A Fighting Chance (Tom Holland AU) [2]

One

In the car, Tom took my hand once we could hear the sounds of a movie premiere. "How are you feeling, darling?"

"I don't think there will ever be a premiere of one of my movies where I'm not nervous." I chuckled, lacing our fingers and rubbing his hand. "It's nervous excitement, though. Probably exactly like you felt back when Homecoming premiered."

"It is exactly like I felt back then." He pressed a kiss to my hand, and I took a deep breath. "It's going to be amazing, baby. Everyone loves Stacy Adams and Flex."

"I know. It's still just really surreal." He smiled as he rubbed my hand, and I looked at him. "How did you get used to it?"

"I always have a big support system with me at any premiere. You have the same, I promise." He pressed his lips to my cheek, and I smiled. "Plus, Ali and Beth will be here too. I'm sure they'll hype you up before we walk."

"Oh, they will." I chuckled at the thought. Even though I had graduated six months ago, I still shared quality memories with my sorority sisters. Plus, it had been a few months since I had seen my little Beth, and I couldn't wait to see her.

As the car arrived, I took another deep breath. "You got this, baby. I love you." He pressed his lips to mine quickly, and I smiled.

As we stepped out of the car, my eyes immediately landed on my beautiful little. "GRACIE!"

"BETH!" I immediately wrapped her in a hug, and her arms were soon tight around me as well. "I missed you so much, little one." I grinned softly as I pressed a kiss to her cheek.

"I missed you too, Gracie. I can't wait to see the movie." She smiled, squeezing me a bit before letting go. "I'm so proud of you."

"Thank you, little one." I smiled as I squeezed her hand.

"Grace! It's almost time for your interviews!" As I heard my assistant Steph's voice, Beth squeezed my hand back.

"Go. I can't wait to see it, and you and I will definitely get a dance at the after party."

"Of course." I smiled as I made my way to the carpet, where Tom was chatting with a few of our actor friends.

"Ready, darling?" He smiled as he wrapped an arm around my waist, and I nodded.

"I am, baby." I pressed a kiss to his cheek as we stepped onto the carpet.

"I'm here with Grace Chance and Tom Holland at the premiere of Marvel's latest Blockbuster, Fighting Flex. How are you guys?" Our interview process was relatively the same--they asked us how we were, and what we were excited about for the film. In fact, there was only one part of one interview that was slightly unique.

"Now, Tom, we all know that you have played your dream role of James Bond."

"Yes, I have, and it was incredible."

"It was great. Grace, do you have a dream role that you'd like to play in a remake of a film?"

"I mean, technically I do, but it's not old enough to be remade. It can be done in a live show, though."

"Well, what is it?"

"Sophie from Mamma Mia!. All of her songs are incredible."

After we finished our interviews, I let out a sigh of relief as I looked at Tom. "That never gets easier." I chuckled as I looked over at him.

"I know. It's all the same questions too. I'm impressed that the two of us could keep up a positive energy with it." He held up his hand, and I high-fived it in return.

"You two are literally engaged and you high five each other like that?" I turned to see my best friend Ali, and I smiled widely.

"Ali, you and I do the same thing." Zendaya smiled as Ali and I hugged each other.

"That doesn't surprise me at all." Tom chuckled as we let go. "How have you two been?"

"We've been doing great. My boss is really impressed with how I've been doing so far." I smiled as I squeezed Ali's hand. She had gotten a job as an assistant social worker for the state of California, and I was so proud of her.

"How are you two? Any new wedding plans set yet?" Zendaya smiled as she wrapped an arm around Ali.

"Apart from what you two already know, not at all. We've been focusing on the press tour for the past few months." Tom grinned, pressing a kiss to my cheek.

"But speaking of the wedding, I have something to tell you, Ali." She perked an eyebrow, and I took a deep breath. "I called Lesley a few days ago."

"Holy shit, really?" Lesley was my big, but she and I didn't have the same big/little relationship as Beth and I did. We had actually gotten in a major falling out at the end of my sophomore year, and we had limited to no interaction. Ali knew how upset our quote-unquote "breakup" had made me, so I knew she was surprised.

"Yeah. I got her address to send her an invitation." She gave me a wide smile, grabbing my arm lovingly.

"I'm so happy for you, Gracie." She grinned, and I smiled. At that point, I felt another arm wrap around my shoulder.

"So, what are we all talking about?" The voice I heard was one I knew well, and I was so excited to hear it.

"Crap Bag!" I grinned, letting go of Tom and hugging him tightly. He chuckled as he hugged me back.

"I'm so proud of you, Reg." He whispered, and I smiled.

"Thank you so much. I really hope you enjoy it. We worked so hard on it." He smiled as we let go.

"I'm positive you did. I can't wait to see all of your hard work pay off." I grinned as his wife came. "We're gonna go grab our seats. We'll see you after, okay?"

"Of course. Enjoy!" We could all see everyone heading toward the actual theater, and Tom took my hand gently.

"Ready?" I gave him a smile and nodded as we went to our seats.

I hope you all enjoy this as much as A Chance Encounter! Let me know what your initial thoughts are :-)!