That night Josh tossed and turned thinking of Donna's laugh as she rode up with Bram on the elevator. Josh liked Bram. He was a real hard worker, had a lot of common sense and kept up with the fast pace of the campaign trail like a pro. Josh didn't consider Bram a friend, more like an apprentice, but at this point he felt he was his mortal enemy.

Donna had joined the Santos McGarry campaign just two days after the democratic convention. She was technically working for Leo, but she was in staff with everyone in the morning and in the group debriefings at the end of each day. The large staff spent little time on names and more time on policy. Josh tried to remember when Donna and Bram had become "friendly".

He didn't have to think about it long. Since Donna had joined up she had been pleasant to Josh, even friendly. It was during one of her conversations with him that she had been formally introduced to Bram. Josh remembered leaning on a table in one of the makeshift offices in Ohio. Donna was eating peach rings and trying to convince Josh that the O shaped candy was good luck in Ohio and that he should definitely try one. That is when Josh countered with: "Donna, that is the most absurd thing I have ever heard and NO ONE wants to try one of your peach things!"

Cue the candy-eating hero: "I'll try one, if I may."

"What?" Josh turned his head to see Bram approaching with some polling data from an earlier event. He looked back to see Donna pull her legs off the table and straighten her shoulders, flipping her hair over the chair where she sat. She was also grinning triumphantly. "Of course you may have one, sir."

She extended the bag of peach rings and as Bram placed his hand on Josh's shoulder he leaned forward to take one from the bag. Popping it into his mouth he exclaimed a little too enthusiastically "Oh man! These are Delicious!"

Josh rolled his eyes and shrugged Bram's hand off his shoulder. Meanwhile Donna was saying "Yes! Exactly. Josh won't even try them."

Bram turned to Josh and said in a mock serious tone, "You really are missing out."

Josh tried to hide the disgust from his face as he introduced Donna and Bram.

He then got up, picked up the file Bram had placed on the table and stated, "Thanks Bram for getting this data, I think I'll go look it over in my room." Turing to Donna he asked "You ready to go?"

It was only then that he noticed her flushed cheeks as she closely scrutinized the contents of her peach rings package. Bram had assumed Josh's earlier position of leaning against the table in front of her and as Josh awaited her answer she looked up at him aloofly and responded "Hmm? Oh, no I think I'll stay down here a little bit longer, I want to get at least one more sprite before I hit the hay."

Her a shucks attitude under normal circumstances would've made him laugh out loud but instead he stated emphatically, "What?…Donna you were just saying how tired you are!"

She practically glared at him as she put her legs back up on the table and sunk lower in her chair. "I am somewhat tired Joshua but I am thirsty as well."

Bram, who had been leaning silently through this whole conversation straightened up and said: "I was just heading over to the bar can I bring you back a sprite?"

Donna smiled for him again, "Yeah, thanks that would great."

"No problem" he countered, "so long as you leave me some peach rings!"

At this Donna grinned even wider and said "Thanks, but I don't know if I can promise you that, you better hurry!" She shook the bag indicating there might only be a few left.

Josh watched as Bram scurried off and remarked half under his breath "Oh, no thanks I don't want anything."

Donna heard and laughing him off stated, "Please, Josh, you said you were going to bed."

"You'd like that wouldn't you" he stated only to see a look of confusion cover her face.

"Hey, I'm just saying O for Ohio, it's good luck." She shrugged her shoulders and popped in another of the jelly candies. Josh just stared down at her before turning to go back to his room. He was only a few steps away when he heard Bram return with another over enthusiastic comment: "Donna, I was thinking. These are O shaped, just like Ohio!"

Josh heard Donna feign shock as she replied "Bram, I didn't even think of that!" Then the two of them shared a hearty giggle. Josh shook his head as he continued out of the hotel lobby and towards his room, worried about the Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb he'd just created.