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MY GUESTBOOK
Since day one I�ve been worried about Josh hurting Donna; we were all worried about that, actually.  I knew early on that her feelings for him were genuine, deep and true.  I also knew early on that Josh was attracted to Donna and that he got jealous when she dated other men�though he vehemently denied feeling any kind of jealousy, instead confessing that he did everything in his power to sabotage her dates and declaring that her relationships weren�t going to go anywhere simply because he said so�but it wasn�t until he called me from Germany that I knew he loved her as deeply as she loved him.  Ever since that tearful phone call I�ve been worried about Donna hurting Josh.  Because somewhere along the way Donna worked herself so deeply into Josh�s heart that I think it would quite literally kill him if she were to leave him.  And not quickly, either.  It would be a slow, painful death, and there would be nothing anyone could do except watch Josh suffer.

Thankfully I know that Donna wants to make their relationship work as much as Josh does, so I don�t allow myself to worry.

�She�ll be there, Josh,� I promised.  I had spoken to Donna while I was on my way over to Josh�s place and, other than being a little bit frustrated with the short time Josh had given her to get things ready to leave, she was thrilled by the thought of going on vacation with Josh.  �You�re finally taking her to Hawaii, after all,� I added with a reassuring pat on the back.

Josh nodded.  �Right,� he said softly.  He looked at me.  �I love her, Sam.  In all the crazy ways that make me want to do things like� like buy her a house or� I don�t even know what.�

�Take a vacation while the President-Elect is trying to both change and save the world at the same time?� I offered as I pushed him out the door and locked it behind us.

�Exactly,� Josh nodded.  He sighed heavily.  �I don�t know what I�ll do if I screw this up,� he confessed.

�Josh, you�d have to try pretty hard to screw things up with Donna.  Just remember that she�s not your assistant, she�s the woman you love, and you�ll be fine.�

�Easier said than done.  I spent the better part of the last decade trying to do the exact opposite,� Josh groaned.

�Then this should be easy.  You won�t have to work at feeling what you should be feeling,� I said as I steered Josh down to the car I had rented when I arrived in DC.  I don�t think Josh really followed the wording of my encouragement, but I�m almost positive he understood the sentiment behind them, which is all that mattered.  Josh stopped worrying about Donna not showing up�though I was regretting advising him to give her ticket to her, even if it did give them both an extra half hour to get ready to leave�and he even managed to stop worrying about screwing up his relationship with Donna.

Or, at least he stopped vocalizing his worries.

To be perfectly honest, that was good enough for me.
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