Bouncing Back

by: Rhonda and Evelyn

Character(s): The Women of the West Wing
Pairing(s): Josh/Donna, CJ/Danny, Toby/Andi, Zoey/Charlie, Will/Ainsley
Category(s): Humor, Romance, Post Ep
Rating: TEEN
Disclaimer: They're not ours and never will be.
Summary: Post-episode story for Inauguration: Over There
Spoiler: Red Haven's On Fire
Feedback: Greatly Appreciated
Authors Note: This is a sequel to Bouncing Inaugural Balls. Thanks so much for all the wonderful feedback. We had such a good time with these characters that we couldn't resist bringing them back for a little more fun. Enjoy!

"What am I - the official West Wing timekeeper? Why is it no one but me owns a working watch around here. Come on, we're gonna be late."

"I own several, I just don't like wearing them. Besides I was running early until I had to clean up again after you know who. Katie had a question on the First Lady's Chief of Staff's stupid comments on the prescription drug care bill and then Mark wanted to know if that made the third or fourth apology I'd issued this week for . . . I'm not riding with her. Got it?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think Josh had a talk with Ron Butterfield about a shoot to kill order . . ."

"Damn, I think one of the wheels on this suitcase is coming off."

"What the hell are you taking with you? We're only going for the weekend."

"I have to be prepared."

"Are you planning to be marooned and need all your clothes with you? We're traveling in a stretch limo not the U.S.S. Minnow."

"If you'd gotten hit by an avocado."

"There are no Republicans on this trip."

"Yes, there are and where the hell is she?"

"Let's check the Mess. That's always a safe bet."

"We need to hurry. I think these stairs get steeper every day."

"Why don't you leave your suitcase here and we can pick it up . . ."

"No way I'm risking losing my new Donna Karen."

"Why would you need an evening dress in the woods?"

"There she is. Put down that muffin and step away from the soft ice cream machine."

"But I'm hungry."

"Get your skinny butt and that tapeworm of yours out to the limos. We're gonna be late."

"Fine, I'll just bring these chips with me. And this apple. And maybe a small order of fries. Are you sure you can get that trunk up the stairs?"

"I got it down here, I can get it back up. Oh, crap."

"Did you hurt your back?"

"No. My nail. Damn. A fifty-dollar manicure ruined. I didn't want to go on this trip anyway. The last time there was a snake right outside my cabin door."

"Wow. You spent that much on . . ."

"It's too cold for the snakes to be out now. Now once the temperatures get up in the sixties, look out. I know in North Carolina, give us a sunny day after a cold winter and you can be hip-deep in snakes before you can turn around."

"Shut up about the snakes. Okay, East Entrance right?"

"Yeah."

"Where's......?"

"She should be right here. I saw her coming this way when I left the Press Room."

"Should I check the bathrooms?"

"I don't know how she can need to . . ."

"I'm here, I'm here. I keep forgetting that I need to allow more time for waddling . . . and for peeing."

"Can someone get the door? I've got my hands full. That damn wheel *is* coming off. First the wheel, now my nail. I'm falling apart here."

"Uh?"

"What in the . . ."

"Where's the motorcade? The babies and I need to sit down."

"Maybe I can glue the tip back on . . .What do you mean? Damn it, where is it? It's supposed to be right . . . is this some kind of joke? Is this your ex-husband's idea of a . . . I'm gonna kill him."

"Uh, uh girls. I saw him first. I'm gonna kill him and then I'm gonna make his life not worth living. What are we gonna do now?"

"Do you mean to tell me, ladies, that the gentlemen left without us?"

"No shit, Sherlock. Do you see any cars waiting to take us to Camp David with the rest of the senior staff?"

"No, I don't, but I find it hard to believe that true gentlemen would abandon ladies . . ."

"Yeah, but we're talking about Josh and Toby."

"Perhaps it was just an unfortunate oversight. After all, they didn't leave us in the middle of the Arctic Circle. We're . . ."

"Excuse me. Don't even mention that place."

"Sorry. I didn't mean to bring up unpleasant memories of your might-have-been beau."

"He wasn't . . ."

"Forget that I'm a Congresswoman, wouldn't they at least miss you? Who's dealing with the press?"

"There is no press. The President wants this to be a *fun* weekend. I can think of a lot of other things I'd rather do for fun."

"I don't understand. How could they just drive off without noticing that we weren't in the car?"

"That seems to happen to me a lot. At least there are no time zone changes."

"I'm hungry. Those chips didn't do it for me."

"You're always hungry. That's one of the reasons we were late. We had to go all the way down to the Mess to find you."

"But it's Friday - rice pudding day. I needed some sustenance for the long trip. Plus, with my low blood sugar, I have to . . ."

"For crying out loud, it's a 90-minute drive."

"Well we probably would have still made it if someone didn't have to stop at every bathroom between Toby's office and the lobby."

"When you have a watermelon pressing on your bladder, or in this case, two watermelons, then we'll have a conversation about bladder control but until then......"

"Can we focus please? "

"Who are you calling?"

"A man and his pumpkin."

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