"Hey, Y/n. You're on in 5." The producer for Jimmy Fallon notifies me before walking away. Leaving me even more nervous and pacing around backstage with Lizzie, Xavier and Ryder.
"My love calm down, it'll be ok." Lizzie reaches for me, wanting to stop my anxious pacing.
"We have all the evidence, and an eye witness!" Xavier points to her smiling at me as she stops me from pacing.
"I know I just.. I don't know how this is going to go." I bring my hand to my mouth and start anxiously bitting my thumb nail.
"Hey mate. First your not a child get your thumb out of your mouth." Ryder pulls my arm away from my face making me glare at him as he laughs. "Second. Your girl here is right. It'll be ok. We are here for you, we all love you mate. If I need to I'll come out and say I've seen the abuse she's done to you" He puts his arm around the back of my neck.
"Thanks Ryder." I sigh moving his arm off of me before Lizzie grabs my hands.
I turn my attention back to her as she gets on her toes and kisses me gently. "If you want more support here I can call Tom to come down. Or maybe Scarlett. Or Chris. Either one of them" She starts listing names making me smile.
I wrap my arms around her hugging her tightly, "It's ok darling, thank you. I'm just glad you'll be out there with me" I lean down kissing her lips softly as Ryder and Xavier awe.
"Alright Y/l/n, you're up! Elizabeth too" The producer pops back over ushering Lizzie and I to follow him.
"You'll do great big bro! We'll be back here for support!" Xavier smiles as him and Ryder give us thumbs up.
I nod to them while following after the producer with Lizzie close behind me. As Jimmy announces our names, Lizzie grabs my hand in hers smiling lovingly up at me. I feel a little more calm looking into her eyes for a moment. Until it's time to walk on stage. We walk out to a conflicted crowd as they don't know whether to clap for us or boo us. "Welcome you two. It's good to have you here. How are you both doing?" Jimmy asks as we all take a seat.
"Thanks for having us." That's all I can manage to get out as my nerves grow with all the stares from the audience.
"We've been ok, he's just kinda nervous right now." Lizzie says, I turn to her and whine a bit. She chuckles and rubs my arm softly, "It's ok babe, don't worry."
"I see. Well we can jump right into it or if you want we can talk about something else before to get your nerves calmer?" He offers looking over at us.
I take a few slow and deep breaths before answering. "Thank you but it's ok. We can jump right into it." I squeeze Lizzie's hand in mine trying to calm myself down.
"We'd love to hear your side of the story. You can start whenever you're ready" He smiles and nods putting down the cards he had in his hands.
I begin taking more deep breath's as she rubs circles slowly on my back to help me try to keep calm. After a few seconds of trying to calm my nerves I decide to start. "How do I start this? My ex girlfriend Haylie came out and said I was abusive but... she was the abusive one." I hear the murmurs of the crowd making me even more nervous, but I continue. "I know this may seem like he said she said, just pointing fingers. But I have proof that she's lying, and that she is the one who was abusive."
"Don't take this the wrong way Y/n, but why would she randomly accuse you of being abusive?" Jimmy asks me, I look over at him sighing.
"Because she found out I had a new girlfriend, Lizzie. She didn't like that I was with someone else so she was trying to make me break up with Lizzie to date her. When I refused too much Haylie decided to take to social media and try to ruin my career.. my life." I frown looking down at my lap. Lizzie wraps her arms around me squeezing me tightly. "Thank you darling."
"She came to his house and was threatening him. When I stepped in she said she'd make his life a living hell." She chimes in, letting go of me in the process.
"Are we able to pull things up on the monitor?" I turn my attention back to Jimmy.
"Oh, yea that's fine. Do you have something to put?" He asks motioning for the big monitor to be turned on.
"Yes. My best friend in the back has screenshots and photos from my phone." I look up at the monitor as it turns on and screenshots pop up. "There's messages I have of her threatening me when we were together and even when we broke up." I explain as screenshots slowly cycle on the screen. "She was the one who was abusive. Mentally, physically, emotionally. I..." I pause taking a deep breath. "I've only told a few people this. But I have scars on my body, mostly on my back. From her throwing things at me. Hitting me, jabbing me.." I stand up looking down at Lizzie for a second then look over at Jimmy. "Is it ok if I take my shirt off to show them?"
"Yes that's fine go ahead." He gives me a concerned look but nods in response to my question.
I look out to the crowd who have all gone quiet. "I haven't shown anyone other than Lizzie..." I grab the bottom of my shirt and lift it above my head. I grab where the mic is and bring it to my mouth. "I don't know how well you can see them from there, but.." I turn my back towards them as one of the cameramen bring a camera and point it at my back. Now on the monitor is my back. "These are all from Haylie beating me, throwing things at me. She even came at me with a knife before, that's the scar on my shoulder." I hear gasps come from the audience as more messages pop up on the screen. "There's even texts of her telling me about what she did to me previously. I have pictures of my back and the remains of a vase she threw at me." I explain before putting my shirt back on as I'm getting a little uncomfortable now. I fix my shirt and sit back down.
"Wow Y/n. That sounds traumatic. I'm so sorry that all happened to you, and that she twisted it onto you." Jimmy smiles warmly, his words making me feel a little better. "I believe you. Men can also be battered and beaten, and this is proof. I'm glad you decided to share your story here on my show."
"Thank you for allowing me.." I smile and take a deep breath looking back towards the crowd. "And I just want to say. I would never ever lay a hand on a woman. Especially my girlfriend. I love Lizzie so much, she's been my rock through this. She's been so supportive and loving, trying everything to cheer me up. She's an amazing woman, I love you Lizzie"
"I love you too Y/n, so so much" She grabs my face and kisses me softly, gaining awes from amongst the crowd.
After talking about it a little bit more we switch and talk about something else as we had some extra time. Then when the time was up we said bye and walked off to where Ryder and Xavier were waiting. "You did good mate!" Ryder smiles putting her hand on my shoulder.
"Now we wait for everyone to see it. I'm hoping it will get the same response as Jimmy and the audience." I sigh rubbing the back of my neck nervously.
"I'm sure they will. Everything will work out my love" Lizzie wraps her arms around me and kisses my cheek softly.
"Hey let's go out to eat! Have a good time and get our minds off of this for now." Xavier suggests with his hand on his stomach.
"You're just hungry aren't you?" I chuckle raising an eyebrow at him.
"No" He says as his stomach growls. "Maybe."
I laugh grabbing his shoulder and pulling him towards me. "Come on we can go eat bud" I put my arm around the back of his neck starting to walk away with everyone. I turn my head to look at Lizzie then hold out my hand to her. She smiles grabbing my hand and walking next to me now. Hopefully everyone believes me about Haylie.
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Finding You
RomanceY/n is a British actor who had been in a relationship causing him to pull away from Hollywood for a few months. That was until he got offered a role in the newest Marvel movie, which prompts him to come back. There he meets Elizabeth Olsen, who quic...
