Title: Our Next Life
Category: Romance/Humor/Drama
Rating: PG-13
Summary: "Join me in ten years," the message said. "Then we'll see what happens next."

Disclaimer: Since I own them you all must pay ME for the use of them…oh, wait…that's not me. Don't own them, never will : (
Author's Notes: Feedback Love

Chapter 9

Josh had arrived at the White House that morning with a plan, a master plan. A plan he fully intended to implement…once he worked up the nerve. He was pouring himself a cup of coffee when she first saw him.

"Morning, Josh." He jumped and spilled some of the hot liquid. "Swift. You ok?" He blushed and grumbled as he sopped up the overflow. "Well, it's good to know someone's in a good mood." Josh scowled at her. Two minutes ago he was ready to propose; now he wanted to beat her over the head with his mug, talk about male PMS.

He finished pouring his coffee and decided to get her a cup, too. He was kind of rude this morning but coffee can make almost anything better. He left the mug on her desk and entered his office. He almost dropped his coffee again.

"DONNA!" he shrieked. "What are you doing!" She had a hand down the center of her shirt.

"The freakin' pen exploded!" she replied pulling a now blue dyed tissue out of her blouse, and trading it for a clean one.

"Down your shirt?" She glared at him.

"Yes! I was holding the pen against my chin and then noticed that it had exploded and was dripping down my shirt." He gulped, someone was against him, he wasn't sure how much longer he could hold back from touching her in a very un-boss-like way.

"Need help?" He couldn't believe he just asked that.

"I can't believe you just asked that!"

"I can't believe I just asked that!" Josh stared at her a second longer.

"Get out, Joshua." She pinned him with a look that could kill.

"Yeah, sorry, I'm…uh…I'm gonna leave." He shut the door behind him and leaned against it. She was trying to kill him, wasn't she? Once he calmed down he sat at her desk and looked around. It was different being in Donna's chair; he had a whole new perspective of the bullpen. People were constantly moving around. He knew that, of course, but he didn't realize how distracting it could be, how did she get any work down out here?

Josh looked at her desk, it was an organized mess. Things were piled on top, but in certain areas for specific reasons. Her calendar popped out at him and he took a closer look, reading what she had written for that day. There was something about calling her mother, reminding him to call his and getting a file faxed over from the DOD, and…no…that couldn't be. Josh looked twice but it was still there. She had a date. A date with Eric. He got up and basically ran to CJ's office, bypassing Carol and slamming the door behind him.

"WHO'S ERIC?"

"I'm sorry, I have to go," CJ said, putting the phone in its cradle. "What the hell, Josh!"

"Who's Eric? Tell me, I need to know who Eric is!" He was panicked, CJ could tell. "He's ruining my whole plan, who is he?"

"He's an intern."

"Did you know that he's going out on a date with Donna? He can't be older than 22!" He looked desperately at her. "Isn't that illegal or something?" CJ laughed.

"He's 27, Josh, it's not illegal, and plus there's ten years between you and her, remember?"

"How could I forget," he muttered. "Thanks CJ." He turned on his heel and went back to his office, luckily Donna was gone, he had some thinking to do.

A/N: I hope you're still enjoying this, and once again, I live for feedback, so please keep me alive : )

For those who don't understand everything: Daniel Harrison is Josh Lyman and Jean Harrison is Donna Moss. The ten year thing is a little reminder of their past lives and the fact that Dan told Jean to wait ten years to be born and they would find each other again. Sorry, I got to go. I hope this helped explain things a little.