Disclaimer: I don't own them. It is sad but true.
Author's Note: I just got back from my vacations. I really didn't think you guys would have gotten all in an uproar about the ending. Sorry. I have the next chapter here for you. And Micky thanks for the pie.
"Has someone found Josh yet?" Leo asked Margaret, as he entered his office.
"Not yet," she told him. Leo only shook his head and sighed. "Can I ask you something?"
Fearing the worst had never stopped Margaret before. "What?"
"Does Josh usually turn off his cell phone and pager?"
Leo knew the answer was clear, obvious. "No."
"So then..."
"Just find him," Leo cut her off, too worried and a little too guilty to let her carry on. "Is C.J. starting her briefing?"
"Yeah," Margaret replied and exited his office.
C.J. stood up at the podium broadcasts from Leo's television. She began with the usually updates. Took a few questions on the hard topics before the question came.
"What's with the paramedics in the lobby?"
"There was a medical emergency Chris," C.J. told her.
"What was the nature of the emergency?"
"I can't say."
"Why, C.J.?"
"Well, I'm not a medical professional." C.J. was trying to avoid a straight answer. She didn't want to turn this into a thing. She felt that was the least she could do.
"Can you tell us who was injured?"
"No," C.J. replied abruptly and sharply. She knew she had said it too quickly. She quickly regained her composure. "We would however like to thank the emergency personnel for responding so quickly."
"C.J.! C.J?" the room exploded as soon as she paused.
"That's all for now." She took her folder from the podium and went out the door.
She walked back to her office briskly, Carol pacing by her side.
Danny swooped in behind her.
'That was a little bit of a slip," Danny told her.
"Danny," C.J. just sighed.
"You don't think it was a little bit abrupt?"
"It as just fine," C.J. told him walking away from him as quickly as she could pace.
"How's Donna?"
"Danny!" C.J. yelled, turning around looking ready to hit him with some folders.
"What!"
She looked at him sincerely. "Just drop it."
"C.J. I don't know what's going on but I'm pretty sure I'll find out," he began to tell her. "I'm also pretty sure that after your performance in there, everyone knows there's something going on. And if it wasn't a thing before it will definitely now be a much bigger thing."
"Danny," C.J. sighed.
"What is she a thief? Has she been divulging military secrets?" he asked in a joking manner.
"Danny, just drop it." She was angry and her tone displayed her dismay.
"Okay," he paused and followed C.J. and stood just outside her office door. "Off the record," Danny began again. "How's Donna?"
"I don't know," C.J. said going through things on her desk and in her folder, avoiding Danny's eyes.
"Okay," Danny sighed and backed away.
C.J. looked up. When Danny was out of distance she shouted "Carol!"
Carol was suddenly standing in the doorway.
"Does anyone know what happened?" C.J. asked her.
"She was just standing there," Carol began. "And then she feel down."
"We don't know anything?"
"No," Carol told her.
"Has anyone found Josh?"
"No."
C.J. sighed and turned to her desk. "I have to..." she told Carol pointing to her desk. Carol nodded in response. "Can you tell me when..."
"Will do," Carol said and turned to use the phone.
"Mr. Lyman?" someone asked as though they weren't sure if it was really him.
He stood in the bullpen staring at Donna's desk. Josh didn't even look up at the assistant. "Where's Donna?"
"Josh!" C.J. cried running down the hall. "Where the hell have you been?"
Josh looked at her with a glazed look. "I... have you seen Donna?"
"Josh," C.J. said in a calm voice. "She was taken to the hospital half an hour ago."
"What!" he shouted looking up at her.
"She collapsed," C.J. told him. "Toby went with her. We've been trying to reach you."
Josh stormed back into the Lobby. She followed him quickly. "Josh you can't drive..."
He batted a hand at her as he went straight through the front doors. He stood for a moment and looked around. Then he began to run towards the parking lot.
"Josh!" C.J. called. "Josh! You shouldn't be driving!"
Josh ignored her. She caught up to him moments before he entered his car. She closed the driver's side door sharply.
"Josh," she said softly.
"C.J.," Josh sighed. He stopped himself for a moment. Sure he would cry any moment he covered his forehead with a hand.
"Come on," C.J. said opening the door to Josh's car. "Give me the keys."
Josh slowly handed her the keys and ran around the car to the passenger' side. He slipped into the car, buckled up and faded into his own mind.
"Carol?" he heard C.J. mumble beside him. "Shift all my appointments an hour back. I know but... Yeah Okay."
She hung up the phone and started the car.
Josh kept shouting at C.J. Telling her to go faster, and skip road signs and red lights all together. He didn't really remember the drive, he knew it was the longest drive of his life, but he didn't remember it.
Thoughts flashed and pierced his mind. I pushed her over the edge. What if Donna's in trouble? What if Donna loses the babies? What if I lose Donna? He was lost, he felt alone, and he couldn't vanquish thoughts of guilt.
"Josh?" C.J. said softly as they pulled up to the hospital.
"Hmmm?" Josh mumbled as he raised his head.
They managed to walk into the hospital calmly. "I'm looking for Donna Moss," Josh told the woman at the counter.
"Josh!" came a crying voice from down the hall.
Josh met him halfway down the hall. "Toby where is she?"
Toby softly looked into Josh's eyes. "She's with the doctors now...they've kept me waiting...I don't know anything." He was breathing heavy like he had been running steps.
Josh became panicked. "Where is she?" Toby began to shrug, repeating the he didn't know anything. Josh ignored him and ran back to the front desk. "I'm looking for Donna Moss," he announced once more, a little more desperate.
The attendant looked over a clipboard. "How are you related to her?" the man asked as he folded through paper.
"I'm the deputy Chief of Staff. I have the diplomatic rank of a three star general. Tell me where she is," Josh yelled.
C.J. and Toby stood behind him, a little worried about the people who had begun to stare at them, let alone the exclusive the man in front of Josh would give the Inquirer when approached. Leave it to Josh to make a scene.
"I..." he began as he looked up at them. Suddenly an epiphany ran over his face as he realized who they were. "She's gone to maternity..."
Josh wasn't in the right state of mind to ask the right question. He started to run, not exactly sure where he was going to go. "Where are the elevators!" he shouted.
"Which level...?" C.J. asked.
"Four," he told them.
Toby mumbled and waved a good-bye of begrudged thanks.
The attendant tried to call after them but they had vanished around the corner before he had the time to shout.
Josh turned around swiftly trying to find elevators or stairs. C.J. and Toby each took an elbow and navigated him into the elevator. Neither knew exactly what to say. They wanted to say, "Josh I'm sure she's fine." "It was probably nothing." "Don't worry." but they couldn't do it in good conscience. If things went wrong, then they'd have the memory of being wrong.
When the elevator opened on the fourth level Josh stormed through the doors and ran down the hall faster than either C.J. or Toby could keep up. He found the nursing station.
"Donna Moss? Where's Donna Moss?" he echoed through pants.
One of the nurses came over to him. "She can't see guests right now."
"What!" Josh yelled. "I'm the father.".
The nurse's mood changed at this. "She's had quite a scare," the nurse began. The words merely floated the room barely finding Josh. "She's in room 459." Josh stormed down the hall. "The doctor should be there soon," the nurse shouted after him.
Josh found the room and violently ran inside, only to find his gentle Donna sleeping quietly.
He slowly glided through the room and sat in the chair next to her. He took her hand and sat for a moment, taking a desperate sigh. She was here, with him. For the moment that was enough.