Tequila Shots

Completed: 9/20/05

Rated: PG

Summary: Drabble based on spec for S7 premier

He’s surprised when she walks into his office. He hasn’t seen her since after the convention. Since the tequila shots.

She pours two more. “Give me another reason.”

He thinks. “It’s not fun without you.”

They drink and she pours again. “That’s my favorite so far.”

“And you’re val…” he stumbles over the word. “Valuable. And smart, and…beautiful… and… tall.”

“I am tall,” she says, drinking her shot.

“We need tall people.”

“You do?”

He nods and drinks. “Absolutely.”

“Hey, what’s up?”

She shrugs, bites her lip nervously.

“Donna?”

“I’m tall,” she blurts out.

He smiles. “We need tall people.”