Accepting You

Chapter 50 - Promotions

Lily rubbed Lizzie's back soothingly to try to get her to calm down.

The past few days have been difficult for her as the media tried to drag their names through the mud. Lily and Lizzie, nor their respective teams, made any other announcements or reacted to the media's attempt hoping it would blow over soon.

With little to no response from the celebrities themselves, the media made things up and ran with what they could to get any clickbait that they could. Articles surfaced, hosts on celebrity news outlets gossiped, and the anti-Lily and anti-Elizabeth groups rioted on Lily's social media.

The only good thing was Lily and Lizzie's fanbase were pretty big and they defended the two of them online. They took to Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and other sites to defend them and mass reported the trolls.

Their friends and family showed their support by sending them texts and those that were more on the public side posted their support and called out the people that were trying to defame them.

"They're calling you a gold digger!" Lizzie exclaims angrily. "And this one called you a leech and you're exploiting me to progress your career."

"It's all lies," Lily says calmly. "Please don't be mad."

Lizzie stands, pulling away from Lily's hold, and paces back and forth as she completely ignores Lily's words. "Did you see the comments calling you a shemale because I couldn't possibly live with a penis?"

Lily found that Lizzie often got more upset at the comments that were directed at her than at herself. She understood because she would get angry at the slander that was directed at Lizzie too. They all still hurt but she wished Lizzie would focus on herself more.

"That's enough for tonight," Lily says and moves so she stands in front of Lizzie, who is running her hands through her hair and biting her bottom lip so hard that she'll draw blood soon. "Babe," Lily says in a soothing tone. Lily pulls Lizzie's bottom lip from between her teeth with her thumb and takes hold of her hands from her hair. "Look at me."

"Lily –"

"Just you and me," Lily says, cutting her off. Lily cups Lizzie's face in her hands so that Lizzie is forced to look at her. "Just us."

"Just us," Lizzie repeats. She matches Lily's slow deep breaths and calms down. "Just us," she says again.

'Just Us' has become a phrase they used with each other to pull the other out of whatever hectic emotion they were going through. Lizzie went through it more frequently but Lily has always been able to pull her out pretty quickly.

Lily pulls Lizzie into her chest and wraps her arms around her, securing her tightly. Lizzie melts into her, holding her tightly.

"You know, our fans rioted that one channel on youtube," Lily tells Lizzie and kisses the top of her head.

"The one from yesterday? The one that said we shouldn't be together?"

"Yeah," Lily nods in confirmation. "The comments section got disabled and I think they got flagged so the whole video might get taken down."

"I hated them," Lizzie says, her voice muffled into Lily's chest. "Stupid little boys."

The two hosts looked to be around their thirties but Lily didn't correct her. Lizzie didn't need that right now. What she needed was some good news, which was hard to find these days for the two.

When Lizzie relaxed and she wasn't so tense, Lily asked, "Tell me?"

"I love you," Lizzie says, already knowing her request. She knew Lily was afraid that she would stop loving her for what is happening and she wished Lily didn't think that she would ever not love her. "Now. Always. Forever."