Summary: So I love Josh. Yes I said it I do. But I will also be his ultimate destruction. So there's a dilemma for you.
Author's Note: Here. Please review. I like this chapter but not as much as the last one. I wrote it third instead of last. I know. I am sad. But I am happy. But you will see. Hi. I like mice. And sushi.
Disclaimer: Right so if I could own them I would. It would be great. I would take them to the park and play with them. Or talk to them. That would be hot. But I don't so I won't. And probably never will. It's saddening.
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Josh followed her out into the hall. "You can't do that!" he shouted loudly.
"Keep your voice down," she told him in earnest. Her glare was still and piercingly cold. But if he looked a little deeper he could have seen the lines of worry and doubt. If he had taken the time he would have known this wasn't going to go away quickly. "What can't I do?"
"We were fighting," Josh told her. She nodded. "You can't just walk away. If this is going to work..."
She stopped him. "I'm not even sure what this is."
Josh was stunned by her remark. It hadn't come with an air of anger. It had come quietly and sincerely. She sounded almost scared.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
She opened her mouth to respond. She stopped herself. It was to soon to tell him, she wasn't even sure how to deal with it. It was just a dream. There was nothing to deal with. Except now she had a doubt to face.
"We can talk about this later. You have Senior Staff."
Josh didn't care. "I don't care."
She wanted to smile. She loved him. He was being exactly the right kind of good, but she was angry with him. She couldn't say for sure why. Maybe it was because he was being so perfect. He was making it harder to work this out. He was making it harder for her to do what she knew she had to. He had kissed her and now everything had changed. He had said that he loved her and now he was blowing off Senior Staff to talk to her. As soon as she realized it she felt a pain in her heart.
"Josh you have to go."
She began to walk towards Leo's office.
"What's wrong?" he asked again following her.
"We can talk about this later," she just told him. She didn't want to tell him she was scared. She didn't want to tell him that she thought a relationship was a bad idea.
"Donna you have to talk to me!" Josh said loudly. He placed his arm in front of her to stop her from moving forward. He was trying to take control, to find the problem to solve it.
Donna knew it wasn't that simple. The problem was deep rooted and would never end. It wasn't something you just up and solved. Even if you could work on it, it wasn't something that could just go away. She would destroy him. And he would hate her for the rest of his life.
"What's wrong?" he asked softly.
Donna was about to respond.
"Hey Donna,' C.J. said passing them.
"Hey C.J.," she responded. She looked back at Josh. His eyes were anxious, worried. He cared about her. She tried not to think about how much she cared about him. She was trying to think about what was best. "This is a longer conversation than you can have right now."
She turned from him and walked back to her desk. Josh stood and watched her for a moment before shaking himself back to reality and moving to his meeting.
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Leo was talking and Josh barely heard or understood what he was saying. He was thinking in a different place. Leo had said something about the commerce report or maybe it was a Koala Bear. Josh couldn't be sure.
"You got that?" Leo asked Josh. Everyone was looking at him.
"What?" Josh said shaking himself back to the office. "Oh yeah."
Leo looked at Toby.
"Don't worry it's fine," Toby assured him.
Josh looked at Toby who was giving him a semi-upset glare. Then again that was the glare Toby wore ninety-nine percent of the time so Josh wasn't sure if he had done something totally wrong.
"Okay," Leo said. "Now can anyone tell me what the hell is wrong with Josh?"
C.J. chimed in. "He confessed his love for Donna."
"What!" Sam said. "Where was I?"
"It as quite romantic," C.J. said. "Not that I was there. But I heard about it."
"What did Donna say?" Sam asked in a girlish tone.
Josh was about to respond when C.J. said. "She said she loves him too."
Josh looked at her with a twisted glare. He was letting the conversation run away. It was never a good sign.
"They kissed," C.J. continued. "But they haven't..." she waved her arms in the air to illuminate her point.
"Learnt to juggle?" Sam asked sarcastically.
Josh tried to stop her.
"They haven't had SEX!" C.J. told the room.
"What the hell?" Leo began. Then he looked at Josh as it dawned on him. "You mean she's..." he pointed to what Josh assumed was Donna's makeshift office area, "the one... the mystery woman?"
Josh nodded, trying to avoid the eyes of his co-workers. He had never had a more uncomfortable conversation in his life.
"And you didn't stop him?" Leo asked C.J. loudly.
"What?" she began. "I think they're cute."
Toby huffed. "It's about time."
Everything stopped, and the room went silent. All eyes turned to Toby.
"What? Are you telling me you've never thought about it?" Toby said glaring at them all. "It's always been obvious."
"Okay!" Josh said standing up. Everyone looked at him. "This conversation got way too disturbing and wrong a long time ago. So I'm going to go?" He pointed to the door and followed his way out.
As C.J. and Sam bothered Toby about being a romantic, Leo looked at them for a moment in fascination and irritation.
"As much as I would love to hear you gossip about Josh or further bash Toby," Leo said in the most sarcastic tone he could exact. "I would also like for you to get back to work."
"But don't you want to hear..." C.J. began.
"You don't think Margaret will tell me," Leo responded.
"But.."
"OUT!" he pointed to the door.
All three tried to hold back laughter as they exited and returned to their office. God the gossip would be good this week.
