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Lovers And Bets By Kandra Carter Grayson Summary: The rest of the White House reacts to Josh and Donna’s new relationship. Disclaimer: All West Wing characters mentioned in this story belong to Aaron Sorkin, the genius behind the best show on television.
"Actually, Mr. President, I believe it is time for the big announcement. So, Josh, Donna, the floor is all yours." All eyes turned to Josh and Donna, and for the first time, Sam noticed they were holding hands. "Don’t even tell me that the two of you finally realized-?" "Okay, Sam, we won’t. And Leo, if you wouldn’t mind, we’d like to wait for Charlie." As if on cue, Charlie walked back in to the room with a posterboard covered by a blanket. Setting it in the usual position, Charlie then walked back to his position by the door. "Good. Donna?" Josh extended his hand and helped Donna up. Walking over to the posterboard, Josh and Donna stood next to it. "I’ve always wondered what this little board was. Every time I get dismissed from a meeting before everyone else does, I see Charlie bring the board in. Something tells me, it has something to do with the announcement Donna and I have to make. So, shall we see what it is?" Pulling back the blanket, the staff’s secret was reveled. There, on the posterboard, was a list of everyone on the staff’s names with dates next to them. "Well, well, well, what do we have here?" "Operation Josh and Donna? Honestly, don’t you think that you could have come up with a better name than that?! Donna, who do you think won?" "Well, let’s see. CJ had December, Toby had June, Sam had October, Leo had April, Charlie had March, The President had January and Dr. Bartlet had November. So, since it’s November, it looks like Dr. Bartlet wins the money, right Josh?" "Right Donna." At this, Josh pulled Donna to him and gave her a kiss. The rest of the staff sat there in shock. Finally, CJ broke the silence. "How did you know about our bet?" "Well, next time you tell Cathy something, Sam, make sure you tell her not to tell me. As soon as she found out you guys were betting on when Josh and I would get together, she made sure that I knew. She wanted me to try and make it happened in your month. " Jed spoke, causing everyone in the room to look at him. "Well, at least my money isn’t going anywhere different than it usually does. Josh, Donna, congratulations. I can’t wait until we have the Rose Garden Wedding. Now, everyone, back to work." "Thank you sir. Come on Donna, we have work to do." Josh and Donna walked out of the oval office while everyone else stayed, thinking about what they had just witnessed. "When did that happen?!!!" All eyes turned to Sam as he began to react to Josh and Donna’s announcement. "Why didn’t he tell me? I’m his best friend and he didn’t even tell me!" "Sam, calm down. It only happened on Friday." Everyone turned to Leo. "You knew?" CJ asked. "Well yes, I did find out on Friday and ordered them to tell everyone today." "How did you find out?" Toby asked. "And why did you know before me?" Sam wasstill upset. "I found out when I was reading the report Josh wrote, the same report that I distributed to you a few minutes ago. And I can’t wait until Josh realizes that I copied both sides of page three." Leo got up and walked into his office while everyone turned to the back of page three. "Josh and Donna forever?" "Josh loves Donna?" "Josh and Donna Lyman?" "He gave this to Leo? CJ, Sam, are you sure that you didn’t know anything about this?" "I know I didn’t. I just hope that Danny doesn’t get a hold of this story. He’ll write a great article about how the Deputy Chief of Staff is sleeping with his assistant." "Hey, that reminds me. We have our bet, you know the one just the three of us made, to settle still. I’m sure I can get Josh to tell me the answer. I’ll talk to you later, CJ, Toby." Sam got up and headed towards Josh’s office, ready to find out who would win the other bet. --------------------------------------------- "Josh? Can I talk to you for a minute?" Josh looked up from his desk to see Sam standing in the doorway. "Of course Sam. Come on in. Shut the door." Sam shut the door then sat down in front of Josh’s desk. "Why didn’t you tell me?" Josh sighed, leaning back in his chair. "It just happened Friday night Sam. When we were working late on Thursday I overheard something she was singing and then it all just clicked in my mind that now was the time to tell her. And then Friday, I asked her to have dinner with me that night so that we could talk about this thing we have. And then, I spent all weekend with her, so I didn’t have a chance to call you. What did you expect? Me to wait until she fell asleep then sneak out of bed and call you?" "So you slept with her?" This was the information Sam needed. The outcome of their other bet depended on when Josh slept with Donna. End of Part Two
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