3:30 am.

Emily woke up with Aaron's arm wrapped tightly around her. She hated that she could never sleep in, even if she was exhausted. She contemplated going for a run as she rolled over and faced Aaron. He smelled so good, and although she tried to teach him a lesson last night, she was really just frustrating herself. She rolled again to be on top of him and kissed him with the intent of waking him up.

5:00 am.

"We should get up," Aaron said lamely.

"We are up," Emily replied teasing him.

"We should get ready for work," he said before kissing her softly.

"I'm going to take a shower." Emily smiled at him seductively. She was craving a day off from work. She wanted to spend an entire day with Aaron and not have to worry about anything else. They were both overdue for a day off. Emily was grateful it was at least Friday. The president had a shortened schedule for tomorrow and nothing was planned for Sunday. Emily was hoping that nothing popped up. She also really needed to go to the dry cleaners, and she felt bad asking her assistant do it.

6:30 am.

Emily could feel Aaron's eyes on her from his spot on her couch. She dug a file out from a stack on her desk and handed it to Aaron. "I found this yesterday. Numerous calls between Moss and Vogel, ranging from a few seconds to twenty minutes." Emily's voice was hushed. "I'll try to grab the transcripts if there are any," Emily added. She crossed her arms and leaned on her desk.

"Moss could just be handling Vogel on this lawsuit," Aaron said as he flipped through the file.

"Why? What interest does the Secretary of State have for domestic issues?" Emily questioned.

"Maybe, he's doing the president a favor," Aaron shrugged. He looked at Emily, and she could tell he didn't believe that. Aaron had great instincts, and if he felt something was off, it probably was. After finding the phone records, Emily also felt like something was off.

"I have the morning briefing. See you soon," Emily replied, turning towards her desk, taking a quick sip of coffee, and grabbing some files. She walked out of her office, feeling Aaron's eyes on her, which was comforting, but she did not have a good feeling about Moss.

9:00 am.

"Hey, Seth. Talking points for today," Emily greeted the press secretary, as she handed him that day's memo.

"Hey, thank you. Anything unusual?" Seth asked as he glanced at the memo.

"No, it's quiet today." Emily turned to leave. It was too quiet for her liking. She made her way to Aaron's office and shut the door.

"Moss missed the meeting again," Emily said quietly as she walked over to Aaron's desk. Aaron nodded his head. "I know. I was there," he said with a smirk. "The president didn't even notice," Emily continued, trying to piece something together. "And his office hasn't even asked for briefings," Emily added.

"The president could be filling him in," Aaron suggested to which Emily raised her eyebrows in response. "Wouldn't that be something he would have his Chief of Staff take care of?"

"Good point," Aaron said softly, his face burrowing in concentration.

"I'm going to see if there's any record of communication between the president and Moss," Emily concluded as she turned to leave.

"Lunch?" she asked over her shoulder. She could practically hear Aaron smirk.

12:00 pm.

Emily had shut her door and told her deputy that she wasn't to be disturbed unless the president called. He was out of the office for lunch with a senator, so she knew he wouldn't be barging in. She kicked her shoes off and sank into the couch next to Aaron.

"Are Seth and Kendra a thing?" Aaron asked her suddenly, as she took a bite of salad.

"Are you asking me as the National Security Advisor?" Emily asked in response.

"I'm asking as your boyfriend," Aaron replied smirking at her and gently bumping into her. Emily froze. She could feel herself blush. They had been spending every night together. They had a routine of leaving work and going to Aaron's apartment to pick up clothes for him. Then, they would pick up some sort of take out and head to her place. They had sex at least twice a day, but they hadn't had the boyfriend conversation. Emily was glad that Aaron just assumed that because she had, but she knew they were in the honeymoon phase of their relationship. She didn't want it to end, but she knew it had to.

"I think so, but neither of them have said anything to me," Emily replied. "Why do you ask?"

"I think Seth was hiding in Kendra's office when I went to ask her about the subpoena. Emily laughed as she took a sip of water. "Sounds about right," she confirmed.

Aaron leaned in close to Emily. "Looks like we're not the only ones who have something to hide," Aaron whispered in her ear. Emily involuntarily closed her eyes when she felt his breath so close to her. She could feel the shivers forming all over her body. She took a deep breath and opened her eyes. She looked directly at him. "I don't know what you're talking about, Aaron. We don't have anything to hide." She stood up and went to her desk for some space. She needed to keep some sort of composure at work.

2:00 pm.

Emily decided that she was going to skip the day's press conference. She could always watch it later if she really needed to. Instead, she made her way to Kendra's office.

"Hey Ken, how'd that subpoena go?" Emily asked as she walked in and sat in the chair facing Kendra's desk.

"Squashed," Kendra replied with a big smile, "absolutely no merit."

"That's a relief," Emily said even though she was never really worried about it. "Are you coming into the office tomorrow?" Emily asked nonchalantly.

"I wasn't planning on it. I was just planning on doing a few things from home. Do you need something? I could easily come in." One of the things Emily loved about Kendra was her willingness to help. Not a lot of people had that quality anymore.

"No, we should be good. I was just wondering if you maybe wanted to come over for dinner tomorrow night? We can order takeout." Emily smiled.

"Uh sure," Kendra said hesitantly.

"I know this may be weird, but I just thought it would be nice to hang out, away from work...like friends." Emily reasoned.

"Yeah, that would be nice," Kendra replied with a smile.

4:30 pm.

Emily sat at her desk, glaring at the stack of files on her desk. All wrong. Again. She was taking deep breaths trying to calm herself down. She served at the pleasure of the president. If she didn't agree with his decisions, she still got in line.

She pinched the bridge of her nose as she slipped her shoes off. She was starting to regret asking Kendra over. She would have to clean...and tell Aaron he had to get lost for the night. She would rather spend the night with Aaron, but it also bothered her that she didn't have many friends, like she wasn't worth the effort, even though she knew that she isolated herself. She took a last deep breath and sat up in her chair, going through emails. She decided to reach out to Moss's Chief of Staff and see if he needed notes on the national security briefing. If the answer was no, then the president was filling him in, but Emily doubted it.

7:30 pm.

"Ready to go, Em?" Aaron asked as he walked over to her desk.

"Yeah," Emily said quietly. Aaron took her bag from her and kissed her quickly. She gave him a smile, and she knew Aaron could tell something was wrong.

"What do you want for dinner?" Emily asked.

"Hmmm, I don't know, but I know what I want for dessert," Aaron answered playfully, pulling Emily against him and kissing her again.

"Well, the quicker we get dinner, the quicker you can have dessert."