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Caira (sp?)–I was reffering to the fact that Toby was mad at Josh for not teaming up with him to choose a candidate (the episode where Toby's brother died).
Friendship
Josh stares at his reflection in the mirror. He looks like hell, but blames the florescent lights in his hotel bathroom. He couldn't help but notice how not like hell Donna had looked at their meeting earlier. Was she finding time to sleep? Maybe florescent lighting was good for Alabaster skin. "No that's not it," he said out loud to no one, "she always looks good."
Walking back into the main room he noticed that his pants were ringing. It was Toby. He tossed it back on the bed, not in the mood to be chastised again by his former best friend.
"Josh, open the door. Josh!" Donna was pounding with both fists, and yelling at the top of her lunges. Josh ran to the door.
"Are you okay? What's going–"
"Turn on the TV." She brushed passed him grabbed the remote off the bed. His phone was ringing, Toby again. Donna answered it for him. He raised his arms and opened his mouth in protest, then just as quickly plopped down next to her on the bed. It wouldn't do any good to argue with her.
"Yeah, Toby. Hang on, he's right here." She shoved the cell in his had, he started to close it when Donna grabbed his face and turned it towards the TV. CJ was on CNN, and every other station. She looked strong, confident–if you didn't know her. Josh could tell she was barely holding it together. He put the phone to his ear.
"Hi." Josh rested his elbows on his knees unable to take his eyes off the TV. Donna leaned against his shoulder, tears running down her cheeks. "I'll be on the next plane." He put his arm around Donna as he closed the phone and let it fall to the floor. They both stared in silence.
"I'm going with you."
"Yeah, I"m sure they already called the VP back. They're probably looking for you." He still had his arm around her, neither one of them had moved.
"No. I know– I should– Josh, I meant I"m going with you. On the same plane as you, walking in with you, and..."
"Good." He got up and put on his pants. Donna picked up his phone and called for plane tickets and then disappeared down the hall to get her things.. By the time Josh got out of the bathroom, she was sitting on his bed with her luggage on the floor talking on his phone. He grabbed his bag and hers. She hung up the phone.
"It was CJ. She wanted to make sure we you were okay."
"I'm not okay."
"That's what I told her," she smiled and put her arm around his waste. "She wasn't either."
"Lets go." They walked out of the hotel room hand in hand. Nothing was said in the cab, at the airport, or on the plane. There was nothing to say.
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