Characters: CJ, Toby, Andy Abbey And a little of everyone at some point.

Disclaimers: Oh if wishing made it so.

Rating: PG right now. HOWEVER I think from here on in it's going to be too heavy for this site so if you want updates emailed to you direct just let me know.

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TAKING BETS

Toby and CJ entered the Communications bullpen to find Josh and Sam sat in Toby's office.

"You don't have offices of your own you could be in?" he asked, rounding his desk and sitting down.

"We were waiting for you" said Josh

"Could have had a long wait" CJ quipped, amused at Josh's inability to hide his curiosity at the day's events.

Ginger stuck her head round the door "Where do you want these messages Toby?"

"On Sam's desk, thanks." he replied.

"Hey! I'm the good guy here! I'm not the one taking bets" he stopped short

"Taking bets on what, Sam?" Toby asked

"Uh, I'm outta here!" said Josh, heading for the door which CJ closed just before he reached it.

"Sam?" said Toby

"Ok, maybe 'taking bets' is too strong a phrase." he gulped

"Ok...so provide us with another phrase more fitting than the previous one, Princeton." Toby requested

Sam swallowed, looking at Josh for back up. Josh ran a hand over his head, looking between CJ and Toby, trying to gauge just how pissed off Toby was.

"Well, we weren't ACTUALLY taking bets" he began

"WE weren't doing anything; YOU were the one speculating, not me!" Sam interjected.

CJ began to laugh and crossed to perch on the edge of Toby's desk. "For God's sake, you are such a pair of kids" she smiled.

Toby looked at the pair of them. Normally at any hint of probing into his personal life he would have chewed them up and spat them out, but, in truth, he was so relieved at Andi's change of heart that he relented.

"So what odds were you offering?" he asked Josh.

"Uh…Well, all we knew was you, Abbey and CJ had vanished to the Residence carrying a younger woman with red hair. Margaret told Donna at the Danish cart. We tried to get it out of Carol but she wasn't playing. Sam was about to kidnap Gail to make her talk, Ouch!" CJ threw a pencil at him.

"I heard you and Andi argu...I mean, having one of your spirited discussions and then she left pretty quickly. And that's it." Sam offered.

"Do you and CJ have a secret love child you should tell us about?" Josh asked in typical Josh-like humour.

Toby snorted "If we did do you think she'd be short enough for me to carry? Ow!" CJ threw another pencil.

"And I'm not old enough to be her mother, thanks very much!" she added.

"Point well taken" Sam added. "So?"

"It's Andi's sister" Toby said.

"Jillian?" Sam queried

"Yeah…how did you know her name?" Toby asked.

"Because after I found out you had a brother out of the blue I decided to see what else I didn't know about you. I Googled you." Sam said, somewhat proudly

"You're such a nerd…you're worse than the President!" Josh said

"You Googled me? And let me guess…after discovering nothing of interest, you Googled my ex-wife?"

"Actually I did find out…but that can keep. Yes, I Googled your ex-wife. And I expect my punishment will make itself known the next time she's in the vicinity." he replied

Toby smirked. "She's in the Residence, Sam."

Sam spun round, looking through the office window guiltily. "I don't suppose I can expect any warning can I? You're just going to let me sweat from now til Judgement Day when she descends upon my head, aren't you?" he said morosely.

"You got it, little friend" Toby said

"Why isn't Josh being punished...why am I the only one ever on the list?" he whined

"Cause CJ's in charge of Josh's punishment." Toby replied

"Fantastic!" "Oh God!" they said together.

"Now will you all get the hell out my office and let me work" he asked

The men trooped out, Sam scurrying into the relative safety of his office as Josh ran away from CJ as quickly as possible. CJ turned to look at him. "You're being surprisingly good humoured about this" she observed.

"I'm just happy she's back, regardless of the consequences and the events that have brought her back." he replied.

"Me too." She stood up, heading for the door. "Secret love-child. Those boys have too much time on their hands."

"CJ"

She turned in the doorway to look at him.

"Thanks…you know."

"You're welcome." she said simply, closing the door behind her.