Even though they were two of the most important people in the White House, Josh and Donna managed to take off early on Friday. Matt and Helen had given the two of them permission to leave early, since their party was that night, and they had a few surprises in store for Josh and Donna. So, instead of running around like lunatics during the last hour of business, Josh and Donna had gone home and were getting ready for the party.
Unlike the preparations for the inaugural balls, Donna was not so high-maintenance. Sure, this was a party in honor of Josh and herself, but at the same time, it was not as formal of an occasion as the balls were. After looking through her closet for a few moments, she settled on a red turtleneck sweater with a black skirt, complete with black stockings and black high-heeled boots.
After selecting her outfit, she picked out her jewelry, which included a silver locket that Josh had given her on their last night in Hawaii. When Donna put it on, she realized that it made her outfit, along with a pair of silver teardrop earrings. She then proceeded to put on some simple make-up, enough to highlight her natural beauty.
For once when he tried to get into the bathroom, Josh did not have to rush Donna out of there. She was just finishing up as he was going in. Once Donna came out of the bathroom, she managed to make Josh's jaw drop, similar to Inaugural Night.
Josh took one look at her and simply said, "No matter the occasion, you look stunning."
Donna blushed slightly and said, "Thanks." She then took a look at Josh's outfit, which was a royal blue suit with a white shirt and a red tie, and told him, "You look pretty sharp yourself."
Josh replied, "Thanks. I figured that this would be good enough for tonight, since it's not that formal of a party." He was saying this as he was making his brief preparations in the bathroom.
"Yeah," said Donna, "but we had to look nice, since it is a party in our honor." She looked at the clock and noted that it was almost 7:00. After looking at the clock, she said, "It's almost 7:00, so we'd better get going."
"I had no idea it was so late," said Josh, coming out of the bathroom. "Yeah, we'd better go."
As they headed out the door, Donna said, "This party is going to be great. I mean, everyone all together, chilling out before the administration gets too crazy."
"Tell me about it," said Josh, "These next nine months are going to be crazy, between our work and planning a wedding, but we've been through so much over the past nine years, that we can handle it." Donna simply smiled to his comment as they closed the door and headed out to the party.