presidential affair

Re-elcetion

The next couple of months were a repeating cycle. Wake up, work, dinner with Jack, home. A few nights it's wake up, work, dinner, stay in the residence. Although they didn't happen until after a month they started becoming more common, and soon Jack made a comment that kept replaying in my head.
"Do you want a drawer?"
I knew he didn't mean anything by it, at least I don't think. I think he was just trying to joke around but what if he meant it. Since he got divorced before re-election then we decided to wait until after re-election to move me in. Which came up a lot quicker than I was expecting. It was soon 6 months out and while he was halfway across the country I was stuck in the White House. Keeping the country running, I mean he still helped but he was so focused on his second term. James and I knew how he thought, he would call so we could get "his approval", which just became us telling him what we were doing. I missed him on the days he was gone. Sometimes I got the chance to go but when I did the press went which means that it felt like we never got alone time. There were a few times when I didn't think it would last. We would get into an argument, sometimes work-related, we wouldn't agree on a speech or bill. But sometimes they were personal, he was ready to go public, he wanted to tell the kids. We worked through it slowly, working out everything. We were both so stressed trying to give this last couple of months our final push to the election. We made it through it all and when we fought he would apologize for hours and makeup in other ways.

November

It was November, which means it was showtime. He was back in DC to watch the reports come in and it gave me a flashback to the first time we did this. Everyone was there, in the White House, even Hanna came. I think she is trying her best to allow us to be us. She has to be a good co-parent for the fact of the children, who were here for a short time but they went to some friends. It was best to keep them out of the light. So many thoughts were running through my head at once. If he won tonight I would be turning in my letter of resignation, again. Only this time I would be moving into the residence and the East Wing. I had prepared my right-hand man for this moment. The circle of people who knew what was going on was on a need-to-know basis. I was working on speeches with the speechwriter. He had both ready, just in case. By the polls from the last few months, it looked like we would win in a large margin. But polls could always be wrong so we had to be -

We heard the ding of the computer, AP had called it.

Jack had won.

The room had erupted in cheers and all I could do is look at him. He found me quickly, his large strides were met with my small ones. We met in the middle of the room.
"I'm sorry sir but I regret to inform you that I will be turning in my letter of resignation and stepping down as your press secretary, my deputy press secretary will be stepping in immediately," A laugh escaped his lips.
"Oh come here," He cupped my small face in his large hands and pressed a kiss to my lips. I heard multiple gasps from the room. I heard James and Hanna make a few comments between themselves.
"Four more years huh?" I said joking towards him.
"And a lifetime with you."

"I love you Mr. President, congrats. I can't wait to celebrate with you tonight and forever," I heard the chime from my phone.

Mom: Congrats honey. We are all so proud of all the hard work you have put in. I can't wait to see where this next term takes you!

"Hey, honey I need to call my mom real quick then we can go give your speech."

"Okay, good luck, see you in a few." He pressed a small kiss to my forehead.

I stepped outside the room and took a deep breath, this might be a rough phone call.

"Hey guys," I called my parents together hoping to make it easier.

"Hey, shouldn't you be getting the president ready for his acceptance speech?" My dad asked. He was probably very excited about the win.

"Yeah... about that. I turned in my registration again but this time it's staying put. I'm moving my office to the east wing."

"Oh? Are you going to work for the next first lady? Or whoever will be filling in the position?" My mom was sometimes so naive.

"Um no mom, I am going to be the next first lady. Within the next fifteen minutes Jack and I will walk on the stage, hand and hand, he will give me a kiss and give his speech. I'm sleeping with the president and we are about to announce it to the world."

"Emma what the hell." "EMMA! What have you done!" both my parents were talking at the same time.

"Hey one at a time please, and you can't change what is about to happen. It happened, it's happening. We are doing this no matter what, we have waited this long, we are happy, and I just want you to be happy for us."

"Oh, Emma this is going to ruin your career." My mom states.

"Mom in four years I will be living with an ex-president, I will be much better off than any press or PR job can ever offer me. I don't really care about work at this point, I love him and quite frankly that's all that matters to me right now. Maybe after all this, I'll be able to go back to PR but either way, I'm happy. I have to go soon but I just wanted to give you the warning before we tell everyone. The backlash isn't expected to be great so be prepared for everything, press will probably call you, either don't answer, no comment, or send them to the White House. Hate mail and threats are possible just know they are towards me and the two of you did nothing wrong."

"Please be safe Emma, we love you." "Emma I trust you, love you."

"Yeah, I love you guys too. I got to go. Bye guys." I heard a chorus of byes from them. I knew it was going to be rough, I let out a shaky breath. Time to go on stage and face the nation. I got Jack and we headed towards the stage. He took his hand in his flashed that bright smile and we stepped on the stage together.

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Well, that was it. The ended. Over a year in the works and here it is. I hope each and every one of you enjoyed it. I would much appreciate the feedback. Thank you for reading this and coming along this very long journey with me.