"Is it true?" Sam asked Mallory as they were strolling through the park. The leaves were changing and winter was on its way.
"I don't know, I can't get a straight answer out of Josh and no one seems to have the facts."
"They went out on a date, we know that much."
"Sam, that was a month in a half ago."
"Donna won't give me a straight answer either. In fact she doesn't give me any kind of answer. Do you think they're married?"
Mallory laughed, "No!"
"Do you think that the first date went really bad and now neither of them want to talk about it?"
"I don't know. Josh does seem to get into a mood when ever I pester him about it."
"Hm?"
"Hm, what?" Malloy pulled Sam closer by putting her arm around his waist bring his hip into contact with hers.
"I don't know. You'd think if they did get together they'd tell the world about it."
"We're not exactly screaming it from the rooftops!"
"Okay, but I fly out here almost every weekend, that might be a clue."
"You could move back here," she suggested lightly.
Sam stopped and looked over at Mallory who looked a little surprised at her statement as well. "Really?"
"Or I could move out there," she stated lightly.
"Really?" he asked again.
"I hate that I can't see you when ever I want. Plus you should see my long distance bill and the minutes on my cell phone I use up in like a week."
Sam smiled and kissed her. "We'll work something out."
"Danny, I'm not having carrot cake for my wedding."
"Your wedding? I thought it was our wedding?"
"That's more of an honorary thing."
"You guys like doing that."
C.J. looked over at Danny from her wedding planner. "Women?"
"No, your administration."
C.J. smirked, "Only to a couple of people. Sam mostly, but he isn't there anymore."
"So basically for the wedding I just have to be there."
"Basically. Let me tell you if you mess that up...the wedding night isn't going to be fun for you."
"The wedding night wouldn't be fun for you either."
"Oh, I'd have fun," C.J. said playfully.
"You're evil."
"That's right."
C.J. flipped through her planner as Danny spoke, "Any news on Josh and Donna?"
"Why does Josh's name always get spoken first? Why isn't it Donna and Josh?"
"Is this about changing your last name to Concannon?"
"Claudia Jean Concannon? Plus I'm on television it will get confusing."
"You could hyphen like Courtney Cox Arquette," he suggested.
"Danny, would you change your name?"
Danny looked at her for a moment. "Yes."
"You would change your name to Danny Cregg?"
"Yes, only I'd hyphen Concannon and Cregg."
"Fine, then I'll do it if you do it."
"Any news on Josh and Donna?"
"I don't know are we on the record?"
"No."
"Then, no I haven't. They're not saying much about anything these days. I do notice that Josh often gets out of the office early when ever he can, but that could be to drink himself into a stupor every night for all we know."
"Good point. On the record?"
"The White House doesn't comment on personal relationships."
Danny smiled and pulled C.J. into his lap and kissed her. "You think Danny Concannon-Cregg works for me?"
"It could." She smiled.
"I don't care what your name is, C.J., as long as you're in my arms."
"Charlie!" the President yelled from the Oval Office.
"Yes, sir?"
"How did Norte Dame do last night?"
"It was a massacre, sir."
"We've talked about this, Charlie. You just say they lost."
"It was pretty bad, sir."
"Okay."
Charlie nodded and was about to leave when the President called him back, "Oh and Charlie have we heard anything about Josh and Donna?"
"Sir?"
"They had a date a month or so ago, are they still dating?"
"I don't know, sir."
"Haven't heard anything?"
"I've heard many things. Mostly speculation."
"What do you think is going on between the two of them?"
"Josh isn't talking, sir."
"Okay, but what do you think is going on between them?"
"It's hard to say. He seems like the same Josh to me, I would think that if he and Donna were together that he would be strutting around here more than he already does."
"You don't think Josh could keep a secret if he wanted to."
"I'm sure he can, but I think this one would be pretty hard for him to keep."
"Sam thinks they're married?"
"Yes, Mr. President."
"Is there a pool?"
"I'm sorry, sir?"
"Don't play dumb with me, Charlie. There's a pool isn't there?"
"Yes, sir."
"Well?"
"Fifty bucks, for or against."
"I'm for! I bet they're together."
"Yes, sir. I'll tell Toby."
"What does Toby think?"
"Toby says he doesn't care."
"Where's his money sitting?"
Charlie smiled. "For."
The President grinned. "That's all, Charlie."
"Thank you, sir."
"Well I gave him the ring like a month ago to give back to her and if no one has seen a ring on her finger then maybe they're not together," Andi was sitting on Toby's table with her legs crossed.
Toby was leaning back his chair throwing his ball against the wall. "Most people expect Josh to be strutting around and cocky if he is with Donna, but I tend to disagree. See Donna is different from the Joey Lucas's and the Amy Gardners of Josh's life. I think that if he and Donna are together they're keeping it themselves so they can enjoy it before friends, family and the media can stick their noses in it."
"Toby that's you, not Josh," she argued.
"I'm only going to say this once and I will never admit it in public, but Josh and I are a lot more alike then anyone realizes."
Andi smirked, "That's a scary thought."
"Tell me about it."
"So when are they going to tell the world that they're together?"
"How should I know?"
"You know that they're together!"
"I don't not, Andrea, I guess that they're together."
"You sounded pretty positive."
"Is there anyway out of this conversation?"
"You coming over tonight?"
"I was planning on it."
"You want to stay after we put the kids to sleep. We could talk for a while."
"About what?"
"Nothing, just talk."
Toby smiled, "Yeah, okay."
"I've heard they've been spotted at a couple of restaurants and near a Tiffany's," Margaret spoke quietly to the other assistants surrounding the coffee stand.
Ginger scoffed, "That doesn't mean anything."
"They're friends, we all know that and now that they don't work together they're probably just spending time together," Bonnie continued.
"Don't you think if there was something going on one of them would've let it slip by now?" Carol asked.
"Wouldn't we see a difference in the way they act?" Kathy suggested.
"I don't know, I kind of figured it Josh and Donna ever got together they would still be Josh and Donna," Nancy inputted.
"I think they're acting far to calm for nothing to be up," Debbie said casually.
"We all know Josh Lyman's I-just-got-laid swagger and I haven't seen it," Ginger said.
Carol replied, "Yeah but this is Donna not some skank like Amy."
Charlie interrupted, "Okay, Ladies, enough chit chat are you in or are you out?"
"Agent Casper is here to see you," Margaret entered Leo's office.
"Yeah, send him in please."
A few moments later Agent Casper came through the door his arms behind his back. He stood stiffly in front of the Chief of Staff's office. "Hey, Mike, how's it going?"
"Good, sir."
"Call me Leo."
"Yes, sir."
"What have you found out?"
"Our intelligence hasn't been able to find much. We know that after Gaza there has been a lot of tension."
"I could've gotten that from my own intelligence, Mike, but Margaret has actual sightings. Can you confirm that Josh and Donna are dating?"
"No, sir."
"Mike, I've got fifty bucks riding on this."
"I'm sorry, sir, but there just isn't much to go on."
"You're the FBI, Casper!"
"Yes, sir. Have you thought about just asking, sir?"
Leo glared at the younger man. "Did you ask?"
"Yes, but he didn't answer. But you're his boss you could order him. Have the President order him, sir."
"Do you have money on his, Mike?"
"Yes, sir."
"Are you for or against?"
"I'm against, but mostly it's just wishful thinking. I wish I would've asked Donna out years ago."
Leo chuckled. "You're excused, Agent Casper."
"Thank you, sir."
"This is a brilliant plan. They won't suspect a thing."
"Jed, you really are incorrigible. Why doesn't everyone just let the poor couple be?"
"Do you know something, Abbey?"
The First Lady looked over at the President. "No, but if I did I wouldn't tell."
"That's because you've got fifty bucks in the pot too. I balance the check book to relax remember?"
"Yes, Jed, but you still don't know which way I went."
"That's an excellent point, but let's just hope one of us is right or we loose an hundred bucks," replied Bartlett as he tugged his sweatshirt over his head.
"Mom?" Zoey's voice echoed through the residence.
"We're here!" Abbey called back.
Zoey entered the bedroom a few minutes later. "You do know that guests are arriving any minute?" she asked looking at her mother standing in a robe.
"I know, dear, I was just about to go change. Keep your father busy so he doesn't go into the kitchen and bother the chef."
Zoey kissed her mother on the cheek. "Okay." She kissed her father. "Hi, Dad."
"How's school, sweetheart?"
"I graduated."
"That's right, so what are you doing now?"
"I'm working at a business in New Hampshire, Dad. You know that?"
"I know."
"Is Charlie coming tonight?"
"I believe so, yes. He was invited anyway."
"How much money do you and Mom have riding on this little farce?"
"Farce? This is a dinner to enjoy the company of all of our friends."
"This is a dinner to find out if Donna and Josh finally got together or not."
"We see you once a month now, how do you possibly know what's going on around here?"
"I have my ways." Zoey glanced at her watch. "We should get down stairs, people should be here soon."
Nearly a half and hour later almost everyone was there. They were milling around the common area chatting animatedly and laughing. When Josh walked into the room there was deadening silence that filled the room. Josh cautiously crept into the room looking behind him to make sure that it was him that everyone was staring at. He walked up to Sam who was the closest.
"Why is everyone staring at me?"
"It's a thing we do every time some one walks in," he replied. "Did you come alone?"
"I came from the office, was I supposed to pick someone up between my office and the residence?"
Sam looked slightly disappointed but replied, "No."
The room filled with noise once again. About three minutes later Donna came into the room and the room filled with silence once again. She quietly and quickly milled over to the group of assistants near her.
"What's going on?"
"Nothing, it's a thing we do when someone new walks into the room," Margaret replied.
"Oh. Why?"
Ginger shrugged her shoulders. "We're not sure."
The evening continued and just before dinner was served Donna and Josh had ended up in the middle of the room from mingling from one group to another.
"Hi," Donna smiled casually.
"Hello." He stuffed his hands into his pants pockets as they started their conversation.
Slowly each conversation died and everyone was watching them carefully for any sign that would give them away one way or another.
Josh stopped in mid-sentence when he realized that he was the only one in the room talking. They looked around the room and noticed everyone was staring at them.
"Okay what is going on?" Josh yelled.
Everyone stared at the ground as if they were ashamed.
"Are you married?" Sam squeaked.
Donna turned and looked at him. "Is who married?"
"You and Josh," Mallory responded.
"That's what all of this is about?" Josh asked.
"Not so much about the married part," C.J. said.
"We just want to know if you guys finally got together," Danny finished.
"No one can seem to get a straight answer." Margaret stated.
"You all act like there is money riding on this," Josh interjected.
Everyone's eyes drifted to the floor again.
Donna scolded, "You all should be ashamed of yourselves."
"How much?"
"Fifty dollar," Charlie replied.
"What's the bet?" Donna asked.
"Whether you're together or not." Toby was leaning against the wall looking slightly guilty but mostly amused.
Donna looked over at the President. "Are you in on this too, sir?"
"I'm for if that's any consolation."
"You had to have a fake dinner to find out if we were together or not?" Josh seemed completely flabbergasted.
"What did you think we would come in holding hands and whispering sweet nothings into each other's ear?" Donna smirked.
"Oh, come on, you guys are the hottest will-they-won't-they couple since Ross and Rachel," Zoey chimed in
"Can we move this along, I'm hungry!" Toby shouted.
"Well, are you going to tell us?" Leo asked.
"We're going to talk in the hallway, we'll be right back." Josh and Donna moved casually out into the hallway without looking at each other or touching each other. They closed the door and everyone waited for them to return.
"I knew it! Everyone was acting far too fishy!" Donna whispered.
Josh reached out and grabbed Donna around the waist and pulled her to him. "It's been like forty-five minutes and I missed you way too much. That little time in my office wasn't enough. We should've just not shown up." Josh started kissing down her neck.
Donna started to giggle as he tickled her a little. "I can't believe they bet money on us. You'd think these people would be too busy to worry about whether we're together or not."
"Should we tell them?"
"I don't know, I kind of want to torture them now."
"Are we ready to tell the world that we're a couple?" Donna's fingers were lightly brushing up and down against the back of his neck. "I don't know if we can keep finding reasons to come out here and make out like teenagers." She kissed his neck and his jaw lightly.
Josh growled and pulled her tightly against him and assaulted her mouth with his. A few moments later Josh froze. Donna pulled away and looked at him. "What?"
"I don't think it matters anymore." Donna followed his gaze to the doorway they had exited. Sam and Toby were standing on either side of the doors holding them open while all the guests gaped at them.
There was a loud thunder of applause and cheers and a few growls of those who had lost their money.
Josh cleared his throat still holding Donna to him, "Ladies and Gentlemen, we have an announcement."
"I don't know, I can't get a straight answer out of Josh and no one seems to have the facts."
"They went out on a date, we know that much."
"Sam, that was a month in a half ago."
"Donna won't give me a straight answer either. In fact she doesn't give me any kind of answer. Do you think they're married?"
Mallory laughed, "No!"
"Do you think that the first date went really bad and now neither of them want to talk about it?"
"I don't know. Josh does seem to get into a mood when ever I pester him about it."
"Hm?"
"Hm, what?" Malloy pulled Sam closer by putting her arm around his waist bring his hip into contact with hers.
"I don't know. You'd think if they did get together they'd tell the world about it."
"We're not exactly screaming it from the rooftops!"
"Okay, but I fly out here almost every weekend, that might be a clue."
"You could move back here," she suggested lightly.
Sam stopped and looked over at Mallory who looked a little surprised at her statement as well. "Really?"
"Or I could move out there," she stated lightly.
"Really?" he asked again.
"I hate that I can't see you when ever I want. Plus you should see my long distance bill and the minutes on my cell phone I use up in like a week."
Sam smiled and kissed her. "We'll work something out."
"Danny, I'm not having carrot cake for my wedding."
"Your wedding? I thought it was our wedding?"
"That's more of an honorary thing."
"You guys like doing that."
C.J. looked over at Danny from her wedding planner. "Women?"
"No, your administration."
C.J. smirked, "Only to a couple of people. Sam mostly, but he isn't there anymore."
"So basically for the wedding I just have to be there."
"Basically. Let me tell you if you mess that up...the wedding night isn't going to be fun for you."
"The wedding night wouldn't be fun for you either."
"Oh, I'd have fun," C.J. said playfully.
"You're evil."
"That's right."
C.J. flipped through her planner as Danny spoke, "Any news on Josh and Donna?"
"Why does Josh's name always get spoken first? Why isn't it Donna and Josh?"
"Is this about changing your last name to Concannon?"
"Claudia Jean Concannon? Plus I'm on television it will get confusing."
"You could hyphen like Courtney Cox Arquette," he suggested.
"Danny, would you change your name?"
Danny looked at her for a moment. "Yes."
"You would change your name to Danny Cregg?"
"Yes, only I'd hyphen Concannon and Cregg."
"Fine, then I'll do it if you do it."
"Any news on Josh and Donna?"
"I don't know are we on the record?"
"No."
"Then, no I haven't. They're not saying much about anything these days. I do notice that Josh often gets out of the office early when ever he can, but that could be to drink himself into a stupor every night for all we know."
"Good point. On the record?"
"The White House doesn't comment on personal relationships."
Danny smiled and pulled C.J. into his lap and kissed her. "You think Danny Concannon-Cregg works for me?"
"It could." She smiled.
"I don't care what your name is, C.J., as long as you're in my arms."
"Charlie!" the President yelled from the Oval Office.
"Yes, sir?"
"How did Norte Dame do last night?"
"It was a massacre, sir."
"We've talked about this, Charlie. You just say they lost."
"It was pretty bad, sir."
"Okay."
Charlie nodded and was about to leave when the President called him back, "Oh and Charlie have we heard anything about Josh and Donna?"
"Sir?"
"They had a date a month or so ago, are they still dating?"
"I don't know, sir."
"Haven't heard anything?"
"I've heard many things. Mostly speculation."
"What do you think is going on between the two of them?"
"Josh isn't talking, sir."
"Okay, but what do you think is going on between them?"
"It's hard to say. He seems like the same Josh to me, I would think that if he and Donna were together that he would be strutting around here more than he already does."
"You don't think Josh could keep a secret if he wanted to."
"I'm sure he can, but I think this one would be pretty hard for him to keep."
"Sam thinks they're married?"
"Yes, Mr. President."
"Is there a pool?"
"I'm sorry, sir?"
"Don't play dumb with me, Charlie. There's a pool isn't there?"
"Yes, sir."
"Well?"
"Fifty bucks, for or against."
"I'm for! I bet they're together."
"Yes, sir. I'll tell Toby."
"What does Toby think?"
"Toby says he doesn't care."
"Where's his money sitting?"
Charlie smiled. "For."
The President grinned. "That's all, Charlie."
"Thank you, sir."
"Well I gave him the ring like a month ago to give back to her and if no one has seen a ring on her finger then maybe they're not together," Andi was sitting on Toby's table with her legs crossed.
Toby was leaning back his chair throwing his ball against the wall. "Most people expect Josh to be strutting around and cocky if he is with Donna, but I tend to disagree. See Donna is different from the Joey Lucas's and the Amy Gardners of Josh's life. I think that if he and Donna are together they're keeping it themselves so they can enjoy it before friends, family and the media can stick their noses in it."
"Toby that's you, not Josh," she argued.
"I'm only going to say this once and I will never admit it in public, but Josh and I are a lot more alike then anyone realizes."
Andi smirked, "That's a scary thought."
"Tell me about it."
"So when are they going to tell the world that they're together?"
"How should I know?"
"You know that they're together!"
"I don't not, Andrea, I guess that they're together."
"You sounded pretty positive."
"Is there anyway out of this conversation?"
"You coming over tonight?"
"I was planning on it."
"You want to stay after we put the kids to sleep. We could talk for a while."
"About what?"
"Nothing, just talk."
Toby smiled, "Yeah, okay."
"I've heard they've been spotted at a couple of restaurants and near a Tiffany's," Margaret spoke quietly to the other assistants surrounding the coffee stand.
Ginger scoffed, "That doesn't mean anything."
"They're friends, we all know that and now that they don't work together they're probably just spending time together," Bonnie continued.
"Don't you think if there was something going on one of them would've let it slip by now?" Carol asked.
"Wouldn't we see a difference in the way they act?" Kathy suggested.
"I don't know, I kind of figured it Josh and Donna ever got together they would still be Josh and Donna," Nancy inputted.
"I think they're acting far to calm for nothing to be up," Debbie said casually.
"We all know Josh Lyman's I-just-got-laid swagger and I haven't seen it," Ginger said.
Carol replied, "Yeah but this is Donna not some skank like Amy."
Charlie interrupted, "Okay, Ladies, enough chit chat are you in or are you out?"
"Agent Casper is here to see you," Margaret entered Leo's office.
"Yeah, send him in please."
A few moments later Agent Casper came through the door his arms behind his back. He stood stiffly in front of the Chief of Staff's office. "Hey, Mike, how's it going?"
"Good, sir."
"Call me Leo."
"Yes, sir."
"What have you found out?"
"Our intelligence hasn't been able to find much. We know that after Gaza there has been a lot of tension."
"I could've gotten that from my own intelligence, Mike, but Margaret has actual sightings. Can you confirm that Josh and Donna are dating?"
"No, sir."
"Mike, I've got fifty bucks riding on this."
"I'm sorry, sir, but there just isn't much to go on."
"You're the FBI, Casper!"
"Yes, sir. Have you thought about just asking, sir?"
Leo glared at the younger man. "Did you ask?"
"Yes, but he didn't answer. But you're his boss you could order him. Have the President order him, sir."
"Do you have money on his, Mike?"
"Yes, sir."
"Are you for or against?"
"I'm against, but mostly it's just wishful thinking. I wish I would've asked Donna out years ago."
Leo chuckled. "You're excused, Agent Casper."
"Thank you, sir."
"This is a brilliant plan. They won't suspect a thing."
"Jed, you really are incorrigible. Why doesn't everyone just let the poor couple be?"
"Do you know something, Abbey?"
The First Lady looked over at the President. "No, but if I did I wouldn't tell."
"That's because you've got fifty bucks in the pot too. I balance the check book to relax remember?"
"Yes, Jed, but you still don't know which way I went."
"That's an excellent point, but let's just hope one of us is right or we loose an hundred bucks," replied Bartlett as he tugged his sweatshirt over his head.
"Mom?" Zoey's voice echoed through the residence.
"We're here!" Abbey called back.
Zoey entered the bedroom a few minutes later. "You do know that guests are arriving any minute?" she asked looking at her mother standing in a robe.
"I know, dear, I was just about to go change. Keep your father busy so he doesn't go into the kitchen and bother the chef."
Zoey kissed her mother on the cheek. "Okay." She kissed her father. "Hi, Dad."
"How's school, sweetheart?"
"I graduated."
"That's right, so what are you doing now?"
"I'm working at a business in New Hampshire, Dad. You know that?"
"I know."
"Is Charlie coming tonight?"
"I believe so, yes. He was invited anyway."
"How much money do you and Mom have riding on this little farce?"
"Farce? This is a dinner to enjoy the company of all of our friends."
"This is a dinner to find out if Donna and Josh finally got together or not."
"We see you once a month now, how do you possibly know what's going on around here?"
"I have my ways." Zoey glanced at her watch. "We should get down stairs, people should be here soon."
Nearly a half and hour later almost everyone was there. They were milling around the common area chatting animatedly and laughing. When Josh walked into the room there was deadening silence that filled the room. Josh cautiously crept into the room looking behind him to make sure that it was him that everyone was staring at. He walked up to Sam who was the closest.
"Why is everyone staring at me?"
"It's a thing we do every time some one walks in," he replied. "Did you come alone?"
"I came from the office, was I supposed to pick someone up between my office and the residence?"
Sam looked slightly disappointed but replied, "No."
The room filled with noise once again. About three minutes later Donna came into the room and the room filled with silence once again. She quietly and quickly milled over to the group of assistants near her.
"What's going on?"
"Nothing, it's a thing we do when someone new walks into the room," Margaret replied.
"Oh. Why?"
Ginger shrugged her shoulders. "We're not sure."
The evening continued and just before dinner was served Donna and Josh had ended up in the middle of the room from mingling from one group to another.
"Hi," Donna smiled casually.
"Hello." He stuffed his hands into his pants pockets as they started their conversation.
Slowly each conversation died and everyone was watching them carefully for any sign that would give them away one way or another.
Josh stopped in mid-sentence when he realized that he was the only one in the room talking. They looked around the room and noticed everyone was staring at them.
"Okay what is going on?" Josh yelled.
Everyone stared at the ground as if they were ashamed.
"Are you married?" Sam squeaked.
Donna turned and looked at him. "Is who married?"
"You and Josh," Mallory responded.
"That's what all of this is about?" Josh asked.
"Not so much about the married part," C.J. said.
"We just want to know if you guys finally got together," Danny finished.
"No one can seem to get a straight answer." Margaret stated.
"You all act like there is money riding on this," Josh interjected.
Everyone's eyes drifted to the floor again.
Donna scolded, "You all should be ashamed of yourselves."
"How much?"
"Fifty dollar," Charlie replied.
"What's the bet?" Donna asked.
"Whether you're together or not." Toby was leaning against the wall looking slightly guilty but mostly amused.
Donna looked over at the President. "Are you in on this too, sir?"
"I'm for if that's any consolation."
"You had to have a fake dinner to find out if we were together or not?" Josh seemed completely flabbergasted.
"What did you think we would come in holding hands and whispering sweet nothings into each other's ear?" Donna smirked.
"Oh, come on, you guys are the hottest will-they-won't-they couple since Ross and Rachel," Zoey chimed in
"Can we move this along, I'm hungry!" Toby shouted.
"Well, are you going to tell us?" Leo asked.
"We're going to talk in the hallway, we'll be right back." Josh and Donna moved casually out into the hallway without looking at each other or touching each other. They closed the door and everyone waited for them to return.
"I knew it! Everyone was acting far too fishy!" Donna whispered.
Josh reached out and grabbed Donna around the waist and pulled her to him. "It's been like forty-five minutes and I missed you way too much. That little time in my office wasn't enough. We should've just not shown up." Josh started kissing down her neck.
Donna started to giggle as he tickled her a little. "I can't believe they bet money on us. You'd think these people would be too busy to worry about whether we're together or not."
"Should we tell them?"
"I don't know, I kind of want to torture them now."
"Are we ready to tell the world that we're a couple?" Donna's fingers were lightly brushing up and down against the back of his neck. "I don't know if we can keep finding reasons to come out here and make out like teenagers." She kissed his neck and his jaw lightly.
Josh growled and pulled her tightly against him and assaulted her mouth with his. A few moments later Josh froze. Donna pulled away and looked at him. "What?"
"I don't think it matters anymore." Donna followed his gaze to the doorway they had exited. Sam and Toby were standing on either side of the doors holding them open while all the guests gaped at them.
There was a loud thunder of applause and cheers and a few growls of those who had lost their money.
Josh cleared his throat still holding Donna to him, "Ladies and Gentlemen, we have an announcement."