A Life Worth Living
By Heidi H
Disclaimers-These are not my characters and I am making no money off of them.
Ratings-Sam/Donna, life works out in the most unimaginable ways Spoilers-2 Cathedrals, anything with Laurie
Note-this is a sort of depressing fic. I might be tempted to write a sequel, but maybe...
Donna Moss held the marriage license in her shaky hands wondering how things had gone from wonderful to a disaster.
She and Sam had drifted together during the hearings. They both needed to find comfort in something and that was each other. Sam was there to comfort Donna when she was raked over the coals. No one else seemed to help her like Sam. She was there for him when the prosecutor brought up Laurie. They both had jumped in feet first when the subject of marriage was brought up. After the hearings, everyone had three days off to regroup and get their heads back in the game of politics.
Sam and Donna whisked away to Los Vegas where an Elvis impersonator married them in a small, quick ceremony. The married bliss only lasted less than a day and it all started with the ringing of Sam's cell phone.
He answered it, only to find Leo on the other ending screaming about their marriage making it on the front page of every tabloid in town. Leo demanded that they both get their asses on the next plane and be back in Washington and in his office. Sam had tried to reassure Donna that nothing would happen and that everyone was just shocked. He couldn't believe he was telling her something that even he didn't believe himself.
The scene in Leo's office was the stuff of good television. Leo yelled about trying to keep a low profile. CJ yelled about being the first phone call. Josh and Toby yelled about the appearance of impropriety and the possibility of having to appear before the grand jury again. All through the "meeting", Donna was being shot dirty looks like she was solely responsible for everything that was happening. The meeting ended with Leo telling them that changes would be made to make sure that things kept running smoothly.
The next day, Donna headed for her desk and Josh was there waiting for her. He told her to pack up her things and find a new office to put them in. She couldn't believe that he was firing her. Donna packed up her things in shock. She needed to talk to Sam, but decided to wait until he got home.
Sam found a few changes for him at work too. Toby handed him a large stack of papers which were speeches for low level speaking arrangements. He was not going to be working on any high level speeches for awhile, according to Toby. Sam knew that this was the punishment for marrying Donna and landed them on the covers of tabloids. He sucked it up and took his punishment. It wouldn't last forever, Sam kept telling himself.
Donna told him what had happened, but not to get mad at Josh. That she understood what he had to do and why it was for the best. Sam understood it too and went to his job everyday and gained the respect of his friends back. Donna was able to find a job as an administrative secretary for a lawyer in town. It wasn't her old job, but she loved it too.
Then Laurie came back to town and all hell broke loose again. Sam was again on the cover of tabloids when he went to lunch with her again. The White House was up in arms when a story appeared that he was cheating on his wife of less than a year. Donna ended up quitting her job because she couldn't stand the pitying looks of her coworkers. Sam got more punishment from Toby and Leo and accepted it.
Sam came home that night and devastated Donna. He told her that their marriage could never work because of her former position in the White House and his current one. Sam packed his bags, told her that he would move the rest of his stuff tomorrow afternoon, gave her the numbers where she could reach him if needed, and walked out the door without ever looking back.
Donna was in shock. She would never expected Sam to bow down from the pressure. The marriage license was in her box and she dug it out. She wondered how things could have happened this way. Sam had left her unemployed, broke, and with a baby on the way. She made the decision in that instant to never subject her child to this. Sam would never get to see the child and the woman he walked out on again. Donna knew that it wasn't right to not tell him that he was going to be a daddy, but he made the choice to leave and he would have to live with that decision for the rest of his life.
By Heidi H
Disclaimers-These are not my characters and I am making no money off of them.
Ratings-Sam/Donna, life works out in the most unimaginable ways Spoilers-2 Cathedrals, anything with Laurie
Note-this is a sort of depressing fic. I might be tempted to write a sequel, but maybe...
Donna Moss held the marriage license in her shaky hands wondering how things had gone from wonderful to a disaster.
She and Sam had drifted together during the hearings. They both needed to find comfort in something and that was each other. Sam was there to comfort Donna when she was raked over the coals. No one else seemed to help her like Sam. She was there for him when the prosecutor brought up Laurie. They both had jumped in feet first when the subject of marriage was brought up. After the hearings, everyone had three days off to regroup and get their heads back in the game of politics.
Sam and Donna whisked away to Los Vegas where an Elvis impersonator married them in a small, quick ceremony. The married bliss only lasted less than a day and it all started with the ringing of Sam's cell phone.
He answered it, only to find Leo on the other ending screaming about their marriage making it on the front page of every tabloid in town. Leo demanded that they both get their asses on the next plane and be back in Washington and in his office. Sam had tried to reassure Donna that nothing would happen and that everyone was just shocked. He couldn't believe he was telling her something that even he didn't believe himself.
The scene in Leo's office was the stuff of good television. Leo yelled about trying to keep a low profile. CJ yelled about being the first phone call. Josh and Toby yelled about the appearance of impropriety and the possibility of having to appear before the grand jury again. All through the "meeting", Donna was being shot dirty looks like she was solely responsible for everything that was happening. The meeting ended with Leo telling them that changes would be made to make sure that things kept running smoothly.
The next day, Donna headed for her desk and Josh was there waiting for her. He told her to pack up her things and find a new office to put them in. She couldn't believe that he was firing her. Donna packed up her things in shock. She needed to talk to Sam, but decided to wait until he got home.
Sam found a few changes for him at work too. Toby handed him a large stack of papers which were speeches for low level speaking arrangements. He was not going to be working on any high level speeches for awhile, according to Toby. Sam knew that this was the punishment for marrying Donna and landed them on the covers of tabloids. He sucked it up and took his punishment. It wouldn't last forever, Sam kept telling himself.
Donna told him what had happened, but not to get mad at Josh. That she understood what he had to do and why it was for the best. Sam understood it too and went to his job everyday and gained the respect of his friends back. Donna was able to find a job as an administrative secretary for a lawyer in town. It wasn't her old job, but she loved it too.
Then Laurie came back to town and all hell broke loose again. Sam was again on the cover of tabloids when he went to lunch with her again. The White House was up in arms when a story appeared that he was cheating on his wife of less than a year. Donna ended up quitting her job because she couldn't stand the pitying looks of her coworkers. Sam got more punishment from Toby and Leo and accepted it.
Sam came home that night and devastated Donna. He told her that their marriage could never work because of her former position in the White House and his current one. Sam packed his bags, told her that he would move the rest of his stuff tomorrow afternoon, gave her the numbers where she could reach him if needed, and walked out the door without ever looking back.
Donna was in shock. She would never expected Sam to bow down from the pressure. The marriage license was in her box and she dug it out. She wondered how things could have happened this way. Sam had left her unemployed, broke, and with a baby on the way. She made the decision in that instant to never subject her child to this. Sam would never get to see the child and the woman he walked out on again. Donna knew that it wasn't right to not tell him that he was going to be a daddy, but he made the choice to leave and he would have to live with that decision for the rest of his life.