"He's being Josh."

"Oh well that's 'cause he is...You know, Josh. Normally your pretty good at handling him."

"Well, I'm a little tipsy which leads to a shortened temper and you saw how he was acting so I left." Sam looked at her a moment longer before shaking his head.

"Well, I'm gonna go put some clothes on." Donnas eyes widened for a second as she realised just what Sam was wearing and sat down on the bed.

"Yeah, you should probably do that." She blushed slightly and tried to look anywhere but at Sam. He smiled again before grabbing some clothes and heading for the bathroom. When he cam out he found Donna watching CNN which was showing footage of the President entering Ted Marcus' house. Looking up she smiled and turned off the TV and stood up.

Sam grabbed his bag and they left the room in silence and headed for the lobby stopping at Donnas room on the way so that she could get her stuff as well. Sam subconsciously grabbed the bigger of Donnas two bags off her as they stepped out of the elevator where they found the rest of the senior staff along with Zoey and Charlie waiting for them.

Josh, as Sam had suspected he would be was glaring at him. He'd have to point out to him later that he and Donna were just friends and that Donnas loyalty was still to Josh. Slowly the group headed to the motorcade where the President was waiting for them. Usually most staffers wanted to ride with the President but tonight none felt that they could handle all the trivia about LA the President must know.

"Come on people, Leos starting to get lonely at the White House by himself!" The President shouted sarcastically. Grabbing CJ, Toby walked towards the Presidents car "If I have to suffer so do you." He said as CJ groaned. Josh gave Sam another glare before climbing into the car after CJ and Toby closing the door behind him. While Donna, Sam, Zoey and Charlie headed for the second car.

The President spent most of the trip to the airport discussing the fundraiser with CJ and Toby while Josh was quite and CJ made a mental note to talk to him later and find out what was wrong.

The second car however, was a lot more cheerful with Sam and Donna still being a little tipsy and Donna retelling how she'd shouted at Josh while Sam, Charlie and Zoey just laughed.

After half an hour the motorcade reached the airport and the group climbed aboard Air Force One. Josh headed to the back of the plane and sat down on his own while the others huddled together and CJ started a game of poker while the President retired to his office to call Leo and the Vice President.

***

Josh was severely pissed. He'd spent the time between Joey telling him she with someone else to the end of the party searching for Donna and Sam until Toby said he's seen them leave together arm in arm. He'd realised something while searching for Donna. He'd been terrified that she'd done something stupid considering how drunk she was and he had come to the realisation that he'd be lost without her, not just on a professional level but a personal one to. Now all he had to do was figure out a way to tell her that he loved her.

***

As it got later the staff all fell asleep and before they knew it Charlie was going around waking them up to prepare for landing. Donna had fallen asleep with her head on Sams shoulder and his arm around her and as they disembarked she was pleased that he kept a hand on her back until they got to the car which would take them to the White House.

She smiled at him slightly at him as he helped her into the car and they sat down. Charlie and Zoey then got in and they sped off towards the White House. As Zoey and Charlie started getting into a debate about something neither Sam or Donna knew anything about he leaned over and whispered in her ear "Would you like to go out for dinner tonight?"

Smiling she nodded. "Pick me up at eight?"

"Sure." They then sat back in silence and watched Zoey and Charlie banter till they reached the White House where they all went their separate ways with Sam giving Donna a hug and promising to see her that night.

She took her time walking back to the West Wing not really looking forward to facing Josh. Now that the alcohol had worn off she was quite embarrassed about shouting at him. The Presidents car had arrived first so it was a pretty safe bet that Josh was already in his office already, so Donna made every detour possible until she had no choice but to enter the West Wing.

Sure enough as soon as she sat down she heard "Donnatella Moss!"