The last thing he wanted was for this to be awkward, she was one of the most trustworthy people in his life and Josh wanted to keep it that way. He kept his eyes firmly on what was going on outside. He knew if he looked at her right now, contrary to what he had said to her as they got in the cab it would happen again. 'I like this time of day. The suns just coming up and it's a brand new day. Before the politics start' the cab driver says. 'When does the politics stop' Josh thinks to himself, watching as the they drive past the Capitol building.
Donna looked over at Josh again as he looked out of the window. She didn't want this to be a 'thing' but she could feel it might turn into that. 'What time shall I come in later?' Donna asks, desperate to fill the silence. 'Twelve. Unless you need more time?' Josh replied, looking at her for the first time since they got in. 'No that's good' she said, watching his dark eyes watch her. She could watch him all day. 'God this is hard' she thought to herself. It was fine when she didn't know how it felt to kiss him, to have her hand on his cheek or how his hands felt in her hair but now things were different. He looked down at the seat, tapping his fingers against the seat before slowly looking up ahead out of the drivers window. He saw the familiar brownstones up ahead, they were almost at Donna's apartment. He knew he had roughly 3 minutes before the cab would stop and she would get out. He had 3 minutes to not kiss her. Those few minutes were easier when he didn't know any better, when he didn't know how it felt to have her in his arms. 'It's just up here on the left' she said to the driver. Josh felt the car slow down before the driver pulled over to the right. 'Here' Donna said as she pulled out a ten dollar bill. 'No It's on me, seriously this is the least that I can do after yesterday' Josh said, waving away her money. Donna nodded before opening the door. 'I'll see you later' she said as she got out. 'Yeah. See you later' he called before she closed the door.
He watched as she walked up the steps before opening the doors to her building, before exhaling loudly. He had to get to Election Day, once that was done and if they got the result they wanted maybe he could speak to Leo. Leo would not want her working for him directly but maybe they could work something out. Six weeks. He had to wait 6 weeks. He rubbed his eyes and lay his head back on the headrest. This would be a tough six weeks.
When Josh walked into his apartment he picked up the newspaper before collapsing on the couch. 'What a day' he said to himself as he looked around at his empty place. He thought it must be nice coming home to someone, when he was with Amy it was nice when she was here but it would almost always end up in some sort of argument. He looked around at the photos his mom had framed and had given him when he was recovering. Some of his father but mostly they were photos C.J. had taken at inauguration and on the campaign. He and Sam playing poker in one, he and Donna at a bar in Manchester in another. She was entwined in his life so much that if this went wrong he had no idea what he'd do. His mother loved her and even though she knew better than to push him on the subject, Josh knew she wanted he and Donna to be more. He had six weeks to get it together, once he got the president a second term he'd talk to Leo. He had to, that kiss had unravelled him and he wanted more. He had to get his mind off her for a while as he picked up the paper, quickly flicking through pages before he came across an article about bonuses and his conversation with Matt last night was replaying in his head. 'Putting your daughter through college, that's a man's job. A man's accomplishment but it should be easier, just a little easier'. He then thought back to how Donna suggested to him he look into making it easier and he smiled to himself. He and Toby could accomplish this, he planned on showing Toby as soon as he possibly could as he started to work out how much it could cost. Sleep could wait.