Down the hall and around the corner from Josh had stood two colleagues, two people who shared the stresses of a highly visible and fast paced career, two people who felt like they had no one covering their backs. Will, well he had been working for a candidate who DIED on him, moved to the West Wing where he was made the constant butt of practical jokes, and then finally called a traitor by the very man who had brought him there to begin with. Will felt that in all this misery he deserved a little happiness, perhaps he deserved her. She, on the other hand, had been cruelly disappointed in failed relationships. She had seen powerful men at their worst and she had been made to be quite when she felt her voice, her opinions should matter. She just wanted to feel wanted, she hoped that someone would see past what she did to see who see was.
So that is why at several of the Democratic events that had taken place throughout the past few months they had made it a point to be around one another. They made it a point to sort of "take the night off" and just enjoy each others company, enjoy the time spent just standing next to someone and not having to talk or impress, just BE.
And now the culmination of all those nights was finally here. The fact that Josh had hired Will to be a part of his seven strong team afforded these two the opportunity to continue their friendship, the chance to see if it could be something more. With the kiss, she now knew that it could.
She couldn't believe that she did it. He had been making some snide comment, one of those statements he makes that he doesn't mean to be funny but they just are. She was already so comfortable with him; heck she had her hand resting on his chest. He must work out, she loved a man who could obviously defend himself, never mind her. And then it just happened, she was picturing him working out, thinking of his quirky humor, his obvious intelligence and how he had been there for her the past few months and she kissed him. Right there, in the middle of the hall, when they were supposed to be working no less!
"Oh man, I hope no one is watching us!" This thought was practically the first one in her head, right after "wow, he can really kiss." Not wanting it to end but not wanting to be spotted, Kate Harper pulled back from Will and gave him a furtive come hither glance before leading him away. She had been on several top-secret ops and she now considered this new mission one that she was really going to enjoy.
Will and Kate slipped around the hall in the convention center with the false assumption that they had never been spotted, that their kiss was a moment shared just between the two of them, and that it would have little to no repercussions for anyone else. Boy were they wrong!