I'm not sure how many chapters this will take, but stick with me!

Donna spent the rest of the day thinking over her pieces of evidence. They lived together, obviously the big one, and she had him buying her pie, which was just pretty cute. She knew Josh wouldn't believe her if she brought up any of her ideas, not after dismissing the CJ notion yesterday. With that on her mind, she decided to go to the next best thing and someone probably better with discretion: Sam.

"Hey, Sam." She knocked on Sam's opened office door.

He looked up and smiled. "Oh, hey Donna. Does Josh want something?"

"No, no." she shook her head and walked in. "Actually, I want to ask you something."

"Yeah? Go ahead." He gestured for her to sit down and she sat on one of his guest chairs, crossing her legs before beginning.

"Do you know if Toby's seeing anyone?" she quirked her lips and tilted her head, causing Sam's eyes to widen.

"Do you want to date Toby?!" he gasped and Donna really began to regret this decision. Why did everyone have to assume she was interested in someone? This could be a lengthy enquiry otherwise.

"No! God no." she assured him and he calmed down. "I'm just wondering if you'd know if he was dating."

"I don't know. I always assumed he hadn't dated since the divorce. Although there have been a few times when I've seen him looking you know, happy, and happy and Toby aren't usually a combination." Sam mused, leaning back in his chair.

"How do you mean?" Donna tried to remain nonchalant.

"Smiling, holding off on yelling at me. Not for long though, but you know, small signs." The look on Sam's face made her think he could finally be working something out.

"Maybe he has been seeing someone?" she responded airily.

"Plus I've overheard him on the phone a couple of times sounding cheerful. I just dismissed it, but I think you're onto something here." He smiled knowingly.

Donna decided she didn't want to reveal her information to Sam, not just yet. Maybe these clues would help him figure it out on his own. She did however decide to follow up with something slightly more blatant.

"I've been thinking the same about CJ." She told him.

"CJ? You're not saying what I think you're saying?" Sam's voice grew in shock.

"I don't know. I mean obviously CJ's a lot happier generally than Toby, but as a woman I can spot the signs. Plus with all those exchanged glances they have and the casual flirting, I thought it was a possibility." Donna had Sam right where she wanted, as he nodded intently along with her words.

"Donna, you're brilliant you know that? They would make a great couple! Do you think we could suss them out? Have you told Josh anything?" he sat up, a serious look forming on his face.

"He wouldn't believe me if I tried, or he'd exaggerate things." She replied, knowing Sam understood Josh's ways.

"Yeah. Let's keep it between us for now then? I'll try figuring out Toby and you work on CJ." He smiled.

"Okay. Thanks, Sam." Donna got up to leave, satisfied with their conversation.

"See ya." Sam called as she headed out into the bullpen.

She glanced into Toby's office to find him on the phone, but the look on his face and the aggravation in his voice told her he wasn't chatting with CJ. Continuing onwards, she made her way back to her desk and back to work.

The next day:

Donna hadn't really thought much about the whole CJ and Toby situation since her conversation with Sam; there hadn't been anything to suggest further signs of them exposing their relationship somehow.

She was working on some research for Josh when Carol walked by her desk, shocking Donna out of her cultivated work zone.

"Hi, Donna." Carol beamed and Donna stopped typing to face her.

"Hey, Carol. What's up?"

"Has Josh got 15 minutes anytime soon? CJ has some questions for the G8 briefing she needs to go over with him."

"He's in with a couple of Congressmen at 3 but anytime before then should be fine." she smiled.

"Okay, I'll have her come by about 1:30." Carol turned and headed back to CJ's office.

'Would Carol know about CJ and Toby?' Donna thought to herself as she began typing again. She wondered what the best way to approach Carol would be, but she knew Carol's loyalty to CJ was incredibly strong and it was possible that she'd mention a snooping Donna to her boss. She shrugged off the possibility of sharing her suspicions with Carol and kept working.

Suddenly, she remembered to inform Josh of CJ's meeting.

"Josh!" She opened the door into his office.

"Donna." he replied, not looking up from his desk.

"You have a meeting with CJ at 1:30, she's coming to you." she told him, peering across his office.

"Maybe I can tell her about your little crush." he teased, meeting her eyes.

"No!" she said, a little too forcefully; Josh appeared taken aback.

"Whoa, calm down Donnatella. Your secret's safe with me." he winked and Donna tried to calm her blush.

"Joshua, I swear to god..." she growled, walking out and shutting the door before he could make anymore comments.

All she needed right now was Josh's big mouth ruining things before she even had a chance to continue her investigation properly. Especially since she had Sam on board now and Josh was clueless to their ideas.

It wasn't long later when CJ came by to meet with Josh.

"Hey, Donna." CJ called as she paced towards her, lavish purple G8 folder and stacks of notes in her arms.

"You need a hand, CJ?" Donna asked, standing up.

"No I'm fine." CJ smiled.

Donna nodded then opened Josh's door and poked her head around it. "CJ's here."

"Thanks, Donna." Josh yelled as CJ walked in and Donna prayed that he would in fact keep quiet about his ridiculous idea to himself and not jeopardise anything for her.

"You know something Josh?" CJ began as she placed her pile of work onto the small space on his desk that was free of clutter.

"What?" he replied coolly.

"I am sick to death of snooping reporters who have nothing better to do than badger you every waking hour." She sighed, collapsing into one of his guest chairs.

"Danny Concannon?" he wondered. Danny's crush on the Press Secretary was no secret around the halls of the White House.

"Of course." She muttered as she picked up her folder off his desk. "I mean he just doesn't get that I am not interested whatsoever!"

"You've just got to tell him the truth. He'll listen to you if…" Josh was stopped in his tracks as he noticed CJ was no longer listening to him and instead grinning at her folder.

"Claudia Jean? You with us?" he joked and she suddenly shut her folder and looked up at him.

"Sorry." She said sheepishly.

"What was that?" he asked with surprise in his voice; CJ was never one to lose focus in casual meetings.

"Oh nothing." She smiled but Josh wasn't convinced.

"Come on, nobody grins like that over this stuff. Not even Sam and he's crazy for G8 prep."

"It's nothing, I'm telling you." She started but Josh leaned over and grabbed the folder from her hands.

"Josh!" she yelled, prying the folder back. As she did so, a couple of small yellow post-it notes drifted out onto the desk. CJ grabbed them before Josh could, but he was convinced he saw the famous cursive of Toby Ziegler on one before she stuffed them into her pocket.

"Toby's sending you notes in your work? He never puts notes in work, I thought he preferred to deface the work with his notes instead, gives him more power." Josh stared at her.

"It was a couple of post-its, okay? Just drop it." She attempted nonchalance but it wasn't lost on him.

"Okaaay." He muttered, "Now what's the deal with these briefing questions?"

As CJ was leaving, Josh followed her out and remained at Donna's desk hovering.

"Can I help you?" she asked, noticing his presence.

"CJ was acting really weird." He told her, now leaning against the desk.

Donna instantly felt curious. "How so?"

"She was grinning at her folder for ages, and then these post-its from Toby fell on my desk."

'Bingo', Donna thought and deliberately asked with innocence. "What did they say?"

"I don't know, she grabbed them and put them in her pocket before I could see them properly." He shrugged.

"Do you think she was grinning at the notes?" Donna wondered.

"Possibly, but what could Toby have to say that would make her zone out like that?" Josh looked perplexed.

"Who knows?" she replied airily.

"It's still weird." Josh mumbled, walking back into his office.

Seconds later, Sam came striding towards Donna.

"Hi!" he stood beside her desk, shuffling on his feet animatedly. "Guess what?"

"What?" she challenged.

"Toby was in my office just now going over some G8 remarks, and he zoned out. Toby, zoning out! This is unheard of, Donna! So I press a bit, ask him what was up, nothing. But then he gets a phone-call in his office so I peer into the folder and there are all these post-its in CJ's handwriting stuck to his notes!" Sam was fully enthused, eyes bright and a grin on his face.

"Funny you should say that," Donna replied calmly, "CJ was just in with Josh and he experienced a similar situation."

Sam's eyes widened but couldn't respond as the voice of Josh interrupted his thoughts.

"Sammy! You better not be distracting Donna here." He warned.

"I'm not." He defended.

"Good. Oh hey, CJ was in here before and she got all weird when these notes from Toby fell out of her folder. It was strange." Josh told Sam, who tried to act surprised.

"Really? Do you know what they said?" Sam asked, maintaining the surprised façade.

"Nah, but she was grinning so it must've been good. Those two are so odd." Josh rambled.

"Same thing happened with me and Toby. He was so out of character." Sam commented.

Josh's face changed expression suddenly and he motioned to Sam and Donna. "You two, come in here a minute."

"Do you think something's going on with CJ and Toby?" Josh asked, sitting in his desk chair.

Sam and Donna exchanged nervous glances before Donna coughed.

She hadn't planned to reveal her true suspicions to anyone, not yet anyway. However, she felt that maybe she hadn't given the boys enough credit and this seemed like the time to just reveal her thoughts.

"I think they're living together." she spoke quietly.

"What?!" both Sam and Josh cried incredulously.

"I thought you thought they were dating or sleeping together but not living together?!" Sam almost shouted.

"What?! You two have been conspiring without me?" Josh bellowed.

"Guys, calm down a minute okay!" Donna scolded and the pair were silent.

"Listen okay. You know the other day when I took CJ home?" Josh nodded and Sam looked at her in confusion. "CJ passed out but she had Carol tell people she left early, I took her home at the First Lady's request."

"That was what that was all about then! Wow was she okay?" Sam asked.

"Yeah, just sleep deprivation I think. Anyway, I went into her apartment with her and it was an absolute mess. Like no one person has that sort of clutter." she shook her head as Josh and Sam's faces remained neutral. "And then when Toby had lost his G8 folder yesterday, I remembered where I'd seen it: among the clutter at CJ's."

"But how does that mean they're living together?" Josh piped up.

"Well, this is the bit I'm not proud of," Donna blushed and the pair gestured for her to continue, "I kind of followed Toby when he went to fetch the folder at lunch, he told me he was going home for it."

"And home was CJ's apartment!" Sam shouted, not really a question.

"Exactly!" Donna threw her arms up; finally the boys were on track.

"Oh my god." Josh murmured, "So they're together?"

"We think so. Toby's had the occasional moment of slight happiness, by his standards anyway." Sam pointed out. "I didn't think anything of it until Donna came to me yesterday evening asking about Toby."

"Did she ask you if he was seeing anyone?" Sam nodded. "Is this why you asked me if CJ was seeing anyone?" Josh turned to Donna and she nodded too.

"It all makes sense now." Sam sat down in the chair opposite Josh but Donna began pacing.

"But if they're living together, they must be pretty serious." Donna spoke up.

"And how could we have missed the signs?" Josh wondered.

"They must be good at hiding things." Sam said.

"Until now." Donna smiled. "This is so weird."

"I wouldn't have put them two together." Josh thought out loud.

"Really?" Sam stared at him. "They're perfect. Toby never lights up the way he does around CJ and she adores him."

Josh gazed at him for several seconds before replying. "You know, you're right."