Peter and Miranda tear open their gifts with gusto. Peter immediately starts to read his book about whales, while Miranda hugs her dolphin. Helen gives them a second then softly says "What do you say?"

"Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Lyman!" They shout together. Matt makes a motion with his hand and the kids grab the wrapping paper and throw it away, then head back to their rooms.

Josh is impressed. "How did you do that?!"

Matt laughs again. "Dad's have sign language too, Josh. Don't worry, I'll teach you."

Helen smacks him on the arm again at the implication that I might already be expecting. I chuckle a little.

"That's the problem with eloping." I say-

"People immediately wonder if you got knocked up."

"Oh, we didn't..." Helen trails off.

"My mother did."

"Ouch." Matt says sympathetically.

"Do you want to tell us about it?" Helen asks.

I'm not sure if she's asking if I want to talk about my relationship with my Mother or the Wedding, but I'm going to assume the latter.

"Well, let me start by making it clear, that I am not, in fact, pregnant." Everyone snickers.

"I think you both know that Josh and I met during President Bartlet's first campaign." They both nod.

"After the campaign, I was Josh's assistant for seven years. I had a massive crush on him." I blush and Helen sighs.

"Nothing inappropriate ever happened while I worked for him. A year ago, I left the White House and joined the Russell campaign."

"You know about that..."Matt grumbles until Helen smacks him in the arm again.

"Believe me, no one is happier than I am that you won, sir." I grin at him. I take a deep breath and continue-

"In fact," I start blushing again, "it was the day that you tied Vinick in the polls..."

"Donna!" Now Josh is blushing too.

"Maybe you just wanna tell them about the wedding?" But then Josh looks at his watch and frowns a little. He is definitely more happy and relaxed than he has been in years but that doesn't mean he's completely forgot about his responsibilities.

"It was beautiful and we are very happy." I say.

Helen looks perplexed. Matt laughs and says-

"Well, that was brief and to the point."

I smile at him. "Perhaps I can give your lovely wife the details, while you take my husband to the office now so he doesn't stay too late tonight?"

Josh beams at me. Matt chuckles and says-

"Excellent idea. Josh you are a very lucky man."

"Yes, I am." Josh says and leans over and gives me a long kiss. Good thing the kids aren't in the room anymore. When he pulls away I'm a little disoriented, but I notice Helen smiling and Matt smirking.

"Come on, Josh. We'd better go." Matt leads him out of the room.

I sigh and Helen says-

"I'll get us some coffee."

I settle back into the couch and watch Helen pour the coffee. She's grinning when she comes back and sits across from me.

"Okay. Dish." She says, "And start with the day we tied Vinick in the polls." She's grinning in anticipation. I think back to our conversation last week when Helen offered me the job- she's right. I think we'll be friends. And you know, I think I need a friend too.