Chapter 2
February 14th 2002 White House Rose Garden
The rose garden of the White House was decorated to the extreme for what people were calling the wedding of the century. Everybody who was anybody was in attendance. Donna's parents refused to come because they felt it was a mistake that she was marrying a politician instead of Dr. Ryan Newhouse (a.k.a. Dr. Freeride) so they told their youngest daughter in not so nice words that they would not be in attendance and that if she were to go through with the wedding that she could just forget to ever speak to them again. This upset Donna greatly but after Josh assured her that they were wrong and that she did have a family at the West Wing and that Josh and his mother would be her family also their child would be her family. He also told her if they would be that selfish then they were the ones that would lose out on the chance to see the greatest grandchild in the world. So the President graciously offered his services as father of the bride and would give her away.
"Donna, sweetie you need to relax, take a breath. If you don't breathe you are going to faint and that's going to get Josh to go nuts." CJ tells Donna. CJ is Donna's maid of honor.
"I know I know. I am just nervous am I doing the right thing?" Donna asks
"Of course you are. You do love him don't you? Cause if you don't then this isn't the right thing. I know you are nervous hunny but trust me you are doing the right thing. You two have that thing that proves a couple will last. The two of you have survived an assassination attempt, a congressional inquiry into a supposed fraud. Hell you even survived his ego that has to account for something." CJ says while chuckling.
"You're right I don't know what came over me. I am ready I can do this. I love Josh and he loves me fully. Could you tell the President that I am ready to head out?"
"Sure thing sweetie, I will see you out there. Just think in about an hour that you will be Mrs. Joshua Lyman." CJ says as she walks out the door.
We hear a knock at the door. And hear a booming voice on the other side of the door.
"Donna are you decent?" asks President Bartlett
"Yes sir. Please come in."
"My dear lord Donna you look absolutely breathtaking. If I were twenty years younger and not married I would try to steal you away from Josh myself." The president says. "Thank you sir that means a lot coming from you but I think I will stick with Josh. I love him and I want to spend the rest of eternity with him."
"Well alright dear lets get you down there before Josh starts killing republicans." The president says jovially.
The orchestra is playing a beautiful melody of music as Zoey walks down the aisle. Next we see Margaret walking down in a beautiful maroon chiffon dress walking down. Josh is bouncing nervously on the balls of his feet.
"Stop fidgeting Josh. Don't worry she will be down that aisle any minute and the next thing you know it you will be married and on your way to your honeymoon." Sam says as he puts his hand on his friends shoulder to calm him down.
"I know. I know Sam you're right I just can't believe this is finally happening..." Josh was saying but was interrupted as the music changed to Ave Maria which Donna wanted instead of the traditional wedding march since these two were far from being traditional.
We see as Donna walks down the aisle with the President on her arm and she makes her way down in a beautiful white wedding dress designed by a famous French designer. Tears are welling up in her eyes. But she maintains eye contact the whole way down towards Josh but as she makes it to three steps away from Josh she stops and the President walks away and joins the First Lady in the front pew. Donna walks the rest of the way to Josh on her own. (It's a Jewish tradition. It is a sign that the bride is walking into the marriage on her own accord.)
"Dearly beloved we are gathered here to today to join these two in holy matrimony. IF there is anybody that has just cause why these two should not wed then speak now or forever hold your peace...." The priest goes but is interrupted by somebody in the back of the garden
"STOP!!! She can not marry that man because she is already engaged to me!" Dr. Freeride yells
"Agents take that man into custody he is not to be allowed near my wife." Josh tells the secret service agents who rush over to the man and take him into custody and remove him from the ceremony. Josh looks over to Donna
"Donna, sweetie do you want to continue or do you want to postpone this cause I will do whatever it is that makes you happy. I love you."
"I love you too Josh and I want to continue marrying you and being with you is what makes me the happiest. Now lets get this show on the road." Donna says with a smile.
The ceremony continues and is not interrupted again. They are making their way over to the reception being held in the East room when Josh and Donna stop and look at each other.
"Josh I am sorry but I want to know how the hell he got here and what could make him try and ruin the happiest day of my life." Donna says near tears.
"Alright hunny but I am going to be there with you cause I don't trust that son of a bitch. I love you and I trust you completely but I do not and I repeat I do not trust him. He has hurt you too many times already and I will not allow it to happen again. I love you Donnatella." Josh says as he wipes the teats from her face with his thumb.
"I love you too Joshua. I always will not matter what comes our way. But I have to do this." With that they go off to find Dr. Freeride sitting in a room being detained by the Secret Service.
"Okay why the hell are you here Ryan cause I distinctly remember dumping you many years ago!" Donna says practically yelling
"I'm here cause like your family who agrees with me this marriage is a mistake. You love me and I love you and therefore we should be together not you and this egotistical faggot!" Dr. Freeride spits out bitterly
"Oh you're here cause you think she loves you huh?? Well lets see I do remember a story that Donna told me once about you. Now what was it. Ah yes now I remember what it was about. I remember her telling me that it was whenever she left the campaign and came back to your dumb ass and then was in a car wreck and when you found out you stopped to have a beer with your friends on the way to the hospital. Now there is a sign of love if I haven't seen one before. Tell you what you dumpkiss I will give you one last chance to get the hell out of my wife's life. Otherwise you will regret the day you ever met me. Do we have an agreement?" Josh asks politely but with some anger seeping through.
"I don't think so Donna belongs to me so if you don't leave her I will make sure you don't wake up to ever see her again. I am the only one who deserves to be with Donna and I will be the only one who will be with her."
"Ah Ryan I am sorry to tell you this but no wait I am not sorry to tell you this. I do not love you I hate you, you ruined my life for a time and ever since I met Josh my life has been almost perfect. I wouldn't trade anything in the world. And I think you aren't that bright for a doctor cause not only did you just issue a death threat to a federal employee on federal property but you also did so in a room full of recording equipment. So I don't think we will have to worry about seeing you anytime soon." And with that said Donna turned on her heels and marched right out of the room leaving a stunned Dr. Freeride and a smug grin on Josh's face.
"Well Dr. Freeride hope you enjoyed your vacation cause now you are moving on to you the next part of life. Its called jail. See ya later there Doc." Josh says in a sing-song voice.
TBC
February 14th 2002 White House Rose Garden
The rose garden of the White House was decorated to the extreme for what people were calling the wedding of the century. Everybody who was anybody was in attendance. Donna's parents refused to come because they felt it was a mistake that she was marrying a politician instead of Dr. Ryan Newhouse (a.k.a. Dr. Freeride) so they told their youngest daughter in not so nice words that they would not be in attendance and that if she were to go through with the wedding that she could just forget to ever speak to them again. This upset Donna greatly but after Josh assured her that they were wrong and that she did have a family at the West Wing and that Josh and his mother would be her family also their child would be her family. He also told her if they would be that selfish then they were the ones that would lose out on the chance to see the greatest grandchild in the world. So the President graciously offered his services as father of the bride and would give her away.
"Donna, sweetie you need to relax, take a breath. If you don't breathe you are going to faint and that's going to get Josh to go nuts." CJ tells Donna. CJ is Donna's maid of honor.
"I know I know. I am just nervous am I doing the right thing?" Donna asks
"Of course you are. You do love him don't you? Cause if you don't then this isn't the right thing. I know you are nervous hunny but trust me you are doing the right thing. You two have that thing that proves a couple will last. The two of you have survived an assassination attempt, a congressional inquiry into a supposed fraud. Hell you even survived his ego that has to account for something." CJ says while chuckling.
"You're right I don't know what came over me. I am ready I can do this. I love Josh and he loves me fully. Could you tell the President that I am ready to head out?"
"Sure thing sweetie, I will see you out there. Just think in about an hour that you will be Mrs. Joshua Lyman." CJ says as she walks out the door.
We hear a knock at the door. And hear a booming voice on the other side of the door.
"Donna are you decent?" asks President Bartlett
"Yes sir. Please come in."
"My dear lord Donna you look absolutely breathtaking. If I were twenty years younger and not married I would try to steal you away from Josh myself." The president says. "Thank you sir that means a lot coming from you but I think I will stick with Josh. I love him and I want to spend the rest of eternity with him."
"Well alright dear lets get you down there before Josh starts killing republicans." The president says jovially.
The orchestra is playing a beautiful melody of music as Zoey walks down the aisle. Next we see Margaret walking down in a beautiful maroon chiffon dress walking down. Josh is bouncing nervously on the balls of his feet.
"Stop fidgeting Josh. Don't worry she will be down that aisle any minute and the next thing you know it you will be married and on your way to your honeymoon." Sam says as he puts his hand on his friends shoulder to calm him down.
"I know. I know Sam you're right I just can't believe this is finally happening..." Josh was saying but was interrupted as the music changed to Ave Maria which Donna wanted instead of the traditional wedding march since these two were far from being traditional.
We see as Donna walks down the aisle with the President on her arm and she makes her way down in a beautiful white wedding dress designed by a famous French designer. Tears are welling up in her eyes. But she maintains eye contact the whole way down towards Josh but as she makes it to three steps away from Josh she stops and the President walks away and joins the First Lady in the front pew. Donna walks the rest of the way to Josh on her own. (It's a Jewish tradition. It is a sign that the bride is walking into the marriage on her own accord.)
"Dearly beloved we are gathered here to today to join these two in holy matrimony. IF there is anybody that has just cause why these two should not wed then speak now or forever hold your peace...." The priest goes but is interrupted by somebody in the back of the garden
"STOP!!! She can not marry that man because she is already engaged to me!" Dr. Freeride yells
"Agents take that man into custody he is not to be allowed near my wife." Josh tells the secret service agents who rush over to the man and take him into custody and remove him from the ceremony. Josh looks over to Donna
"Donna, sweetie do you want to continue or do you want to postpone this cause I will do whatever it is that makes you happy. I love you."
"I love you too Josh and I want to continue marrying you and being with you is what makes me the happiest. Now lets get this show on the road." Donna says with a smile.
The ceremony continues and is not interrupted again. They are making their way over to the reception being held in the East room when Josh and Donna stop and look at each other.
"Josh I am sorry but I want to know how the hell he got here and what could make him try and ruin the happiest day of my life." Donna says near tears.
"Alright hunny but I am going to be there with you cause I don't trust that son of a bitch. I love you and I trust you completely but I do not and I repeat I do not trust him. He has hurt you too many times already and I will not allow it to happen again. I love you Donnatella." Josh says as he wipes the teats from her face with his thumb.
"I love you too Joshua. I always will not matter what comes our way. But I have to do this." With that they go off to find Dr. Freeride sitting in a room being detained by the Secret Service.
"Okay why the hell are you here Ryan cause I distinctly remember dumping you many years ago!" Donna says practically yelling
"I'm here cause like your family who agrees with me this marriage is a mistake. You love me and I love you and therefore we should be together not you and this egotistical faggot!" Dr. Freeride spits out bitterly
"Oh you're here cause you think she loves you huh?? Well lets see I do remember a story that Donna told me once about you. Now what was it. Ah yes now I remember what it was about. I remember her telling me that it was whenever she left the campaign and came back to your dumb ass and then was in a car wreck and when you found out you stopped to have a beer with your friends on the way to the hospital. Now there is a sign of love if I haven't seen one before. Tell you what you dumpkiss I will give you one last chance to get the hell out of my wife's life. Otherwise you will regret the day you ever met me. Do we have an agreement?" Josh asks politely but with some anger seeping through.
"I don't think so Donna belongs to me so if you don't leave her I will make sure you don't wake up to ever see her again. I am the only one who deserves to be with Donna and I will be the only one who will be with her."
"Ah Ryan I am sorry to tell you this but no wait I am not sorry to tell you this. I do not love you I hate you, you ruined my life for a time and ever since I met Josh my life has been almost perfect. I wouldn't trade anything in the world. And I think you aren't that bright for a doctor cause not only did you just issue a death threat to a federal employee on federal property but you also did so in a room full of recording equipment. So I don't think we will have to worry about seeing you anytime soon." And with that said Donna turned on her heels and marched right out of the room leaving a stunned Dr. Freeride and a smug grin on Josh's face.
"Well Dr. Freeride hope you enjoyed your vacation cause now you are moving on to you the next part of life. Its called jail. See ya later there Doc." Josh says in a sing-song voice.
TBC