More Than Just Friends - Emily Bett Fan Fic

Chapter 17: Collateral Damage

Emily's POV

It turned out to be a cloudy morning. I hadn't slept well and clearly neither had Adrienne. Our phones had been blowing up the whole night and we both just hid under our covers instead of turning it off... To be honest, I didn't want to wake up. I was afraid of what happened to our posts overnight and I just wasn't in the mood for interviews and large loud groups of people this early in the morning. I felt Rennie roll up beside me and we just laid there waiting for the right moment to enter into the world again.

"Em, I miss this."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm just saying that the past few days, we've been so caught up with coming out and all these interviews. I miss the days when we were friends and we just bonded and spent time together. Why can't we do that now? As a couple, we can still just spend time together..."

"I know what you mean and we'll spend some time together, I promise. But first, we have to deal with our social faces. I love you, you know that right?"

"Yeah babe, of course, I love you too. And I understand but it's just so exhausting."

"Hey, just remember why we're doing this. It's for us."

I saw that she was stressed, I know it's a lot. Even for me but I can't imagine what she's going through. I reached over to grab my phone and the first text I see is from Colton.

"EMILY OMG I'm so proud of you both!! Listen, I know it's hard with the fans and all the paparazzi but if you ever need to talk I'm here and now you have Rennie too <3"

It suddenly felt very safe and supported with Rennie lying next to me and Colton said that he's here for me. I decided to take a leap of faith and open my social media to see what's happening. I guess I was expecting a lot of hate because I was shocked when all the notifications were positive or supportive. Of course, there were those couple of haters and stupid ass bitches who decided to hate but our fans literally came for them. I showed Rennie all the love and support there is on our posts and even though it seemed like she was still half asleep, I saw that she was smiling and very glad. The rest of the morning we got ready and listening to some "happy dance music". God, I wish every morning was like this.

Adrienne's POV

*a few moments later*

As soon as we met up with the rest of the cast they crowded and gave us hugs and said very positive things but almost immediately reality came back to punch us in the face. And even though we knew that something like this was going to happen eventually, it still hurt. We got a call from our managers and publicists that there was a lot of hate spreading as the video we shot of us revealing our relationship got released on different platforms. I really thought that it wasn't going too bad since just this morning on our Instagram there wasn't that much hate but we hadn't checked other social media and how the video was doing.

"Adrienne, are you good?"

"Yeah... yeah, I'm fine how was your call?"

"Probably not much better than yours, but it's ok, we knew that this would happen and that people would have different reactions. We have each other and I'm sure we can get through this."

"Hahaha, of course, stop being so cheesy we need to get to hair and makeup for our last interview."

"See you in an hour?"

"Can't wait."

Emily's POV

"And action! Cameras' rolling"

Last interview before we have to head back to Vancouver and start filming again. Some of us are going to go out and celebrate tonight and I'm super excited to finally relax and do whatever the fuck I want. In other words, I'm really just ready to let loose and just celebrate everything.

"Em! We're starting."

"Alright, hello cast of Arrow!! How has Heroes and Villains been for you all so far?"

"So great but I'm ready to sleep, it has been a day."

"Girl I feel you, how about you Adrienne? This is your first Heroes and Villains!"

"Yeah, so it's been quite a ride. It's not only my first Heroes and Villains, but it's also actually my first fan fest type thing at all! I've been saying that in every interview today haha."

"Oh wow, so... season 7. Really when I think about it, it's crazy that there are seven seasons in arrow and three more shows have appeared because of the arrow. I mean there is a freaking arrowverse!"

*after the interview*

I'm pretty sure we're done for the day but I am not sure what we are supposed to be doing right now so I guess I'm just waiting for instructions...

"Ok everyone that is a wrap of Heroes and Villains! Our plane leaves tomorrow morning at 8:15 so let's meet in the hotel lobby at 6:30-45? Alright, you all can do whatever."

"I'm not sure about you guys but I'm hella tired and need to freshen up."

"Same here so how about we go back to the hotel right now and we can meet again for dinner at 6:00?"

"Yeah, sounds like a plan! Everyone's coming?"

"Yep!"

"Yeah, I'll see everyone then!"

Adrienne's POV

Even though I wanted to go to dinner with the crew I honestly wanted to spend some more personal time with Em. I know we'll be fine but you never really know what to expect from the media and I'm still quite new so I was hoping we could talk and spend some quality time together. I don't know what I want if I'm being honest but I know it's private one on one time with Em instead of going out tonight.

A: Babe!

E: Yeah what's up? I'm just in the washroom, I'll be out in a sec.

Sometimes I feel like I'm not really apart of the cast. They've been such a tight-knit family for so long and I just came into the industry and the show, I'm a fetus. God, ReRe stop thinking so much just talk to Em. Everything's fine you have a good career going and you found someone you love and have supportive friends. I guess privilege takes some time to adjust to. Being in this industry is a lot more pressure then it seems, I knew a lot goes down behind the scenes but I really didn't expect this.

E: Hey what's up.

A: So I was thinking we could stay in tonight and bond and I dunno just talk?

E: Um what do you want to talk about?

A: I just feel like once we get back to Vancouver and start shooting everything is going to get really crazy really fast and this is our chance to have a night that's stress-free and just be with each other.

E: Sure Ren, how about we go out for dinner and we come back and chill right after we eat since I don't really want to miss out on the conversations at dinner.

A: Haha that sounds like a plan. 

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It's almost been a year since I last uploaded I literally forgot about this story and I login in to see almost 2K views. Damn, thanks y'all. That number was at like 300 views last I logged in. I got inspired recently and decided to write a story when I realized I had this fanfic in the works, this chapter was written last year with the others but after this is gonna be new material written a whole ass year later I think my writing style has changed a lot so who knows what's going to happen. Also, I think I am going to start writing it more like a show with an overarching plot instead of changing up the plot however I feel hahaha. Damn, how did I let a year pass lol but anyways Imma be writing and uploading when I can now! 

Thank you y'all so much <3

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