Alexandria was a little overwhelmed by the changes in her life over the last few days. Four days ago, she had been worrying about where her next meal would come from and how to pay for things she needed.

She had been sleeping in a homeless shelter and scrambling to arrange financial aid to continue her college classes. She owned four pair of underwear and five pairs of sox and would often have to wash her blouses or T-shirts by hand if she wanted them to be clean for class.

Now she was living in the White House and eating three square meals a day plus snacks. She had a wardrobe fit for a princess. And she had parents and siblings who wanted to spend all of their time with her.

She had a niece who wanted to play dressup with her and a nephew that liked being held and read to out of books. She had a mother who had tucked her into bed for the last two nights, and a twin sister who wanted to share everything with her.

Her life had changed quite drastically. But she was enjoying it a lot.

She was in her sister's room and Zoey was showing her a photo albums of growing up. Suddenly, Zoey's phone rang.

"Hello?" Zoey looked shocked. "Hello, Jean Paul. How are classes going?" There was a pause. "I'm sorry I haven't called but you might have heard that I've had a family issue." Zoey's face became annoyed. "It wasn't about us – it was about family. I'll call you soon about Easter but my parents are making plans which are family only." Zoey rolled her eyes. "I know you're my boyfriend – but this is family. I'd like to get to know my sister before having her meet all my friends." Zoey's face became stony. "I'm sorry you feel that way, but I won't be seeing you for at least a week. You're just going to have to accept that. Maybe you should go visit YOUR family over break." Pause. "Whatever. Goodbye, Jean Paul."

Alex was curious. "Who was that?"

Zoey sighed. "Jean Paul Pierre Claude Charpentier, Vicomte de Condé de Bourbon. And my boyfriend. But right now he's being a bit too nosy."

Alex was worried, "I don't want to create trouble between you and your boyfriend."

Zoey looked at her very seriously and said, "I'm exactly where I want to be, doing exactly what I want to do, and doing it with exactly who I want to be doing it with. He's just going to have to live with it." She grinned suddenly and said, "Truth be told, I haven't thought about him since Wednesday – which should tell you exactly who is more important to me."

Alexandria's eyes watered a little bit as she looked back at her sister and started to reach over. Zoey met her halfway and the two twins hugged each other with no small amount of joy.

Soon they were once again going through photo albums and Zoey was telling the stories behind them. On occasion, other family members would come in and put in their comments on various pictures.

About 45 minutes later, Zoey's phone rang again. She looked at the caller ID and hmphed at it. "What is it, Jean Paul?" Alexandria almost laughed at how annoyed Zoey was looking. "NO, Jean Paul. No parties. No photos out on the town. I won't have time before Spring Break." She sighed. "I'll ask my Dad and my sister and see what they think. I'll call you at 5:00." Pause. "Yeah. Me too."

Alexandria asked, "What was that?"

"He wants to come over and meet his girlfriend's sister. I kind of don't want him to – I just got you back and I'm not always good with sharing." She said this last part with a grin.

Alexandria chuckled and said, "I don't know. You've been sharing a lot with me."

"OF course I am! You're my twin! It's different!" The two girls chuckled and grinned at each other.

Zoey had a thought. "Hey! Want to go around and meet the staff you haven't met yet? I'm sure they're dying to meet you and they're all really nice."

Alex was nervous. "We won't be interrupting?"

Zoey laughed. "Yeah – but it's okay. Trust me." Alex shrugged. Zoey stood up and said, "Let's go tell Mom so won't freak out if she can't find us."

Alex chuckled ruefully. "Our parents a bit overprotective." Zoey laughed again.

Abbey Bartlet was on the phone with her husband's brother. Most of the family stayed far away from the politics and such involved with the Presidency, but they were planning on going to Manchester after Easter to meet the other family members.

She smiled as she saw her two girls walk in to her office. "Hold on, John. The terrible twosome just walked in." She paused and looked up. "What is it girls?"

"Is that Uncle John?" Zoey asked. Abbey nodded with a smile. "We forward to seeing him next week. Um. I'd like to take Alex around to meet everyone. What do you think?"

Abbey considered that a moment. "Hey, John? Zoey and Alexandria say hello and are looking forward to seeing you next week. Can you give me a minute though? I've got to call Jed and ask him a question." "Thanks."

Abbey hit the hold button and picked up her private line. "Debbie? Can I talk to Jed for a minute?" "I'll hold." "Jed? Zoey wants to know if she can take Alexandria around and meet the rest of the staff." "I don't know – maybe their getting claustrophobic?" She smiled. "Okay. I'll tell them." "I got to get back to talking to John about next week." "You too. Bye."

She hung up and looked at the two girls. "As long as you don't spend too long interrupting them, it's fine. Stop in and say Hello to your father, too."

The two girls nodded and rushed out.

Zoey and Alexandria went through several offices saying hello to different staff members and assistants. The Senior Staff had already met her, but the assistants were happy to say hello.

Zoey glanced around when they got to one area. "Around here, be careful. This is where CJ works and she sometimes has reporters talking to her." Zoey led her over and said, "Hey, Carol. I'm showing Alex around. Alex, this is CJ's assistant, Grace."

"Hi!" the woman said with obvious enthusiasm. "It's nice to meet you."

Alex shook her hand and said, "It's nice to meet you too. How do you like working here?"

The two chatted for a brief moment and then heard the door open. Carol suddenly got a scared look. "Opps! I forgot: Danny is in there."

Zoey took on a smirk and said, "We can say hello to Danny." She turned to her sister and said, loud enough for the two exiting the office to hear, "Danny's okay. Better than most. Mostly because he's got a thing for CJ. She has a thing for him too – she just won't admit it."

The two girls heard CJ cry out, "Zoey!"

Zoey looked innocent, "Ooops. Did I say that out loud?"

Alex chuckled, as did the man CJ was standing with. "Hi. Danny Cancannon . Nice to meet you?" He held out his hand.

"Off the records?" She waited for him to agree and he reluctantly did. "I'm Alexandria Bartlett."

They looked around and saw CJ and Zoey both grin wide grins. Danny complained, "Not fair! She's already trained!"

CJ shrugged and aid, "It wasn't me. Zoey, did you train her to say that?"

Zoey shook her head and grinned. "No. It was natural talent." Alex gave a shy smile and small wave even as Danny chuckled ruefully.

Alex volunteered, "If my father releases anything – you can be the first to know."

Danny looked at the girls and said sincerely, "Thank you, Ms. Bartlet."

Alex nodded. "Besides, with how you and CJ are – you're almost family." The two girls chuckled are raced out of the area, Carol and Danny's laugh following and CJ's protests as well.

"They're finishing up a proclamation this afternoon. They're also sending something else over this week." Josh was briefing Leo and the President.

Leo was curious. "What are they sending?"

"Remember that conversation I had with Royce?"

The President was curious and asked, "What conversation?" Josh motioned to Leo to explain.

Leo told what he had heard on his side of the conversation. Jed Bartlet was impressed. "What of it?"

"At the end, Royce said they'd get the Chesapeake Bay Cleanup back out of being mothballed by leadership on both sides. That's what they're planning on sending over: A revenue neutral bill that was originally and once again proposed on the other side of the aisle. They're doing it to say they understood my point."

Leo was worried. "I don't want to cause problems on our side."

Josh was annoyed. "It's a good bill, Leo. I was working my ass off on that bill for a week last year with Landis until Leadership on both sides decided to use it as fodder for politics. Landis was vulnerable and so they started tacking on all kind of extra regulations and taxes to the bill. Unneeded regulations and taxes."

Josh sighed. "If we want to get anything done in the next few months, hell, for the rest of the term, we're going to have to work with the other side. The President signing this without further negotiations tells the Republicans that we're willing to compromise if they are so that we can get some things DONE."

Jed Bartlet thought about it and nodded. "Tell the Minority leaders that this one is a done deal and ask that they not make any additions." He paused. "And then ask former Congressman Landis to the White House to witness the signing. It sounds like he deserves it."

Josh almost couldn't hold back his smile as he said, "Yes, Mr. President."

Royce was smiling as he called the Speaker of the House. "I just talked to Lyman. The White House is calling Minority Leadership right now. We can schedule a vote as soon as you want."