Author's note: Well here it is the final chapter. Its a time line of the major and minor events of the story, in order. It would have made sense if I wrote this FIRST, but I didn't, nope it was the very last thing.Ok this is the part of the author's note where I pretend to be winning an award and I thank everyone I've ever met! Imagine me holding a gold statue of the White House and wearing a fancy dress. I know this looks rude but I really want to thank people who've helped me during this story.
The very first person I need to thank is my mom. She did the unthinkable, she beta'd the story (SMUT TOO!). Thank you for your love and support since I started writing again.
Pure- she's seriously the nicest person in the universe, she helped me write this chapter. She has great taste in literature and did I meant she's the nicest person in the universe, yet, because she is.
Kiss of the Spiderwoman- First I need to say I LOVED "Truth Serum" and everyone needs to be reading it... stop reading my crap and read that- Josh and Donna have the much needed conversation, that the West Wing Writers never seem to want to write. She's also supper supportive and wonderful.
Kursk- Always leaves helpful and encouraging feedback- never misses a chapter. YOU ROCK
Inisayman- EVERYONE should be reading her new story "We Were Always Us". She's the master of the cliffhanger.
LU78- honestly go read her new story- It jumps starts and will rip your heart out (but in a good way- not a bloody messy way) Also a quick note- I'm sorry I was a slacker with the feedback, it's a wonderful story.
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Jen Wilson- THE BEST writer in Fanfiction- she's very helpful and wonderful Running into the Past is some of her best work!
Hoynes Bartlet Campaign Trail
April-
Josh's father dies but he misses the funeral because Hoynes wants to change the campaign strategy.
May-
Sam half-asses his proposal to Lisa.
August-
Josh and Donna meet for the first time-
Josh orders a hamburger that resembles a hockey puck.
Donna forces Josh to order a salad through suggestion.
Josh fixes Donna's divorce papers and gives her his phone number and Sam's
November
Hoynes is elected President.
Year 1
January:
Josh receives a hockey puck from Donna. He places it on his book shelf.
June:
The youngest Secret Service Agent to protect the President, Jefferson Kane, asks to be transferred to the Vice President's detail
August-
Donna goes back to school.
Year 2
March
Bartlet tells the world he has MS
August
Assassination attempt on Charlie Young- Agent Mark Jackson is shoot.
Donna Moss is ditched at the hospital and donates her blood to save Jackson's life.
November
Ainsley Haynes kicks Toby's ass on Capital Beat and Leo hires her the next day.
Secret Service gives Donna a "panic button" to use during emergencies.
December-
Cliff Calley and Donna go out for the first time
January 15
Josh is able to convince Toby to write the State of the Union. Sam and Toby meet for the first time.
Josh and Donna play Trash Can Basketball- Josh cheats.
It's late and Josh sends Donna and Sam to a hotel for the night while he sleeps on his couch in the office.
January 17
Donna calls out Josh's name during sex with Cliff.
Cliff breaks up with her assuming she's having an affair.
Year 3
February 3
Josh goes out with Amy Gardner.
May: Donna finishes her Undergrad.
July
Danny asks CJ out.
Year 4
Reelection campaign.
January
Donna starts working with CJ with the Press.
June
Ainsley leaves the White House to work in New York as a junior partner in a top law firm.
November
Hoynes wins re-election with a very narrow margin. His approval rating is 49. Bartlet's approval rating 65.
Donna meet Jack Reese when she votes for the wrong President –(In truth she really didn't but when Toby saw she voted for Ritchie he made her change it)
Josh and Amy get engaged.
January
Kundo incident- genocide while the President does nothing 50,000 die.
Year 5
Inaugural Ball-
Josh and Donna dance, he confesses his frustration with the President.
January 25
CJ needs to speak with the President about a press event.
Josh removes her form the President's schedule and places Toby on the schedule.
Andy is sick and Toby needs to take care of the kids so he asks CJ to take the meeting for him.
CJ can't because Danny's taking her out to dinner and they have something "important" to discuss.
Toby asks Donna instead.
Donna goes into to Oval Office
President Hoynes sexually assaults her
Donna presses the panic button.
Jefferson and Jackson barge in.
Jackson carries Donna out while Jefferson punches the president.
Both Agents take her to the hospital and the police station
Josh Lyman asks why the President's face is swollen.
Hoynes brags about his encounter.
Josh Lyman quits for the following reasons-
Infuriated John Hoynes was not the man Josh believed he was
Frustrated by Hoynes inability to care about the country
Disappointed by the Hoynes constant affairs
Disgusted that he would brag out it.
January 26
Jefferson Kane resigns
Toby confronts the President
CJ comes into the office with an engagement ring.
January 29
Josh refuses to get out of bed. Amy tries to make him feel better. During sex he calls Amy, "Donna"
Amy packs her stuff and leaves Josh.
February 1
Josh needs a change of pace and flies to Europe.
He would roam around the world trying to escape the life he made for himself in DC. He worked too hard to watch it be destroyed. So instead he ran away. Being the Workaholic he is, getting burned like that he makes him want to escape. His ego wouldn't let him stay anywhere in the United States, (After all he was Chief of Staff and EVERYONE would know who he was- ok most of the country didn't know- but his ego wouldn't let him admit that) So he left to travel Europe- no one cares about American Politics there anyway.
February (over the whole month)
The White House blames Josh Lyman for all the mistakes and flaws in the system.
Donna is getting paler and quieter.
February 26
A memo is placed on Donna's desk with a quote from the President about Josh Lyman "What kind of man misses his father's funeral? The same coward who lets his sister burn to death."
March 1
Josh moves to England
Donna takes the train up to New York to meet with Ainsley and Sam.
They both agree to be her lawyers.
Sam goes back to his apartment to find his girlfriend in bed and someone in the shower.
He tells her he's living and going to DC to fight the good fight, enjoy screwing your editor. He will pick up the cat and dog when he finds a place to live.
Ainsley takes a leave of absences from her job to help Donna.
March 2
Sam and Ainsley both move into hotels in DC.
March 9
Ainsley gets fired from her job
March 10
Sam asks Josh if he can move into his townhouse and Ainsley would be his roommate.
March 22,
Ainsley find a box under her bed, Josh's guest room, marked Taxes 1986 and she asks Donna what she thinks is in it.
Donna says "porn, all men have porn- they keep it in boxes labeled Taxes because no one would think to look in it."
Ainsely states "Sam doesn't. He's too much of a Boy Scout.
March 23
Lisa, Sam's ex, tells him if he does pick up the cat, General Tso and dog, Barkly, she was going to put them in the pound.
He calls her "Fucking bitch."
Ainsley no longer thinks he such a Boy Scout.
Sam calls Josh and asks if he can bring the cat and dog to DC.
March 25
Sam, Danny, and Toby drive up to NY to get Sam's stuff.
Josh is waiting for them (He flew back because he knew Sam couldn't do this on his own.)
They get his stuff, cat and dog and drive back to DC.
Donna's been playing with Ainsley's mind, telling her that Sam's probably into really nasty porn- animal stuff and bondage.
When Sam comes home he's carrying a box marking Taxes 1992.
Ainsley calls him a pervert.
Later Josh tells Ainsely not to give Sam a hard time about the cat and dog, after all, Sam was doing a slimy job and was in a loveless relationship for four years. Sam needed something good in his life and he chose the cat and dog. Josh gives her a number for a dog walker in DC.
April 4th
Donna dyes her hair brown, stating, "When this whole mess is over I want to go back to my normal life. Brunette Donna will deal with the press, hate and outrage, Blonde Donna will be the one who gets to have a real life, with a husband, children and a dog."
April 5th
Everyone takes Donna out for a drink before she tells the world what happened.
April 6th
Donna Moss tells the world she was sexually assaulted by the President.
April 10
Josh moves to Ireland
April 12
Ainsley goes on a date- but the guy turns out to be a reporter.
April 20th
Donna gets hit in the head with a rock. The pictures of the rock hitting her and her driving to work are published all over the Internet and new channels.
Woman starts coming out to support Donna.
Celebrities join the fight as well.
April 21
Emma Casta calls Donna personally and tells her story.
Sam and Ainsley go Congress to get support for The VP and Donna.
April 22
Bartlet and his staff meet with the President. They kick a whole lot of ass.
May
The investigation of President Hoynes starts
Sam sees Ainsley in the shower…. Sam thinks he might have feelings for Ainsley
Chipper Hughes quits
June
Donna learns about a poker game that key officials in the government play in.
Josh starts his book
Sam helps ghost it – he needs to keep his mind off of his growing feelings for Ainsley.
July-
Ainsley leaves a slice of apple pie in the refrigerator untouched for Sam for 72 hours.
Sam starts getting obsessive about building puzzles.
August
Sam gets tickets (he thinks as a punishment from Mallory) to the Kennedy center and asks Ainsley if she wants to go.
The music is frightening, but even more horrifying is the gigantic bulge in the Pan flutist tights. Sam and Ainsley decide to leave- maybe if one couple blazes the path other will follow: like Matt Santos and his wife.
Cliff Calley trips Sam on the way out of the isle.
Cliff and Amy are now dating.
September
It's the anniversary of Joanie's death and Sam flies to Italy (where Josh is now living) to spend some time with him, as part of tradition.
Sam tells Josh he has feelings for Ainsley. Josh warns him about Republican Cooties.
October
Donna gets a seat in the poker game
The Sisterhood meets for the first time- mostly because everyone is concerned about Donna
Lucas Hill quits
November
Sam finally tells Ainsley how he feels.
Donna suggests a formal invitation would be nice.
December
Congress starts hearing about John Hoynes
Year six
January
Donna wins Jefferson's job back at the poker game.
February 5th
Josh has to testify in front of Congress.
Ainsley moves in with Donna for a few days.
Congress asks Josh if he had sexual relations with Donna Moss on January 15, four years ago.
Josh laughs and says if Donna had sex that night it was most likely with her short republican boyfriend.
Sam whispers in Josh's ear that the man asking him the questions WAS Donna's short Republican boyfriend and is currently dating Amy.
Josh tells Cliff good luck and assure Congress he never touched Donna.
Of course this is being broad casted on C-SPAN and Donna is sitting in her office watching.
Sam has to deliver a painful message to Cliff from Donna (rather publicly) She had better sex in high school and he needs to give up on that sad little dream that their going to get together, its never going to happen.
February 15
Josh leaves and moves to Spain.
March
Josh moves to Australia
April
Donna's depression is growing, Jackson insist she start seeing a therapist and goes on medication.
May
Sam proposes to Ainsley. Ainsley asks Donna to help her plan the wedding.
Ainsley thinks Donna needs to start dating again and sets her up with one of Sam's friends from New York. Daniel, the guy who is keeping internet porn alive. Donna asks Sam why he hates her so much and leaves the dinner.
July
Donna finishes her Masters.
Josh encounters a "Common Brown" in his house, decides its time to go back home.
Ainsley gets a job offer back in NYC- she takes it because Josh hates having her in his house.
Amber sets up a meeting between Josh and Santos.
Josh starts working for Santos.
Ainsley notices that Donna might have feelings for Josh. Sam picks up on similar cues.
Both Sam and Ainsley decided to leave DC to go back to NYC.
CJ and Danny start to plan their wedding and enlist Donna's help.
August 16th
Sam and Ainsley throw a Going Away/ Engagement party.
Donna is too depressed to get off the couch- her best friend is leaving and getting married. Jefferson comes over to cheer her up and to get her to the party- but fails because Donna's bra is in her bedroom and it was too much of an effort to walk the fifteen feet to put it on.
Josh is sitting in his office, refusing to go to the party because the Mets are playing and if he leaves his seat they might lose. Ultimately its an excuse because Josh doesn't support Sam's relationship with Ainsley. Also he can't afford to screw up his new job. He thinks Santos might make a good President. If his best friend is leaving him, then all he has is his career and he lose that again.
August 21
Sam and Ainsley move back to New York.
September
Ainsley devises a plan to get Josh and Donna together- They need to be away from DC, they need to be isolated and they need to be somewhere fun.
Ainsley makes a call to the Sisterhood.
Helen Santos, CJ, Abby, Amber together come up with the idea of a cruise.
While Toby's supportive he does have concerns about backlash and takes the idea to the VP
Leo and The VP decided let them "test the waters" But the Vice President will make the final call if it's a good idea for Josh and Donna's relationship to continue.
CJ, Toby, Danny, and Jefferson come up with back up plans in case Josh and Donna break up for stupid reasons without giving the relationship a real chance.
Plan B- Josh is to fly back with the Santos on Air Force 1- forcing Donna to speak to him and face her problems and fears.
Plan C- Donna was to take a "meeting" with someone from the Santos office. (That someone was supposed to be Josh)
Plan D-They will be forced to dance together at Sam and Ainsley's wedding (Maybe a romantic setting will put them in the"mood")
Plan E-Sam gets into an "accident" both Josh and Donna would meet at the hospital. (No one liked that plan)
Plan F- Jefferson gets to wear a mask.- (That's as far as they got in the planning process.)
October
Hoynes' wife files for divorce.
Santos "wins" a door prize and gives it to Josh.
Josh asks Sam if he wants to go, this is the only time he's going to get to see him before the wedding.
The Bartlet's "pay" for Donna, CJ and Toby to go on a cruise as a celebration for all their hard work.
November
Hoynes plans to resign from office at the end of the month.
November 15
Josh sees Toby and CJ on the Cruise
Donna wants to watch the boat leave port.
Josh and Donna talk about the past two years and everything else.
Josh forgets his room key
Josh sleeps in Donna's room
Little does Josh know he's been on two dates with Donna
Towel Animals
Donna- Bunny
Josh- Dog
Towel Animals: Towel Animals are placed in the cabins at night, normally around 8 o'clock.
November 16
Donna and Josh wake up together in Donna's room
Josh meets Jefferson Kane
They hook up in Josh's room
Sam tells Donna she has to tell Josh the truth.
Jackson yells at Josh
Donna and Josh go on a real date
They have sex in Josh's room
Towel Animals
Josh-Swan/ duck
Donna- Turtle
November 17
Josh and Donna wake up in each other arms. Josh's room
Josh proposes to Donna
Josh has to go shopping
Donna gets recognized
Josh plays poker- goes all in on a pair of two because Donna put her underwear in his pocket.
They have sex in Donna's room
Everyone goes to dinner
Sam tells Josh he's had sex on every surface in his house
Mean Stranger comes yells at Donna.
Josh learns the truth.
Josh talks to Donna
Josh and Donna make love
Under the cover of darkness Josh tells Donna he loves her
Towel Animals
Donna- Monkey
Josh-Snake
November 18
Josh asks Donna where she wants to eat dinner.
Donna panics because she doesn't want to hurt Josh's career, so she breaks his heart.
VP picks up Donna
Santos picks up Josh and Sam
VP decides to go to Plan B
Josh and Donna learn the truth.
Josh and Donna kiss and make up
Year 1 of the Bartlet Administration
November 20
President Bartlet gets sworn in.
Sam and Ainsley settle in to their new jobs.
Sam: Deputy Communication Director
Ainsley: White House Counsel
December
The news broke about Josh and Donna's relationship- no one cared.
Expect Hoynes, Amy and Cliff they were pretty pissed about it.
Josh buys a new house- and sells his old house to Sam and Ainsley – Cheap
January 1
Seaborn/ Hayes Wedding
February
Santos starts fund raising for the next
First bill passed for gun control
May
Concannon/ Cregg Wedding
June
Kane/ Mesol wedding
August
Lyman/Moss wedding
Year two of the Bartlet Administration.
December
Santos starts Campaigning
January
Trevor Joshua Seaborn is born
June
Santos is the Democratic Nominee against the Republican Arnold Vinick
July
Jason Kane is born
September
Debates
November
Santos wins the White House with a respectable lead.
January
Bartlet prepare to leave the Oval office.
Year one of the Santos Administration
Josh and Donna miss the Inaugural Ball because Donna's water broke.
Samantha Joan Lyman-Moss is born.