Disclaimer: I don't own them. I don't own them. I don't own them. Lalala… I made a new song… I don't own them. Oh and I don't own them.
Author's Note: This is the new chapter. I sounds like the last chapter. But I did it and it's done and I hope you like it. Ish.
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There was a deep silence. No one had spoken for a while. Everyone had made attempts but before they spoke they realized that anything they said would sound like a joke. Josh, who still looked like he was going to cry, was sitting at his desk with his head down.
'You have to call her!' Sam yelled finally.
Josh just moaned.
'Why aren't you going to get an answer?' C.J. screamed.
Again Josh moaned.
'Oh for god sakes,' Leo sighed. 'Will you just call the girl and put us out of your misery?'
Josh moaned. 'I called her already today.'
'And?' C.J. asked.
'She said nothing happened,' Josh told them.
Again there was silence.
Josh stood up as he continued. 'She said nothing happened. She knew I was drunk. Maybe she doesn't remember. I just think that maybe it's better I pretend none of it happened.'
'No,' Toby, who had been refraining from talking, mainly because he was refraining from laughing, suddenly said. 'You can't do that.'
'Why not!' Josh shouted.
Toby coughed as everyone turned to look at him. 'Risking looking sentimental or romantic or having any kind of brotherly emotions for you Josh, I think you love her and that if you love her you should tell her.' No one spoke.
'Toby that's so sweet,' Sam said with a simple and amused smile.
'And if you do nothing you'll be miserable and probably talk about it a lot forcing me to listen to you, and I don't have time for that,' Toby said in means of correcting the situation.
'Ahh yes that sounds about right,' Sam agreed turning back to look at the be-fizzled Josh.
'I can't call her now,' Josh told them. 'She's just… she's…. her dad died… She's upset. She doesn't want me to call and act stupid.'
Josh was about to start hitting himself in the head but decided better of it. He paced back and forth, thinking desperately of how to fix the situation.
Suddenly his phone rang. Everyone looked at it, wondering if maybe fate had intervened. Josh didn't move to answer it. If his assistant for the day picked it up then they would take a message, Josh was refusing calls.
Realizing that Josh wasn't going to answer it C.J. pounced on the phone.
'Josh Lyman,' she answered in the best secretarial voice she could manage.
'C.J.?' A familiar voice rang.
A wide smile crossed over CJ.'s face. 'Donna!' she said so everyone in the room knew it was her.
'Why are you answering Josh's phone?' she asked in a confused tone.
'He can explain it to you,' C.J. said. 'It will just be a minute.'
She pressed the hold button and handed the phone to Josh. 'Okay here's your chance.'
'My chance to do what?' he asked, not sure what he was supposed to tell Donna.
'To fix this,' Leo told him patting his arm.
They all began to leave. Josh was preparing himself for the phone call that was about to proceed. He had no idea what to say.
Leo turned around before leaving the room.
'And Josh the next time you've done something dumb don't broadcast it across the White House. I don't have time to start looking for a new Deputy.'
Josh just gave him a nod.
Slowly the door closed.
'Hi Donna?' Josh answered the phone.