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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…
7:10. 7:25. 7:40. 8:00. Donna was sitting at her desk, staring at the clock, waiting for Josh to finish with the report Leo had ordered to be on his desk by morning. Of course, Leo had to wait until they were ready to leave at 6:30 to tell them he needed it by morning. 'Maybe this is the way it's meant to be. Maybe we aren't supposed to be anything more than assistant and Deputy Chief of Staff.' "Hey Josh, I'm gonna go get a drink from the cafeteria. Do you want anything?" Josh looked up to see Donna standing in the doorway. Luckily, she had done all the research for the report ahead of time. Now it was just taking him forever to write it. "Sure. Donna, I'm really sorry about this. I didn't mean for tonight to be this way." "It's okay Josh. We can always have dinner another night." "Yes we can. But when we're done here, I want to have our conversation. You just pick where we have it." "Are you sure? I mean it could be pretty late before we get out of here." "Donna, I'm almost done. Trust me, we'll have plenty of time to talk, and to continue that thing we started earlier in this office." With that, Josh looked back down at the paper while Donna headed towards the cafeteria. 'Why can't I just leave already? I mean, I've been done with the report since 7:15, and I can't seem to get up the courage to actually have this conversation with Donna. But, since I just told her we're having it, I guess I'll be ready to leave when she gets back from the cafeteria. ------------------------------------------------------- 'We always get interrupted. Every time that we've ever tried to begin something like this, someone comes into his office or the phone rings or there's some sort of a crisis. And now, it's a damn report. I just hope that we can get out of here soon. Especially since he said we'll be continuing that thing we started earlier.' Donna was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't see Leo standing in front of her and walked right into him. "Oh Leo! I'm sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going." "Donna, it's alright. You getting ready to leave? Josh just put the report on my desk." 'He did? I didn't think he was that close to being done!' "Yeah, I just wanted a drink from the cafeteria. I'll see you tomorrow Leo." "Tomorrow's Saturday Donna. Tell Josh I ordered you to take the weekend off. Both of you. You've been working too hard." "I will Leo. Good night." Donna practically ran back to her desk. There, she found Josh sitting in her chair, with her coat in his hands, waiting patiently for her to come. Hearing her walk up, Josh got up and helped her put her coat on. "I'm finish-." "I know. I just ran into Leo. Literally." "You weren't watching where you were going were you?" "No, I wasn't. And I didn't mean to walk into the back of him! It was an accident." "Well, if you say so. Where are we going?" "I don't know. Where do you think we should go?" "My apartment." "Oh." "Is that okay?" "Why wouldn't it be?" "Well, we could go back to your apartment if you wanted to." "No, my roommate's there. I don't want you to waste your time yelling at the cats." "Well, my place it is then."
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