Josh's POV
I follow Donna up the stairs into her apartment. I've been here before but under very different circumstances. She looks worn out as she heads for the sofa and collapses onto it. "Hey honey, why don't you go and have a lie down in bed. I make you something to eat in a while. You go and rest just now."
She looks at me through weary eyes. "Okay." Her voice is weak as she attempts to lift herself from the sofa. I walk over to her side and place one hand under her knees and the other on her back and lift her. "Josh you don't...."
I don't let her finish the sentence. "Yes I do, after all you do for me this is the least I can do for you." I tell her and she snuggled into my chest. I took her down he hallway into her bedroom. A room I was not used to being in. It screamed Donna though. Such a feminine room, full of photo's, flowers and a few stuffed bears. Just as I imagined Donna would be. I lay her down in bed, removing her shoes before heading out the door. I looked back to see her fast asleep already, her hand laying protectively across her stomach. "Sweet dreams gorgeous."
Donna's POV
When I awoke I found myself in my own bed wrapped in my favourite blanket. I could smell coffee brewing and could hear the television on low from the living area. I smiled before pulling myself from my bed. I quickly glanced in the mirror before heading out to find Josh sitting on my sofa. "Hey what are you doing out of bed?" He asked walking up to me.
"Got bored and could hear the television." I laughed. "And smell coffee, is it classic Josh style coffee?"
He nod's before guiding me towards the sofa. "Now you just sit there, I'll pour you a cup before making you some soup. What kind would you like?"
"My favourite." I answer slyly knowing that he knows what that is.
"Okay. Chicken Noodle it is." He answers before disappearing into my small kitchen. "Where are your saucepans?"
"Cupboard beside the cooker. Left hand side." I call back, changing the channel from CNN to Lifetime TV. A secret I have managed to keep that I enjoy weepy films and real life stories. I know he'll flip when he appears back from the kitchen but I don't care. This is my house and my tv and I am ill.
"SO are you feeling any better?" Josh calls from the kitchen.
"A little, I suppose. Still feel a bit horrible but the doctors explained it to me. I'll be fine in a day or two." I tell him. "You'll miss me at work?" I ask the rhetorical question
"Not just at work." He answers surprising me.
"What do you mean?"
"I'm just so glad that you are all right." He answers as he walks back into the living room. "Donna you really scared me the other night. I don't know what I'd do without you."
"You'd find someone that'd make you coffee and be at your beck and call more than me." I answer cheekily as he hands me my coffee.
"There could be no other." I look up into his eyes and see something that I have never seen before. Genuine concern and fear.
"Josh, I'm not going anywhere." I tell him laying my hand on his arm. "I'm going to be by your side until this is all over."
"I want longer. Donna, I didn't want to tell you like this but I suppose it's a good a time as any. I love you. I always have. I can't imagine life without you."
'Oh My God!' I don't know what to think. My boss, my arrogant boss Joshua Lyman has just confessed that he loves me. "Josh do you know what you are saying?"
"Yes." He sits beside me, wrapping an arm around me. "I really love you Donna."
I guess it's finally time for me to confess my feelings that I have kept inside for all these years. "Josh, I love you too." And with that his lips are on mine and I am lost in his arms.