Another Alternative Ending for War Crimes, #307

NB: for this to make sense, you need to first read Series 2, post ep 10 - Noel - cut scene and possibly also http://donnamoss.blogspot.com/2009/08/noel.html

Josh and Donna are waiting together for Cliff to return with Donna's diary. It's cold. It's tense.

DONNA: (nervously breaking the silence) You didn't, you know...
JOSH: Read it?
DONNA: Yeah.
JOSH: (sad and shocked that she would think that) Donna...
DONNA: (embarrassed, not looking at him) Of course not. Sorry. I shouldn't have asked, it's just...
JOSH: (quietly, after a pause) I've read your diary before.
DONNA: (slightly panicky) When?
JOSH: At the hospital...
DONNA: Oh Josh, that was...
JOSH: What?
DONNA: You know. Heat of the moment stuff.
JOSH (disappointed) Oh. So you didn’t mean it.
DONNA: Well...
JOSH: (smiling triumphantly) Of course you meant it.
DONNA: Josh, we can’t...
JOSH: I know. We can’t go there. Just... maybe... Come here...

He wraps his arms around her.

JOSH: Maybe I could hold you for a while?

She doesn't object, and they sit, embracing, for a while.

DONNA: (breaking the embrace to look at him) Josh?
JOSH: Yeah?
DONNA: The holding each other thing didn’t work out so well in When Harry Met Sally, did it?
JOSH: Well, that depends how you look at it. I think it ended very well.

They look tenderly at each other and smile. Donna rests her head on Josh's shoulder and he puts his arm around her.