On the other hand, he thought it was probably no worse than what she would say if he left it till tomorrow. Grabbing his jacket he turned off the lights and headed towards the parking lot.

***

As Donna predicted by the time she got home she had 45 minutes to get ready and now with only 30 minutes to go, she stood in front of her wardrobe with Olivia her room mate, trying to decide what to wear.

"I like the blue dress. It's sexy." Olivia said flopping down on to Donnas bed. "Plus I can put your hair in a French twist and it'll look great."

Frowning Donna looked over at her room mate. "You don't think it's a little over the top just for dinner."

"Nope. It'll be perfect. Do you know where he'd taking you?"

"I don't have a clue but knowing Sam it'll be somewhere up market."

Olivia, who had met Sam, CJ and Josh on several occasions agreed. "Come on, if I'm gonna do your hair we'd better start now."

Donna did as she was told and sat down on the floor in front of Olivia before beginning to speak. "You know Josh is still mad at me over leaving the party with Sam. He didn't speak to me all day unless he had to."

Rolling her eyes, Olivia replied "He's just jealous because you're showing a concern for someone other than him…and you stood up to him, that by the way, I'm proud of you for." Smiling slightly Donna took a sip of the white wine which Olivia had poured out for her earlier and thought for a minute.

"What do I do about him?"

"Nothing for now. Forget about him, go out with Sam and have a good time." Both women stood up when they heard a knock at the front door. "Sams early."

Olivia made her way to the door while Donna hastily pulled on her dress but stopped when she heard her room mate say "Josh." Her brow furrowed in confusion she finished dressing and walked out into the lunge where Josh was stood looking at his feet.

"Josh, what are you doing here?"

Looking up Josh holding out to her the yellow rose which he had picked up from a florist on his way from the White House to her apartment. "I came to apologise for acting like a complete jerk today… I guess I was just a bit jealous of you spending so much time over the last couple of days with Sam."

Donna smiled slightly and took the rose from Josh and turning to Olivia "Could you put this in some water for me?" Taking the hint Olivia took the rose and went into the kitchen leaving Josh and Donna alone. "You know I am allowed to have friends other than you right? I don't control who you see and you shouldn't try to control who I see."

Joshs head jerked up slightly and looked at her "Your seeing Sam?" Shrugging Donna sat down. "I might decide to, I'm going to dinner with him tonight and I like him." Nodding slightly Josh indicated to the door.

"I should probably go, you need to finish getting ready." He walked over the door and opened it before turning back to her "Hey, have a good time tonight." Donna smiled at him again before he closed the door behind him and walked down the stairs and Donna went back to getting ready for her date with Sam.

***

Sam arrived 20 minutes after Josh left and Donna was ready and waiting. He took her to a small Italian restaurant near to where he lived where they enjoyed the food, wine and each others company before Sam gave Donna a lift home and they sat up talking and drinking coffee on her sofa. They talked about pretty much everything before the subject turned to Josh.

"He came to visit me earlier and apologised for the way he's been acting and I told him I was going out with you tonight and he said he was okay about it." Sam smiled and heaved a sigh of relief he really liked to Donna and would have hated it if his best friend were against the relationship, thank god he wasn't.

Sam moved put his coffee cup down and moved closer to her and asked "So… It would probably be okay for me to kiss you?" Donna smiled slightly and leaned towards him

"I think so." The kiss was soft and over far too soon for Donna so she leaned forward again and engaged him in another kiss, this one much more passionate than the last. After a few minutes they reluctantly pulled away from each other and Sam got up to leave.

"It's pretty late and I haven't slept since we were on the plane so I should get home." Donna nodded slightly and opened the door for him.

"I'll see you tomorrow." Sam lightly brushed his lips against hers and before Donna could respond he was gone. Closing the door, she sank against it and closed her eyes before running into Olivia's room and bouncing on the bed. "Olivia wake up!"

Rubbing her eyes Olivia sat up and turned on the light, "Donna, what are you doing in here?" Donna stopped bouncing on the bed and sat down with her feet curled under her.

"I had a great time tonight. We talked for hours and about 10 minutes ago he gave me the most amazing kiss!"

"Donna sweetie, I'm really happy for you but would it be possible for me to get exited about this at a time when it isn't the middle of the night?"

Laughing Donna stood up before replying "Sure, I have to be up in three hours so I should get some sleep. I'll give you all the details tomorrow." Nodding Olivia turned the light off and lay back down again. "Now go away! I want to sleep."

Closing the door Donna went into her own room and got ready for bed and set the alarm to go off at 6am that morning before getting into bed and shutting off the light. Donna went to sleep thinking that night thinking about Sam and what she hoped would be their future together.