Brotherly Emotion 4

"Look!" he yelled after her, "Just admit that you're in love with Will!" He strode out after her, slamming the door on his way out, and stopped short and stared. Donna, Matt, Leo, Lou, Annabeth and six members of the Secret Service stared back at him. "Chris?" Annabeth said into her phone, "I have to go. Something funky's going down here."

There was complete silence for a moment than, "You're in love with Will, Donna?" asked Matt, looking both mildly surprised and mildly interested.

"No," she said adamantly, "I'm not."

"Okay," said Annabeth slowly, "But then Josh with the yelling…"

"Josh," said Donna breezily, "Is a complete moron."

"Hey now," he protested, still angry, "I'm standing right here."

"Yeah," she said snarkily, (a/n it's a word!) "I'll let you know when I start caring."

Josh took a step towards her, glaring angrily, "That was uncalled for."

"No," she retorted, stepping right up to him, "What you said was uncalled for."

"Hey!" said Will, stepping out of the elevator, "What's…going on?" he trailed off as he took in the scene before him. Things got even more awkward in that moment—if it was really possible.

"Ok," said Josh, smirking at Donna, "So then explain this to me—if you're not dating Will, than why, pray tell, did Matt comment on the sexual tension when he showed up the other night?"

"I was talking about Leo and Annabeth, you dumbkiss," retorted Matt, wincing as he adjusted his bag on his shoulder.

"See!" Annabeth said, turning to Leo triumphantly, "I was right! We do have tension!"

"I really have no idea what's going on right now," Will commented, "But I'd like to point something out. Sure the Vice-President lost, and he may lack certain, you know, Presidential qualities and all that, but I can say with certainty that he has never called anyone a 'dumbkiss'."

"Well, he's never worked with Josh," Lou put in wryly.

Silence reigned for a moment, than Leo broke it by saying, "Right. I'm leaving."

"Me too," said Annabeth, smiling at him.

"Whatever," he said, turning and walking to the elevator with her. Though his words—or word, as the case was, might have been a little harsh, everyone watched as his hand came up and rested on the small of her back, guiding her forward.

"If you two wanted to avoid reporters when you, you know, enter the hotel together, it might not be the worst idea in the world," Donna called after them.

As Leo and Annabeth moved to step into the elevator, a woman stepped out. "Kate," said Will eagerly, stepping forward and taking her hand, "Kate, this is the one I wanted you to meet. Kate Harper, Donna Moss." As the two women shook hands, and Josh's confusion grew, Lou exited, leaving Matt in a hallway increasingly thick with tension.

"Kate," said Donna, smiling warmly, "It's so good to meet you. I've heard so much about you."

"I've heard quite a bit about you," Kate returned, nudging Will affectionately, "And I've got to say, I'm still unclear on the relationship between you two."

"Oh," said Donna, laughing easily, "That's easy—I'm the annoying younger sister Will wished he had."

Will made a face at her and said, "Something like that, brat."

"Wait a second," said Matt, his face reflecting Josh's own confusion, "So Donna—you and Will are like, platonic best friends or something? And Kate and Will are dating? Do I have that right?"

"Yeah," said Donna, stuffing her cell phone into her bag, "That's right."

"Okay," said Matt slowly, "But then why was Josh yelling something about you and Will and love…"

"Josh's a moron," said Donna, "But then, we already knew that."

"Right," said Will uneasily, "So Kate and I are going to go now."

Will and Kate left, waving and looking between Josh and Donna uneasily. "I'm going too," said Matt, staring at his shoes, "And just so you know, if I were to make a comment about sexual tension right now, I'd be talking about you two."

Final Chapter coming soon!