�Republican Senate,� I shot back.
Josh wasn�t deterred, not that I had expected him to be. �Moveable.�
�Conceivably,� I admitted. I knew that there was very little that Josh Lyman couldn�t do when he set his mind to it and managed to stay focused.
�I almost lost, though. You know. You should appreciate the shot.�
�I can�t do it.�
�It can�t just be the money,� Josh said.
I had to give him that. I didn�t care about the money. I�ve never been that guy. I could retire happy right now if I wanted to, though I�m not sure I�m exactly the type who retires period, let alone at the age of thirty eight. �There�s my love life.�
�That�s a moveable feast,� Josh said, rolling his eyes.
It took a lot for me to refrain from comparing �feasts� with him�even with all the grief it caused me my one-time thing with Laurie did far less damage to the Presidency than Josh�s �relationship� with Amy Gardner. �Not entirely,� I said. �I�m getting married.� I had called him, or, rather, his apartment, after it became official�he�s still my best friend and I will, eventually, need a best man, once the actual planning of the wedding begins�but I am not entirely sure that Josh has even been back to his apartment since the campaign started.
�Well, I�ve heard it before.�
�Nice!�
�I mean� congratulations, is what I mean,� Josh fumbled.
It was time for a little misdirection. �What about your life?� I asked. There was a pause and I rolled my eyes. �What was I thinking?�
�I�ve been somewhat busy,� Josh said more than a little defensively. Obviously his lack of a personal life has become somewhat of a sore point for Josh. I filed that away for future reference.
�That explains the��
Josh frowned. �The what?�
�Your general�� I trailed off, trying to be tactful in my phrasing.
�What? It�s the hairline, isn�t it?� Josh asked.
�It�s retreated,� I agreed.
Dragging his fingers through his hair Josh returned fire. �It�s routed. Like Napoleon out of Moscow.� The reference screamed �Donna� but I didn�t want to get tangled up in the web that is the saga of �Josh and Donna�.
�There�s also a pallor issue,� I pointed out.
�You live in melanoma central. Healthy glow turns out to be oxymoronic.�