Changes Ch 2
“Toby.” CJ called as she was getting ready
for the state dinner on their last night in Moscow.
“Yeah.” He replied.
“Could you please zip my dress up.”
“How did you manage to do this before we were
married?” He asked as he zipped her up.
“I bought dresses I could zip.” She replied.
“Listen we have a few minutes before we have to go.
There’s something I wanted to talk to you about.”
“Okay, what?”
“Your health.”
“My health? Is it possible you could be a little
more specific here?”
“You’ve been sick the entire time we’ve been here,
and it keeps getting worse.”
“Yeah, maybe I’m allergic to the food.”
“Or maybe you should talk to Mrs. Bartlet about what
is wrong.”
“Toby I’ll be fine when we get home.”
“Which one of us are you trying to convince of that.
You or me?
“I’ll be fine.”
“Okay, but I swear if you get sick tonight, I’m
talking to Mrs. Bartlet myself.”
“Okay”
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Toby was talking to Sam and Josh when he noticed CJ
leave the room very quickly. He left them and
followed her. When he saw her go into the ladies
room, he sat down on the very ornate couch that was
down the hall.
“Hey, do you think we could afford one of those for
the apartment?” CJ asked when she saw him waiting on
her.
“No. I wouldn’t want it. It’s not very comfortable.
Sit down.”
“You tell me it’s not comfortable but you want me to
sit down. Okay.” She said as she sat down. “You’re
right. It’s not very comfortable.”
“You were sick again, right?”
“Yeah.” She replied softly. “I guess I should talk
to Abbey.”
“Yeah, I’ll talk to her when we get back.”
“Okay.”
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“Toby why don’t you go talk to the President while I
talk to CJ.” Abbey suggested.
“Yeah.” Toby said. He kissed CJ’s cheek and then
left the room.
“Okay, so how are you feeling CJ?” Abbey asked.
“I’ve been constantly tired lately, and I’ve
experienced some nausea.”
“How long has this been going on?”
“Two weeks. I thought at first it was just the prep
for the trip. Since it’s continued I don’t know.”
“Hmm... Okay CJ you haven’t skipped something have
you?”
“Yeah, I thought that was stress too.”
“You know what I think all of this adds up to?”
“What.”
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“Thank you.” Toby said to the Secret Service agent
who opened the door to the President’s room.
“Toby, come in.” Jed said.
“Sir.”
“You know I’m surprised at you, Toby.”
“Over what?”
“You haven’t said anything about me rewriting the
Moscow State speech.”
“I fully expected you to do that. You can ask CJ, if
you don’t believe me, sir.” Toby’s voice grew quieter
as he spoke.
“What’s going on anyway?”
“She has been constantly tired for the last few
weeks. She started having bouts of nausea just as we
came over here. It seems to be getting worse, or
maybe she’s not hiding it from me as well as before.”
“Hmm...Abbey had symptoms like that a few times. And
so did my daughter Elizabeth. She’ll be fine Toby.”
“Yeah.”
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“I think you are pregnant.”
“That’s not possible!”
“Why not?” Abbey asked smiling.
“Toby and I have...we’ve never talked about having
children.”
“CJ, you are an intelligent women. You were the one
forced to read that sex education report a few years
ago. Now, I would think that you would know you don’t
get pregnant by talking. So is it still not
possible?”
“Yeah, it’s definitely possible.” CJ said quietly.
“CJ,” Abbey said sitting on the table in front of
her, “my advice to you is to get one of the OTC tests
when we get home. Also make an appointment with your
doctor.”
“Yeah.”
“Okay, I’m going to leave. I’ll send Toby back in.
CJ, tell him what I told you. He’s worried sick about
you.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
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“CJ.” Toby called softly as he came back into the
room. He found her sitting on the bed and sat down
beside her. “What did Mrs. Bartlet say?”
“She thinks I’m pregnant.”
“She does?!”
“Yeah, she does.”
“How do you feel about it.” Toby asked softly.
“I don’t know. I think I’m kinda in shock actually.
She suggested getting one of the OTC tests once we
were home, and that I make a doctor’s appointment.”
“Then that’s what we will do.”
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“I guess that he has finished the last interview.”
Toby said to CJ as she sat down on the plane beside
him.
“Yeah, I see everyone else is asleep.”
“They have been for awhile. How are you feeling?”
“Tired.”
“You’re not feeling nauseous?” He asked as he put his
arm around her, and drew her head against his
shoulder.
“No, not right now.” She said quietly.
“Have you thought about it?”
“I’ve thought of little else. May I ask you
something?”
“Yeah.”
“Do you want us to have a child?”
“Yeah, I do. I had always thought of it happening in
the future. We both are so busy with our jobs. But,
if you are pregnant, and I think you are, we’ll work
it out. Had you thought of it before?”
“Yeah, but I thought it would happen in the future.
I’ve accepted it, and I really do think I am
pregnant.”
“I guess that we will know in a few hours.”
“I guess so.” She whispered.
“You get some sleep. You need the rest.”
“You’re already starting it.” She murmured.
“Starting what?”
When CJ didn’t reply Toby glanced down at her, and
saw that she had already closed her eyes. He
tightened his arm around her, laid his head against
hers, placed his free hand protectively over her
stomach, and went to sleep.
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It was ten o’clock at night when Airforce One arrived
back at Andrews. The President had decided, after
such a long trip, that the staff did not have to come
into work until the next afternoon. On their way
home, CJ and Toby stopped at a 24 hour drug store.
“Are you going to take the test now?” Toby asked as
they walked into their apartment.
“Yeah.” She replied, as she sat the little bit of
luggage she was carrying down. She turned and started
towards the bathroom.
“CJ.” Toby said as he came up behind her in the
hallway. He placed his hands on her waist, pulled her
against him.
“What?” She whispered.
“I love you.” He said as he kissed her cheek and
then released her. “I’ll wait on you in the living
room.”
“Okay.”
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Toby was sitting in a chair in the living room when
CJ came back ten minutes later.
“Well?” He asked, getting up from the chair and
walking towards her.
CJ walked closer to Toby before answering. “It
was...Toby, we’re going to have a baby!” She said,
her face lighting up with a smile as she spoke.
“We are?!” He said touching her face.
“Yeah.”
Toby put his arms around her, and brought her close
to him. They stood there in each other’s arms for
several minutes. Toby then drew away form her, and
led her to the couch. He sat down on the couch, and
pulled her onto this lap. After she was settled
comfortably against him, he spoke again.
“I thought you needed to sit down. You’re going to
need a lot of rest in the next few months.”
“Yeah, I probably will.”
“I intend to see that you get it.”
“Oh, you do?”
“Yes, you’re planning to make a doctor’s appointment
tomorrow?”
“Yeah.”
“Okay.” He kissed her softly on the lips.
“Hey, you can do better than that.” CJ whispered.
Toby traced her lips with his finger for a moment.
“Yeah, I can do better.” He said before kissing her
again.
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CJ woke before Toby did the next morning. She looked
at the clock and saw that it was nine o’clock. She
got up to call the doctor’s office.
About ten minutes later Toby came into the living
room, he found CJ sitting on the couch staring out the
window. He sat down on the couch beside her.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to wake you up, when I was
on the phone.”
“You didn’t. I woke up when you got out of bed.
When is the doctor’s appointment?”
“Today, at 4 p.m.”
“Damn it!”
“What?!” She asked, perplexed by his reaction.
“I wanted to go with you, and I can’t. I have a
meeting with Senator Cruz at three. There’s no way it
will be over by then.”
“That’s okay. All she will do today is run a test
and put me on some vitamins.”
“Still I wanted to be there with you.”
“You will be next time.”
“Yeah.”
to be continued...