I've lost count of how many times I've just lay back and sighed this week. It has been the most relaxing, wonderful week of my life. I have always felt comfortable around Josh. I was scared when we took this step that I wouldn't be any more. Yeah I was more scared that I couldn't pick up the pieces when – and I definitely thought it was when – he left me. Now I don't think I've got an option but to keep him, I don't think I ever really did. I couldn't get rid of him if I tried and I am defiantly not trying. We're mid flight heading back to Washington, back to real life. I've woken up in the arms of Josh Lyman every morning this week and the thought of not doing that every morning next week is a pretty bleak one.
"I can't believe we've got rules again"
"They were your idea Donnatella"
"All I suggested was a few basic guidelines to help us. I acknowledge that we have been doing the whole couple thing for years but now…"
"…now we're actually 'at it' you mean?"
"You're using the term 'at it'? You really don't enjoy our nocturnal activities do you?"
"No, that's what the groans are all about, it's torture, sheer torture"
"Josh! We're in the middle of a Boeing 747!"
"I know. Donna? What's your opinion of the mile-h…"
"Don't you dare finish that sentence Lyman… "
"O.K."
"So back to the rules"
"Don't you think it was a bit excessive to type them up and laminate them?"
"Who knew a 5 beach resort would have a business centre?"
"Just because it was there didn't mean you had to use it"
"I wanted to take advantage of every possible facility"
"We could have just made do with taking advantage of the hot tub"
"Every possible facility Josh"
"My bath does that you know"
"Does what?"
"The bubble thing"
"You have a Jacuzzi bath?"
"Didn't you know that?"
"No, that little piece of information relating to your domestic arrangements has escaped my notice."
"It came with the house"
"So what's it like?"
"I've never used it!"
"You've never used your bath?"
"I'm a man Donna and I didn't have that kind of time"
"You've never used your bath?"
"No"
"There were days when I wondered what the smell was"
"Hey! I showered!"
"But you never used your Jacuzzi bath?"
"No"
"You don't know how to turn it on do you?"
"I…It's…"
"You don't do you?"
"Not exactly… "
"You're an idiot"
"Thank you"
"You're welcome"
"Donna?"
"Yes Josh?"
"Donna?"
"Yes Josh?"
"Now before I tell you this, please remember that I love you and we've sorted an awful lot of things out this week and that you are no longer, you know, sleeping on the edge of the bed or telling me you want to win things"
"Oh God"
"Please remember that"
"Josh, you can't have started World War III, they haven't even let you into the situation room yet and you've been in Hawaii with me all week, what the hell have you done?"
"Your faith in me continues to astound"
"I have faith in you, it's just tempered by my knowledge of what an idiot you can be"
"O.K., can we not insult me until I tell you this?"
"But I can insult you after?"
"What the hell chance would I have of stopping you?"
"Good point Joshua, Good point, What troubles your mind?"
"O.K. remember that…"
"Yeah yeah what is it?"
"Well, I've done something…"
"I knew it, that's why we're on a plane the continental US no longer exists!"
"Donna, I'm trying to be serious here, can you not be you for just one minute?"
"That's my line"
"Donna!"
"O.K., I'm listening"
"I've done something"
"You said that"
"Well I have. You know the twitchy chick from treasury?"
"The same twitchy chick who's subletting my apartment?"
"That one yes. Did you know that she was Secret Service and on C.J.'s protection detail?"
"Did I know the occupation of the woman to whom I've been subletting my apartment? Did I check a personal reference from Ron Butterfield? Yes I might have done that before leaving my security deposit at her mercy yes"
"O.K. so you did"
"Yes, how is the twitchy chick from treasury involved in you having done something?"
"Well…"
"Get on with it Josh"
"C.J. was in Vienna"
"With President Bartlet, it was his last U.N. session, they're back today"
"Yes"
"O.K."
"So the twitchy chick…"
"Who's on C.J.'s protection detail"
"Is with them"
"O.K."
"Well, the stuff you have in storage"
"Oh my God you've sent my stuff to Europe!"
"Again Donna the faith astounds me"
"Sorry"
"The stuff you had in storage, the lease ran out this week"
"I forgot about that"
"Well the company rang your cell and it's diverted to…"
"To Annabeth"
"Yes and Annabeth didn't know where you were so she asked Sam"
"Sam's involved in this?"
"On the peripheries yes"
"Oh God I don't own stuff any more"
"Faith Donna Faith"
"O.K. so?"
"Well the twitchy chick was in Vienna and they couldn't take the stuff to her or should I say your place"
"O.K."
"So Sam has a key and he told them to take it to mine"
"Sam did?"
"Yes Sam did"
"O.K. that's not a problem, I can pick the stuff up at your place, it would have been easier for Sam just to pay another week or you know, called me, but no matter"
"Well you see that's not all of the something"
"Josh?"
"You see the lease company contacted Twitchy Chick as well"
"Her name is Katrina"
"That helps my story…really…it does"
"Good"
"So the lease company contacted Katrina"
"Yes?"
"Who calls Sam"
"Yes?"
"Who tells her not to worry the stuff is going to my place"
"O.K."
"And sort of gives her the impression that that is where you're going too"
"And what would have given him that idea?"
"Just something I might have said that Sam may have misinterpreted, you know what he's like, no language skills, words mean nothing to him…"
"Josh, what exactly did you say?"
"I said that you were moving in with me"
"Oh yeah Sam really misconstrued that one didn't he?… It's O.K. I'll call Katrina and set the record straight"
"Well that would be good but there's this other tiny thing"
"What would that be?"
"Well when Katrina thought you wouldn't be needing the apartment any more she called your landlady and took over your lease"
"Without my signature? Inside 24hours?"
"Well she told Mrs McCall that you were moving in with me and Mrs McCall said it was about time and that because we were such a nice young couple she wouldn't make you pay any penalties and would let you out of your lease…"
"Oh God I'm homeless"
"Well that sort of depends?"
"Hang on Josh… you told Sam I was moving in with you?"
"I thought we were past that?"
"Josh what is the first rule?"
"The first rule on the sheet you typed up and laminated?"
"Yes"
"Both parties will remember that neither party works for the other and will consult the other party on any decisions effecting the said party in any way"
"Did you consult me before you gave my apartment away?"
"That wasn't actually me, that had more to do with Sam and Mrs McCall"
"You told Sam I was moving in with you!"
"So what you're saying is this is my fault"
"Yes, that and you didn't consult me"
"O.K. I suppose it is and no I didn't"
"You'll have to do much better than that when we're living together"
"You'll move in?"
"Yes I'll move in"
"Good"
"You're happy about living with me?"
"Hell yeah"
"Good"
"It's great, now I have someone to show me how to turn on the Jucuzzi bath"