When Donna woke up in the morning, it took her a few moments to realize where she was. She didn't realize that there was another person in the bed until she went to move. "What the hell?" She looked down and saw that there was an arm around her waist and she noticed that her legs were tangled with someone else's.

She had a moment of panic, but she knew that she wasn't going to be able to get up without waking the other person. While she was figuring out what to do, the familiarity of the room finally soaked through her brain. ' This looks a lot like Josh's room.' She turned to face the person whose arms she was in.

Donna came face to face with a still sleeping Josh. She smiled at the fact that he looked so peaceful and carefree while sleeping. She took her hand and traced the contours of his face. This caused Josh to start stirring, but he didn't wake up fully, at least not right away.

Donna was so lost in her thoughts, that she didn't notice Josh open his eyes. "Hey."

"Oh hm.. Hi. I didn't realize you were awake."

Josh flashed a small smile at her. "It's ok. While don't we get up, get some breakfast and have our talk."

"Ok."

Josh then noticed the position that they ended up in. He gave another smile then untangled himself from her and got up to head to the bathroom. Donna got up and went into the kitchen to find something to eat. She found some frozen waffles and whipped cream in the freezer and fridge, so she got them out and started making the waffles.

A few minutes later, the waffles were almost done, and Josh came in."

"Ok. Um.. the waffles are almost done."

"Ok."

Donna headed to the bathroom. She brushed her teeth, splashed water on her face, and fixed her hair. After this, she looked into the mirror. She knew that she felt better than in the past few days, but she also knew that the conversation that they still needed to have was going to be a very emotional one. Donna took a deep breath and headed back into the kitchen.

She was surprised at what she saw. Josh set the table and put the food out. Each setting had a cup of coffee and orange juice.

Donna came over to sit down. She sat down while josh got her some food. He put some on his plate, and he sat down across from her. The pair ate in silence.

After they were done eating they cleaned up and went into the living room to talk about everything. Josh sat on one end of the couch while Donna sat on the other end.

"Donna, I know you expect me to ask you why you left, but I would be lying if I said I didn't know. I do know. That's why I avoided having that lunch with you. I knew what was coming."

"But why, Josh. Why in the hell did you avoid it if you knew what I wanted to talk to you about."

"Because I was afraid." Josh stood up and started pacing in the space between the coffee table and TV. "I was afraid that if I moved you into anther department with more responsibilities; that I would lose you. I was still afraid to confront my feelings about you.

"After the whole Gaza incident, I acknowledged the fact that I had feelings for you that were more than just friendship, but I just needed to figure out how to deal with them. And I was planning on doing that. But then the peace talks and the whole thing with Leo came up, and the China summit. God this is my fault, I'm so sorry." By the time Josh was done, he was standing near the window, looking out it, with his back to Donna.

Donna wanted to go and comfort him, but she couldn't. "Josh, god I'm in love with you. People started to notice it before I went to Gaza. That is why I needed to talk to you about my job. I knew that if I continued working for you nothing was ever going to happen between us.

"I had to leave. Yeah, I was getting bored at what I was doing and I needed to grow professionally, but I also needed to do it for personal reasons too. I can't hide my feelings anymore. I want to be with you in every way possible." Donna walked over to where Josh was standing, she stopped when she was behind him, and she wrapped her arms around him, laying her head on his back.

Josh covered her hands with his and intertwined their fingers together. "I know that now, I do. I understand that you had to leave the white house, but I guess CJ is going to flip out when she finds out that she wont have a Deputy Chief of Staff, or his assistant."

At this comment Donna let go of him and walked around to face him. "What are you talking about Josh? You still work there."

"For now. I was in Houston. I needed to talk to Congressman Santos."

"Josh… is he going to do it?" Donna asked, a smile on her face.

"I think he is. He is to call me today actually to tell me for sure…." Josh was interrupted by the phone ringing. Josh walked over and picked it up. "Hello?"

"Josh it's Leo. So I'm guessing that you got back from your little trip."

"Yeah I did. And I had a bit of a surprise waiting for me when I got back here."

"Donna?"

"Yeah.. How did you know?"

It was a matter of time before it happened. I'm happy for you."

"Thanks."

"So how did your meeting go?"

"Good. I don't have an answer just yet… Hold on, Leo I have another call, can I get back to you?"

"Yeah. Bye."

"Bye"

Josh switched to the other line.

"Hello?"

"Josh"

"Congressman"

"Josh, please, Matt. Especially if we are going to be spending a lot of time together in the next few months."

"Does this mean what I think you mean, Matt?"

"As a matter of fact, yes it does. And I know that you offered to help me find someone to run the campaign, and to help with it. But I have a question."

"What is it?"

"I don't want you to help find someone to run the campaign. I want YOU to run it."

Josh collapsed on the couch and Donna went over to him to see what happened.

"Josh.. Josh, what is wrong?"

Donna talking to him snapped him out of the momentary shock that went over him.

"Matt, I'll do it."

"That's great Josh. I get back into DC on January 3. So stop in and we will talk about everything."

"Ok. If you don't mind, I'm going to start getting some people together."

"That's find Josh. I've got to go, so have a good holiday season, and I'll talk to you later. Bye."

"Bye."

Josh hung up the phone and put it down on the table. He turned to Donna. "Matt Santos is running for president and he wants me to run his campaign.., and I said yes." Josh had the biggest smile on his face.

"Oh my god Josh, that's great." Donna threw her arms around him.

They sat there like that for a bit. "I'm not going to ask you to come work for him.. yet. I want you to grow and do what you have to do. But when you feel that it is the time to, there will always be a job for you. And it wont be my assistant."

Donna just looked at him with an open mouth. She expected him to argue and fight her to get her to work with him. He really did understand what she needed to do.

Donna whispered, "Thank you, so much. You have no idea how much this means. "

Donna had her head on his shoulder while he his cheek resting against her head. The two of them sat like that for awhile.

"I love you, Donna. So much. I know that I'm going to be busy for the next few months, but I was hoping maybe we could try to make this work."

"Josh, I love you too. We are both going to be busy, but yes, I am willing to try to make a relationship between us work." Donna lifted her head off of his shoulder so she could look at him.

Before Donna could do or say anything else, Josh captured her lips with his. The kiss started out gentle and sweet but slowly turned into one of desire. They broke apart a few minutes later due to the need for air. Josh got up off of the couch and extended his hand to Donna. She took it, let him help her off of the couch and let Josh led her into his bedroom.