Donna's POV:

Josh is smiling at me and I have lost all ability to breathe.

This is that fated moment after the first date where you wonder if there is going to be a kiss. The implications of this moment are going to haunt me forever. Josh's eyes meet mine and I can tell he's feeling it out as well. I lean towards him and the world stops as his lips capture mine. They're soft and tender, and the love I feel coursing through my body makes me tremble. His hand grips the back on my head pulling me in closer and his other hand slips to the bottom of my lower back. We stand there and the enormity of this is just registering. We're Josh and Donna, and this time it's real.

Josh's POV:
She accepts my question without a second thought, her lips accept mine and her body accepts the embrace of my own. She is trembling and in that moment I know I've found the woman that I am destined to be with. We're going to be parents, we're going to be lovers, but we've always been soul mates.

I pull away finally for air. She's smiling at me with a look on her face that is both shocked and amazed.

"Josh," she can't say anything else.

"I know," I have to reassure her that I feel the same way.

"I love you Donnatella," the words slip out, but I don't regret it.

"Josh, I love you too," tears are welling up in her eyes.

"Don't cry Donna," I gently wipe away the ones that start to fall.

"Josh, for the first time I feel…" she looks down clearly struggling with her emotions.

I give her time, there's no need to rush this moment.
"I feel complete," she finally looks me straight in the eye and the intensity in her eyes almost takes my breath away.

This angel is standing on her door stoop; it's just occurred to me how the light behind her is lighting up the area behind her so she looks like she has a heavenly glow. She's saying I complete her, this glowing vision in red, with tears and a smile is saying I'm her other half? Josh Lyman you are the luckiest man in the world. I cannot believe that I am this fortunate.

Donna's POV:
So I've confessed and he is staring at me with this expression almost like I'm a goddess to be worshiped.

"Josh," I have to know why.

"Yeah," he shakes himself slightly.

"What's with the staring?"

"You look like a vision, or an angel," he whispers.

Josh Lyman is romantic? This cannot be happening. I've dreamed of us since the day I saw him.

"We're good," he gives me that cute boyish smile that I love so much.

"Yeah, we are," I lean in again and he eagerly meets my lips.

We kiss breathlessly for as long as we can and when we pull apart, he doesn't go far.

"Donna," he's resting his forehead against mine.

"Yeah?"

"I don't think I should come up tonight," he says what we both know.

"I know," I'm not upset by that.

"I'll see you tomorrow," he gives me one gentle kiss, "bye Donna," as he walks away I suddenly imagine with real hope the day that he won't have to walk away from me at the end of the evening.

Leo's POV:
Josh is grinning, we're running an incredibly tense national campaign and the manager is grinning. Come to think of it, Donna looked pretty happy this morning too.

"Josh," I wait for him to look up.

"Hey Leo, good morning, how are things looking?" Yup, he's almost jovial.

"Probably not as good as you," I wait for his comeback.

"Leo my old friend, the day smells of roses," he has that Josh like dancing quality about him when he used to when he would brag about good things he did in the White House. He hasn't had that since, well since Donna was in Gaza. That's a long time.

"Josh, perhaps you can tell me why Donna is grinning like a Cheshire cat," I wait.

"She is?" He spun around looking even more delighted. It's confirmed.
"Josh," I feel a slight grin spreading.
"Leo, she's the one, she's always been the one," and he's dancing off down the corridor.

I hesitate and decide to go check in with Donna.
"Donna?" She jumps about ten feet, "Leo!"

I watch her face, she's blushing.

"Donna, did you have a good evening off last night?"

"Yes I did," she looks pretty content.

"Good guy?" I can't help it.

"Yeah," she's bright red.

"Josh had a good time too, I haven't seen him this happy in months Donna," I let her off the hook.

"Leo," she lowers her voice, "I think I might finally have realized he's the one."
"It's about time," I grin at her, "we've all known for years."

Josh's POV:
I'm watching her. No, not stalking, watching. She standing there going over her notes, she's biting her pencil; I love it when she does that. My Donna, yes I said "my" Donna. She's perfect, she's witty, intelligent, passionate, and beautiful, and the list goes on and on and on. I'm an idiot, call that my middle name. She suddenly looks up, "Josh?"

"Hey," I just grin like an idiot.

She is clearly hesitant to come towards me.

"Come here," I hold out my hands to her and she eases her way across the room.

"Josh, we're here, do you really think?"

Before she can say anything else, we're in my office and I'm kissing her against the door.

"Josh," her protest is so weak I can barely hear it as I start kissing her neck.

Just then someone knocks and I groan softly, "later Donnatella, later."

I quickly walk her over to my desk and yell, "Come in," as I hand her a folder.

"Hey Lou," I greet the woman on the other side who eyes us a bit curiously.

"Hey Josh, Donna," she greets us both and then heads over to me.

"We're picking up some steam in California," she looks pretty excited.
I force myself to study the numbers, "things are looking better," I agree.

"Okay, what else is up," I ask.

"Well there's a situation in the Middle East with China and Russia still, CJ is keeping us somewhat up to speed, but she can't say much," Lou hesitated.

"Anything else," I wait.

"Not at the moment, the Congressman and Leo have a meeting. The press office is meeting with Donna is ten, and there is a possibility that Senator Vinick is going to be making some sort of speech today on the Middle East situation, but reports aren't confirmed."

"Okay," I glance at my watch.

"Going somewhere?" she asked.

"I wanted to meet Amy Gardener for lunch," I responded.

"See you," she heads out.

Donna appears in my doorway, "I'm off to…"

I close the door and begin kissing her again cutting her off.

She tastes so wonderful and I love how she is holding on to me for dear life.
She pulls away straightening her clothes, "Josh," I see the desire in her eyes.
"Okay go, before I," I don't finish, but I can tell you that a cold shower would be good.

She smiles seductively, "Sometime we'll have to discover how many other ways we can compensate for a cold shower," she walks out leaving me stunned. Donna just promised me, oh wow.