[Two days later in the Oval Office. Jed is sitting at his desk
reading and signing some paperwork, with Nancy standing behind him.
Mrs. Landingham enters.]

NANCY
Right there, Mr. President.

MRS. LANDINGHAM
Excuse me, Mr. President.

JED
Yes, Mrs. Landingham.

MRS. LANDINGHAM
I have an envelope from the hospital's lab with results of a test
that you requested.

JED
Thanks. Uh, Mrs. Landingham, before you go, would you call my wife
and have her come down here right away?

MRS. LANDINGHAM
Sure thing, Mr. President.

[Mrs. Landingham leaves.]

JED
Is that it, Nancy?

NANCY
Uh, no sir, I believe there is one more…yes, right here. Just
sign at the bottom.

[Nancy points to the bottom and Jed signs the paper then sets the pen
down.]

JED
By the way, what was all of this?

NANCY
It's not important, sir.

JED
Cause this is the Oval Office, and I'm the President of the US of A,
so anything I sign is of no importance, right, Nancy?

NANCY
Sir, I…

[Mrs. Landingham enters again.]

MRS. LANDINGHAM
Excuse me again Mr. President, but your wife is here.

JED
Saved in the nick of time, Nancy. Thank you, Mrs. Landingham. Send
her in, would you?

[Mrs. Landingham and Nancy leave as Abbey enters.]

ABBEY
It's in?

JED
Hello to you too.

ABBEY
Hello…is it in?

JED
I'm fine, thanks for asking.

ABBEY
JED! Yes or no, is it in?

JED
Yes.

[After a little pause]

ABBEY
Well?

JED
I haven't looked at it yet. I was waiting for you. Here, you open
it.

[Jed hands the envelope to Abbey. She rips it open and reads what it
says as a tear falls down her cheek. Jed gets up, stands behind
Abbey and puts his hands on her shoulders.]

ABBEY
It's her. She's our daughter.

[Later that day, in a living room in the residence, Zoey and Roni are
sitting on a couch, talking.]

ZOEY
How long have you known?

RONI
Known what?

ZOEY
All of this, that you were switched at birth and all.

RONI
Oh, well, I've known for a little while.

ZOEY
How long is a little while?

RONI
I don't know, maybe a year, year and a half.

ZOEY
A year or a year and a half.

RONI
Yeah, I found out shortly after you guys all got here, after he
became POTUS.

ZOEY
And yet you're just now coming to us know with this info.

RONI
So?

ZOEY
I don't understand. If you've known for a year or longer, why did
you wait so long to say anything?

[Roni stands up and walks around as if feeling uneasy.]

RONI
Well it's not every day that you go to the President of the United
States and say hey, remember when you and the first lady had a
stillborn baby, well you didn't really, in fact, you had me.

ZOEY
I can't help but notice you did just that the other day.

RONI
Yes, yes I did.

ZOEY
So what changed?

RONI
Well, for one, I told all of this to one of my friends. Well, I
left out the part about who my biological parents were, but I told all of
this to him, and for the past few months he has been trying
everything to convince me to come here and do this. He really is a good friend.
At any rate I guess he finally got through.

ZOEY
What else?

RONI
What else?

ZOEY
You said for one. So what's for two?

RONI
For two is extremely personal and I don't care to share it with you
at this particular moment in time. So how about them Celtics, huh?

[Roni, still standing, is now pacing around the room.]

ZOEY
You changed the subject.

RONI
Yeah, I was hoping you would notice.

ZOEY
Why?

RONI
Cause I don't want to talk about this anymore. So, how 'bout them
Celtics.

ZOEY
You like the Celtics?

RONI
Yeah, sure. Why not?

ZOEY
Dad does too.

RONI
Really?

ZOEY
Yeah. So, you're 17?

RONI
Yeah. And I couldn't help but notice that you just changed the
subject.

ZOEY
So, what grade are you in?

RONI
And you did it again. Okay, I can take a hint. I'm gonna start
college in the spring semester.

[Still feeling a bit uneasy, Roni finally sits back down on the couch
next to Zoey.]

ZOEY
But you're only 17.

RONI
Yes.

ZOEY
When is your birthday? Oh, never mind, I remember now.

RONI
What do you mean, you remember now?

ZOEY
Well, mom and dad used to celebrate your birthday by visiting the
cemetery, after we moved away, they tried to keep celebrating it.
But as time went on, they began to move on, emotionally, and were slowly
able to put it behind them.

[A short moment of silence as Zoey and Roni glance at each other.]

ZOEY
So what, did you skip a grade or something?

RONI
No, It's just the way it worked out with my birthday. The cut off
date for the schools down there is right around my birthday. Had I
been born a week later, then I'd just be starting my senior year of
high school right now.

ZOEY
Down where?

RONI
Oh, I live in California, a city called Redlands.

ZOEY
Redlands. I've never heard of that city. What cities surround it?

RONI
Well, Riverside is right around there, that's pretty big. And uh,
March Air Force Base was there, until it got shut down, uh, lets see,
what else…

ZOEY
That's okay, I know where Riverside is. Ah. So what are you going
to school for?

RONI
I was thinking about a major in psychology.

ZOEY
Why?

RONI
I don't know, it's just what I'm interested in. I can't explain it.

ZOEY
So why haven't you asked me any questions?

RONI
Believe it or not, but there are many books out there on the first
family, and I've read a few of them, and they contain some info about
you in them. Not to mention the fact that I pay close attention to
the news, which you have been in a time or two in the past.

ZOEY
Okay.