When Josh left for work the next morning Donna was still asleep on his
couch. He'd left her a note telling her to come in when she was ready. Josh
whistled as he walked into the White House and made his way to his office.
Switching on the light he sat back down in his chair and dialled the
extension for Charlie.
"Charlie Young." He answered.
"Charlie, its Josh. Does the President have a few minutes to spare this morning?"
"Let me just look." Josh heard Charlie looking through the appointment book. "Wait a minute." Josh heard Charlie put his hand over the mouth piece. "Good morning Mr President, do you have a few minutes to see Josh."
"Tell him I'll see him now." Josh heard the President reply.
"Josh, the President can see you now." Charlie relayed to him.
"I'm on my way over." Josh hung up the phone and grabbed the piece of paper he'd previously placed on the desk.
"You can go straight in." Charlie said as Josh made it to the outer office.
"Good morning Mr President." Josh said as he entered the Oval Office.
"Good morning Josh, what can I do for you this fine morning?" Jed asked.
"It's about this exam Donna has too take she's going to need some help if she's going to pass it. This is what she needs to learn." Josh handed over the piece of paper. "Donna remembers conversations pretty well, I was thinking if someone could talk the topics over with her it might be a good place to start."
"And what does Donna say about this?" Jed inquired.
"She was asleep on my couch the last time I saw her so not a lot at the moment sir." Jed looked up at him. "She was a bit shocked yesterday so CJ took her out for a drink. Donna got drunk on Tequila and Grasshoppers and decided she hadn't thanked me. I was worried about her making it home so I'm letting her sleep it off on my couch." Josh supplied.
"I can help impart some of the information she needs about political theory. Charlie, get in here." He yelled.
"Yes sir."
"I need you to get me someone from state, the foreign minister, the National Security Advisor, some from the Economics committee, and the Attorney General on a conference call as soon as possible."
"Can I tell them why?" Charlie asked.
"Tell them its not a national emergency I need there help though."
"Yes sir."
"Don't you think the country will think it's a waste of resources to use such valuable people to brief Donna for an exam?"
"If she's going to Senior Advisor to the Office of the White House Chief of Staff she'll need to be brief on things anyway. We're just pre-empting it slightly. Besides which no one needs to know. These people are in and out the White House anyway. Leave it with me I'll set up a series of appointments for her and you can fit your schedule round that. Get Sam and Toby to help too. By the way have you read Danny's article?"
"No sir."
"You should. I'll get back to you. Now go help me run the country."
"Yes sir. Thank you."
~ ~ ~
"Morning CJ." Josh said cheerfully stood in her office doorway.
"Do you have to sound so chipper this time of the morning?" She groaned.
"That's what you get for getting my assistant so drunk on Tequila and Grasshoppers that she deems it necessary to wake me up at three in the morning."
"You told me to get her drunk." CJ countered.
"Drunk is fine if it's beer, but Donna is not a good person to feed Tequila to she gets slightly frisky."
"And you're a guy your problem with that is?" CJ asked.
"She's Donna, she has a history of dating gomers and letting her get overly friendly with some jerk is not a good idea and would probably bring the White House into disrepute."
"As far as anyone knows, even still technically she's your assistant. Nobody really cares that much, it's worse when you do something stupid. Do I have to remind you of your secret plan to fight inflation?"
"No."
"So did you want something or did you just come to annoy me because you knew I had a hangover?"
"A little of both. No the real reason I came over was to see if you had a copy of Danny's article I could read. Donna is here to get me the paper yet."
"Where is Donna?" CJ asked.
"Last time I saw her she was crashed out on my couch. I didn't think it was a good idea to send her home when she was that drunk." CJ leafed through the pile of papers on her desk and drew out one and tossed it to Josh. "Thanks. By the way no word to the press that the President is setting up briefings for Donna."
"With who?"
"The National Security Advisor, someone from state, someone from the economic committee, the Foreign Minster and Oliver Babbish."
"Why?"
"She'll need briefings for her new role; unofficially they're going to talk over with her areas she needs to learn for revision. Donna is good at remembering conversations from off the top of her head."
"I see. Read the article and let me get back to dying here and don't let Toby anywhere near me."
"Sure. I'll be in my office." He walked back to his office and opened the paper to the right page and began to read."
A/N: Sorry this part so long but I was trying to figure out what Danny's article should say to write on the end of this part but I have quite got it worded right yet so I thought I'd just post this part first and keep working on Danny's article.
"Charlie Young." He answered.
"Charlie, its Josh. Does the President have a few minutes to spare this morning?"
"Let me just look." Josh heard Charlie looking through the appointment book. "Wait a minute." Josh heard Charlie put his hand over the mouth piece. "Good morning Mr President, do you have a few minutes to see Josh."
"Tell him I'll see him now." Josh heard the President reply.
"Josh, the President can see you now." Charlie relayed to him.
"I'm on my way over." Josh hung up the phone and grabbed the piece of paper he'd previously placed on the desk.
"You can go straight in." Charlie said as Josh made it to the outer office.
"Good morning Mr President." Josh said as he entered the Oval Office.
"Good morning Josh, what can I do for you this fine morning?" Jed asked.
"It's about this exam Donna has too take she's going to need some help if she's going to pass it. This is what she needs to learn." Josh handed over the piece of paper. "Donna remembers conversations pretty well, I was thinking if someone could talk the topics over with her it might be a good place to start."
"And what does Donna say about this?" Jed inquired.
"She was asleep on my couch the last time I saw her so not a lot at the moment sir." Jed looked up at him. "She was a bit shocked yesterday so CJ took her out for a drink. Donna got drunk on Tequila and Grasshoppers and decided she hadn't thanked me. I was worried about her making it home so I'm letting her sleep it off on my couch." Josh supplied.
"I can help impart some of the information she needs about political theory. Charlie, get in here." He yelled.
"Yes sir."
"I need you to get me someone from state, the foreign minister, the National Security Advisor, some from the Economics committee, and the Attorney General on a conference call as soon as possible."
"Can I tell them why?" Charlie asked.
"Tell them its not a national emergency I need there help though."
"Yes sir."
"Don't you think the country will think it's a waste of resources to use such valuable people to brief Donna for an exam?"
"If she's going to Senior Advisor to the Office of the White House Chief of Staff she'll need to be brief on things anyway. We're just pre-empting it slightly. Besides which no one needs to know. These people are in and out the White House anyway. Leave it with me I'll set up a series of appointments for her and you can fit your schedule round that. Get Sam and Toby to help too. By the way have you read Danny's article?"
"No sir."
"You should. I'll get back to you. Now go help me run the country."
"Yes sir. Thank you."
~ ~ ~
"Morning CJ." Josh said cheerfully stood in her office doorway.
"Do you have to sound so chipper this time of the morning?" She groaned.
"That's what you get for getting my assistant so drunk on Tequila and Grasshoppers that she deems it necessary to wake me up at three in the morning."
"You told me to get her drunk." CJ countered.
"Drunk is fine if it's beer, but Donna is not a good person to feed Tequila to she gets slightly frisky."
"And you're a guy your problem with that is?" CJ asked.
"She's Donna, she has a history of dating gomers and letting her get overly friendly with some jerk is not a good idea and would probably bring the White House into disrepute."
"As far as anyone knows, even still technically she's your assistant. Nobody really cares that much, it's worse when you do something stupid. Do I have to remind you of your secret plan to fight inflation?"
"No."
"So did you want something or did you just come to annoy me because you knew I had a hangover?"
"A little of both. No the real reason I came over was to see if you had a copy of Danny's article I could read. Donna is here to get me the paper yet."
"Where is Donna?" CJ asked.
"Last time I saw her she was crashed out on my couch. I didn't think it was a good idea to send her home when she was that drunk." CJ leafed through the pile of papers on her desk and drew out one and tossed it to Josh. "Thanks. By the way no word to the press that the President is setting up briefings for Donna."
"With who?"
"The National Security Advisor, someone from state, someone from the economic committee, the Foreign Minster and Oliver Babbish."
"Why?"
"She'll need briefings for her new role; unofficially they're going to talk over with her areas she needs to learn for revision. Donna is good at remembering conversations from off the top of her head."
"I see. Read the article and let me get back to dying here and don't let Toby anywhere near me."
"Sure. I'll be in my office." He walked back to his office and opened the paper to the right page and began to read."
A/N: Sorry this part so long but I was trying to figure out what Danny's article should say to write on the end of this part but I have quite got it worded right yet so I thought I'd just post this part first and keep working on Danny's article.
