Overcome (Scott Eastwood fanfiction)

Chapter Two

It's been about two weeks since the announcement of the show and my social media accounts have been going crazy with new followers and messages from people. We're back shooting and it's been going great. Scott and I have been talking alot recently and have facetimed a few times also. We make some plans to hang out as I'm in LA again for some meetings and I'm also appearing on US television for the first time which is exciting and terrifying at the same time. I'm filming my appearance on the Late Late Show with James Corden and I'm currently getting my makeup touched up and my phone starts ringing and it's Scott "Just a quick good luck call don't be nervous you'll be amazing" he says "I've done talkshows before and I'm less nervous as it's a fellow Brit doing the interview but thanks for the call. I'll see you tomorrow" I say "I'll text you when I'm on my way" he says "Bye" I say "Bye" he says.

I'm now sitting on the couch with the other guests "Violet huge welcome always love having some homegrown talent on the show" he says "Thanks for having me for my first US talk show appearance hopefully not the last" I say "It won't be. You've just been announced for the new Buffy reboot which is incredibly exciting did you know that's what you were auditioning for or was it very top secret" he says "I got a call from my agent saying that I'd been asked to read for the lead in a new show and it wasn't until I got the script that I knew it was a Buffy reboot but we've been keeping it a secret for months now so it felt good to finally tell people" I say "You've moved to Vancouver while your filming any plans to make it permanent" he says "Potentially depending on the success of the show but I could move stateside either way. I'd miss home of course but it's whatevers best for my career" I say "Dollhouse is your new movie absolutely terrifying and that's the kinda of genre your known for in the UK horror thriller kinda indie" he says "I've always loved horror movies never intended to work in so many but Slayer is a sort of departure from that more action and supernatural which is something I've always been interested in also" I say "You play a woman who meets a guy falls for him turns out he's a psycho who locks her in a staged home like a Dollhouse. Your typical love story" he says "Exactly the typical love story girl meets psycho. I got to work with one of my closest friends and not completely play the victim everything isn't as it seems with my character I loved the entire process" I say "You shot it in Scotland where your dad is from was it nice being home" he says "Yeah and I didn't have to learn a Scottish accent because growing up listening to my dad and spending time there it came naturally to me that people were shocked when I reverted back to my normal accent" I say. We talk some more about the movie and then I'm done.

Scott picks me up the following morning at my hotel. We grab some breakfast and then we're going to spend some time at the beach. Scott attempts to teach me how to surf but it doesn't end well and we end up having a splash fight. I end up going with Scott to set for reshoots for Pacific Rim as he insists we shouldn't end our day together just yet. I take some behind the scenes videos for him and snap a picture or two of my own. I step away to take a call from my agent and what she tells me turns my world upside down "We're doing everything we can to stop the story before it comes out but if we can't it may be a better strategy for you to speak out before it can be misinterpreted" she says "They got access to confidential sealed records how is that possible" I say "We're working on that and we'll sue if we have to" she says "What do we do to get ahead of it?" I ask "Go online live stream tell your story your way" she says "Okay I'll do that how much time do I have before the story breaks" I say "A few hours" she says "Thanks for letting me know" I say "Of course stay positive and don't let them win" she says and I end the call. I find Scott and pull him aside during a break "I have to go do something. Thanks for today I had a really nice time" I say and I just leave.

I get back to my hotel and set my phone up for the live stream and tweet about it "Hi for those of you who don't know me my name is Violet Murray and I'm an actress. I was told earlier today that a news outlet had gained some extremely private information about me and was planning to run it and manipulate it so they'd get more readers or shares or whatever. So I'm here to tell my story before they do, it's not easy to talk about so I do advise viewer discretion as I will be talking about some distressing topics. I knew I would have to come forward and talk about it at some point because no one can have secrets in this industry but it's still not easy to talk about and no one outside of my family and closest friends and my agent of course know about it. So here goes I suffer from depression and PTSD and I reached this diagnosis after a particularly distressing time in my life. I am also a rape victim.This   first started manifesting when I was fifteen I became highly impulsive and made some bad choices including who I hung out with and who I dated aswell as alcohol and substance abuse. My parents passed it off as a phase until I got arrested and my moods went from happy to staying in bed for days contemplating suicide. Getting high helped keep me in a good mood but there were always voices in my head telling me to end it all. I slept around because that was also heightened, the rape occurred when I was seventeen. I was out at a club with some friends drunk but still aware enough to know my surroundings, an older guy late twenties started dancing with me we flirted a little but I wasn't interested and I told him that. I went to the bathroom and he followed me, locked the door and kissed me and I told him to stop I even hit him which made things worse he hit me back and I was scared so I stopped fighting and he raped me. I felt so ashamed afterwards and disappointed in my self for not trying harder to make him stop. I didn't tell anyone and I let the voices take over and about a week after it happened I tried to kill myself, I took some pills and slit my wrists. Clearly I was found in time by my brother and I had a psych assessment and they spoke with my parents and I finally told someone what happened to me and they diagnosed me with depression and PTSD and I underwent treatment for several months. My rapist was found and had done this previously to other girls and went to prison. What happened still affects me now in terms of relationships I struggle more to trust men I couldn't even let my dad or brother hug for months after. My mum was my rock through everything and I wouldn't be where I am now without my family. I've been reading recently about what's happening with Harvey Weinstein and I've stayed silent like those women did but the press didn't know the whole story all they know is that I have a record and I had an issue with drugs and alcohol they don't know why I was that way so that's why I'm telling my story because it's mine and no one else's to tell. I hope I can encourage others to speak out and know none of it is there fault and we are not victims we are survivors because we're still here. Thank you for watching and please respect others opinions on this matter as I'm sure I'll be receiving lots of responses to this video. I'll leave some links to organisations that can help and that I've worked with and continue to work with. Thanks again and bye" I say and end the video.

Scott shows up at my hotel later that day and I breakdown when I see him and he just holds me until I fall asleep.