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Donna knocked on the door to one of the rooms she had only visited once before. The door opened a moment later and Donna smiled at Zoey who was looking every bit the college student in well-worn jeans and a Georgetown tee shirt. �I figured that it would be easier to entertain here in Annie�s room,� Zoey said as she ushered Donna and Meredith in.
�Good plan,� Donna said. �Zoey, this is Meredith Kassin. Meredith, this is Zoey Bartlet.�
�It�s nice to meet you,� Meredith said shyly.
�Don�t be shy,� Zoey said.
�She�s a little nervous. Her grandfather watches political shows religiously so she�s grown up on the story of your family,� Donna explained.
�Why don�t you go pick out a game for us to play? There are some of my niece�s games over there in the closet,� Zoey said to Meredith. Meredith looked up at Donna, asking for permission, and the blonde nodded and released the girl�s hand. Once Meredith was out of earshot Zoey�s expression grew grave. �What�s going on tonight? Charlie said my dad was in the Situation Room all day and now he�s called the staff back to work. What are we looking at?�
Donna sighed heavily. �I wish to god I knew, Zoey. Josh paged me and Sam and I came in. I haven�t seen anyone yet and Josh didn�t say why we were being pulled in. I don�t want Meredith to worry, though. She�s got enough going on right now.�
Zoey nodded. �How�s her mother?�
�When Sam left she was still drifting in and out of consciousness. More out than in. The doctors are waiting for her to level out before they start sedating her. She has to stay immobile and they�re worried that she�ll come to and set back what little healing has already happened,� Donna said. She looked over at Meredith who was looking at the stack of board games with a critical eye. �I don�t know how much Meredith knows.�
�Okay. Light topics only,� Zoey nodded. �Has she had dinner? I was going to get the chef to whip something up ahead of time but I didn�t know what she liked or if she�d had dinner yet or anything so I held off.�
�My next job is ordering pizza for the entire staff. I�ll send one up here, too,� Donna said.
�No anchovies,� Zoey said.
Donna smiled. �Meredith calls them the �little icky fish things�.�
�We�re gonna get along just fine,� Zoey decided with a smile. �I should let you get out of here. Josh is probably about to blow a gasket.�