Donna was greeted with cheering and more than a few whispers as she returned to class four weeks later. The whispers she knew were because her husband was escorting her into class. He was still unsure about her return to class, but she had won this particular battle. Donna knew as well as Josh did that if they were to stand a chance of winning Ingersoll's vacated Senate seat in a little over a year and a half she was going to be too busy to take classes after the baby was born. The campaign would be difficult enough with a new baby. Josh helped Donna lower herself into the uncomfortable plastic seats of the classroom.

"Okay?" he asked as he gently rubbed the swell of their child.

"Yes, Joshua" Donna assured him letting the exasperation she felt with him show in the tone of her voice before ruining the effect by smiling as she covered his hand on her abdomen.

"Ethan, Greg, Bri" Josh greeted the three students sitting next to his wife. "I want to thank you again for all you did for Donna when she collapsed and for helping her keep up with her classes this last month."

"It was no problem, Mr....Josh" Ethan corrected himself as he remembered that Josh had told all of them to call him by his first name.

"Really, we were happy to do it," Bri told him repeating the sentiment of her friend.

"Well, we still want to thank you. We're having a dinner to celebrate Donna being back on her feet tonight at the House. You're all invited," Josh told them. "You can get a ride with Donna."

"Josh, your meeting," Donna interrupted him.

"Huh?" he asked.

"FEMA? Floods on the Mississippi? Disaster relief?" Donna prodded him.

"I've got over an hour to get there," Josh said dismissing her reminder.

"Joshua," she sighed. "What have I been telling you for the past 7 years?"

"My watch sucks?" he guessed flashing his dimples at her.

"Yes, your watch sucks. You have forty-five minutes," she told him.

"M'kay," he agreed before giving her a soft kiss then leaning down to press an equally gentle kiss to the swell of their child.

"Donna, it was really great of you guys to invite us to dinner tonight, but you shouldn't overdo it on your first day," Bri told her after Josh had left the classroom. "Why don't we just wait and you can have us over to your place in a couple weeks?" she suggested.

Donna frowned for a moment before she realized that her fellow students hadn't understood the invitation they'd received.

"No, it's tonight," she said.

"Really," Ethan assured her after being jabbed in the ribs by Bri. "We can do this another time. We've gotta study for the exam in our world lit. class anyway."

"Right," Greg chimed in, totally cowed by the glare he was receiving from Bri. "Later."

"Tonight," Donna told them in the same voice she used to order around the most important men in the nation.

"But..." Bri protested once again clearly worried about the other woman's health.

"Guys, we're not having dinner at my house," Donna explained taking pity on them. "When Josh said the house he meant the White House, and the invitation isn't from us."

"Huh?" Greg asked not quite catching on as his brain had shifted into neutral after the words 'White House' had left Donna's lips.

"We're having dinner with the President tonight. I hope you guys like chili," Donna told them. "He's insisting on cooking himself."

"That's not funny, Donna" Bri said angrily thinking Donna was playing a joke on her younger classmates. She knew very well that President Bartlet was one of Ethan's heroes. It was perhaps one of the main reasons Donna liked the younger woman so much. She saw so much of she and Josh in the younger couple. They were still stuck in the 'just friends' stage of their relationship, but Donna was hoping to give them a push in the right direction.

"I wasn't kidding," Donna assured the younger woman sincerely. "I'm going to need to vet you after class before we go over. If we leave right after class, I'll have time to give you a tour before we have to head over to the residence."

"Wow!" Greg whispered causing Donna to smile.