Once they left the White House, Josh, Donna, Lou, Annabeth, Ronna, Sam, C.J., and Danny all headed to T.G.I Friday's to keep the party again. It was, after all, Friday night, and none of them was ready for the night to end yet.

Lou and Ronna were the first ones there, so they got the table for the group. Once everybody else got there, it was a scene similar to the night of the election (with a few more people, of course).

Once everyone got there and sat down, they could not stop talking (except for putting in the drink orders). It was Ronna that brought up how similar the scene was to the night before the election.

"Doesn't this feel like the night before the election, or is it just me?" said Ronna.

"I think it's you," said Lou, as their drinks arrived, "There are a few people at this table who were not there."

"True," said Ronna, "but we're just chilling out as if we don't have a care in the world at this moment."

"She's right," said Sam.

After taking a few moments to order, Annabeth added, "We were with our friends tonight celebrating a special occasion."

Lou then raised her glass and said," To Josh and Donna, two special people, whose lives will be filled with all the love and happiness in the world."

They then toasted and Josh said, "Why didn't you say that at the party?"

Lou replied, "Didn't think of it until just now. Anyway, I would have been too embarrassed to say it at the party."

C.J. replied, "You're White House Communications Director, and you would have been too humiliated to make a toast at a party?"

Lou said, "Hey, the moment would have been too emotional anyway."

At that moment, their food arrived (two appetizer samplers plus a chicken quesadilla). As they were eating, they still could not keep quiet.

Donna said, "Josh and I can't thank you all enough for tonight."

Ronna said, "It was our pleasure, my dear. You and Josh deserved it."

Annabeth said, "The two of you are special people who were made for each other. I just hope that your lives are filled with nothing but happiness."

Sam said, "This wedding will be amazing. I mean, New Hampshire in October, not to mention the Bartlet farm. What more can you ask for?"

Danny said, "Definitely. I mean, it's not California in August, but whatever makes you the happiest."

Donna replied, "We wanted the Bartlets to be there, so it was the perfect idea."

Annabeth said, "And the press corps will be out of the way, at least for the ceremony. You two have set yourselves up for a beautiful, intimate wedding."

Josh said, "Whatever makes my Donna happy."

With that statement, she kissed Josh on the cheek. Josh blushed the tiniest bit, enough to make everyone else giggle.

Donna said, "Get used to it. You'll be seeing that a lot more."

Annabeth replied, "How cute! This is a first in White House history, makes me wish I was engaged to one of the President's assistants or something."

Lou said, "Would you want all the media attention that goes along with that?"

Annabeth said, "Probably not, but it still makes me kind of jealous."

As Annabeth said that, the check arrived, and they split the tab equally. Lou jokingly asked Josh to pay for all the drinks.

"Nice try, Lou," said Josh, with a grin on his face, "Not this time."

After they paid, they went outside. Before everyone separated, they shared a group hug outside the restaurant.

Ronna said, "What a night. What a celebration."

Lou said, "Definitely. We should do a night out like this again soon."

Josh said, "Yeah, because there won't be any relaxing parties like this until the wedding."

Annabeth said, "Well, I have to get going. Goodnight, everyone!"

"Goodnight, Annabeth!" was the unanimous reply.

After Annabeth went into her car, everyone else did the same after saying goodnight to each other.

C.J. and Donna hugged for a few moments, and then parted ways. Sam was taking C.J. and Danny back to the White House, since they were spending the night there as well.

Once they were in their car, Josh said to Donna, "That was a fun night."

Donna said, "Yeah, it was. Like you said, we won't get too many of these nights before the wedding."

After the short drive home and getting back into their apartment, Josh and Donna changed clothes and snuggled on the couch for a few moments before going to bed.

Donna said to Josh, "I can't believe that everyone was able to put everything together for tonight. Especially getting the Bartlets, C.J., and Danny here."

Josh replied, "Yeah. The President and First Lady were so nice about everything for the party."

After a few more moments of snuggling, Donna told Josh, "I'm tired, so I'm going to bed."

Josh gave her a kiss and said, "Okay. I'll be there in a few minutes. Good night, my angel."

Donna kissed Josh back and said, "Good night, my Joshua."

Thinking about it, Josh and Donna realized that this party was more than an engagement party. It was a way to get the staffs together to relax before the real chaos of the administration began.

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Credit goes to Foo Fighters for the song lyrics! I love this song (and think it fits well with Josh and Donna)! No copyright infringement intended.