Everything in part 1…
Josh sat in his office thinking to himself over the past few weeks. He couldn't believe how quickly things had gone from bad to worse.
"Donna has been gone forever. I am not exaggerating. I sent her over there like forty minuets ago to drop off some books. I hope she didn't have a run in with Amy because that will make her even more pissed at me. Yea that's right I've made the woman I'm trying to get to love me, so pissed off she doesn't even look me in the eyes. "
"It's not my fault things just spiraled downward so fast that I had no control over them. At first I tried to be nice and banter with her. I tried to act like we were the old Josh and Donna. We were great, we were like Sonny and Cher, except we didn't sing or have matching outfits. I'm regressing, I tried to be nice and have conversations about work and other things with her but it was just too hard. She didn't seem interested in talking to me, just completing her tasks and making her more miserable was breaking my heart. "
"This lead to my great idea of using the other assistants to help me out with the imminent deadlines. Sam and CJ were willing to give up their assistants; Toby was a little more reluctant. He was urging me to try to work things out with her. But I couldn't ask her to stay late and help me. It hurt too much to have her so close to me and yet not being able to have her. Here comes the part where the plan backfires: other staffers start to notice what's going on. Once the other staffers and assistants start to realize that Donna's level of responsibility in the office has decreased they have been avoiding her like the plague. They all have some idea of what they think happened and they all think that Donna's on her way out, so best to avoid her. I feel even worse now. Not only have I made her feel horrible, I made others avoid her."
"Oh Donna's back. And she's smiling. Well I would not have guessed that to happen. I sent her over there, to inevitably see Amy and she comes back smiling. What the hell is going on? Oh see caught me looking better pretend to be busy. I'm going to go talk to Sam about this latest development."
Josh exited his office with various folders, to appear as if he was attending to business.
He called over his shoulder, "I'll be at Sam's if you need me."
Donna looked up as he walked away. She caught him staring at her, but she couldn't quiet read his expression. It was not the hurt or anger that was clearly written across his face for the last few weeks. This look was almost sorrow and loss. She started to second-guess her decision to leave, what if this was a sign that things were improving. She shook her head. No she wasn't going to get sucked back in again, besides she already told the First Lady that she accepted. She'd wait until she got home to draft her resignation letter.
White House: The next morning
'Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit,' Donna thought to herself. She had already been there for over an hour and placed her letter of resignation on Josh's desk and in Leo's inbox. However due to a bad alarm clock and a metro train that broke down Josh was running late. This meant that he would not get to see the letter until after Senior Staff. She was counting on the time he spent in Staff to cool down a bit, plus she ran the risk of Leo telling him before he got the letter.
"Shit," other staffers looked up at her. "Sorry I just jammed my finger. Sorry" she muttered.