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MY GUESTBOOK
Sam looks up first, then CJ and Charlie, and then everyone else. You raise your head slightly, but not enough to meet the eyes of the doctor because you don�t want to hate him but you will if he is standing there to tell you that Josh is gone.
�We can�t make you very comfortable here,� the doctor says and you breathe a small sigh of relief�they wouldn�t be worried about making you comfortable if Josh was dead, �and Josh�s procedure is likely to take 12 to 14 hours, so��
The doctor stops talking when Donna enters the room. Your heart stops beating for a second. You can�t believe that you forgot to call her. You�re glad someone did, though. She should be here. Other than Sam she is the person who cares about Josh the most.
�I�m sorry, they told me I should come back here? I�m sorry. Is there word on the President?� Donna asks breathlessly.
CJ is the one who tells her the good news. �The President�s going to be fine.�
�Oh, thank God,� Donna says, letting out a sigh of relief. �Oh, thank God, that�s the best news I�ve ever heard. I got here as fast as I could. I had a hard time getting in. I had-I had to find an agent who knew me, and I was shaking. I was just�I didn�t know��
You want to scream and punch the wall and cry and run away because it is in no way fair that this is happening, nor is it fair that you be the one to tell Donna about Josh. It should be Sam, or Leo, but Leo is back at the White House and Sam is writing something down in his folio, probably the statement that you couldn�t stomach writing, and doing everything possible to avoid eye contact with the young blonde who just said that the President being alright was the best news she ever heard.
�Donna,� you say, waiting until she looks at you before you tell her what she obviously didn�t find out from the news or where ever it was that she heard about the President. �Josh was hit.�
It takes her a minute to dig in, and even then the shock of what you just told her is too much for her to comprehend. You understand that. You can�t comprehend what is happening, what has happened, and you were there. �Hit with what?�
Quick and painless, like ripping off a band-aid, you decide, is the best way to do this. Blunt, to the point, with no room for misinterpretations. �He was shot�in the chest.�
�He�s in surgery right now,� CJ adds, coming to your aid.