A Chance Encounter (Tom Holland AU) [1]

Nineteen

"I wonder who that could be. I'll get it." Tom smiled cheekily as he tapped my waist, silently asking me to let him up. I obliged, and it seemed clear to all of us that Tom knew exactly who was at the door.

When he came back, my eyes widened. "Hi, guys!" Elizabeth Olsen smiled, Chris Evans waving right behind her. Tom knew that I really wanted to meet some other Marvel actors, so he must have arranged for them to come.

"Mind if we sit down and join you guys?" Chris smiled, and we all shook our heads. The two stars sat down right next to Tom and me.

"Grace, I'm so excited to finally meet you." Elizabeth smiled as she held her hand out for me to shake.

"Then I guess that makes two of us." I chuckled as I shook it, causing her to smile.

"Robert showed us a video of you dancing in the hotel last night, and it was absolutely amazing." Chris grinned as he shook my hand, and Tom smiled as he pulled me into his lap a little more. Elizabeth nodded in agreement, a wide smile on her face.

"Thank you both so much, really. It means a lot." I smiled as Tom kissed my cheek, causing me to blush a bit. We hadn't really told a lot of the cast that we were dating, apart from our housemates, so Robert wouldn't have been able to tell Chris and Elizabeth.

"See, they are dating baby! I told you so!" Elizabeth grinned back at her boyfriend. They had announced their relationship about a year ago, so I wasn't surprised to hear her call him baby.

"Lizzie calls herself the captain of your ship." Chris chuckled as he kissed her cheek, and I heard Tom chuckle.

"Seems like Ali has some competition." He grinned, and I chuckled.

"My best friend Ali would happily give up the title of ship captain to you, Lizzie." I chuckled as I saw her grin happily.

"Take it from us, you guys. If you'd like to go public, that's great. But don't feel any pressure to if you'd like to keep it private. We were dating for about a year before we announced it. Do whatever you two want to when it comes to telling people." Chris grinned as he grabbed Lizzie's hand. I felt Tom rub my waist as I looked back at him gently. Seems like we'd have to have a conversation about this later.

After a little bit of time with all of us together, Lizzie told Zendaya and me that she wanted to have some quote-unquote "girl time" with us. I offered to do so in my bedroom, and she smiled as I shut the door. "So you ladies are outnumbered in the house, right? How does it feel?" She grinned gently as I sat down.

"I mean, it's evenly split with Tessa taken into account." I chuckled as the dog climbed onto my lap.

"Fair enough. But seriously, there have to be times where you two need to just get away from all that testosterone." The three of us chuckled as she crossed her legs. "What do you do?"

"Honestly, it's more on set than off that we get time to just ourselves because Tom and Grace spend so much time together at home." I rolled my eyes playfully as she teased gently.

"Oh come on, the two of them are adorable together and you know it." Lizzie smiled as she poked Zendaya's arm playfully and Z rolled her eyes. "So, Grace, are you excited about your first big acting job?"

"Yeah, it's been incredible. Shooting has been so much fun, and everyone has been so welcoming to me. I'm not quite sure what to expect once shooting is done, but I'm having the time of my life shooting." I smiled as I spoke, and I could see how much she loved talking to me about this.

"Well, trust me, once you shoot a Marvel movie, your life changes. Marvel Fans are incredible." Zendaya nodded in agreement with Lizzie's statement, and I grinned.