"Thanks,"Miley said with a smile."OKay,I'll just come back later."She smiled at the man then looked at Samatha. "Bye." With that,she headed down the hallway to her office.It's going to feel good being back inside her office,again.

"Okay, talk to you soon," Samantha promised. She would be able to tell Miley and all the other employees what Ben and she had been planning very soon, she hoped.

She turned back to Ben. "Now what were we saying?" Suddenly, she remembered something else. "Ben, you seem really on top of things as far as this campaign is concerned? Have you thought about possibly managing Reagan's campaign?"

"I believe we were talking about a location for the campaign," Ben said, checking the parchment he had been taking notes on once again. "I think your idea about Diagon Alley is prefect--it's not too out of the way, open for lots of people to come in and participate, and since it isn't on Ministry grounds, Cooper can't interfere," he added with a smile. Well, hopefully Cooper wouldn't interfere TOO much...he had a slight feeling that, eventually, he'd try and sink his claws into the campaign and ruin everything they had been working on.

He paused and raised a nearly transparent eyebrow as Samantha asked if he had considered managing the campaign. Him, the manager over Taylor's political future? He blinked. "Erm, to be honest, I haven't really thought about that. Now that you mention it, it is only reasonable that we have to replace Egypt with her current state...but you really think I would be qualified?" he asked.

"Yes, I do!", Samantha said enthusiastically. "You seem the perfect person to me to run the campaign. After all, just look at all the work you've been doing already, and the campaign hasn't even kicked off yet. Yes, I believe you would be the best choice possible for the job. After all, you're committed, intelligent, and can get the message out. What more could one ask? Perhaps I can do some speech writing for Reagan, I'm rather good with memos and I would be more than happy to help out in that way. But you, you should definitely be her campaign manager!"

Hello Samantha Rose. I would like to introduce myself. I am Lana Musaeus and I am one of the newest additions to your department. I just felt that I should stop by and meet with you a bit so that you can get to know me better.

Samantha heard another person knock on the door, and went to greet a new employee. "It's very nice to meet you, Lana," she said. "Welcome to the Department. I am just finishing up meeting with another Department Head, and I'll be over to speak with you more in just a few moments." She smiled and turned back to Ben. "So, where were we?"

Lana breathed a little easier. "All right, thank you very much," as she sat down in a chair outside of the office door. This will be ok, she's very nice, a good working environment. Lana was excited and couldn't wait to see what would come next in the beginning of her career.

Ben blushed, something he didn't do very often. "Well, I suppose when you put it that way...yes, I'd love to be campaign manager! Thank you! And I do think you'd do wonderfully with speech writing...but now, if I'm taking over the position of manager, I can't possibly handle all the advertisements as well," he added with a frown. Darn, he hadn't thought of that little tidbit.

"Hmmm, there must be someone around who can handle that. You are going to be very busy with managing the campaign, it's true, and won't really have much time to devote to that. Surely there is someone in the Ministry who would be qualified to take over the advertising end of things?" Samantha sat and thought for a moment. "There is a new department head, isn't there, who has just taken over for Egypt in her absence? I've heard that he might be interested in working for Reagan in some way, perhaps he might be someone we could approach with this idea. What is his name, now? Brian, Brian something. I think his name is Brian Lee. Yes, he might be just the person we are looking for!"

"Really? I suppose we could try and contact him about it--hopefully he'll be just as excited about the campaign as Egypt!" Ben said with a small chuckle. "Perhaps we should send a memo his way asking him to meet us up here? Or do you prefer we walk down there and propose the idea to him in his office?" he asked.

"I suppose it might be a nice idea if we just walked over there and had a talk with him, what do you think? It might be a little more personal and give us a chance to really make him feel welcome here at the Ministry and on the campaign. I think that would be a nice touch," Samantha said.

Ben nodded in agreement. "Sounds like a good idea," he said with a grin. "Shall we head up there now, then? If we are going up, I think I'm going to whip him up a nice origami display for his office, just a quick flicks of a wand and we'll be ready to go!"

"That sounds like it would be a really nice decoration for his office, I'm sure he will appreciate that. Let's go, then!", Samantha said with a smile. She stood up and began to walk towards the door.

Rebecca walked up to Samantha's office feeling embarrassed, she'd been quite rude in Brian's office, she had to say sorry, or at least explain herself, she knocked on the door and waited for Samantha to open it.

Samantha had just returned from her rounds on behalf of Reagan when she heard a very distinct knock on the door. She stood up from her desk and walked over to answer it. "Rebecca!", she said with surprise, when she had last seen Rebecca she was very engaged with business in Brian Lee's office. "Do come in and have some tea with me, that is if you have time to chat."

"Samantha" Rebecca smiled "Ok, yes, I made time for this, I need to talk to you" Rebecca told her "Thanks" she cleared her throat as she walked in and looked around the room again, waiting for permission to sit down.

"Have a seat," Samantha invited, signalling to one of her comfortable chairs. "I'm happy to have a little company for a while. Usually, so few people come and see me, so we definitely have some time." She smiled.

Rebecca smiled "Thanks" she nodded as she sat down, then she looked up "I came here about earlier" Rebecca told Samantha as she started to shift uncomfortably.

A look of recognition dawned on Samantha's face. "Oh, that," she said. "That's no problem. I understand completely, but I really appreciate your coming here to talk to me. That's very nice of you." She smiled.

Rebecca blushed "I am really sorry, it was unacceptable" she admitted with embarrassment written all over her face "I will talk to you anytime" she smiled back at Samantha.

Samantha laughed. "You don't have to apologize, it was perfectly acceptable. I know how it is when you're trying to get the attention of a certain man."

Rebecca shook her head "But, that's the problem, I wasn't, I was simply trying to be kind and help out" Rebecca admitted "And I was slightly embarrassed myself" she told Samantha.

"Oh, I see," Samantha nodded, a mysterious smile on her face. "Well, it's no problem, no problem at all. Don't even worry about it, you don't need to apologize at all." The truth was, Samantha thought Rebecca and Brian made a rather nice couple together, they really seemed to fit.

Rebecca frowned at Samantha's smile, it was wierd, as if she was hiding something "There was another thing" she added on with a small smile.

"Another thing?", Samantha asked curiously. "Like what?"