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Josh woke up on the wrong side of the wrong bed.
He looked down on his chest and saw Donna's head resting there, they were both still fully dressed, they had come back to Donna's flat and fell asleep on her bed, she had snuggled up next to him and they held hands and talked whilst watching a film.
Josh leaned down and kissed Donna's hair, he was so content and didn't want to move.
Donna's alarm went off at 7am, causing Josh to jump. It was way too loud for an alarm, no wonder she is wide awake first thing in the morning.
Donna reached over and turned the alarm off, she looked up at Josh and he kissed her on the lips again.
"We have to go to work" Donna told him in a saddened voice, she didn't want to move out of this position, she had never felt so comfortable.
"we can be here a while longer" Josh told her, he didn't have to be in any meetings until half 8 anyhow.
"No we cant, you have senior staff at 8" Donna told him, she knew his schedule off by heart. She sat up and walked over to the bathroom, still dressed in last nights clothes.
"Damn it." Josh said as he shifted himself slightly so he could sit up, he walked into the kitchen and saw Donna's flatmate Tia.
"Morning sugar, how are you today?" she asked, knowing that calling him sugar annoyed him.
"I'm fine thanks TIA, how are you?" he asked, putting emphasis on her name. He hated not being called Josh, Amy used to call him J all the time and he couldn't stand it.
He got two cups out of the cupboard and turned on Donna's amazing coffee machine.
"Good ta, wheres Donna?" she asked, normally he slept on the couch and Donna had to wake him up.
"Shes having a shower." he told her. Hoping she wouldn't read too much into it.
"So did you guys, you know?" she asked. Tia was about as open as a person can be, she was a hippy at heart and rarely showed any decorum.
"we watched a film." Josh told her, she didn't need to know but he needed to put an end to the interrogation quickly. the coffee machine buzzed and he poured it out into the cups, then took them through into the bedroom.
Donna was sitting on the bed with a towel wrapped around her, drying off her hair.
Josh couldn't help but stand there and watch her, 'she is so beautiful' he thought, his hands burning from the cups made him snap back to reality.
"your a lifesaver, thank you." Donna told him, taking one of the cups out of his hand.
Josh took his cup into the bathroom and had a shower, then it hit him as he wrapped a towel around his waist, he only had his tux, no other items of clothing.
He walked out and found Donna putting her socks on, she was wearing her woman's suit, making her look really professional yet still feminine.
"I have a problem, I don't appear to have any clothes other than my tux." he told her, hoping she would have an idea. He couldn't go into work in that, too many questions would be asked.
"I picked up your other suit with your tux yesterday, its still in my car, I'll go grab it. you have some changes of socks and underwear in that drawer." she told him, pointing at the chest of drawers.
"Your a lifesaver, thank you", He echoed as she went down to her car.
Donna returned to her room with Josh's Tuesday suit and the newspaper. She stood in the doorway and watched Josh standing in his Boxer shorts in front of the tv, watching the news.
He turned and saw her, "Thanks" he said with a smile on his face as he took the suit and got dressed as Donna finished her second cup of coffee, enjoying the view.
When they got into work it was buzzing, Josh had to go directly to senior staff meeting and Donna had a ton of paperwork to sort through.
'serves me right for leaving early yesterday' she thought.
Totally engrossed in maintaining her filing system she didn't even notice the first lady standing in front of her desk.
Mrs Bartlet put a copy of the newspaper in front of her, causing Donna to stand up,
"Sorry Ma'am, I didn't know you were there." she apologized.
"Its ok Donna, I just wondered if you had seen the review for the show last night, Sorry I couldn't make it I had an awards dinner to host" the First Lady told her.
Donna picked up the paper and saw that she had gotten some really good reviews from some very tough critics.
"Have you thought about doing it full time? there's plenty of shows in DC I'm sure you would be able to find work." Mrs Bartlet told her.
Donna was like family as far as she was concerned and hated seeing her stuck in a tiny desk job being shouted at, now especially that she has shown to have a great passion for acting.
"I would love to Ma'am but I couldn't stop working here." she told the Presidents wife honestly.
"I don't see why not, your great at what you do Donna but really you are wasted here. Talk to Josh, I know he cant replace you but he can find another assistant. besides my Husband told me that you and Josh are together now, so it might be a better idea not to work for him, trust me I couldn't work for Jed in a million years, I'd end up killing him." she told the young girl.
"I'll talk to Josh" Donna promised. The first lady picked up the newspaper and handed it to Donna.
"I couldn't get you to sign this for me could I Donna?" she asked.
"You want me to autograph your paper?" Donna asked, amazed at the prospect at signing something that wasn't to do with the Bartlet administration or a cheque.
"I have a feeling your going to go on and do great things and I want to have a signed copy of your first review." she told her.
Donna smiled as she signed the piece of paper held out to her, the First Lady thanked her and left.
Josh didn't see Donna all day, he was too wrapped up in meetings that bored the hell out of him. He wanted to do some actual work, not negotiating with immature Senators on the hill to get there votes.
When he arrived back at the white house he went into the Oval office to brief the President and Leo on his accomplishments and find out what they wanted to do next.
He thanked the President for his time and joined Leo in the office next to the oval for an informal discussion on what the Democrats are planning next.
He looked at his watch and saw it was close to 7pm, he wondered if Donna was still in the building. He hoped to go back to her place that night, maybe pick up some food on the way home.
"Josh I know you look up to me, and that you one day want to sit behind this desk for another great man in the next room but I'm going to offer you some advice." Leo told the young man in front of him.
"Whats that?" Josh asked, hoping it wouldn't be to put the job in front of everything else, he knew how much Leo had sacrificed to get where he is today, and one day he would love to be the chief of staff, but not if it meant he wouldn't have any other kind of life.
"Family first. don't you EVER think that this job is more important and Donna, otherwise you will loose her just like I lost Jenny. I loved that girl but down the line we never saw each other, since Bartlet for America the marriage fell apart, I put the job first and it consumed me. If I think that is what is happening to you I will have your mother on the next plane out here to kick your ass. Do you understand?" Leo told him. He had to make himself clear.
"I totally understand, don't worry Leo, Donna comes first." Josh replied. The thought of his mother kicking his ass was bad enough but he knew that loosing Donna would be much worse.
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