Thanks for updating. I hope Josh gets a chance to redeem himself soon.

Yaaay! Sam was able to work and help Toby for four hours! That's amazing! I'm so happy for him. :)

Also, the Mess bit with Josh was really funny. I loved that. :)

It's so nice to see Sam making all of these small steps and getting closer and closer to normal, and then something big happens like this, where he works for four hours like his normal self without even realizing it. I also love that Ginger was so strict with Josh about leaving Sam and Toby alone; clearly she could see that they were having some sort of breakthrough. Yay for the assistants!

This is also lovely. Not lovely in the sense that Sam had another small attack and hurt his hand, but lovely in the sense that he did his best to deal with it, Toby was kind about it and helped him, and Sam was even able to mock Josh afterward, creating laughter with CJ and Toby and even Josh himself. Things are getting back to normal, even if Sam can't see it yet. :)

I'm back! RL has been more insane than I could possibly explain, but I'm happy to finally be reviewing your recent chapters. This is actually all very good; Toby and Sam needed to have some resolution, and with the conversation about the points system and the tourist thing they were sounding like their old selves. :) Even though what happened to Sam when Josh showed up wasn't funny at all, Josh's overactive imagination was hilarious and pitch-perfect. Donna's dry "You're being crazy again" voice was perfect, too. Looking forward to the next!

Nice pressie for xmas thanks

Good to see Sam mocking Josh and they guys getting back to normal

Wow, such a great story. Very insightful into the characters. I always enjoy the whole Sam, Josh, Toby interactions,a nd you've shown them beautifully.

i'm a recent West wing fan. I didn't watch it during its TV run, but I got the DVD's a few months ago and am on my second run through the series. I'm not very into TV, so when I say I was bowled over by the show, you can believe it. i've been longing to find fan fiction and started googling it this weekend.

i really like your story. So many of the fics I've found are concentrating on the romantic relationships. I like speculating on those as much as anyone, but i fell in love with the whole story, all the main characters and I wanted to find inclusive stories, soemthing that deals with everyone. i love yours.

You've doen great bringing out the individual personalities of all the characters, their quirks, strengths and flaws, and it's a delight to read. Thank you.

Sherry

Wonderful job! I loved Sam and Toby's conversation and the fact that they did the "tourist" thing was too funny. Also the last part with Josh barging in was so in character and so funny...perfect. Keep up the GREAT work and please continue soon.

Excellent chapter, great humour, looking forward to more.

Wow. That was amazing. Not that Sam and Toby fighting is amazing, I just mean that the writing was amazing. They needed to sort all of this out so much, and somehow in the middle of all the fighting, you made them sound like Sam and Toby, like the old Sam and Toby, even though Sam clearly is still struggling. Now that they've both finally gotten all of that into the open, I think they can start healing their friendship, and start healing individually. Those wounds were going to stay open until they talked about it. Thank you for this chapter; it was a wonderful read! :)

I Love this chapter

I think I could kill you for ending like that...

This is an amazing story. I haven't yet read a West Wing fic that I think could be added into the series itself, but I really think yours could.

Please update soon!

Thank-you for posting so soon. What a nice treat. Can't wait for the next chapter and what I assume will be "the confrontation"

Hello! I love this story the only problem I have with it is their is not enough showing instead of telling in this chapter with the last paragraph this chapter seems rushed a little other than that fantastic story :)