you two. I stayed for a few weeks after each child was born, now we will get three more additions to the Concannon Clan. We are going to let you two go and enjoy the last quiet Christmas you will have. Love you both and take care of my future grandchildren."
"Love, you too mom." They hang up the phone and lay on the couch together watching Christmas movies. As CJ starts to drift asleep there is a booming knock on the door. Danny untangles himself as he gets up to answer the door and is shocked to see the secret service.
"Sir, may we please have a look through your house?" At this point, CJ is standing up and walking towards the door. Danny puts his arm around CJ's waste as they make eye-contact with their surprise guests, Abbey and Bartlet. "It's clear." One of the Bartlet's Secret Service protection detail is one of CJ's old guys from her detail.
Danny makes the first move and invites them in. "What brings you two to this sound of town?" Abbey and Jed laugh at Danny's joke.
"Well," Abbey starts to speak, "we had Christmas Eve with our families as they wanted to have Christmas with their other family. After they left we called you parents Danny and your brothers CJ to see if you two were celebrating Christmas with them."
"Which we are not."
"That was made clear. We talked to each other and decided to surprise you two by showing up here. When we turned on our phones to see missed calls from the both of you we knew we made the right decision." CJ and Danny look at each other.
"Tell, us what's going on Claudia Jean, you are forgetting that you worked for me for many years. I know when you are hiding something."
"Well, Danny and I are expecting kids."
"That's great, are your pregnant and adopting."
CJ smiles big, "no just pregnant with three babies."
Jed and Abbey are shocked "three," they say together. CJ and Danny knod their heads yes. Abbey jumps up and hugs CJ while she's practically screaming happy for her friends. While CJ and Abbey are talking Jed and Danny walk over to the corner to talk.
"Triplets, Danny what are you going to do? CJ is not that young anymore having any kids would be dangerous."
"Sir, CJ and I have been trying to get pregnant for a while now."
"Aren't you worried about her?"
"I have always been worried about her, since the day I met her. You know I love CJ, how can someone not be worried about someone they love?"
"If something happens to CJ?"
"If something happens to my wife I will be distraught." CJ and Abbey walk up to the guys.
"Are you not happy that I am pregnant Jed?"
"I am, I'm just worried about how it will affect your health and job."
"After the first of the year I am going to talk to Frank and tell him that I need to work for on;y a few hours a day no more than three, and no plane rides. My doctor said I could go on a few plane rides but not out of the country. I decided on my own about no plane rides to maximize the chance that the three miracles are born."
"CJ, you sure you want to chance it?"
"Yes, I am. I want kids. I bet you didn't act like this when Liz was pregnant or Ellie. Is it because I am technically past my childbearing years. You should be glad that I didn't get pregnant after Danny and I first had sex. We didn't use protection and I was still your Chief of Staff."
"I know you two where together at that point."
"We got together after Leo died."
"I know, aren't I allowed to be worried about the woman I look at as a daughter?"
"Yes, you are. I still want you to be another grandfather for my kids, as my dad doesn't have much time left." Jed goes up to CJ.
"I am happy for you kid, I just want you to be happy."
"I have never been happier than I am now. I'm married, have a wonderful job, and babies on the way."
Abbey lets out a small chuckle, "now all you need is a cat."
That makes CJ laugh, the guys look at the women before one of them can ask CJ starts to explain, "the birthday Abbey had when Donna thought she was a Candain, Abbey wanted to get drunk, so she asked Amy, Donna and I to get drunk. After we were tipsy Abbey was talking about how she was losing her license. I proceeded to say she had a family while all I had was the job, I didn't even have a cat."
Danny goes up to CJ "if you want a cat we will have to keep her away from the fish."
"Danny," CJ puts her hand on Danny's check, "I don't need a cat. I have you and three kids on the way." Danny kisses CJ, "the kids will be work anyway. I don't want to chance the cats trying to drink their milk anyway."
Everyone sits on the chairs in the living room. "CJ who else knows?"
"Danny's family knows. I almost told Carol, but I wanted Danny to know before anyone else."
"You are planning to tell Carol soon?"
"She needs to know as she will be taking over a bulk of the meeting for the foreseeable future."
"You are trying to take it easier with you being with babies."
"Of course I am, I want to have these babies." Danny looks at the time.
"I am sure we need to start thinking about dinner. CJ and I have a small ham we can cook up more mashed potatoes than usual."
"We can do that, you ladies relax while us men cook the meal."
"Danny, Jed it is too late to start the ham, while don't we order food."
"There are places open today?"
"Abbey there are a lot of places open on Holidays here because people screw the meals in California." They order Chinese food while enjoying the rest of their Christmas knowing that it is going to change yet again and never be the same.
