Hi, so here is the sequel to Perhaps Love! I am so excited to get this out and finish Season 5-7.

So...the usual. This will not be episode specific, certain episodes will be skipped. Dialogue will not be the same. If that's something you look for in a story then please don't start because you won't get it here.

Also in my West Wing Universe Sam doesn't leave and Ainsley joins full time. Will is in the story...so far...Mandy is not and never will be. Andy had Toby's babies via embryo's not by sex. Also Jake is bisexual.

Pairings are CJ/Toby (eventually) Josh/Donna, Sam/Ainsley, Jed/Abby.

Disclaimer-Nothing but Jacob is mine.

It is advised that you read Perhaps Love before you read this.

And this is 28 chapters long.

And there will always be swearing in this story. If this offends you then please don't read.

Also I do not do Private Messaging anymore, any questions stick them in a review and I will get back to you next chapter note.

And look...I don't like Amy. I don't like her. Nothing against the actress but as a feminist, pro choice woman (and damn proud of it) she was so annoying. In Season 5 I skip her scenes because she doesn't get it. No disrespect to anyone who likes her but she was wrong for Josh and wrong for the show. Sorry, not sorry. That's just my opinion, you are of course completely entitled to yours.

Future Perfect

Chapter 6-Give Me A Sign

Jake and CJ and Toby have a talk and Jake makes a decision. Part Four of Four.

The door shut and it was the three of them alone in his Mom's office.

"The President said that if I want I can go and see Zoe in New Hampshire" he said as way of an icebreaker.

"Oh" his Dad said quietly. "Is that something you want to do?"

"I don't know" he said truthfully. "I don't know…I mean…" he shook his head trying to get past the ritual humiliation that came with being forcibly outed by some shrill demented pathetic stalker woman or whatever the fuck Amy Gardiner was supposed to be and focus on the issues at hand.

There was a pause as both of his parents looked at each other and Jake knew, instantly in his bones that it could not continue the way it was. It was time to rip the band aid off and let the chips fall where they may.

"I like boys" he said into the silence of the office. "I think anyway. I know I like Harrison and I know I liked Anna so maybe I like both I don't know. But I figured all of this out while there was a national crisis on and both of you didn't look like you could cope with another. I didn't know how to tell you then but it was because of Walkden and the fact that everyone including myself thought that Zoe Bartlett was dead. I don't know what we were doing but we were just…in the moment. Harrison and I are…I think…a couple. I mean we've not really put labels on it to tell you the truth but we are mostly together I think and I was going to tell you I mean that's the irony of this whole thing when you think about it I was planning on telling you both that I was….well…bisexual I think and that I was with Harrison tonight when I took you out to dinner I mean…I had this plan and it was going to be as perfect as I could get it because stupid me I thought that this was the one thing that I could have some kind of control on but—" he trailed off suddenly aware that he was rambling frantically and that both his parents were staring at him.

And that he might be on the verge of hyperventilating.

He breathed in and out trying to get his heartbeat back under control. It would do nobody any good if he passed out right now and he was coming very close to thinking that he was about too.

And then his Dad stood up.

Jake didn't know if he braced himself for the blow but he knew his muscles locked down. He didn't know why, maybe it was the instinctive reaction that kids had these days or maybe it was because his body had already been through the ringer but he watched as his father came close to him and put both hands on his shoulder. Jake noticed that his expression was very soft and felt a flicker of some unnamed thing that might have been telling him that everything was going to be alright.

"Jake"

"Yeah" he said dragging his eyes up to look his Dad in the eye.

"That's fine, that's perfect even. Whatever you are is just perfect"

Jake breathed out and then.

"Yeah?"

He hated that it became a question, hated it even more that his voice cracked halfway through it and it was like he was back in the eternal fires of puberty which sucked no matter what crisis you were going through.

"Yeah" his Dad said quietly. "We love you son, don't forget it okay?"

Jake nodded and then.

"I thought it might go like this" he said wetly wiping his eyes on his sleeve "I just wished…"

"That you could tell us yourself?" his Mom said getting to her feet. Jake nodded and then suddenly both of his parents were hugging him and he closed his eyes and let the relief sag through him and all the tension that Amy's announcement had brought.

Eventually they pulled back and…

"God look at the three of us" his Dad said his eyes overbright, He passed his Mom some tissues off her desk and she took them with a wet eye roll dabbing at her eyes as she did.

"Why don't we go and get some pizza and watch a movie? Invite Harrison too if you want?"

"Nah he's at therapy tonight" Jake said. It was amazing how easy it was to be open and honest with his parents now that this thing was off around his neck. "But can we get dough balls and cheesy garlic bread? I really just wanna eat and then pass out"

"Good idea" his Dad said opening the door.

"SAM"

"You bellowed?"

"I am going home with CJ and my son, my openly bisexual son who I love and who I am more proud of than I can say. Call me at your own peril"

There was a pause and then.

"Okay" Sam said through the muffled door of his office. "Were all going for drinks apart from Ainsley who wants three donuts"

His Dad opened his mouth and then closed it again.

"What about the press?" Jake asked suddenly. "I mean—"

"Half of my press room marches at Pride" his Mom said dryly. "When Chris was called a rude name by that reporter last year from Fox, Danny and Steve took out his car, his sources and Katie baked a cake…well…she ordered one anyway, believe you me son the press are the last people that you have to worry about, besides…I have them arguably beaten to fear me more than they want to right about you. And we can always handle the house"

"And Andy?"

He didn't know why he was asking but now it was out in the open he supposed he wanted to know the answers to everything.

"Andy?" his Dad said looking at him with an amused smile. "Andy is going to be thrilled son, actually knowing your once step mother she will use this as an excuse to push forwards legislation and make sure that it's as headache inducing as possible and she will love every minute of it…besides…she loves you just as much as we do. She will be nothing short of thrilled that you have spoken your truth"

His Dad rubbed his back and his Mom took his hand and Jake grinned feeling more like a little boy than the man that he was supposed to be.

"I have great parents you know?"

"Damn straight you do" his Mom said kissing the top of his head. "But this mother wants a glass of red so let's go"

Toby poured her another drink and then.

"Jake?"

"Talking to his…boyfriend I suppose"

"Aha. Nothing's changed then. He was on the phone to Harrison all the time before this"

CJ nodded taking a sip of wine. "You know when we were dealing with the MS there was this book published, you know the one Sam set up a War Room for that called you prickly and mumbling?"

"False characterisation if ever I saw it"

"Aha" she said her eyes sparkling a little over the wine glass. "But there was a comment about the President being disappointed that he had three girls and that he had secretly always longed for a son and I knew it was one of those things that if I didn't speak to him about it, he would hear about it and then go off like a firework, Leo too considering Mallory is an only child so I went to ask him and he looked at me and said as a parent all you want is ten fingers and ten toes and everything else is extra. I know get what he meant more today. All I want is for him to be happy and if it's with Harrison then I least I know he's a Democrat"

"Yeah" Toby said oddly comforted by that thought in ways that he knew he should not be. "At least he's not with a Republican. I mean Hafley has a son around his age could you imagine being forced to endure family Christmas with the Speaker and that bottle blonde shrew of a wife?"

CJ opened her mouth to say that the blonde shrew of a wife of the Speaker actually donated to Planned Parenthood and had once beaten down with a ferocious backhand plans to defund it but she closed it again. Toby was a creature of habit and nothing was going to make him like the Speaker short of an Act of God and even then she was not sure how convincing that would be.

The door opened and Jake came out.

"I was thinking"

"Oh God" Toby said before he could stop himself. Jake rolled his eyes.

"I was wondering weather or not you two would mind if I did go up to New Hampshire. It's half term next week and I would really like to see Zoe. Mrs B called after a spoke to Harrison and I swear sometimes that woman is physic she just…knows stuff…and she said I was more than welcome. Without the two of you of course I think she's still pretty pissed but…I think it might be good for me to go and get my head clear. It's not the two of you it really isn't but…weather or not I was accepted today I think I lost something, I think Amy took something from me and I think the only person in the world who gets that is Mrs B."

There was a pause as she turned to look at Toby. Toby was looking at his scotch glass.

"A week?"

"Agent Butterfield already signed off on it…Harrison can come and spend the weekend too she doesn't mind I just…I feel like I have to get out of Washington for a bit and just…breathe in some fresh air and be…me…but if it's a problem then…"

"No" Toby said slowly cutting off whatever Jake was about to say. "It's not a problem. God knows your not going to get into any trouble with the First Lady watching you that woman could give TSA a run for their money but…I would hate to think that you were running because you were scared Jake. Because you have nothing to be scared off"

Jake's smile was a little sad.

"Dad I think I do have things to be scared off"

"Not so much because you live your life a certain way. Take it from me Jake I am one of the people whose grandparents were forced to wear stars and whose mother's side of the family tree stopped at 1943. Believe me running doesn't do any good. As long as you promise to come back then you can go. I would never do anything that might jeopardise your mental health and if you feel a break from Washington is what you need then you will not be the first man whose thought that and certainly not the last. But I don't want you to think that this is something that you have to do because your scared"

Jake shrugged and then.

"I just feel like I need some space to get my head around this" he said finally. "I don't know how to explain it Dad but…but I didn't label this thing with Harrison when it began. I thought about it through the shooting at the White House, spoke to Anna about it and still didn't know how I felt, then when I did get my brain around Zoe was kidnapped and then when I knew that I could be myself and be proud and out come hell or high water that decision was taken away from me. I just think that I need some time to figure me out. I know that I have you two and your wonderful and accepting and I am so lucky and so blessed for that. But I need to figure out what that means for me"

He finished that speech on an impassioned plea and then he nodded and CJ turned to look at Toby. Not for the first time she was wondering how on earth the two of them had produced this son who was wise and kind and good and so full of love and infinitely more stable than many a kid his age.

He was asking for a week to lick his wounds in private she thought. A week was what she could give him.

"I want a phone call every day"

"Yes Ma'am"

"And if Harrison does join you, you sleep in separate bedrooms" Tony ruled. Jake opened his mouth and then shut it.

"Fair. To be fair though do you think Mrs B would let us share?"

No CJ thought grimly but then again maybe Abby would do the whole safe sex talk with them both. Or was that wishful thinking.

"I love you both you know"

"We love you too" she said smiling. "With everything we are. Never forget that. And I swear I will do whatever I can to make this right for you"

Amy Gardiner was never getting a job in Washington or anything else that was high profile or money wise while CJ Cregg still had breath left in her body she thought. She was taking that bitch down so hard that her grandchildren would be denied access.

Toby found her hand and she knew that he was thinking the same thing their fingers brushed together and she knew that it was going to be alright. Somehow she just knew it.

Jake's responding smile however was worth it's weight in gold.

And there you go, see you next time.

Next Chapter-In which Jake is spending time with Mrs B and Zoe until the President shuts down the government. Or words to that effect.