After
tonight part 1.
By Clare
This
is my fist Sam/Donna West Wing fic. It starts during the 20 hours in LA
fundraiser just after Josh sees Joey after that I’ve pretty much rewrote that
episode. So enjoy and remember feedback makes me write faster.
Donna
sighed and downed the rest of her glass of champagne. Josh had told her to stop
drinking just before he'd gone off to flirt with Joey Lucas. It wasn't fair
she'd concluded. Here she was all dressed up for him and the only time he'd
paid any attention to her was when she'd been momentarily star struck by David
Hasselhoff. Oh well, at the least the champagne was still flowing she thought
as she set off in search of another glass.
***
He
couldn't believe it. He hadn't seen or heard from Lisa since he'd joined the
Bartlets presidential campaign, yet there she was across the room hanging off
the arm of her soap star fiancée who he couldn't remember what show he was in
let alone his name. Sam had always let people believe the reason Lisa had left
him was the campaign in truth she'd left him at the alter for an actor and in
Sams opinion, a bad one at that. So that's how he came to be sitting at a bar
on his fourth whisky and still not feeling the least bit happy.
"Champagne
please." Sam looked across at the leggy blonde and it took a moment for
his blurred vision to clear long enough for him to see it was Donna.
"Hey
Donnatella." She looked at Sam who looked about as bad as she felt. She
smiled at the barman before accepting her drink and sitting down on the stool
next to Sam.
"Only
Josh is allowed to call me that." She chided softy and Sam didn't miss the
sadness that he saw I her eyes when she said Joshs name. He watched as she took
a gulp from her drink before asking "What's he done now?" And
swallowing some of his own drink which he was now starting to feel a little
giddy from after drinking all four drinks in such quick succession. Donna
sighed again before answering.
"He's
off flirting with Joey Lucas." She thought quickly that maybe telling
Joshs best friend that she was upset by this was probably a bad idea but the
thought disappeared quickly as she took another mouthful of champagne. Sam had
now finished his and motioned for another and waited for Donna to continue.
"I got all dressed up tonight and he didn't even notice.
He
took a moment to take in Donnas appearance. She wore a simple black dress that
reached her knees and contrasted nicely with her now slightly tanned alabaster
skin. "Well in my opinion you look gorgeous." He smiled at her again
before asking "Yu feel like dancing?"
Donna
looked at him surprised. Sam had never been much of a dancer. The few dances
he'd been forced into over that years balls had resulted in severe injury to
his partners feet. No one ever danced with Sam Seaborn twice.
"No.
I think I'll pass. But I do want ice cream. You wanna go find an ice cream
parlor?" She downed the rest of her drink before standing up and swaying
slightly. "Sure, why not." He to finished his drink and stood
offering Donna his arm and together they left the party.
***
"...and
then I just sorta... fell." Donna dissolved into giggles as Sam finished
telling how he'd fallen off a boat while talking to a major player in the
Democratic Party, who the Bartlet campaign had been desperate to get money out
of. Which sufficed to say they didn't get.
"Okay
Donna? It really wasn't THAT funny...Donna? Yeah, okay, fine. Have a laugh at
my expense." Sam looked down at his half melted chocolate ice cream then
chanced a look at Donnas face. Then he too started laughing. Once they'd calmed
down Donna took a bite of her coconut ice cream and saw Sam staring at her.
"What?"
Sam
shook his head before replying, "Nothing. Come on it's after one, We've
got to catch a plane in 2 hours." Both finished their ice cream before
rising from the steps they were sat on and headed back in the direction of the
hotel. "Sam?"
"Yeah?"
"Why
were you so miserable tonight?" Sam took a deep breath before answering.
"My
ex- fiancée was there with her new guy and it just threw me a bit that's
all." Donna stopped walking and turned looking him in the eye.
"Lisa?" Sam just nodded. "That sucks. During the primaries when
we all went to Wisconsin? I saw my ex with the girl he was cheating on me
with."
"Doctor
Free ride? Josh never mentioned it."
"I
never told him. Both he and CJ had this protective thing already going on and
they probably would have beaten him senseless...Not that I'd would have minded
but it might have looked bad you know? Press secretary and Chief of staff of
the Bartlet campaign attack un armed doctor." She finished with a little
laugh and they continued to walk back to the hotel in silence until they reached
the lobby where they found Josh waiting for them.
"Where
the hell did you two go! I've been looking everywhere!" Donna rolled her
eyes and walked strait past him heading for the desk where she grabbed her key
card. "Sam and I went for ice cream." The two men followed her Into
the elevator and Sam had to hold back a smirk as Josh carried on. "I was
worried sick about you Donnatella, No one knew where you'd gone and Margaret
made me promise to keep you out of the way of strange men!"
"Okay
Josh? First your not my mother, second since you looked around and realized Sam
was gone to then you should have been able to figure out I was with him and
there for not with strange men and by the way, I know that's just you talking
and not Margaret." Donna finished her little rant and stepped out of the
elevator and stopped by her door. "Now, have you both packed?" Sam
and Josh nodded sensing that assistant Donna was now in charge.
"I've
just gotta shower and change my suit so I'm gonna go back to my room. I'll meet
you guys in an hour in the lobby. See ya later." Sam walked into his room
and then closed the door. He'd surprised him self by having such a great time
with Donna and hoped that it wasn't just the alcohol talking and that maybe
they could go out again when they got home. He smiled to himself and headed for
the shower.
Mean
while, Donna had discovered that when Josh said he had packed, he had in fact
put all his clothes on the bed and left it for Donna to do, so instead of being
able to take a shower like she wanted to, there she was having had to change
quickly and now she was packing Joshs clothes which considering that they were
there for under 24 hours, he had way to many of. While Josh continued to rant
about her leaving the party until she snapped.
"For
gods sake Josh! You were busy with Joey and you really don't need me to hold
your hand for that! I was bored, Sam was bored and I wanted ice cream so we
left. And now you can finish your own damn packing!" With that she walked
out and slammed the door leaving Josh open mouthed while she headed for Sam's
room.
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