Three Years Later....

Josh had adjusted to life without Donna and Olivia as best as he could. He loved working for Sam, and as predicted, he was granted more than ample vacation time. He was busy these days with his new hobby – Seaborn for America or as he liked to call it "Sam's the Man!" He tended to his Chief of Staff duties and pushed the non-essential stuff off to his underlings. He was more than ready to go back to the White House and Sam's polling numbers were up, which was great.

Most of the team was back together again – Toby, Will, CJ and even Leo were back on as consultants. Former President Bartlett met them all about once a week for meetings. It was like old times. But not quite.

Lynne was still in the picture – and shock of all shocks, she was engaged to the good Congressman Seaborn. She still hated politics, but she did enjoy decorating and she figured the White House would be the perfect canvas for her vision.

"Josh," Lynne whined when he knocked on the front door of the brownstone she shared with Sam. "It's late. It's like," she glanced at the clock on the mantle, "it's 1:30 in the morning."

"Where is he?" Josh asked.

"Why do you need to see him?" Lynne asked sighing.

"He needs to see me," Josh shrugged. "He called. He ruined my date and summoned my here. Now," he sighed again. "Where is he?"

"In the den," Lynne huffed and sank back down in the couch and turned her movie back on.

"Congressman?" Josh asked, as he cautiously opened the door to the den.

"Josh!" Sam smiled. "Did interrupt anything?"

"Yes," Josh smirked. "But, who the hell cares, right?"

"I need to tell you something," Sam sighed, offering Josh a scotch.

Josh accepted it and downed it quickly and poured himself another. "Sounds serious," he said.

"It's about the wedding," Sam said.

"No one is backing out, right?" Josh asked with a grin.

"Not a chance," Sam smirked. "She's too hot to get rid of."

"And she has a nice ass," Josh added.

"Yep," Sam agreed, nodding.

"So...about the wedding...." Josh said, getting Sam back on topic.

"It's like, next week, right?" Sam asked.

"Indeed it is," Josh said. "Your schedule is cleared for the day prior, day of, and the two days following the blessed event.

Sam smiled and cleared his throat. "So, you're my best man," he said.

"So you say," Josh commented. "Listen, sir, can you hurry this up or something?"

Sam laughed then. "It still kills me that you call me sir," he told his friend.

"It's all about respecting the position," Josh explained.

"Right," Sam agreed. "Josh, Lynne asked Donna to be her maid-of-honor at the wedding and Livvie's gonna be the flower girl."

"My Donna and Livvie?" Josh asked as he choked back the remained of his scotch.

"Yeah," Sam sighed. "We just didn't know how to tell you and we didn't want you to find out the day of the ceremony or anything.

"She never mentioned it to me," Josh sighed. "I just saw her last month and she didn't say a word about it."

"You had to figure she was coming, didn't you?" Sam questioned.

"I guess...but...I don't know," Josh sighed.

"You still love her," Sam laughed.

"Yeah," Josh shrugged. "It's a curse."

"She loves you too, ya know," Sam said.

"Yeah....she's got Raymond, now though," Josh made a face when he mentioned the name of Donna's boyfriend of the last 8 months.

"And you were busy with....what's her name tonight," Sam observed.

"Her name is Cami and we were about to be busy, but then you rang," Josh smirked.

"So...what's good for the goose..." Sam left it hang out ther for moment.

"I can't be celebate forever," Josh reminded him.

"You've been with women nonstop since she left!" Sam accused.

"So? I can't help it if I like to have a little fun," Josh spat back.

"How was it the last time you saw her?" Sam asked, changing the subject.

"Horrible," Josh sighed. "I wanted to force her on the plane and drag her back here kicking and screaming just so she'd be here. And Raymond was just so damn perfect it was disgusting. But Olivia seemed happy, so that was a good thing."

"Did you kiss her?" Sam asked.

"Goodbye," Josh shrugged.

"Was it just a quick goodbye kiss?" Sam asked.

"It was not," Lynne said, joining them in the den. "Donna said it made her knees weak," she smiled proudly.

"Then why's she with Raymond?" Josh asked.

"Why are you with Cami?" she challenged him right back.

"It's just something to do," he sighed.

"Yeah...." Lynne smiled sadly at him. "So...be a good boy when I am getting married, okay?"

"Donna, Livvie, and Ray will be here by the end of the week," Sam told him.

"She's bringing Ray?" Josh asked, in a girly voice.

"I like Ray," Lynne glared at him. "And why shouldn't she bring him? It's customary to bring a date to a wedding."

"But...I'm going to be at the wedding," Josh answered, sounding wounded.

"You RSVP'd with Cami," Sam reminded him.

"Right," Josh smirked, remembering that little factoid.

"You'll behave?" Lynne asked him, wrapping her arms around his shoulders.

"I have dimples and this guy," he gestured to Sam, "he's got nothing to offer any woman. What'd ya say you remarry me?"

"As much as I would enjoy that," she giggled kissing his neck seductively. "Sam has other redeeming qualities that I enjoy greatly." And with that she pushed off of Josh and kissed Sam hard on the mouth before leaving the room.

"She's ready for bed," Josh observed.

"You're quick," Sam laughed.

"I've been there," Josh reminded him.

"You'll survive this visit from Donna," Sam told his friend.

"I know," Josh forced a smile on his face.

"Let yourself out," Sam instructed as he bounded off after his soon-to-be bride.

---The Wedding---

Josh stood proudly next to Sam at the front of the church. The music began and Donna appeared in her deep purple gown and moved carefully down the aisle and took her place opposite Josh. She smiled at him a little and he returned the grin with his own. The bridesmaids made their way down the aisle after Donna but neither of them noticed. Their eyes were locked on each other's and neither one wanted to break the gaze first. Josh lost the battle of wits when he turned to watch his daughter make her way down the aisle in her purple and white dress. He watched with pride as Olivia sauntered down the long, red carpeted aisle spreading her flower petals carefully in front of her. She'd grown so much and had turned into such a miraculous little person. Donna's eyes welled up with tears and she carefully wiped them before they smeared her makeup and Josh winked at her and then refocused on Olivia's journey. Once she made it to the front of the church she smiled with accomplishment and gave a small wave to her mother. Then,, she turned to Josh and whispered loudly, "Hi Daddy!"

Josh smiled and mouthed "Hi, baby," to her.

Next, Lynne made her way down the aisle and the wedding continued with no surprises.

At the reception, Josh grimaced when he discovered that he'd be at the same table as Donna because Lynne's mother had a secret desire to torture him. Donna and Ray chatted to the other guests about Hawaii and Olivia's adventures in preschool and how they met and all sorts of boring things that made Josh want to scream.

"Hey," Cami said, gaining the table's attention. "What songs would you like to have for your wedding song?" she asked as Sam and Lynne began to dance to "The First Time" on the floor.

People began giving their answers and Josh couldn't care less what any of them were saying. Instead he concentrated on his drink and laughed at Will spinning Olivia around in the corner of the dance floor.

"Donna?" Cami asked, after Raymond just described some traditional Hawaiian song that no one had heard of.

"It's corny, but I want my wedding song to be the same as my parents' song. My Mom still gets choked up when she hears it – especially now that Daddy's gone," Donna sighed.

"Elvis's "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You," Josh murmured as Donna said the same out loud. They looked at each other and smiled before both turning quickly away.

"You remembered that," Donna laughed.

"Yeah," Josh smiled. "You used to play it all the time and you'd sing it very badly at the office at the strangest times."

"Shut up," she grimaced.

"You never told me about that," Ray said to her.

"No?" she asked. "It's the most beautiful song in the world," she said wistfully.

"I agree." Josh said. "You hooked me on that a long time ago. That's my choice as well."

"You stole my song!" Donna accused.

"It's Elvis's song," Josh shot back. "Or UB40's."

"Whatever," she glared at him.

"What's Liv doing up by the DJ?" Ray asked, nudging Donna's arm.

"I don't know," she shrugged. "Josh, Will's with her, right?" she asked.

"He's right behind her," Josh assured Donna and Ray.

"Okay," she smiled.

"Mommy!" Olivia screamed as she bounded toward their table.

"Hey princess!" Donna smiled.

"Hey kiddo," Ray smiled at her.

"Hello Miss Livvie," Josh said as she jumped up on his lap.

"Hi Mr. Ray. Hi Daddy," Olivia said giggling.

"What's up, sweetheart?" Donna asked.

"Me and Uncle Will requested your favorite song, Mommy," Olivia said with her biggest smile. "Maybe you should dance to it."

"Honey," Donna said, looking at everyone at the table, then back at her daughter. "You know that Ray doesn't like to dance."

"So?" Olivia said. "I'll ask Daddy to dance with you. It's your favorite," she insisted. "Daddy? Will you please dance with Mommy?" she asked Josh with a little half smile – half pout that showed off her dimples.

"If Mommy wants me to," he answered intelligently.

"Oh!" Olivia squealed. "It's playing now....dance!"

Josh's head turned toward the DJ as Elvis rang out through the room. Donna's eyes immediately darted toward him and then Olivia and then Ray. "Donnatella?" Josh asked. "Olivia requested this song for you. Would you like to dance?"

Donna looked at his extended hand and smiled at Olivia happy grin. Then she smiled at Ray and extended her hand into his grip. "I love this song," she said quietly as her parents' wedding song filled the reception's ball room.

They were the perfect pair on the dance floor. They fell into an easy rhythm that they had never quite lost. Josh held her hand in his and kept it close to his chest. Her other arm was wrapped firmly around his shoulder while his circled her waist. Donna's heels had long come off so she was just a little shorter than him and her head rested comfortably on his shoulder.

"They dance pretty," Olivia giggled.

"Yeah they do," Will agreed as he scooped her up and they sauntered over to the head table.

"She did this?" Sam asked when Olivia jumped into Lynne's arms and Will pulled up a chair.

"Yeah," Will laughed. "She said it was her Mommy's favorite song and that she wanted to watch her dance to it tonight."

"And Ray doesn't dance," Lynne said. "Donna's mentioned it a few times. So Josh graciously stepped in, I assume?"

"It appears that way," Sam nodded.

"Were Cami and Ray upset?" Lynne asked Will.

"They don't appear to be," Will said, shrugging.

----Back on the Dance Floor----

"Donna," Josh whispered into her hair.

"Hmmm?" she asked.

"Don't go back to Hawaii," he implored her.

"Why?" she asked, still swaying contently to the music.

"I love you," he confessed.

"Josh," she sighed into his shoulder. "Haven't we been over this?" she asked him as her head still remained buried in his shoulder.

"Okay," he smiled. "Then this is it. Now or never," he said and pulled back and looked longingly in her eyes.

"Josh," she giggled. "We're in front of people."

"Yes, Donnatella," he smiled. "We are. Sometimes thins have to happen this way, I guess," he said matter-of-factly.

"What the hell are you yammering about?" she asked, amused.

"Say yammering again," he said in a low husky voice. "It sounds so cute when it comes out of your mouth."

"You're crazy," she laughed.

His hand released his grip on her hand on his chest and he cupped her cheek. "Yeah," he agreed. "I am crazy."

Before she had a chance to respond, his mouth captured her own and she was completed taken aback. Instinctively her hand reached up to graze his face. He deepened their kiss and she sighed into his mouth.

The music ended and the sound of Olivia laughing filled the room. Suddenly, Donna pulled back and remembered where they were. "Josh," she said sternly. "What the hell was that?"

"I want you to marry me, Donnatella," Josh said imploringly.

"Are you...are you serious?" she asked.

Sam and Will stood up and Lynne held Olivia.

"Did he just say what I thought he said?" Toby asked as both he and CJ rose from their table and made their way over to Sam's table only to be joined by both Leo President Bartlett along the way.

"I think so," CJ sighed.

"She's going to say yes, right?" President Bartlett asked as Sam offered him a place at the table.

"She sure as hell better," Lynne said.

"Bad word!" Olivia said.

"Hey princess," Leo laughed, grabbing her out of Lynne's arms. "You're parents are making quite the spectacle of themselves.

"What does that mean?" Olivia asked in earnest and caused everyone to laugh as the President proceeded to define spectacle in a variety of ways.

"Josh?" Donna asked. "Can we...can I...let's go out in the hallway, please."

"The hallway?" he asked. "Are you serious?"

"Yes I'm serious," she hissed. "I don't want to do this in front of the whole world!"

"Do what?" he asked. "Agree to marry?"

"Now," she hissed and grabbed his hand and dragged him out into the hall.

As they exited the ballroom, the wedding guests sighed audibly.

"How can they do this to us?" Lynne asked. "It's my wedding day!"

----In the Hallway----

"Donna," Josh sighed. "If you dragged me out here to say no, can you just do it quickly? I'd like to get back to my drink before the ice dilutes it too much."

Donna looked at him squarely. "Can I have my old job back?" she asked.

"What?" he asked, clearly confused.

"When we get back to the White House," she said simply.

"We?" he asked, amused.

"Sam, you, CJ, Toby," she sighed and flippantly waved her hand. "I want my old job back."

"You want to work for the Deputy Chief of Staff?" Josh asked with a grin.

"What are you gonna be?" she asked.

"Chief of Staff," he said confidently.

"Then I wanna be Margaret," she said.

"Margaret didn't do as much as you did as my assistant," Josh told her.

"Then I wanna be my own version of Margaret," she said stubbornly.

"Okay," he said simply.

"Okay?" she asked.

"Yeah," he shrugged. "Good help is hard to find," he smirked.

"Okay," she smiled.

He laughed. "What the hell are we even talking about?" he asked.

"Okay I'll marry you," she said simply.

"Are you kidding?" he asked.

She moved forward and kissed his lips lightly at first and then she deepened the kiss slightly and pulled away. "Where's my ring?" she asked.

"I'm sorry," he said clearing his throat. "You're going to marry me?"

"If I get a ring," she laughed.

He moved into to kiss her again and just before his lips met her own, he murmured, "Inside left jacket pocket," he told her. Then his lips descended upon her. Her fingers crept into his coat and grabbed at the ring box and pulled it out. She pulled back and smiled at him.

"Ask me properly," she ordered.

"With pleasure," he smiled and got down on one knee and held her left hand in his. "Donnatella Moss," he smiled. "Will you finally do me the great honor of becoming my wife?"

She shook her head as her hand began to tremble. He slowly pushed the ring on her finger and then brought her hand to his lips. "Say something," he whispered.

"Thank you," she said through tears. "And I love you."

He stood up and hugged her tightly and pressed kisses to her temples.

"And, my new job pays more, right?" she asked. "Cause you know I probably am gonna need a raise."

Josh laughed and kissed her again. "We should probably go back in there," he said.

They turned around and saw the videographer capturing their private moment on video.

"I'm sorry," the guy said. "The bride made me do it!"

Josh and Donna laughed and walked into the ballroom hand-in-hand.

"Oh!" Lynne shrieked when the re-entered the room. "She's wearing the ring!"

"The ring?" Sam asked.

"He bought it for her before she went to Hawaii," Lynne explained.

"So," Toby sighed. "They're finally all grown up," he smiled.

Everyone was clapping, with the exception of two very confused and dateless people, and Olivia was jumping up and down on Sam and Lynne's table.

"Livvie," Donna whispered as she made her way over to where everyone of her best friends were huddled. "You like it here, right?" she asked.

"Yes," Olivia answered. "Daddy's here and everybody," she smiled.

"Would you like to be here, too?" Donna asked.

"With you, too, right?" she asked.

"Yes, silly," Donna laughed. "We'd live with Daddy."

"Okay," she smiled simply and kissed both Donna and Josh on their cheeks. "C'mon and dance with me Uncle Will," she said as she pulled him back on the dance floor.

Donna turned to Josh and kissed him on the cheek, "Okay," she whispered. "We're both in. You're stuck with us."

"Finally," Josh whispered. "Sam," Josh smiled at his friend. "I hired Donna," he told him.

"Are you telling me this as a friend or an employee, cause you kinda called me Sam there," Sam observed.

"As a friend, buddy," Josh smiled. "It's your wedding and I just got engaged. And a job was part of the deal," he shrugged. "When you're back at the office you'll receive a memo stating the terms and agreements of her employment. Then you'll be 'sir" again."

"I'm so happy for you guys," Sam smiled happily and everyone congratulated the happy couple. After the niceties were over, Josh and Donna slumped down at a table by themselves and watched Olivia drag a clearly intoxicated Will all around the ballroom.

"She's too much," Donna laughed.

"I think she's just enough," Josh smiled.

"We're gonna be happy, right?" Donna asked, seriously.

"Forever," Josh smiled at her.