Margaret's POV

Something is up. Something really big. When you have been working in government as long as I have you can just feel it. Of course, no one has said anything about it. That's how I can tell it's truly big, because no one ever talks about the big stuff.

I can see all the signs. The President and Leo have been arguing in the Oval Office. A lot. You see, sometimes I can hear a word or two of what they say.

Not that I'm listening at doors or anything. It's just when I have to go into Leo's office to tidy up, and its really quiet in there, sounds just carry. When they yell at each other, I cannot help but overhear what they say. Although I can't always really understand exactly what they are saying, but I have heard "Josh" and "Joshua" a lot. Not that I'm listening.

I've also noticed that Josh is spending quite a bit of time with the President. It seems as though he has taken over the daily staffing duties from Leo. Which is good, because Leo has seemed rather stressed lately. He is not eating well.

Donna told me that Josh is delegating many of his daily duties and farming out his work, to free up his time to be with the President. She was not gossiping, she was informing me of changes in the workflow and processes here in the West Wing. She wanted to know if I knew why, I told her I didn't

On many nights, Josh works in the Oval Office with the President; sometimes he even stays overnight at the Residence. Leo is the only other staff member who has stayed at the Residence. They even have a special room for Leo, the Blue Bedroom. Charlie told me about that. Not that he was gossiping, he just wanted to know if I knew about the Blue Bedroom.

And Charlie asked me this in a manner that suggested that there is something extremely significant about that room. I told Charlie that I didn't know that and why was he asking. He said he just wanted to know if I knew where Leo was when he stayed at the residence.

I then asked Charlie if Josh stayed in the Blue Bedroom when he stayed overnight. Charlie didn't know that Josh had stayed overnight. He asked how I knew. Not that we were gossiping, it's just really important that we all know where each other's bosses are, just in case something were to happen.

I told him that Donna told me. I didn't tell Charlie that Donna wanted to know if I knew why Josh was staying overnight so much lately. She asked me that when she asked about farming out his work. That would be gossiping, and I don't gossip.

I then asked Charlie if he knew why Josh was spending so much time with the President lately. I was trying to see if there is something going on which I need to be aware of, just in case.... um,... well, just in case I need to help out somehow. You know, so I could tell Donna.

And he told me that he didn't know what was going on. That the President told him to block out some evenings for time alone with Josh, and schedule it as "mentoring."

Then he told me, confidentially, that he thought something was up. Something big.

I asked him why he thought that. And he told me that he overheard Leo and Mrs. Bartlet talking about Josh. Not that he was eavesdropping, just that they were alone in the Oval Office and he was straightening the picture that hangs right by the door to the Oval Office and he overheard them. See, it happens a lot around here, we're just trying to do our own jobs and mind our own business when we accidentally overhear things.

Anyway, Charlie overheard Mrs. Bartlet ask Leo if they just couldn't send Josh off to Siberia or Mongolia for a year or two and that that would take care of Jed's problem. And Leo chuckled and said he thought it was a good idea. That was all Charlie heard.

So that is why Charlie knows something is up. You see, Charlie and I have the same security level, even higher than some of the Senior Staff. So we hear about "things". And neither of us has heard anything about problems in those areas of the world.

He thinks that the President is spending all of the spare time preparing Josh for some sort of a secret mission, and that "Mentoring" is the code name. And he thinks that explains why Leo and Mrs. Bartlet have been so testy lately. They are worried that the President is putting Josh into a dangerous top-secret mission.

Well - of course that's what it has to be. I sounded Donna out to see if she knew as we all know how she feels about Josh. But I had to be careful, because she has a much lower security clearance than Charlie and I. She doesn't know a thing, so I think that proves it. Something is going on, because Donna doesn't know about it.

Just think - Josh Lyman is some sort of a spy. Just like James Bond. I wonder if he has a code name or a number. Josh Lyman - 007 - Secret Agent Man. Wow.

He'd be a good spy. He owns the BMW. He looks great in a tux. He loves to gamble. Not gossip - I swear, I've just been instructed by Donna that if I ever see Josh anywhere near a casino or a poker game, I was to drop everything and haul his ass out of there before he lost all his money. Apparently he's not a good gambler. He doesn't have a poker face. Josh has a rather expressive face, come to think of it. Not having a good poker face would be kind of bad for being a spy.

Anyway, if Josh were 007, that would make the President just like the Prime Minister. And Leo would be "M". And I, why, I'd be Miss Moneypenny. I look like her, kind of.

And Donna would be the Bond Girl. She looks like she could be a Bond Girl; she'd look good in Bond Girl clothes. She knows karate; we've taken lessons together. And Bond Girls sleep with James Bond, and we all know what Donna wants to do. I know she'd love to be a Bond Girl.

Oh. My. God.

I just thought of something.

Josh could never be an effective spy without Donna. If Josh goes away on a secret mission for a year or two, he would just fall apart without her. He'd get captured. He can't get anywhere on time without her, he can't find anything in his office without her. How could he be a good spy without her?

Josh needs Donna with him in Siberia. Or Mongolia.

For two years! That's going to be one hell of an expense report.

I don't think Donna living with Josh for a year or two in an exotic location, undercover, would look good. They are government employees, after all. They'd probably have to get married first or something.

Jeez, I bet Leo never thought of that. I should really let him know that they would have to get married first.

But, I can't tell Leo. Because then he would know that I know something I'm not supposed to know as it's all so top secret.

Well, I'll just have to find a way to let Josh Lyman know he needs to find a wife, quickly, before he leaves. And that Donna would be the perfect wife for him.