by Alex Wolf
Pedro yells into the mic, “Cole Miller, my best friend, my coach! Get your ass in here!”
The place loses their minds when Cole walks through the gate. He turns and waves to the crowd. My cousins and their wives and fiancées are all staring right at me, smiling their asses off.
What’s that all about? Why aren’t they watching Pedro?
Something is weird about this situation, but I shrug it off and cheer even louder. Pedro gives Cole the biggest bear hug I’ve ever seen and Cole hugs Bill the same way. The announcer is standing there, unsure what to do because Pedro still has the microphone.
Pedro stares right at Cole, holds the mic to his mouth, and says, “You know what to do.” Cole takes the mic and Pedro looks right at me and smiles.
Okay, this shit is getting awkward.
Cole has the microphone and just says, “Chicago!”
The whole arena goes insane again.
He points at Pedro and says, “Pedro!”
Loud cheers again.
He gulps, and says, “I love you, man. You make me so proud, and thanks for giving me this opportunity.”
Uhh, what opportunity? My palms start to sweat.
“Chicago, there’s a special woman in this crowd tonight, and I need you to get her in here for me.”
I don’t even know what’s happening, but there are giant security guys clearing a path for me to walk in there.
“Her name is Harlow Collins and I need all of you to help me out with something real quick.”
I look around, dumbfounded. What the hell is going on right now? Is this real?
“Ma’am, can you follow us?”
I follow them and walk up into the octagon, over to Cole.
Cole looks right at me but speaks into the microphone. “Chicago, I love this woman more than anything in the world.”
Holy. Shit. Is he about to…
Cole drops to a knee before I can finish the thought.
I start to tremble and look around, and I can see my cousins and everyone staring right at me. I look back to Cole. He’s shaking as he reaches into his pocket and pulls out a little black box, then opens it up. There’s a gorgeous diamond solitaire, and the setting is all black. It’s the most beautiful ring I’ve ever seen in my life.
“Harlow, I love you so much.”
My hands go to my mouth and I don’t know if I can keep it together. There are cameras all around, and holy shit, my proposal is probably going to end up on Sportscenter tonight.
“You’re everything to me. I went through most of my life alone.” Cole sniffs. “And I never knew what it was like to have someone else in my life, until I had you. I will do whatever it takes. I will walk through fire to the ends of the earth for you. I just want you. There’s nothing in life I want more. Will you marry me?”
I look down at him and my eyes start to water. I nod my head vigorously. “Yes, of course yes!”
I don’t think anyone else could hear me, and Cole holds the microphone to his mouth and says, “She said yes!”
The whole place gets even louder than it was before. It’s a deafening roar.
Cole puts the ring on my finger, then picks me up and twirls me around, our mouths fused together as camera flashes go off from every angle. It’s perfect. This whole night is perfect.
He finally puts me down and I dive into Pedro and wrap my arms around him. “I’m so damn proud of you.”
“Thanks, sister.”
My heart swells even more. I give Bill a big hug too.
He whispers, “You keep that boy’s ass in line.”
I nod. “I will. I promise.”
Him and Pedro both say, “Congratulations,” at the same time.
Before I know what’s happened, I’m next to Cole, and my cousins and everyone are in the ring with us. I keep looking around, trying to see if he’s here, but I don’t know if he is or not.
“Looking for someone?” Cole grins and backs out of the way.
My dad is standing there, beaming.
I rush into him and nearly crush his ribs. “Dad!”
“I’m so happy for you, sweetie.”
When I let go, Cole shakes his hand then turns to me and says, “Yes, I asked him first. I’m not a dummy.”
Dad laughs and nods. “I made him work for it, trust me.”
“Good!” I rush into Cole’s arms again.
After another hug he puts me down and I turn around. His mom is standing there.
“Thanks for coming, Mom.” He walks over and gives her a hug.
She still looks apprehensive, like she doesn’t feel like she belongs here. I walk over and give her a hug too.
“Congratulations, both of you.” She keeps looking around. “This place is pretty crazy. I umm, I watched some of your fights a few years ago, on TV. But I’ve never…”
“Really?” says Cole.
“Yeah.” She mumbles, “I may have screamed at the TV a little loud.”
Cole laughs, then gives her another hug. “I’m glad you’re here.”
“I didn’t want to miss this.” It’s all she says, and a tear slides down her cheek. “I wanted to be there at least once for you.”
“Why don’t you come to dinner with us, to celebrate?”
Cole’s eyes dart to mine like did you really just ask her that?
I look at him. “Is that okay?”
He huffs out a surprised gasp. “Yeah, that’s okay with me.”
“O-okay,” his mom says. “Well, I’ll get out of your way and let you two do your thing.”
Cole scoops me up in his arms, bridal style, and carries me out of the ring. Never in my life did I think a man would carry me like this, let alone that I’d ever even get married, but here we are.
I got my own fairytale ending, and I wouldn’t change it for the world.
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