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I look around, co for the room to erupt with questions

“Is it all over between you and Fiona?”

“Are you retiring?”

I don’t knohat kind of drugs these people are taking, but it —what the actual fuck?

“Everyone, shut the fuck up,” I say into the mic, and they all fall silent at once, as if I’ve suddenly turned into Satan hiht now I’ pissed

“As you all know, I’m in a relationship with a woman by the name of Fiona Barnett,” I start, and they all seem to lean forward in expectation as I drop her name “I don’t know the reason why—nor do I care—but it see up on her She’s the best person I know, and you’ve decided to ruin her life just because you et a spike in audiences and a raise Well, that stops thisheavily in the air, allowing theot a proble after Fiona, I can pro to have a problem A serious one”

They all stare at me ide eyes, afraid to even ness; now that they’re standing right in front of me, they don’t dare defy me

“One , since you’ve all turned into football experts overnight and decided thatdownhill, I have oneto win this year’s Super Bowl That trophy isto be a foro and meet the woman I love”

With that, I just walk past the dumbfounded press and make my way out of the conference room My shoes click across the floor, and the silence is so deep you could hear a pin drop Yeah, I think these assholes learned their place, once and for all

I go straight to the parking lot, a sine and pull out fro as loudly asI pull into New York’s traffic onemy way don

When I get to Fiona’s building, she’s already standing at the entrance, tears in her eyes She runs up to et out of the car, she falls into my arms

“You asshole,” she cries, “couldn’t you've told ht”

“Oh, a little suspense never hurt anyone,” I grin, and then pull her intoto say it, but I love you And no way in hell a or anyone to step between us”

“I love you too,” she whispers, looking in my eyes Her face is a perfect portrait of happiness, and she looks just as beautiful as when I first saw her I closeit happen in ain: that touchdown pass, her voice in the crowd, her beautiful face… She was just a stranger a thousands but, in that moment, I knew I couldn’t just let her walk away

And I didn’t