Ms Sarah Paulson

Award Season

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So between the last chapter and this one nothing would have really been going on so I just decided to skip to awards season because there would have been nothing really happening other then you and Sarah at home, going on dated etc which I think would have been a little boring to read over and over again so I apologies if anyone would have read tat but I thought this would be more exiting so this is what I'm doing.

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It was the evening of the Emmy's, me and Sarah had now been dating for 9 months. I had never been to an event this like this before, let alone this big. Sarah had been nominated for an award which  I prayed she would win because obviously she deserves it. Sarah's driver would  be taking us today in  a different car just like usual when we go out into crowded public areas together. I was so nervous for the awards because it was the first time me and Sarah were properly going in public together. We obviously announced our relationship to the cast, then onto twitter. As soon as we came out in a relationship there were many news stories which were mostly positive, some negative but we worked through them together. There were many though days where I would accidently read a foul report and we would just sit and cry about it together. I had completely forgot to tell Carol and (y/f/n) but they quickly picked up after seeing rumors on titter then the big announcement. Sarah had me and her have the same stylist her name was Karla. Her and Sarah were already so close so she thought if we both had Karla it would be much easier for her and for me. It was about 5:45pm in the afternoon meaning we were waiting for Sarah's driver to pick us up. The awards started at around 8pm so we were getting there early to have a few drinks before we got seated for the awards to be announced. Sarah saw the black car pull up just outside her house when she picked up her purse. "You ready?" She asked me grabbing my hand for reassuming which brought me back to reality as my head was a bit all over the place. I didn't answer Sarah just instead just looked down at me feet. My palms were getting sweaty, I could feel it and so could Sarah. "Hey, hey what's wrong baby?" Sarah said while coming in front of me crouching down a little to come face to face with me now holding onto both of my hands. Just seeing her brought be comfort. She leaned forward giving me a small peck. "It's going to be okay remember, just breathe and if at any point after the awards are announced you feel uncomfortable just let me know and we can come home after staying at the party after. I know this is scary for you but I'm here with you so there's nothing to worry about." I gave Sarah a hug and whispered in her ear. "I'm sorry." She pulled away from the hug and cupped my cheeks. "Hey, don't say that, there's no need for you to be sorry, it's not your fault, okay?" "Okay." I whispered back to Sarah when before I said "We should get going now, cars waiting." "Oh yes." She replied gripping her arm round my waist, it made me feel safe. With that we both walked out the door and to the car, getting into our seats and buckling in. We held each other tight for the rest of the journey.

We were in the car for just over an hour before we arrived at the venue. My breathing had calmed over the journey but when I realized we were near to our destination it started to speed up again. Sarah soon noticed that I was getting panicked again she had a 6th sense for these kind of things. We could sense when things were wrong with each other which came in handy because we could communicate without speaking. By now Sarah knew me well and took her phone and head phones out of her bag and putting our favorite song on. She plugged the headphones in and gave herself one and me the other. It was our song, it calmed me down and she knew that. We sat in silence listening to the music before it came to an end. I looked over at Sarah handing her phone back to mouthing a thank you as I did so. I held onto her hand giving it a light squeeze to show her that I was ready. We sat in the car until the driver came round and opened the door for us. This is either the best day or the worst day of my life I thought to myself...

Upon exiting the car we were lead onto a red carpet which lead into the building where the event would be held. We were bombarded with people, paparazzi snapping photos, people yelling our names (Sarah's name most specifically) asking us if we were in a relationship, and how we felt about the news reports and what people were saying about us and our age gap and all things like that. I tried to block most of it and just followed Sarah's lead inside the building. We were only out for 2 minutes and I was already getting overwhelmed. We made it past everyone and to the end of the carpet inside the main building. We were both a bit struck by the amount of people and paparazzi since I hadn't been to an event this big before and Sarah hadn't really been in an projects since the pandemic ended because the ones that aired during obviously had no red carpet premiere. Once we had arrived inside Sarah once again held my wrist tighter than before to let me know that it would be okay. We made our way towards the bar and got ourselves a glass of red wine each noting too strong. We walked around crowds of people who Sarah all knew, she introduced me to some of her friends who were also attending the event who I had never met before. Time passed pretty quickly and then all of a sudden it was about 8pm and the awards were about to start. Sarah obviously knew her way round as she had been here before having previously won an Emmy in 2016 for her amazing portrayal as Marcia Clark in American Crime Story: The People VS Oj Simpson. Although Sarah knew where we had to go w still followed the crowd who slowly made their way in to the main awards ceremony hall. Me and Sarah were both situated relatively near to the front considering she had been nominated so it would be easier for her to reach the stage if she won. We both took our seats my hand interlocked with Sarah's the entire time. We had to wait a while for everyone else to pile in and take their seats. I reassured Sarah who was now the one becoming nervous with the whole stage thing was and talking in front of people as herself and not as a character. I promised her it would all be okay and if she won she would do an amazing job.

The hall filled up after about 20 minutes and the awards started. We were there for about an hour before Sarah's category was called, it was one of the last ones but I didn't mind waiting if it meant Sarah had one. The host of the category walked on stage and gave a small speech about how amazing all the actors and actresses in this category were. My heart began to race as they read out the names of the nominees, my leg bouncing up and down and my left hand gripping onto Sarah's as tight as it could and the right wrapped around the arm of the chair. Then I heard the announcement "And the Emmy goes to..."

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Bit longer than initially planned so I'm going to write a part 2 called The award goes to... So hopefully I will get that written soon and it will be uploaded in a few hours, but anyway I hope your enjoying this story and will stick with me until the end.