Jumping to Conclusions

by: Ginny

Pairing(s): Josh/Donna
Rating: YTEEN
Disclaimer: The usual.
Summary: Josh jumps to a crazy conclusion about Donna and someone else in the White House.
Feedback:I would love some.

Part 3

Donna wandered down the hall to Josh's office and grabbed the sweats out of the closet. She quickly changed and went back to Margaret's desk. Leo came back in about 1:00, looking as exhausted as she felt. She followed him into his office.

"Hi, Donna, get any sleep?" asked Leo as he took off his coat and tie and settled down in his chair.

"Yes, a few hours. I talked to Josh, he said everything went well and if the weather doesn't hold them up they will be back her between 7 and 8. I'm not even going to try and make it home. Josh had these sweats in the office so I'll just sleep on his couch. Do you need anything else before I go crash again?" asked Donna.

"No, go ahead but why don't you just stay here, in case you didn't notice, my couch is much more comfortable." teased Leo.

"Actually, I did notice, thanks." She unfolded the blanket again and curled up on the couch.

She drifted in and out of sleep for a long time, she heard Leo on the phone, saw him reading in the chair next to her, felt him reach over and put his hand on her forehead to check for fever and heard him pace around the room. Finally it was somewhere around 3 in the morning when he turned out the lights. He pulled the chair over in front of him so he could sit on the end of the couch and put his feet up on the chair and try to get a few hours of sleep. Donna curled her long legs up to give him room and offered the end of the blanket to him. He took it and promptly fell asleep.

It was almost 7:30 the next morning when the presidential motorcade pulled up to the White House. The President went up to the residence to shower and change. Sam, CJ, Charlie and Josh dragged their things to their respective offices. Josh was surprised that he didn't find Donna asleep on his couch.

"Guess she made it home after all" he muttered to himself as he dropped his bags on the floor and reached for the messages on the desk. He wandered over to Leo's office. He was sure Leo would be there already. He knocked on the door, there was no answer so he peeked his head in. He just stared at the sight before him.

There was Donna, looking absolutely adorable in his sweats asleep on Leo's couch. At the end of the couch was Leo with his feet on the chair and Donna's feet in his lap. He had one arm thrown over her legs and the other on the arm of the couch. They were both sound asleep. Josh just stared at them as a million different thoughts raced through his head. He closed the door and walked back to his office. He sat at his desk trying to make sense of what he was feeling. After a few minutes the truth was crystal clear, he was insanely jealous. As the truth hit him Sam entered the room and sat down in the chair across from him.

"Well, judging by the look on your face, I guess you went over to Leo's office." Sam said, trying to keep a straight face.

"I don't think it's funny, he's too...she's too...Oh, God, he's old enough to be her father. How could I have missed this? Am I really that dense and unobservant? Sam, will you stop laughing hysterically." bellowed Josh.

"Josh, listen to yourself. I can pretty much assure you there is nothing going on between Donna and Leo. I'm sure he was just looking after her, you know, the way you asked him to look after her. So they fell asleep. I saw you and Donna in that very same position two days ago, only you were both awake at the time and looking very content." admitted Sam.

"You were spying on us? That's just sick, buddy. We really looked content?" asked Josh as he was really starting to feel pretty foolish.

"Very content. Now forget about what you saw and get on with the day. I'm sure they will wake up soon. Don't do anything stupid, OK?" said Sam as he got up to leave.

"Thanks for the vote of confidence, buddy." yelled Josh as Sam walked down the hall.

A while later Josh was ready to face Leo and Donna. He saw Donna stop by her desk and grab her clothes to change. He figured Leo would be awake so he headed down the hall towards his office. Leo was just putting on a fresh shirt when he motioned Josh into the room. The blanket Leo and Donna had shared was still balled up on the couch but the chair had been moved back to it's place.

"Josh, how was the trip? Where's the President?" asked Leo as he sat down on the couch to tie his shoes.

"He went up to the residence to change. Leo, I stopped by a little while ago. Is there something I should know about?" inquired Josh.

"About what? Josh, you're not serious are you?" laughed Leo.

"I don't find it funny, It's.. it's.. you're too old for her and besides she's my..my..."

"I believe the words your are looking for are 'my assistant'. Josh you're crazy. Yes, I adore Donna, she's a great person, we're friends, we've spent a lot of time bonding over you the last few months. Besides you've both got a thing for each other that you two have denied for way too long. So leave me alone and go talk to her." suggested Leo.

"Leo, I'm sorry. I just saw the two of you asleep and I.."

"Josh, it's OK. Now go away." ordered Leo as he motioned Josh towards the door.

Josh found Donna in his office. She had changed out of his sweats and was flipping through his appointment book while sitting in his chair.

"Hey, Donna. Sleep well?" he asked innocently.

"Yes, I did and by the way Sam was just in here. We had a most interesting conversation. Really Josh, me and Leo, eeww. He's like a favorite uncle or something." teased Donna as she got up to leave.

Josh caught her by the hand as she passed by him. He walked over to the door and closed it. He leaned against the desk and grabbed her other hand too.

"Donna, can we talk about what happened before I left for Oregon?" asked Josh as he felt his cheeks turn red.

"Yeah, I'd like that, but not here, how about I cook you dinner at your place tonight" offered Donna.

"Sounds good" sighed Josh as he pulled her close enough so their foreheads touched. "Donna, tell me we're not crazy for even considering, well, you know."

"We probably are crazy but at least we're crazy together. We have work to do. We'll talk later." she whispered as she kissed him on the forehead.

She walked out of the office and he closed the door behind her, sighing to himself and wondering how he was going to make it through the entire day without kissing her again.

The phone in Leo's office rang as he was sitting down to have something to eat.

"McGarry"

"Leo, it's Margaret. How are things, was Donna able to help you out yesterday." she asked.

"Yeah she helped me and I think in a way I helped her too." He told the whole story to Margaret. She found it to be absolutely hystercial as did Sam who was listening from the doorway.

"Good morning Leo, sleep well?" teased Sam.

"Oh shut up" said Leo as he tossed a bagel at Sam's head.

THE END

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