"Josh." Donna said standing in his office doorway.

"Hey, what are you still doing here?" He asked checking his watch it was almost 11.

"I was playing Trivial Pursuits with the President." Donna replied. "What are you stilling doing here?"

"Just some paperwork, after I spent the day hard-balling Congress."

"Speaking of Congress." Donna said. "Do you know... how many people in the House and Senate total?"

"538." Josh supplied automatically.

"Do you know somewhere where we'd fit say 1080 people for a sit down dinner, if the President and Leo tag along?" Donna asked.

"You want to throw a dinner for 1080 people?" Josh was a little confused.

"The First Lady and I thought we would invite the members of the House and Senate and their wives, husbands, girlfriends, boyfriends, dates whatever, and the President and Leo to dinner to bring awareness to the child homelessness issue. Do you have any suggestions where we could fit that number of people?"

"First of all, why? Second of all they won't all come."

"We're being bipartisan; this issue is bigger than whether they are Republicans, Democrats, or Independents. Children are our future and we want them safe and secure. As for the fact they won't all come, we'll invite them anyway and if they don't want to come we'll be forced to unfortunately leak the list to Capitol Beat or ABC or one of the other networks."

"You know this is going to be an uphill battle and take forever to organise right?" Josh asked. "The protocol involved. You know how much effort it takes for a Bipartisan pancake breakfast."

"Josh how long have I worked in this building?"

"As long as I have." Josh conceded.

"They can sit alphabetically by state if they have to; this is a bigger issue, than whether we can agree on something we've already agreed on. Now can you think of anywhere?"

"You'll have to leave someone absent in case they blow the venue up."

"Why do you think you're not invited or the joint chiefs? The line of succession will still be in place. Besides I know not everyone is going to come. Someone will be around to govern."

"Rent a giant big top." Josh suggested.

"What?"

"You know like a circus tent, it will be big enough to hold enough tables for everyone and it's a childhood theme."

"That could work. Can I borrow a pen?" Donna asked. Josh held one out to her and she scribbled a note to herself.

"Donna are you sure about this?"

"Mrs Bartlett thinks it's a great idea." Donna replied, "And the President agrees with her, unless he was thinking of bombing somewhere."

"You ran this by the President?" Josh questioned.

"Mrs Bartlett called while I was with the President; any important calls were being forward to Charlie. The President made me take it on speaker phone."

"I see."

"It's been a long day I have a huge dinner to organise tomorrow. So what do you say we get out of here and go and get some Chinese food?" Donna proposed.

"Can you give me ten minutes to finish this?" Josh asked.

"Just ten minutes, I have to run back to my office anyway." Donna agreed.

"Other than huge political feats are you doing anything interesting?"

"Trying to arrange a time for Leo's present to be delivered."

"You know he's going to freak out about that."

"It's not your traditional present I'll grant you but it works. Ten minutes."

"Charlie." The President called once Donna had left.

"Yes Mr President."

"Tell me why we never invite the whole of the House and Senate over."

"It's too many people and half of them are Republicans?" Charlie offered.

"That's what I thought." The President replied.

"Why did you ask sir?"

"Donna is arranging for my wife to invite them to a dinner in support of child homelessness."

"That's going to cost a lot sir."

"First thing in the morning find her some way to help her come up with a way to get everyone to donate their services. Catering, location, band, tables whatever she needs. Keep this free."

"Me sir?"

"You can have whoever you need to help you."

"Yes sir."

"And that's it for today I'm going to bed."

"Yes sir."

TBC