DISCLAIMER: I own KD Brody and David Beckwith but that's it. All other
characters are property of Aaron Sorkin and the people who pay him.

NOTES: Death threats are expected, but please people, no curses. No voodoo
dolls. Thank you.

SUMMARY: Trouble in paradise.

KD walked through the hallways with a smile on her face. It was a good day
so far, a beautiful one. She’d never felt so good as she did today. Normally, she
would suspect that to mean that it was going to be the worst day of her life, but she
didn’t feel like being pessimistic today. She patted David on the head and moved
past him to the Oval office where the staff meeting was waiting to begin. She
moved in, swatted Josh on the head with the file she was carrying and then
plopped down on the couch next to Toby.

"Hey! What was that for?" Josh asked, pretending to rub his head. KD
laughed and shrugged.

"Just an affectionate act." She replied as Toby slipped his arm around her,
not taking his eyes off the paper he was reading. "See, watch." She added and
then swatted Toby on the head. He jumped and looked at her in bewilderment. She
grinned at him and then laughed as he swatted her with his own papers. Josh
laughed as he watched Toby attack KD on the couch. He’d never seen Toby be so
playful before. In fact, he couldn’t remember ever seeing Toby playful. The doors to
Josh’s right opened to reveal the entrance of the President and Leo. Jed Bartlet
grinned when he saw Toby trying to smother KD with a pillow and then cleared his
throat, putting on a mocking stern expression.

"Is this the white house or the romper room?" He asked darkly. Toby and KD
looked up at him sheepishly. He raised an eyebrow and then closed his eyes as KD
threw a pillow into his face.

"All right, all right, that’s enough." Leo started before Jed picked up the
pillow and whacked him softly on the head. Leo looked at his president in shock
and then held out his hand. "Give me the pillow, Mr. President." He said sternly. Jed
laughed and handed it over.

"You’re no fun, Leo." Jed exclaimed before getting a whack on the head
from Leo.

"If you say so, Mr. President." Leo replied as he put the pillow back on the couch
and moved to sit in one of the armchairs. Jed chuckled and found a seat in the
other one. Josh sat on the couch next to CJ while Sam moved in through the door,
puffing a little.

"Am I late?" He asked between breaths.

"Just barely." Leo exclaimed.

"Bad boy." KD teased.

"Sit down, Sam." Jed gestured to an empty chair. Sam nodded and moved to sit.
He averted his gaze from all the grinning members of the staff and just flipped
absentmindedly through his agenda, not really realizing that he was holding it
upside down.

"What’s first today?" Josh asked.

"We have to make sure that the week of July 26th is free." Jed exclaimed. KD
laughed and looked at him.

"You’re gonna clear a week for our wedding? How sweet." She cooed. Toby held
KD close and looked at the President in something similar to surprise. This was
the first he heard of the President closing down his days.

"Well, I figure that week’s gonna be hectic anyway. I remember what weddings are
like, ya know." Jed retorted.

"Joss, you’ve been married for nearly thirty-five years. How can you remember
what it was like?" KD asked.

"We’ll see what we can do, Mr. President, but I think cutting off that whole week
would be a little too much." Leo exclaimed.

"I know. I was just seeing how much I could get." Jed admitted. "And kid, those
kinds of things, you never forget." He added to KD. She smiled at him and nodded
before snuggling into Toby.

"So mark your calendars everyone. July 26th, we’re gonna have a wedding." Leo
announced. "Now, no offense to the happy couple, but could we move on? We’ve
got to talk about 604 and KD’s medical research." He added as the meeting moved
on to become more serious.

"David, do I have any meetings before lunch?" KD asked as she walked up to her
assistant’s desk.

"Yeah, you’re gonna see O’Connor at eleven but that’s it. After lunch is a different
story. Seems every politician and his brother in DC wants to talk to you today."
David replied as he looked over her schedule.

"Do any of them have more than fifteen minutes?" She asked.

"O’Connor’s got twenty, O’Dwyer’s got fifteen and LeBrandt’s got twenty." David
read off. KD nodded, tapped him on the head with her file and moved into her office.

"Got it. David, get me Chris Wick on the phone, would you?" She called. David
nodded and moved to the phone. As he looked through the rolodex, he looked up to
see a strange woman approaching his desk. Inside, KD dug through her papers
and hummed softly as she tried to find the briefing she’d written for CJ to give to
the press.

"Um, boss?" David asked as he leaned in the door.

"You got Chris Wick on the phone?" KD asked without looking at him.

"No, but there’s someone here to see you." David started.

"Send him in and get me Wick on the phone. Chop, chop, we’re on a schedule
here." She said playfully. David nodded to her and then to the visitor before going to
the phone. KD glanced up at the woman and smiled. "Hang on just a second." She
said before she ducked under her desk to grab a rollaway pen. She stood up again
and noticed the woman with auburn-hair was smiling politely. KD tilted her head a
bit, trying to place the face.

"Dr. Brody, it’s a pleasure to meet you." The woman exclaimed. KD paused and
nodded.

"Good, I’m not crazy. Thought I’d never seen you before, but hey, I was right." She
exclaimed as she held out her hand. "To whom am I speaking?" She asked after
the woman shook her hand.

"My name is Andrea Wyatt." The woman replied. KD stopped still and stared
blankly, a nervous smirk on her face.

"Oh. Oh, you would be . . . be the Andrea Wyatt, nai?" She asked. Wyatt nodded,
still smiling. "Okay, then. Um, I’m waiting on a phone call that’s kind of important,
so would you mind just giving me a few minutes to talk to him?" KD asked.

"Of course. Do you want me to wait outside?" Wyatt replied.

"Yeah, please." KD asked weakly. Wyatt nodded and moved outside. KD grabbed
the phone as it rang and started talking to the young senator about medical
research, slightly nervous that her fiancé's ex-wife was standing outside her
office. Five minutes later, she hung up and moved to the door. "Congresswoman
Wyatt, come on in." She said softly before returning to her desk. She sat down and
looked at the woman as she moved into the office and closed the door behind her.

"What can I do for you, congresswoman?" KD asked uncertainly.

"I heard that you and Toby are engaged to be married." Wyatt started slowly. "I
wanted to stop by and congratulate you two." She said softly. KD relaxed a little
and smiled.

"Thank you." She said softly.

"I also wanted to talk to you about a few things." Wyatt added. KD nodded, feeling
slightly more at ease.

"Sure. Talk away." She said with a smile.