Hi, this is my first Newsroom fanfic. I love the show and Will/Mac.

English is not my mother tongue, and even though I consider myself pretty good at English, I apologize for any mistake you may find. If you do find them, please point them out so I can correct them. Thank you!

Please, know that reviews are the only payment I get in return (and they would make my day).

Now, I'll let you read. :)

Mackenzie Morgan McHale had never been good at living in the real world.

Sure, she was the executive producer of NewsNight 2.0 and had reported more than her fair share of real news. But when it came to relationships, especially concerning Will, she tended to think that it all came down to Fate and Destiny.

Fate had put Brian Brenner on her path so she would learn that such a man would never be deserving of her love. Destiny had given her Will McAvoy so she could experience what it felt like to be truly loved.

But, Mackenzie, being the independent woman that she was, had gotten scared. Will was the first and only boyfriend to ever meet her parents. He was also the only one who had asked her to move in with him. It was all going so well. For the first sixteen months of their relationship, they were blissfully happy. Of course, they argued a lot about the show they were doing at the time, but that's because it's the way they are : fighting for what they believe in.

Sixteen months into the relationship, and even though she was happy, Mackenzie couldn't shake this feeling that it was too good to be true. Not that Will had given any indication that he was getting tired of her, but nonetheless she was worried. Will was a famous anchor and there was always a lot of women around him, trying to snatch him away from her.

One night, when Will was away (those were the nights she hated most), fear got the better part of her. She was drinking alone in their apartment (well, mostly Will's) and started to think about him meeting someone else, someone younger and more beautiful than herself. Mackenzie was a beautiful woman, Will often said so himself, but she was nothing compare to the tall top models that Will attracted. That's how she managed to convince herself that Will would, sooner or later, leave her for someone new. And that's also how she ended up starting her four-months affair with her ex.

Brian really had a shitty timing according to her (according to him, he probably got very lucky) because that was the night he chose to call her back, after two years of total absence. So, when she picked up her phone, absolutely convinced that her relationship with Will was doom to fail, she decided to go ahead and screw everything up.

She slept with Brian for four months, not most of the nights, but still.

Two months after she ended her affair, she thought Will was going to propose. Yeah, because it turned out her fear was unfounded, Will didn't give a damn about top models with no brains. He only wanted her. When she realised that, it made everything she had done even much worse than before. Because she had finally understood that she loved Will more than anything, and she should have fought for him instead of accepting defeat. Mackenzie had felt really bad, not only was she guilty of cheating on Will, but she knew she couldn't keep lying to him. She also knew that her admission would mean the End.

It turned out she was right about that.

Will had been so furious, he couldn't comprehend why she had cheated on him. He had done everything in his power to make her happy, to show her how much he loved her, and she had stabbed him in the back. He hadn't let her explain. He had thrown her out of the apartment, telling her that he never wanted to see her again. After that, Mackenzie had spend that fateful night wandering in the street of New York. She had ended up on a bench in Central Park, and had cried until there was no more tear to shed.

Mackenzie still remembered that night as if it was yesterday.

She had been back from the Middle East for 19 months now, and was the EP of NewsNight. When she was embedded, she had realised she had met Will because of Destiny. Surely, if you manage to meet the one person in the world that makes you whole, destiny must be involved. The world is so huge and full of people that higher powers must be conspiring to make you meet your soulmate. Or else, it would be impossible to find true love.

That's what Mackenzie thought anyway. Destiny made her meet Will, but it wasn't Destiny that had taken him away. She had been the one to destroy everything.

After three years without Will, two of those spent in the Middle East where she saw things that would forever haunt her, she had decided to come home. The first year back at ACN had been difficult, but she hadn't given up. Not this time. She had given Will time to get used to her again, she had taken every punishment he had thrown at her.

For the past 6 months, since she had learnt that Will had left her the message, things were going better. They were colleagues, EP/anchor, even friends. She was finally at a point where things were looking up. Will and her were meant to be, and she was given a second chance at true love. That was the conclusion Mackenzie had reached yesterday night (Friday, November 18th, 2011). So she spent her weekend going shopping with Sloan, having Sunday's lunch with Jim and talking to Will on the phone at 2 p.m.

She was blissfully unaware that Monday morning Fate would crush her hopes of "happily ever after" and punish her once and for all.

Tell me, is it worth continuing ?