Unexpected Luck: Good and Bad

I have decided to go with my original plan and make this only 22 chapters...making this the last. You are going to kill me because I leave you sorta hanging at the end. But thats because this is part of a series so there will be more. So enjoy the end of the first part in my Spangled Glory series.


Josh knew what this meant. There was James, the other guy who had nearly won Donna over. He had to be strong, and speak before James got a chance. He had to tell her the truth. Oh how he wished he had brought some flowers or chocolates. Hell, he wished he'd done this before she had the chance to meet James. He had to be strong—

"Donna, listen," James started quickly, eyeing Josh maliciously, as if to say 'Get away from my woman!'"

—but he was weak. James had won this battle. Josh couldn't move. Even though he didn't want to be there to hear this, his legs wouldn't carry him away. He seriously considered raising up the decorative basin he now he held in his hand and eliminating any chance of Donna falling in love with James. But he saw that Donna loved this man, so he stopped himself. Still, he could not move.

"Donna…I have something to tell you…something I've been meaning to say for a long time."

Shit, thought Josh. It was over. Shit, thought Donna. There was no chance now of Josh stepping forward and making her plan come true now. Shit, thought CJ. Josh had lost. And then James spoke.

"I've been meaning to tell you this for a month, and I knew I had to eventually, but now it's at the time where it cannot wait. A month ago…I was offered a job in Pennsylvania, a job a lot more illustrious and well-paying than even the one here in the White House. And I took it. And I'm leaving today. I'm only sorry I couldn't tell you sooner." He leaned in and kissed Donna on the cheek. Josh felt a burning sensation as soon as he did.

But Josh was still pleased, and so were Donna and CJ. CJ left the office whistling. She'd leave Josh alone to do this work. Soon James left and only Donna and Josh were in the room. Of course, Margaret was listening through the door, and several others were trying to get a glimpse through the office window.

"You had something to tell me, Josh?" Donna smiled up at him. Josh thought lightning quick. With James out of the way, there would be no trouble anymore. In fact, he didn't even have to tell Donna now. He could do it anytime with James out of the way. Josh said to himself that he would plan an extravagant situation in which he would tell Donna the truth. He would get her alone in a room when the moment was just right and do it.

But the moment was just right just then. And Josh knew deep inside, that if he put this off further she'd just find a new boyfriend in a few weeks. Still…he had time, right? Deep inside he knew he didn't. But Josh could convince himself sometimes that anything impossible was true. And it was because of this fear that he did a terrible thing.

"Nothing, Donna…" and he walked out of the office.

Find out what Josh will do next in Spangled Glory Part Two: Children and Men. Thanks for all your support and reviews, and I hope you enjoyed it! I get hardly any reviews so please tell me what I could do to make these stories better and maybe more people will read them. Swift Quill