As the end of the day came near, Lou and Annabeth set themselves up for the special briefing which would be held later that afternoon.
When Sam found out about what they were doing, he said, "I can't believe you're actually announcing their engagement. I mean, they've been engaged for less than two days, and you're already going public with it."
"The press has a right to know, Sam," Lou replied, "I mean, this is probably a first in White House history, the Chiefs of Staff becoming engaged. This is news."
"And, who knows what will happen with this," said Annabeth, "By the time we come in tomorrow, there could be some good things happening with this sort of announcement."
"Yeah, and how would you know about communications, Mr. Smarty-Pain-in-My-butt?" Lou asked Sam, getting kind of snippy.
"I was the Deputy Communications Director under President Bartlet," said Sam, with an "I told you so" attitude.
"Come on, Lou. Time to finish our preparations," said Annabeth, "Have a good night, Sam."
"Same to you," he replied
As Lou and Annabeth were heading toward the press room, Lou kept thinking to herself, "What made you think you could be such a smart-ass toward the Deputy Chief of Staff. He has worked in this place before." Lou started to shake these thoughts off as she and Annabeth entered the press room.