Falling For My Boss

Chapter 26

~~~Hailee's POV~~~
Tonight is the night. Holy shit. We've been in New York all week, seeing the sights, seeing some friends, and well, seeing each other. Y/N has almost as many friends in the city as I do, and I've met several of them, all of whom promised to watch the show tonight. She can't wait to get a barrage of calls from people congratulating her. She told me she plans to ignore everything but me when we get out of the taping, but somehow I think she'll be too excited not to answer at least a couple of her friends. She's been essentially vibrating all day, turning pink when she catches me looking at her. Sitting in the green room, she's absolutely adorable. She's not acting as my assistant tonight, and she's in a sexy pair of tight leather pants and a silk top with a deep v-neck that shows just enough cleavage to make my heart beat faster. In a minute, I have a short one-on-one meeting with Jimmy, just to double check his talking points before we go on. A stage hand comes to take me to him, and Y/n's eyes get a little wide. She seems nervous to be left alone. She smiles shakily and nods as I move to follow the stage hand though, so I'm sure she'll be fine.
"Hailee! I'm so happy to have you!" Jimmy greets me warmly, a huge smile on his face. "I gather from the talking points that you're seeing someone," he raises his brows, "Am I allowed to ask details?"
"Actually, yes," I smile. "Please do."
"Awesome!" He looks really excited, and it makes me even more excited. We go over a bit more before I head back to Y/n in the green room.
"Hailee!" She hisses when I enter, motioning for me to come close to her.
"What's wrong?"
"There was a video from your birthday party sent to the show." She looks sick to her stomach. "Did you know about this?"
"It's probably us dancing or something, I'm sure." I grab her shoulders. "If it's you singing, I'll shut it down immediately. I swear." As I say it, she visibly relaxes.
"Promise?"
"Yes, I promise." I kiss her forehead. "How did you find out?"
"I overheard someone asking if I was 'the girl from the birthday video' and inferred," she shrugs. "Are you ready though? Not nervous or anything? Need water?" She reaches for a bottle of Core.
"I'm fine. And you're my girlfriend right now, not my assistant," I chide.
"I can care about your nervousness as your girlfriend, Hails." She rolls her eyes at me. Moments later, I'm being called to set, and it's time. There are cheers as I make my way to my seat, and Jimmy is grinning his big cheesy grin.
"So, Hailee Steinfeld! How much are you loving being the new Hawkeye?"
"Oh my gosh, I love it so much. Doing stunts and fight scenes and everything is the most fun I've ever had on set. And Florence is such a great costar, we have the best time." I feel myself starting to fidget, waiting for him to ask that million dollar question already.
"Oh and speaking of Florence, her character, Yelena has a love interest we've seen in the recent end credit scene that dropped. Will we see her in the movie as well?"
"Unfortunately, no, she's not in the film, but if you like her as much as I do, please bug Kevin Feige to bring her back." I smile at the audience as they give a little cheer for y/n's character, and I feel my stomach flutter.
"You've always been a huge ally to the LGBTQ community, is that why you like that character, or is there another reason?" Jimmy raises a brow suggestively. He knows y/n is my assistant and that I'm dating someone, but he hasn't put the two together yet, it seems.
"Well, Jimmy, I'm sure you know since you've been emailing her, but Y/n, who plays her, is my personal assistant. She's a huge Marvel fan, and when we started discussing the scene, I knew she'd be perfect for it. Flo and I tricked her into auditioning, and here we are!"
"What!? That's amazing! You've got to be the best boss ever!" Jimmy really plays me up, man he is good at his job.
"She's the best assistant ever," I say sincerely. We talk about the movie a bit more before Jimmy finally circles back to my personal life.
"Okay, so I know it was your birthday recently, and I heard through the grapevine that you had a really great party in LA"
"Yes?" I ask warily.
"Tell me about it." He clearly has something up his sleeve. "I heard you had a very special co-host." There it is! I chuckle a little before answering.
"Uh, yeah, I did. How did you know?"
"Oh, come on! That's not important!" He avoids the question.
"Well, what kind of special are you talking about?" I ask, faux confused.
"Okay, okay, one of your guests- I won't say who! One of your guests may or may not have sent me a video from the party."
"No! Jimmy, are you serious?" I lean in to whisper to him, covering my mic. "Is there a slideshow or singing in this video?"
"No, no, it's nothing embarrassing, I promise!" He assures me, audible on his mic. The audience laughs. "How aboutI play it, and you explain it? Okay?"
"Oh, god," I cover my face with my hands, "Okay." Jimmy gestures to a monitor, and up pops a video of Y/n with the mic at my party saying happy birthday to me. I watch her give the mic to the DJ and grab my hands through the crowd, then you see her show me something, (my present) and I kiss her, very visibly. The video cuts off, people in the background squealing. The audience freaks out.
"What was that!?!" Jimmy dramatically asks, leaning toward me while clutching his desk.
"I mean, pretty much what it looks like," I admit, my cheeks getting warm. "So, that was y/n, my assistant. Well, I mean, not just my assistant, obviously. We've been dating for a while now."
"No way! Congratulations! That's amazing!"
"It is," I agree, smiling wide. "She's-ugh, she's amazing." I feel my blush deepening.
"What was it she gave you in the video?"
"Oh, um, she designed a jewelry set for me." The audience collectively 'awe's
"And she came with you, right? She's here?" He asks excitedly.
"She is, she's watching from the green room." Jimmy's eyes light up. "She's not really ready to come out here though, she's got a little stage fright. Remember, we had to trick her into auditioning for the end credit scene." He nods understandingly.
"Well, I'm happy for you!" He says, and our interview continues. When we wrap up and I get back to the greenroom, y/n is waiting for me. She jumps into my arms, beaming. I spin her around, kissing her, and a couple of nearby stage hands cheer for us.
"How does it feel?" I ask her.
"The whole world just saw you kiss me, Hails. It feels incredible!" I swat her arm.
"You're such a dork."
"But you love me anyway," she sing-songs.
"Obviously." I lean down to kiss her again, and Jimmy comes around the corner.
"Oh good, you're still here! I wanted to say hi to y/n!" He reaches out to shake her hand and she grins.
"Hi, I'm a big fan." She blushes as she shakes his hand, and I just want to squeeze her cheeks. She's so cute. I watch her as they chat for a minute, her excitement palpable. Suddenly, she reaches for my hand and laces her fingers through mine. I tune back into their conversation as she says "I love her a lot." She looks up at me and smiles, and Jimmy congratulates us again before heading to his dressing room. I could not be happier.