It had been a week since it had happened and Donna was going back to work. She hated the feeling of being an invalid. Okay she was having a tough time, but she was coping the only way she knew how and that was to go back to work. "Donna you don't have to." Josh told her.

"I know Josh, but I have to. I am going stir crazy in this house. I need out and there is stuff I could be doing in the office. Please don't be mad that I want to go back." She said to him with big eyes.

He looked at her and realised just how determined she was. "I'm not mad sweetheart, I just don't want you overdoing it."

"I promise I won't. I'll even come home early today just to prove it to you. I just need to get out of here." She told him.

Josh knew what she meant. The night after it had happened Josh came home from the hospital and went straight into the room they had started decorating as the nursery. They had so much stuff for their unborn child; he wasn't sure what to do with it all. That room stayed shut, no one had entered since.

In the White House everyone seemed shocked to see Donna walking through the door and heading straight for her office. Most people knew what had happened the week previous and felt so sorry for the couple that had so desperately wanted the child she had been carrying.

CJ walked up to Josh. "What's Donna doing here?" She asked, herself shocked to see her best friend.

"She wants to be here CJ and I can't stop her. You know what she's like. I just can't say no to her as much as I tried. She is a determined piece of work." Josh said trying to make light of the situation. "She feels she needs to do something so she isn't dwelling in what could have been."

"Okay. I get it." She answered him, not really getting it. "I'll go easy on her."

"She doesn't want that CJ, she just wants to be normal. Can you try and let people know that?"

"Yeah I will. See you at staff in ten." CJ reminded him before she headed back to her office but not before popping her head in Donna's door. "Hey you. You ready for the day ahead."

CJ had startled Donna a little, who had jumped at the sound of the voice in her doorway. She had been busy staring at the spot on the floor she knew had been cleaned. "Yeah." She answered in her usual bright and breezy way. "When's staff today?" She felt a little out of the loop.

"Ten minutes. See you there, I've got to go and collect something from Leo before we head to the meeting." CJ told her before disappearing leaving Donna on her own again.

It was only then did Donna remember she still hadn't said thank you to CJ for everything she had done the week before for her. She would do it at some point during the day.

Charlie ushered them all into the Oval Office where the President sat awaiting their arrival. He had already been alerted to the fact Donna was here. "Morning all." He said in his usual tone. Turning he watched Donna walk into the room. "Donna it's wonderful to see you."

Donna smiled slightly. "Thank you Mr President and thank you for the beautiful flowers you sent. Were they from the Rose Garden?"

He smiled at the memory. "Yes they were, hand picked by myself and Zoey." He paused as he saw the tears gather in her eyes. "Okay now on with business."

The meeting had been going for almost half an hour when Charlie interrupted them with a strange look on his face. "Sir you and your staff have a visitor."

"Charlie, who is it?" The President asked.

"Hey all." Sam's head peered round the doorframe.

"Sam." The President stood and embraced his prodigal son. "What brings you here?"

Everyone looked happy to see Sam. Josh looked to his wife and noticed she had smiled briefly before returning to her face of no emotion. "Well we were in town and thought what better way to see you all than here at Senior Staff." Sam glanced around the room and smiled at his friends. They looked happy to see him but there was another look in their eyes that he didn't quite catch.

"We?" The President inquired.

"Yeah, there is someone I'd like you to meet." Sam turned to the doorway and waved the person in. Ainsley Hayes walked in the door with a blue bundle in her arms. "Ainsley and I thought we'd better introduce you to our son. Joshua James Seaborn."

Everyone looked shocked. Poor Sam, he didn't know what had happened only the week previous. Josh and CJ turned to where Donna sat. She smiled trying to abate the tears that were forming in her eyes. The President embraced Ainsley and told her how wonderful it was that Joshua was with them. He, himself, then turned to see Donna standing from her position on the sofa.

"Mr President, if you will excuse me, I have that meeting with MSNBC in ten minutes." She said, obviously lying. But the President understood. As she walked passed him he gently laid his hand on her arm. She smiled a watery smile down to him. She cautiously walked up to Sam. "It's great to see you Sam." She said, her voice beginning to betray her. "Ainsley, you've got a little heartbreaker on your hands." She said quickly before almost running from the room.

The atmosphere in the room seemed to grow thick. Sam didn't know what he had walked into. Josh looked down at his hands before turning to CJ. "Where?"

"Either her office or the Ladies toilets down stairs." CJ replied, knowing what he was asking.

"Thanks." He answered before excusing himself from the room.

"Guys what's going on?" Sam finally asked.

"Come and sit down." The President told him. "You'll find out sooner or later and it's best it comes from us."

Sam and Ainsley sat down on the sofa Josh and Donna had vacated. "So what's going on? It's like someone died in here."

"Well Sam, it's kind of like that." Toby spoke up. "If you had arrived about eight days ago, you would have seen us at a happier time. Sam up until a week ago Donna was seven and a half months pregnant. She suffered a late term miscarriage last week and this was her first day back at work."

"Oh God!" Ainsley whispered. "And here's me with our new baby."

"Ainsley you weren't to know?" CJ spoke up.

"I didn't even know she was pregnant." Sam said.

"We didn't know you guys were either. Proves we don't keep in touch as well as we used to does it." Toby commented.

"You are so right." Sam said, dropping his head into his hands. He felt so bad. He only hoped he could make it up to his friends.

A.N – Now I forgot to mention earlier in this story that because Josh and Donna are married she had to get a new job in the White House. She is now, well in my story anyway, Deputy Press Secretary. Also in my story the Deputy Press Secretary gets to go to Senior Staff. Hope that clears things up for you.

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