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"You may know him as Ben from the show neighbors or Cooper from happy together or Marcus from his recent project Ginny and Georgia..."

Felix turns to me, "you ready? We're about to go on." I nod my head yes, he looks down at my hands shaking slightly in my lap and raises an eyebrow.

I sigh in defeat, "okay, yes, I'm a little nervous. It's just what if-" he grabs my hands, holding them in his slightly larger ones. "What have I told you about the what if's? We're gonna be fine okay? I love you and nobody will change that" he brings my hands up to his lips.

"Please welcome Felix Mallard and a very special guest" she winks. Felix gets up from the couch, stretching his hand out to me, I look up at him, he gives a smile and I take his hand, knowing I'm not alone no matter what happens next.

The audience claps and cheers as soon as Felix and I step into their view. With my hand in his, we walk across the room to get to the interviewer who's seated opposite a couch. "Felix! Welcome to the show, how are you doing?" the interviewer whose name is apparently Louisa grins.

"I'm doing good. Yeah, really good" he glances at me during the last part and I fight the urge to smile. "Right, I'm sure we all want to know who our special guest next to you is, don't we guys?" Louisa addresses the audience and they scream a reply.

"Yeah, definitely. This is my girlfriend, Y/n" Felix turns to me with a smile, intertwining our fingers and keeping our hands in his lap. The audience reacts in different ways, some gasp, some cheer and some don't even bother reacting out loud.

Louisa looks down at the papers in her hand and then back up at us. "How did you guys meet?"

Felix encourages me to answer the question with a look in his eyes. Taking a deep breath I answer her question "we met a charity event my school organized." Felix backs me up, "I used to joke around with my family that it was love at first sight but, I don't think it's a joke anymore..." he turns to me with a smile as butterflies swarm my stomach.

"Y/n, you mentioned school, are you in college?" Louisa asks and I almost freeze but I nod, "yeah, studying y/m." She almost looks impressed but follows up with another question.

"Our sources tell us you're 18. Is that true?"

I see Felix's eyes narrow, wondering what she's trying to get at. "Yeah, that's true. I'm 18" I reply, her head tilts slightly "and you don't find it strange dating a man who's five years older than you?"

The audience watches intently, almost as if they're hoping I say the wrong thing but at this point I'm not sure what the wrong thing to say would be.

"No, I don't." A simple reply that has her turning to Felix. "You're 23 and she's 18. She's young enough to be your younger sister and you don't mind that? I mean, she just got into college, don't you find that a little strange?"

The audience makes noise behind her and I hear sounds of agreement. "Actually, Y/n got into college early, she's in her third year. And to answer your question, no, I don't mind the age gap." Felix answers, choosing his words carefully.

"You're not worried that she may be with you for your money or your fame? Why else would an eighteen year old be with a man five years older than she is?" Louisa scoffs and I tense when the audience lets out a bunch of 'yeahs'.

"I would really appreciate it if you could respect my girlfriend and our relationship. I thought love was just love but apparently that doesn't apply to my relationship because of a few years??" Felix snaps, his fingers tighten their hold around mine.

Louisa looks shocked, almost like she wasn't expecting his reaction. "L-looks like that's all we have time for. T-thanks for coming. Felix Mallard everybody!" he glares at her before giving her a fake smile.

"Who do they think they are? Judging you or our relationship because we're five years apart?!" he fumes when we're back in his dressing room.

"What if we can't do it? What if we're not meant to be together and they're all right. I-" I panic as tears threaten to fall down my cheeks. "Hey, no. Stop that, look at me" he kneels in front of me, cupping my cheeks, forcing me to look him in the eye.

"I love you. I love you so much I can't even explain it you. They know nothing about our relationship, nothing. The five years have nothing on us baby. Nobody else's opinions but ours matters to our relationship. I want you and I'm pretty sure I'll always want you" His eyes search mine as he wipes away stray tears on my cheeks, "do you- do you still want to be with me? I get it if you don't to, you're young, you probably don't want to be tied down and-"

I cut him off with a finger to his lips. "Of course I still want to be with you. I love you and I'm so incredibly blessed to have you in my life, I found the love most people spend their lives searching for at 18 and I don't- I just don't want you to regret dating someone younger than you when everyone is telling you you're making a mistake..."

"Those people aren't us, my love. I'm not going anywhere any time soon." He leans in and I meet him halfway in a slow kiss that makes me feel butterflies.

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