Belated Fate (Elizabeth Olsen x Fem!Reader)

Chapter 7. Here for her

Y/n's POV:

It's Monday again and I have to be ready by 1 p.m., so I could leisurely get to the place. It's already 12:30 and I just woke up recently because I spent half of the night learning all possible information about the upcoming charity event and then making up fake scenarios inside of my head. Shit. It's way too important day to be late, couldn't I do all of this earlier?

Having somehow gathered myself and not having enough time to eat something, I ran out of the apartment and headed for the parking lot. I was about to start the car, when I heard my phone ringing.

"Yes?" I immediately answer, simultaneously trying to catch my breath.

"Y/n, are you okay? You should be there by now, do you have any problems?" Elizabeth's worried voice makes me feel so ashamed of myself, that I want to be buried alive right now. I'm letting her down again because of my damn irresponsibility.

"I'm so sorry, I'm already on my way, just had some trouble waking up" I know that it's the shittiest excuse I could ever have, but I'm just unable to lie to her, so I tell her everything as it is.

"Trouble waking up? Are you feeling alright?" Surprisingly, I don't run into a raised tone or her annoyance. On the contrary, her voice is still a bit worried and I involuntarily begin to wonder how I deserved such a good attitude towards myself.

"Yes and I promise to explain everything to you later. I'll be right there in 20 minutes" I quickly answer and say goodbye to her, not wanting to linger any longer.

Along the way, I ignore the speed limits and a few red traffic lights. I won't be surprised if I get in trouble after that, but my current desire to be on the spot as soon as possible overshadows all of my adequate thoughts.

Fortunately, I didn't get into any additional troubles, mentally thanking all the existing supreme forces for the fact that my black streak in life didn't begin today. Judging by the number of people and someone's loud voice in the speakers, everything has already begun.

Among a bunch of people in exquisite clothes, I try to find the person who I know is waiting for me. Being too busy looking for the one and only emerald eyes in the crowd, I accidentally bump into a handsome tall man. Raising my head, I meet the already familiar piercing gaze, that looked me up and down.

"Miss Y/ln, I didn't expect you to be here today too. Did your parents take you with them?" Mr. Holbrook asks not hiding a hint of mockery in his voice. To be honest, I'm already used to his obvious "special" attitude towards me, and I try not to pay any attention to it.

"Mr. Holbrook, what a pleasant meeting!" I say pretending that I didn't hear his last sentence. "I'm actually looking for Miss Olsen, have you seen her already?" Maybe he can at least be useful and help me to find her.

"Oh, she's with her brother near the stage now. At least I saw her there couple of minutes ago" he says, still looking at the parts of my body without even hiding it. I always feel disgusted around men like him because I can't do anything about the way they treat women and they know it very well. But deciding not to spoil my mood with reflections on injustice, I just quickly thank him and head to the stage.

As if sensing that I'm approaching her, she distracts from talking with people, meets my eyes and heads towards me at a quick pace. I slow down because I'm afraid to face her disappointment at me being late. But...

"Hey, Y/n, thank god you're finally here" she says hugging me and I'm literally dumbfounded by her action, but still automatically put my hands on her back to return the hug. Since when she...?

"Did you finish our presentation? I need a flash drive with it now." Oh, that's what it's about. She was worried about our work and not about me. Well, phew, it's even good.