Josh's Apartment
Josh practically danced his way back to his apartment he was that happy. After a brief moment of uncomfortableness between himself and Kim the evening had gone perfectly. They'd met outside her apartment just like they arranged and went for a walk around Washington. They stopped at a small but cosy late-night Italian place Donna had told Josh about once, breaking their conversation only to eat. At first it had been difficult to know what to say as the nervousness of their first date got the better of them, but soon they were talking about everything and loving every minute of it. Josh had walked Kim back to her place before giving her a slight peck on the cheek and arranging another date for two nights later. Then he headed back to his apartment, feeling light and happy at the nights events. It was half one by the time he got home.
By the time he reached the hall on which his apartment was situated, Josh was practically drunk with happiness. Never had he had such a successful first date. With his last girlfriend, Amy, they had rarely gone out. That relationship was mostly physical, not that Josh complained but any talking they did was nine times out of ten about some political argument or something of that nature. They rarely really talked but tonight he and Kim talked, a lot. He knew about her family, her hobbies, how she felt about her patients, everything. There were only three other people he spoke to like he did her; his mother, Sam and Donna, but there was something different about the way he spoke to them and the way he spoke to Kim.
He put the key in his door, words forming in his mouth the minute it opened.
"That's right bow down before me for I am Josh, master of good dates," he smirked at the end of this.
He didn't know who he was talking to. He knew there would be no one there but he supposed some part of him hoped Donna would be. Like always. It didn't matter who he had spent his evening with or how good it had been, he always entered his apartment hoping Donna would be there waiting for him. She never was. That was why he often picked up his phone in these early hours and dialled her number to hear her tired voice, like now. She picked up on the third ring.
"What do you want Josh?" Donna sleepy voice snapped down the line in her normal early-normal greeting. He was the only one who would ever call her at such ridiculous times so she felt duty bound to make him suffer a little for it.
"I was just making sure you got home alright."
"Uh-huh, I got home fine, now let me sleep," she sounded slightly annoyed, which just made Josh want to bug her more.
"You don't want to hear about my date?"
"I can think of nothing I would hate more."
"Great," Josh answered cheerily. "I'll tell you all about it then."
He heard her groan as he moved from his bedroom, where his phone was situated, and went into the main area to sit on his couch, phone in his hand.
"Alright so we walked…" He launched into a long winded tale about his night; every so often he could hear Donna give a little snore. This was when he would shout her name to wake her up and then carry on.
He was about half way through when he realised for the first time that he was sat on his couch and there was nothing sticking into his butt or back. He stopped talking and looked around his room in shock, the whole place was tidy.
"Josh? Josh? What's wrong? Is everything alright?" Donna's gentle panicked voice came down the line and spoke directly into his ear.
"My apartment…" Josh said in awe.
"What about it?" Donna asked, obviously worried. "You haven't set fire to it or anything have you?"
"No…" Josh answered slowly, pausing before continuing. "It's tidy."
"Oh," Donna said and laughed at a little, despite the tiredness. "Yeah, I got bored."
"You did it?"
"Yeah, what'd you think, some magic fairy flown in and did it for you? On second thoughts, don't answer that," she said to him, not too tired for sarcasm.
"Funny Donna, funny," Josh remarked with just as much sarcasm. "I'm just surprised, why would you do that?"
He could almost see Donna shrug as she lay in bed. "I'm your assistant, I'm meant to make sure you're organised and you weren't organised."
"Yeah, my office, not my home."
"Whatever, I'm tired, let me sleep. You can thank me in the morning."
There was a pause and then a groan and then Donna spoke again, "Or in a few hours even. Josh its three o'clock!"
"Oh, I suppose I should let you sleep then, no point in both of us not having any."
"Yeah…" then there was a click and the dial tone.
Josh hung up his own phone and looked around his whole apartment with a grin. She'd picked up all his dirty clothes and apparently taken them with her because there was no sign of them in his apartment. The clean clothes in the laundry bag had been ironed (on the ironing board she had found not under his bed but I his bathroom) and put in his wardrobe. His bed had been made, his rubbish put away and his floors brushed and hovered. Dirty dishes had been washed and put away in the right cupboards, things that shouldn't have been in them had been put away correctly, too. He half expected to see a white lacy doily on his coffee table but he knew Donna wouldn't do that. All in all, the place looked like it had done when he'd first moved in, minus a few boxes and add a couple of pieces of furniture.
'God that girl is amazing,' was his last thought before he took his clothes off, taking care to put them in the laundry basket Donna had unearthed in her cleaning frenzy, and went to bed.
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Josh's Office
"She's amazing," Josh told Donna for the fifth time that hour, she was getting tired of it now.
"You said," she answered briskly, taking the file off his desk and replacing it with another one.
Josh leaned back casually in his chair, hands relaxed behind head and feet propped up on his desk.
"Did I tell you about what she did last night?"
"Only a couple of times," Donna muttered.
It didn't matter what Donna said, Josh was too wrapped up in his happiness to hear a word, never mind notice her tone. Once again he launched into a retelling of the previous nights events in which Kim had surprised him by showing up at his apartment before he even got home and cooking the two of them a romantic meal.
"That's why I asked her to move in," Josh announced. "I think I might be –"
What he might be Donna could guess but didn't want to hear, and besides, there was other stuff she wanted to know about more.
"You did what?" she interrupted him, trying to keep her voice from sounding too much like a screech.
"I asked her to move in," Josh repeated in a slower voice. "Didn't I tell you that?"
"No," Donna answered loudly. "Josh, you've only been going out with her for two weeks, how could you possibly move in with her?"
Josh shrugged a smile still on his face despite the fact that Donna was obviously stressed about his announcement. "It just feels right."
"Right," Donna answered coolly. At least he hadn't said he loved her - that would have been too much. "Well there's your file, I'll be back in a minute, I'm going to go get a muffin. Do you want anything?"
"No, thanks, Kim says I need to eat healthily."
"I'm sure she does," Donna muttered darkly before storming from the room, slamming the door as she left.
She glared at everyone who turned to see what the noise was for and they quickly got back to their work, scared the look might actually attack them. Donna stormed away from Josh's office and fully intended on leaving the White House before someone called her name.
Donna fought back the need to hit the woman who shouted her. She didn't want to hear this all right now but what choice did she have? She'd already been spotted. Of course, she could just keep walking, pretend she hadn't heard anything but then the woman shouted her again. Donna took a calming breath.
"Kim, hi!" She said brightly, turning to face the woman who was taking Josh from her.
She was pretty, Donna had to admit that. She had shoulder length dark hair that usually fell in curls but was currently tied back in a loose pony tail. Her hazel eyes shone brightly behind her rectangular glasses. She reminded Donna slightly of Amy in personality, but there were obvious differences. Kim, for example, spoke a lot more and was friendlier with Donna than Amy had ever been, especially after the question.
'What is it with Josh and brunettes?' Donna thought darkly. 'Maybe I should dye hair, and then he might see what's right in front of him, though I doubt it.'
Kim had been talking enthusiastically up to this point, Donna only tuned in to hear, "…Did he tell you about last night?"
"That he asked you to move in?" Donna asked, trying to be excited but she couldn't help but think that should be her. She really though Josh might change after the whole Gaza incident, but obviously she was wrong. "Yeah, I'm so happy for you."
"Thanks Donna. I knew you would be."
Donna smiled at the woman, a fake smile but it still seemed bright. 'Just go,' Donna thought desperately.
"Do you want to see Josh? You know where his office is, just go right through." There, wasn't too hard, now take the clue.
"Oh, yeah, obviously, thanks!" And then Kim scuttled off towards Josh's office leaving Donna to once again curse Josh silently as she went to get it all out of her system.
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Josh was, for once, reading one of his files. Donna hadn't prepared any notes of the key points so he had to read it through himself. Damn her. There was a knock at the door, a welcome relief for his struggling mind.
"Come in," he called out.
The door opened and in came Kim holding a cup of coffee for him. "Hey baby."
A grin lit up Josh's face. A very welcome relief. "Hi," he said, standing up and heading towards her, taking the coffee and putting it on his desk before wrapping her in a hug and giving her a kiss.
"So, what'd I do to deserve this?" He asked her playfully.
"Oh, nothing, I just thought I'd come say 'hi' to my new roomie."
Josh pouted, "Only 'hi'?"
"Hmm," Kim said, pretending to think about it. "Maybe something else."
"Oh?" Josh lifted an eyebrow.
"Yeah," Kim said, giving him a kiss. "Something like," she gave him another kiss. "I have a surprise for you when you get home," another kiss was delivered. "And if you're late you won't be getting it."
Josh leaned in to receive another kiss from her but it was never delivered. He pulled back and surveyed her. Her arms were folded across her chest and her face looked deadly serious.
"I'll be there," he promised, which made Kim smile. "Now come here. You owe me a kiss."
A/N: I just want to say stuff to my reviewers, which I will do in a sec, I just need to ask a favour of my readers first. Could someone please tell me if season 6 explains what happened to Sam? I keep watching season 4 and I can't tell if he won, lost it but decided to stay in California or if he took up the President's offer of another job. So yeah, can someone tell me that? And can someone tell me what was said when Donna told Josh she was leaving? I've been looking for quotes and the one site I found with season 6 quotes didn't quote that bit rolls eyes. Answering both questions aren't imperative, it'd just be good because I want to use them later on.
Alright, on with replies:
kursk of course he will act eventually (what kind of J/D fic would it be if he didn't?), but the course of true love never does run smoothly, does it?
JDfanactic Thank you, this soon enough? The very next day. I'm impressed with myself, I usually leave, like, a week between chapters.
Caia lol, no it's not the end, there's at least 5 chapters, maybe more, I haven't written them yet so we'll see. And I'm glad you liked it, I did a bit in the apartment, did you see? Not a very good bit...It was meant to be funnier...I don't seem to write comedy well...
sekinsey Thank you so much. I really did a good job with the characters? Yay!
Nicole10 I'm glad you like it so, you're one of my favourite writers on here so it's good that you do.
:D Thanks to anyone who's read and hasn't reviewed, I'd love to hear from you.