Father, Brother, Sister, Family
She'd called CJ, hoping that CJ would notify everyone else. But she'd forgotten that CJ couldn't call Toby.
Spoilers: Election Day, Part II
Rating: G
Characters: Toby, Donna
Disclaimer: Aaron Sorkin. Not me. Enough said.
Notes: For Ninefish. A big ol' warning here: This is set around Election Day II, so… forewarned and all that stuff. I wasn't aiming for such a depressing theme, but it was just there in my head and so I wrote it.
"Donna. Finally -- Someone there who's answering their phone," Toby grumbled briskly as soon as Donna answered her phone. "Where the hell is Josh? I know he's probable ten kinds of crazy right about now, but I've been calling his phone every five minutes and he hasn't been answering the damn thing --"
Donna's heart sank. Toby. She hadn't called Toby.
She'd called CJ, hoping that CJ would notify everyone else. But she'd forgotten that CJ couldn't call Toby. That no one at the White House could. And the only person who might have reminded her to call him was standing outside an empty hospital room, too full of grief to do much more than process the most basic of information.
She bowed her head, and concentrated on not crying as she broke the news. "Toby... Leo died."
She heard a sharp intake of breath, then a very soft and gruff, "He… died?"
"It was another heart attack. Annabeth found him," she said quietly.
There was silence for a few moments and then, "Josh?"
"He's taking it pretty hard. I'm taking him back to the hotel now," she told him.
"I… God. Yeah." There was another moment of silence. "Listen, I know none of you are supposed to contact me, but if you could—"
"I'll call you," she promised. "As soon as the arrangements are made. And I'll talk to CJ and make sure your name is on the list. Leo would've… he would have wanted you there. You, CJ, Josh, Sam. You were his family. And he would have wanted you there."
"Thank you, Donna." She heard what sounded suspiciously like a sniffle on the other end of the phone. "And tell Josh… tell him Leo would have been proud. Win or lose, he would have been proud."
She bit her lip and nodded, even though he couldn't see her. "I know. I will."
~End~
Posted by Cassie on 02:23 PM