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This Woman Needs By Kandra Carter Grayson Summary: Josh overhears Donna singing along to her Discman during a late night at work, and begins to realize that she might be trying to tell him something… Author's Note: I forgot to mention in part one that the song Donna was singing along to is "This Woman Needs" by SHeDAISY.
"Donna, nice to see that you made it into work this morning." Donna looked up to see Josh and Leo standing at the end of her desk. Judging by the look on Josh's face, he knew she had read the card. "Yes Leo, I apologize for being late, but there was an accident in front of me, and I didn't anticipate a traffic jam like that when I left this morning." "Just try to be here on time Donna. Josh was nervous during the meeting because he was worried about you. Have a good day. I'll talk to you later Josh." Leo turned and walked away. Josh and Donna stared at each other for a moment, before Josh turned away and walked into his office. Donna got up to follow him, but Josh closed the door behind him, a signal to leave him alone for a minute. Donna sat back down at her desk, wondering what she was going to say to him when she went in that office. --------------- 'She read the note. Oh God, she read the note. I saw it laying there on her desk, open. I could tell that she read it. What she must think of me now? This is going to ruin everything between us. She'll want to transfer so that she doesn't have to be near me, and then I'll lose everything because she is everything to me.' Josh was sitting at his desk, trying to figure what the look on Donna's face had meant, when there was a knock at the door. Not even waiting for him to say come in, Donna walked through the door. Josh immediately sat up straight, and looked at her. "Josh, I have something to say, and you are going to listen and not respond until I am finished." 'Oh god, she's gonna say no. She's gonna file sexual harassment charges against me, and I'll be finished in every sense of the word.' "Your note was one of the nicest things that anyone has ever written me before. And, with the honesty of your note, I feel that there is no other way for me to respond but just as honestly. No, I wasn't singing along to that song to get you to realize what you feel for me. I was singing along to get up the courage to tell you how I feel about you. But, I think that we should wait until dinner tonight to tell each other how we feel. I don't feel that your office is the appropriate place to be talking about this. So, yes, I will have dinner with you tonight. There, I said it. I'll leave now." Josh was sitting there in shock. That had been the complete opposite from what he expected. He didn't realize he hadn't said anything until Donna was almost out the door. "Donna? Can you stay in here for a minute?" Josh got up and walked over to her, closing the door so they could keep their privacy. "I think that your idea of us talking over dinner is a good idea. But if I don't do what I'm about to do right now, you're not going to be able to keep my hands off of you at dinner tonight." Donna looked up to see Josh smiling at her, and she smiled as they leaned in close to each other and shared their first kiss. A brief, gentle kiss soon turned into a deep, passionate kiss. A kiss that would have gone on much longer than it did if there hadn't been a knock at the door. "Mr. Lyman? Are you in there? It's time for our meeting." Josh and Donna reluctantly separated, knowing they had to get back to work. After a quick check to see if any of Donna's lipstick was on his face, they opened the door, Donna heading back to her desk. "Of course Senator. Please come in. Oh, and Donna, schedule that appointment for seven o'clock tonight. I'd like to get out of here as early as possible." Donna smiled at him from her desk and turned to schedule in dinner as Josh closed the door to his office.
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