Title: "As Time Goes By"

Disclaimer, Summary, etc. - As in Part 1

Part 3 of 8

**

The next section in the scrapbook was entitled 'The New Chapter'. Donna immediately knew what Josh was alluding to – the night they finally got together.

*Flashback*

It was Donna's last night of staying with Josh after she hurt her ankle. They were sitting on the sofa after Josh had revealed he was going to miss Donna staying with him. Donna soon confessed that she would miss him as well, much to Josh's delight.

Suddenly, Donna gave him a kiss on the cheek. Josh turned to face her, smiling warmly.

"What was that for?"

"To say thank you."

"There's no need. Like I said, I love having you here." Donna put her arms around him and gave him a big hug.

"I know you do," she said very quietly in his ear.

Josh wrapped his arms around her waist and gave her a kiss on her cheek. Donna pulled back a little and looked directly into his eyes. He looked back at her, not daring to avert his eyes. An unspoken signal passed between them and they both leaned in to a gentle, sweet kiss. They broke apart quickly, both breathing heavily.

Trepidation was evident in both their eyes as they looked at each other.

"What are we doing?" Donna asked very quietly. Josh smiled warmly at her and took her right hand in his own.

"You know that phrase 'life is an empty book where you write the pages'?"

"Yes," she replied warily. Josh put his left index finger under her chin, lifting her head so that he was looking directly into her eyes.

"Well, I think we just started a new chapter." She smiled, transmitting an unspoken acknowledgement, and he pulled her into a warm, loving hug.

*

They sat close together for a long time that night, Donna's head resting on Josh's shoulder as they chatted quietly, finally admitting to each other about how long they had wanted to be together. Donna let out a long yawn.

"Tired?" Josh asked, squeezing her shoulder with the arm that was wrapped around her.

"Yeah, I think I'm gonna go to bed," she replied, starting to get up from the couch.

"Sounds like a plan." Josh also started to stand up and Donna turned to him.

"Josh, I know we…look, I don't want to rush things. Do you mind if I still sleep in the guest room tonight?" she asked very quietly.

"Of course I don't," Josh said, giving her a comforting smile. "Donna, I don't want to rush things either, I want everything to be just right."

She smiled at him while inwardly breathing a sigh of relief. "Okay, well, I'd better go get some sleep. Can you leave your car keys out? Just so that I can pack my stuff into it tomorrow morning?"

"Yeah, but look…why don't you leave some stuff here?" he asked, looking directly at her.

Donna's head snapped up. "What? I…I don't think that's a good idea, Josh; like I said, I don't want to rush things."

"No, I know that. It's just, well, eventually, you will be staying here overnight, right?" he asked with a mixture of hope and fear in his voice.

Donna nodded her head. "Of course I will, and sooner rather than later."

Josh quickly tried to hide his grin. "Well, in that case, wouldn't it be easier to leave some stuff here? At the moment you can just use it if we come back here to work, or to have dinner."

His tone was very gentle and Donna smiled and nodded her head. "Yeah, that sounds good. Anyway…" she nodded her head in the direction of her room.

"Yeah, 'night, Donna," Josh said, turning and heading towards his own room. Donna frowned, but quickly removed it from her face, going into her room and closing the door. A few minutes later, Josh knocked on her door and she told him to come in.

"Hey, I forgot something," he said, coming to stand beside her bed.

"What?" she asked, looking and sounding confused.

"This." He sat down on the bed, leaned over and gave her a long kiss. "I can't tell you how long I've wanted to kiss you goodnight," he said huskily when they broke apart.

Donna smiled brightly at him. "Me too." Josh grinned at her then stood up and left the room.

Donna moved back into her own apartment the next day, spending the Saturday night in her own bed for the first time in a few weeks.

*End of Flashback*

"So, this section is all to do with us?" she asked, looking at Josh. He nodded his head in response.

"Yeah. I wasn't really sure what to include, took me a while to choose everything."

Donna smiled and looked back at the book. "This one's from the day after I moved home?" she asked, pointing to a photo of her in Lafayette Square.

"Yeah, I took it with your camera, remember?"

Donna nodded her head. "I really enjoyed that day," she said wistfully.

"So did I, I even managed to persuade you to stay here that night," he said, grinning widely at her.

"Hey, are you sure you have your dates right? I'm sure it was a few days after that when we…" she trailed off.

"Yeah, it was a few days after for that, but you did stay with me that Sunday as well."

*Flashback*

"Hey, I was thinking…" Josh said, entering Donna's cubicle the Sunday morning after she'd moved home.

"Really? Did it hurt?" she quipped.

"Funny! Seriously though, it's a gorgeous day out there. All I have to do is read some stuff over and get you to take notes; how about we do that in the park?"

Donna's surprise at his suggestion was evident; it wasn't like Josh to want to go outside. She grinned as she realized that maybe them getting together had more advantages than she'd first thought.

"Okay, sounds like a plan to me."

Josh nodded, bounded into his office and returned with his coat and backpack. Donna grabbed her own coat and bag and followed him out of the office.

*

They sat in Lafayette Square for most of the afternoon, reading through briefing memos and deciding what were the most important points. There were a few people in the park, so they were careful not to do anything that would reveal them as a couple; they didn't think CJ would take kindly to finding out about them through the press and they weren't ready to tell anyone yet.

While they were there, a squirrel started running around on the grass in front of them. Donna reached into her bag and grabbed her new digital camera, hoping to get a photo of the squirrel. Unfortunately, Josh didn't notice the squirrel and chose that moment to throw his paperwork onto the ground beside him, loudly. The squirrel was startled and darted off quickly.

"Thanks a lot, Josh," Donna glared.

"What?" he asked, having no idea what he'd just done.

"I just got my camera out to take a photo of the cute little squirrel and you frightened it away," she pouted.

"Sorry. I didn't know it was there," he said seriously, giving her an apologetic look. Donna just rolled her eyes at him and started to put the camera back in her bag. Josh reached out his hand and stopped her.

"Hey, keep the camera out."

"Why?" she asked with confusion on her face.

"Because I want to take a photo," he replied.

"Of what?"

"You." He looked at her intently and she felt herself starting to blush. He gently took the camera from her hands and stood up. Donna dipped her head and Josh leaned down and used his index finger to raise her head again. He stuck his tongue out at her, forcing her to laugh and he took a photo of her, sitting on the grass, surrounded by paperwork, with the early-October sun beating down on her.

"You wanna go back to my place and get something to eat?" he asked.

"Uh, yeah, I guess so. Are you buying?" she smirked at him.

"Funny. I was actually going to cook, but maybe you're right, take-out would be best."

"No, I was only joking. If you want to cook, that'd be great."

"No, I'll go with take-out, it'll leave more time for other things," he responded, waggling his eyebrows at her.

She shook her head at him, but grinned as well. "You never give up, do you?"

"Nope."

*

They picked up some Chinese take-out on the way back to Josh's apartment and ate it quickly. They then spent the evening sitting side-by-side on the couch reading over the notes Donna had made that afternoon.

"Well, I guess I'd better get going," Donna said once they had finished reading.

Josh's head snapped up. "Already?" His voice was whiny.

"Yes, Josh. I have this slave-driver of a boss who expects me at work early tomorrow morning. It's already getting late and I need you to drive me home. By the time you get back here it'll be really late and then you'll be grumpy in the morning due to lack of sleep…not that I'll really notice a difference but, you know…" She grinned at him when she finished speaking.

"Well, there's a way we could both get more sleep," he said quietly.

She looked at him dubiously. "Yeah?"

"Yeah, you could stay here with me tonight." He dipped his head, not wanting her to see the look of trepidation on his face.

"Josh, we already talked about this."

She sounded slightly exasperated and he interrupted her before she could continue. "I don't mean sleep together, I mean sleep together, as in the same bed, side-by-side, like we did the night of your birthday," he said, giving her a hopeful look. She considered his suggestion silently for a few seconds and he dipped his head again, fearing he'd pushed things too far.

"Okay," she said very quietly. Josh valiantly tried to stop the huge grin from appearing on his face, but failed. He stood up from the couch and offered her his hand. She took it and stood up and they crossed to Josh's bedroom.

Although Donna had left some suits, sweats and underwear in the guest room, she'd forgotten to leave any pajamas. She informed Josh of this and, instead of him making the smart remark she'd expected, he handed her the top half of his 'CJ PJ's'. She smiled at him and then retreated to the bathroom to change. When she returned, Josh had already changed into the pajama bottoms and his undershirt. He smiled at her and headed off to the bathroom.

His breath caught in his throat when he got back to his bedroom. Donna was lying in his bed, in his pajama top, with her long hair cascaded across the pillow. He suddenly realized how right it all seemed and he let out a long sigh as he climbed into bed beside her.

"What?" she asked, turning to look at him.

"Huh?"

"You sighed; what's wrong?" There was a trace of worry in her voice.

"Nothing. I was just thinking how nice this is, to have you here, like this." She beamed at him and he pulled her head down to rest on his chest. "Goodnight, Donna," he said quietly.

"Hey, don't I get a goodnight kiss?" she asked, sitting up slightly and leaning over him.

He grinned. "Can't get enough of me, huh?" She rolled her eyes at him before he reached up and gave her a lingering kiss, rubbing his hands up and down her back. They were both breathing heavily when they broke apart. Josh kissed her forehead quickly and they both settled down in the bed, Donna leaning over to turn out the light.

*

When Josh awoke the next morning, he immediately smiled to himself. Donna had worked her way into his arms during the night; she was currently lying with her head on his chest, her legs thrown across his and his arms wrapped around her waist. He tightened his arms around her and felt her stir a little. She looked up at him, still half asleep.

"Morning," Josh said, giving her a huge smile.

"Hi," she replied quietly, letting her mouth form a small, seductive smile.

He leaned down and gave her a kiss. "You know, as much as I like giving you goodnight kisses, I think I like the good morning ones better," he said, his eyes twinkling.

"Me too," she replied. "Although, I think we need to practice them a little more." She grinned at him and then leaned up and kissed him quickly. Before he could say anything in response, Donna got out of bed. "I'm gonna take a shower and get ready for work. Are you gonna make breakfast?" she asked, slipping right back into the routine they'd had while she was staying there during the previous few weeks. He nodded his head and she left the bedroom, leaving Josh to fall back against his pillow in a mixture of wonder and despair.

*

They entered the West Wing together that morning, but no-one so much as batted an eyelid at them. Everyone knew that Josh would still be driving Donna to and from work until her ankle healed completely, so no-one suspected she had stayed at Josh's apartment the previous night.

The day was filled with the usual round of meetings, arguments between staff and general craziness that filled most of their days. When they were finally able to go home, Josh collected his things and stood in the doorway to Donna's cubicle.

"Ready to go?" he asked, giving her a piercing gaze.

"Definitely," she replied, quickly shutting off her computer and grabbing her things. Josh held a guiding arm at the base of her spine as they walked out to the parking lot. They walked to his car in relative silence, letting the day's stresses wash over them.

"So, your place or mine?" Josh asked as soon as they were both settled in the car. Donna turned to look at him, not sure if he was being serious or not.

"Uh, mine. I think I should spend tonight at home, don't you?" Her tone was soft, so that Josh couldn't tell what she was meaning.

"Alone?" he asked quietly.

"Yeah, I just…I don't want to rush things, Josh, I'm sorry."

He turned to look at her, starting the ignition as he did so. "Hey, it's okay, you have nothing to be sorry for. I'm sorry if it came across as though I was trying to push you, I'm really not. I just…I'm gonna miss you not being there tonight," he said seriously, causing Donna's breath to catch. She gave him a huge smile and rubbed her left hand up his right arm. He smiled back and started to drive towards Donna's apartment.

*

When they arrived at Donna's, Josh leaned over and gave her a kiss, already sensing that she wouldn't ask him inside.

"Goodnight, Donna."

"Night, Josh," she replied, opening the passenger door.

"Hey, Donna?" His voice made her still and she turned back to look at him. "My schedule's pretty light for tomorrow night, isn't it?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Well, would you like to go out to dinner, just the two of us?" he asked.

She beamed at him. "Yes, I'd like that a lot."

"Good, it's a date," he grinned.

"Do you want me to book a restaurant?" she smirked.

Josh tried to look offended. "No, I'll take care of it. Don't worry about a thing."

"For some reason, I'm now more worried than ever." She grinned at him and he rolled his eyes. She got out of the car and walked in front of it to reach the sidewalk outside her apartment building. She leaned down to Josh's window and he pressed the button to lower it. He looked up at her quizzically and grinned as she leaned in to give him a kiss. "Goodnight, Josh." He smiled at her retreating back, waiting until he saw the lights go on in her apartment before driving off.

*End of Flashback*

"Oh yeah, I remember now," Donna said, snapping Josh out of his reverie, "I stayed with you on the Sunday and then we had our first official date on the Tuesday." There was laughter in Donna's tone as she thought about the fact that they had kind of done things a little backwards.

As if reading her mind, Josh said, "Yeah, we never have been conventional people, have we?" He grinned at her and they both laughed.

Donna turned the page again, this time finding some notes written in Josh's handwriting.

***

'Freedom of speech. Freedom of worship. Freedom from want. Freedom from fear.'

'In these days of difficulty, we Americans everywhere must and shall choose the path of social justice, the path of faith, the path of hope and the path of love toward our fellow men.'

'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.'

'The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.'

***

"These are quotes from FDR, aren't they?" Donna asked, looking from the phrases to Josh.

He nodded in response. "Yeah, they reminded me of our first date."

*Flashback*

"DONNA," Josh bellowed from his office. Donna rose from her chair and crossed to his office, stopping in the doorway.

"Do you really have to shout, Josh?" she asked, glaring at him.

"Just exercising my lungs," he smirked.

She rolled her eyes in response. "What do you want?" He motioned for her to close the door and she did so, then took a seat in the visitor's chair.

"I, uh…well, remember I asked you last night if you wanted to go out to dinner with me tonight?"

"No, I've completely forgotten, since, you know, I have a sieve for a memory. Would you like to enlighten me, Josh?" He gave her an 'I'm not amused' look, to which Donna sighed, "It was only last night, of course I remember. I'm pretty sure I would have remembered regardless of when you asked."

"Yeah. Anyway, I uh…I'm sorry," he gave her what he hoped was his 'puppy-dog' look, "I can't make dinner, I have a late meeting with the President." He really did look apologetic, and disappointed, and Donna gave him an understanding smile.

"It's okay, Josh, we can postpone our first date until another night." She couldn't quite stop a trace of disappointment from creeping into her voice, but she kept smiling at him.

"No, look, I can't make dinner, but we can still go out." Her face showed confusion, while he was smiling.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I should still be able to get out of here by around 9 or so. Why don't you grab us some sandwiches from the Mess and we'll go somewhere outside to eat them."

"You want to have a picnic late at night in D.C.? Are you sure that's a good idea?" She sounded skeptical.

"Relax, I have an idea of where we can go, it'll be good, I promise." He gave her a dimpled smile that she couldn't help but return.

*

Josh returned to his office at 9:17pm to find Donna sitting in his chair, her feet up on his desk, reading over some notes. He grinned at the sight before him.

"Hey." His voice caused her to look up suddenly. "Are you comfy there, Donnatella?" he asked, raising his eyebrows at her.

"Yeah," she replied nonchalantly, causing him to narrow his eyes at her in a mock-glare. He closed the office door, walked over to the desk and stood beside her. She looked up at him quizzically and felt her breath quicken in reaction to the piercing gaze he was giving her. She dropped her feet to the floor and turned around in the chair so that she was facing him completely. Josh bent his knees so that he was crouching on the floor, his face level with hers.

"I've been wanting to do this all day," he said as he leaned towards her. "I know we shouldn't do this here, but I missed out on giving you a good morning kiss this morning, so I'm gonna claim it now."

"Oh, really?" Donna raised her eyebrows, challenging him.

"Definitely." He leaned further forward, resting his hands on the chair to steady himself, and captured her lips with his own. Donna's arms instantly went around his neck, but they both seemed to realize at the same time that they couldn't continue to kiss in the office, and so they broke apart. "Are you ready to go?" Josh asked huskily, looking into Donna's eyes and breathing raggedly.

"Sure. Where are we going?" she asked, managing to get her breathing a little more under control than Josh had.

"That's for me to know and you to find out," he replied, standing up and offering Donna his hand to pull herself up with.

"Joooosh," she whined, causing him to give her a smug grin.

"Did you get the food?" he asked, trying to change the topic of conversation. He knew if she kept whining she would soon start pouting, which usually resulted in him giving in and doing whatever she wanted.

"Yes." She tried to sound sharp with him, but he could see the smile in her eyes. Donna had already brought her coat and bag through from her own desk, so Josh helped her on with her coat before putting his own on and grabbing his backpack. They made their way out to the parking lot and into Josh's car with Donna constantly asking where they were going and Josh doing a good job of ignoring her.

*

"Okay, we're here," said Josh as he put the car into park.

"Here?" Donna asked, surprised as she looked out the car window and realized where they were.

Josh turned to look at her. "Yeah. Well, I mean, is this okay? I just thought we could take a walk, sit on one of the bench things and eat. It should be quiet at this time of night." He looked at her pensively, unsure as to whether he'd made the right decision. His fears were soon allayed as Donna beamed at him.

"It's perfect," she replied, opening the passenger door and getting out of the car. They were in the parking lot of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial and there was only one other car in the lot beside them, probably belonging to the Park Ranger. Josh retrieved his backpack and the bag of food from the back seat. Slinging the backpack over his right shoulder, and holding the bag of food in his right hand, he moved to the other side of the car. He pressed the remote to lock the car doors and then put the keys into his pocket, taking Donna's right hand in his left.

"Um, Josh?" Donna said as they walked towards the memorial.

"Yeah?"

"You do realize that food isn't allowed at any of the memorials, right?"

He stopped walking and let go of her hand. "Dammit, I forgot about that." Donna turned to look at him and saw a frustrated look on his face. "I'm really sorry, Donna; I had everything planned out, I had booked a restaurant for us and everything, and then it all fell apart. I suppose I should have guessed it would all go wrong." Donna placed a calming hand onto his left arm, which he had been waving around while he spoke.

"Hey, it didn't all go wrong." She looked at him intently, but his look of frustration was still there. "We're still on a date, right? It doesn't matter whether we can sit and eat or not, Josh; we're here together, alone and away from the office, that's what counts."

He felt as though her words were penetrating into his soul and he smiled at her. "You're right," he said, taking her hand in his again. "Look, why don't we have a walk around the memorial itself and then go sit in the park area beside it, we're allowed to eat there," he suggested. Donna nodded her agreement and they slowly walked towards the memorial again, with Josh putting the bag of food into his backpack along the way.

Although they had both been to the FDR memorial many times before, they had never been there together. They walked around it slowly, discussing the famous FDR quotes that were etched into the stonework of the memorial.

When they reached the 'room' containing the inscription 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself' Donna looked closely at Josh. She knew he still had the occasional flashback to the shooting and she knew he still received anti-Semitic letters from people. He sensed what she was thinking and pulled her close to him.

"As long as I have you with me, I don't fear anything," he said quietly into her ear, pulling back a little and looking into her eyes, "except losing you," he added, almost whispering. She put her arms around his waist and held him tightly.

"All I fear is losing you," she replied, just as quietly. Their eyes were focussed on one another and Josh kissed her gently. Neither said any more on the subject, they didn't need to; both understood what the other was thinking. Instead, they continued walking around the rest of the memorial.

"He was a great, great man," Josh said in reference to FDR.

"Yes, he was," Donna replied. "He set the groundwork for us to build on. I'm glad we're playing a part in continuing his legacy," she said seriously.

They walked hand-in-hand from the memorial to the park beside the Tidal Basin. They found a bench under some trees and sat down. Josh removed the bag of food from his backpack and handed it to Donna. She took out their sandwiches and started to open them. Josh then took a flask out of his backpack and placed it on the ground in front of them.

"What's that?" Donna asked, nodding towards the flask.

"What does it look like?" he replied. At Donna's silence he thought he'd better expand, "It's a flask of hot chocolate."

"Where did it come from?"

"I brought the flask from home and filled it up in the Mess before we left tonight; I thought we might get a bit cold here."

"You brought the flask from home? Were you always planning on coming here?" she asked with a little bit of surprise in her tone.

"Yeah, I was gonna bring you here after dinner," he replied, blushing slightly as she gave him a huge smile and a look that said 'you can be so sweet',

*

They talked quietly while they were eating. Josh quizzed her about how her niece, Emily, was getting on with her new boyfriend. He used the term loosely, since he still felt that Emily was too young to be dating when she was only 12.

"She's fine. They've been out a couple of times since the school dance, just to the movies and a burger bar. I don't think it's going to be the great romance of the century or anything, but a girl's gotta start somewhere," Donna informed him.

"That reminds me, I never did get to hear about the first gomer, sorry guy you dated. Care to fill me in now?" He was giving her a challenging look.

"No chance, Joshua," she replied, staring him down and grinning.

"You know I'm gonna find out eventually though, right?" She raised her eyebrows at him. "I'll just ask your parents, or your sister, the next time I see them," he told her.

"And what makes you think you'll be seeing any of my family?" she asked, keeping her tone completely neutral.

"Well, I just figured…I mean, now that we're together, I thought we'd be either be visiting them or they'd be visiting us. You…you do want to tell them about us, don't you?" Josh asked, suddenly feeling a little insecure.

Donna smiled at him. "Of course I do, Josh, just not yet. I still think we should keep this between us at the moment, maybe in a week or so we can tell our families, and our colleagues of course." She frowned a little as she mentioned their colleagues.

"What's wrong?" he asked, worry in his tone.

"Nothing, I just…everyone is going to be okay with this, aren't they? I mean, I know you said before that they would be, but…"

Josh smiled warmly and took her hand in his. "Relax, they'll be fine with it. In fact, I think they'll be delighted. I do agree we shouldn't tell them yet though, I want some time for it just to be us, our secret. I know that sounds dumb, but I just don't want to share you yet." Donna felt her heart melt at his words; he had just expressed exactly what she was feeling. She leaned into him and kissed him sweetly, showing she understood.

*

The already cool night air had quickly become colder and they decided that they should go home. Josh packed up the flask and Donna threw their garbage into a trashcan. They again held hands as they walked back to the car. Neither of them really knew what to say or do next and Josh took Donna's silence as an indication that she just wanted to go home, to her own apartment. He drove them both there and noticed that Donna seemed a little surprised, but she didn't say anything about it. When they arrived, Josh got out of the car and walked around to open Donna's door for her. He followed her into the building and walked her to her apartment door. She unlocked the door, but didn't open it fully. Instead, she turned to face him; he was standing so close that they were almost touching.

"So, our first dinner date consisted of eating sandwiches, which I bought, and sitting on a park bench late at night freezing our asses off, huh?" Donna asked, stepping back a little and grinning at him, trying to lighten the atmosphere a little. She was feeling nervous and the look on Josh's face showed he was a little anxious as well.

"Yeah," he replied, matching her grin with his own, "if I'd known you were such a cheap date I'd have asked you out long before." Donna couldn't help but laugh at him. Josh suddenly got a look of worry on his face.

"What's wrong?" Donna asked, sensing his worry.

He shook his head and gave her a half-smile. "Nothing," he replied. She gave him a look that showed she didn't believe him. "It's just…you did have a good time tonight, didn't you? It wasn't exactly your typical 'first date', was it?" He sounded as worried as he looked and Donna smiled warmly at him.

"Well, we're not typical people, Josh," she replied. Her gave her a dimpled smile and she stepped towards him again. "Thanks for a wonderful night, Josh," she said a little breathlessly.

"You're welcome. You're right, it was wonderful, mainly because you were there," he replied seriously.

"Because we were there," she corrected.

Josh gave her another dimpled smile before leaning in even closer and kissing her gently. "Goodnight, Donna," he said huskily, releasing her from his arms. She looked as though she was about to say something, but the words never came out. Instead, she opened her apartment door fully before turning back to look at him.


"Goodnight, Josh, I'll see you tomorrow." She walked into the apartment and closed the door behind her. She noticed her roommate's bedroom door was open, with the light on, and was glad she'd reconsidered inviting Josh inside. As much as she liked her roommate, Nadine, she could guarantee that she and Josh being a couple would not remain a secret for long once Nadine found out. Donna crossed to her living room window and looked out, watching as Josh stepped outside and headed towards his car. He looked up at the window before getting into the car, noticing her at the window and giving her a warm smile. She waved at him and then watched as he drove away before heading to her bedroom.


*End of Flashback*

"It was a really good first date, Josh," Donna said looking at him seriously. She realized that he had been thinking back to that night, the same as she had and he nodded his head in agreement.

"Yes, it was. However, the bit after the date was even better," he grinned.

**

TBC