Two Women Back

Hahahaha! I feel like being evil. You'll see what I did that was evil. But on the plus side, miss jasadin I followed through with your advice. You know what I'm taking about, right? You'll see.


CJ sighed as she pushed open the front doors to the White House. A sense of absolute patriotism was with her as she proudly marched up the stairs into the building…and was promptly seized by security. CJ had forgotten that one has to show her White House ID card to the guards before climbing the stairs into the building.

She groaned as she was wrestled back down the stairs and searched. She looked up at the security guard. It was Bruce, the same guard who was there every time she had come to work for the entire years she had worked at the White House.

"Sorry, CJ…standard procedure. I mean you could be a fake CJ—"

"Oh please. Spare me, Bruce." CJ flashed her ID card and walked up the stairs to the bullpen. Everyone cheered as she made her entrance. Leo came out hi s office and shook her hand. The President shook her hand. the First Lady even came out.

"I've been sick, but I've made a wonderful recovery."

Thanks to the fact that I stopped poisoning you. Jed smiled. Suddenly Leo gestured to a TV sitting on a table covered with papers and forms. "Shhh!"

On the screen was a middle aged reporter who kept twitching his neck to the left. Well, only CJ was the type of person to notice that sort of thing but—oh, right, the reporter.

"CJ Craig has just had her name cleared. The young reporter who changed her words illegally just died this morning from severe concussion and loss of blood. And it turns out that that the mess in CJ's office was actually caused by a killer after none other than the White House Communications Director, Toby Ziegler." A picture of Toby flashed onscreen. There was no such thing of a photo of Toby with a smile on his face. This was no exception.

"All this was presented to the police by the brilliant young assistant to Joshua Lyman, White House Deputy Chief of Staff." A picture of Donna flashed onscreen. There was no such thing of a photo of Donna without a smile on her face. This was no exception.

CJ ran into Donna's office and pulled her into a hug. Slowly the bullpen quieted down, and after Leo screamed, "Everyone back to work!" they all did. CJ thanked Donna again just as the door separating Josh and Donna's office opened.

"Donna," Josh began. "I have to tell you something…important." Josh said it in a dreamy tone of voice that CJ recognized. "I'll leave you two," she winked at Donna. But as she put her hand on the doorknob to leave the office, it opened by itself, and another young man rushed in. CJ recognized him as the man Donna had danced with—James Ledger.

"Donna," he started, "I have to tell you something very important."

Uh-oh. Trouble. Two men in love with Donna at her desk at the same time, both meaning to do the same thing. Who would be the stronger man and who would back off? CJ knew what would happen. Josh would retreat and let James take Donna. Josh would be weak like he had been for the last few years. It was over.