After about 30 more minutes of mingling with everyone and talking with them, the meet and greets were finally going to start. I had walked over to my stand. Wilbur wasn't too far from me, which was good. Everyone was pretty much doing their own thing though, all spaced out.
I had taken pictures with my fans, hugged them, talked to them, signed autographs for them, received gifts from them, etc. It was all great.
It was all going very well. I was happy. Everyone seemed really happy too. Maybe I was wrong about the bad feeling I had the other day about this. What could possibly go wrong?
I was having a great time and had thought nothing was out of the ordinary until I saw a familiar face in the line waiting to meet me.
My abusive ex.
I don't know what to do. If I call security, I'll be causing a scene and people will worry. Then eventually I'm going to have to explain my entire backstory on what happened with my ex and me on social media, and I don't want that..
But if I act like everything is completely normal and greet him like anyone else, no one will suspect anything, right?
Can I do it though? This man abused me for years. He broke me. He's the reason why I'm anxious and overthink constantly. I don't think I can face him.
There were 5 people in front of him. Oh my god. He was coming up sooner than I had thought.
Do I text Wil? Will he even answer his phone? I don't know what to do.
I'm going to text Wil. Hopefully, he responds in time...
Els💝
Help. My ex is in line to see me. I don't know what to do.
A couple of minutes go by, and no response from Wil. There were only 2 people in front of my ex and my fake smile turned into a bit of a worrisome expression. I had to keep up the happy act in front of my fans though. I wouldn't want anyone to worry.
I look over to Wil's stand since he's within eye distance, and he isn't there. I see him talking to security, and they're coming my way.
Thank god he had seen it just in time. My ex was the next person to go in to see me.
Did I want this though? Now people are gonna want an explanation..
I'm not going to give them a full one. Not until I decide I'm ready.
The guards walk over to Daniel (my ex). "Sir, I'm afraid you're going to have to leave."
"No, That's not happening. I'm simply a fan here like everyone else, who deserves to meet the precious Els." Daniel says, looking at me. I couldn't get myself to look at his way.
"We got specific instructions saying that you have to leave. Come with us, or else we'll have to take you forcefully."
"Els, please, talk to me. I want to talk. I've changed. I never got over you. I promise I'm different now." He says quickly as he gets super close to me, causing me to back away and Wil standing in front of me, blocking me from him. The guards pull Daniel back almost immediately and drag him out.
As he's getting dragged out, he screams loud enough for the entire room to hear,
"ELS I STILL LOVE YOU. I WAS THOSE UNKNOWN CALLS, PLEASE SPEAK TO ME."
God. The stares that he had gotten from everyone in the room. All of those eventually circled back to me, but quickly everyone resumed their own business.
I was shaken up. Wil was right next to me, hugging me. A couple of tears escaped my eyes, but I knew I had to go on with my meet and greet. Thank god there were only about 20 people left. I could pull myself together for a little.
I resumed my meet and greet and so did Wil.
Almost all of my fans had asked me what had just happened, and I told all of them to not worry. That it was nothing. When in reality, it was everything. Daniel had fucked everything up.
Right as we got done, I found Wil immediately. My expression looked mentally drained, exhausted, and tired. And not just because I was tired from meeting all of my viewers..
"Can we go back to the hotel room and stay there for a while?" I ask, with a quiet voice.
"Of course love." Wil says as he grabs my hand, walking me back to the hotel room.
We get back to the hotel room and I'm flooded with texts.
Minx😆
ELS WTF HAPPENED
Niki🥺
Are you okay?
George
Are you alright? We need to talk..
I didn't answer any of them.
As I throw my phone on the bed, I let out a deep sigh.
"I can't believe that just happened." I say, as I cover my face with both of my hands.
Wil quickly walks over to me and hugs me. I'm crying into his chest now.
"Baby it's okay. None of this is your fault." Wil says to me, attempting to comfort me.
I look up at him, with my messy makeup and red eyes. "How do I explain this to anyone? My fans? My friends? The media?"
"You don't need to. Just keep it brief. Just say it's a crazy ex. You wouldn't be lying, technically. If you want to explain further to your friends, go ahead. But I'm sure your friends will respect you for not giving them any details if you don't want to." Wil said to me calmly. He was genuinely trying to find a solution and try to not make this a huge deal since I didn't want it to be one.
"And the media? Fans? They're going to want to know everything.." I say, with distress in my voice.
"You're the person in charge, Els. Just say you don't feel comfortable explaining everything."
"You're right Wil, thank you. How are you so calm about all of this?" I ask.
"In all honesty Els, I'm not. I'm angry. I wanted to fucking punch your ex when I saw him, but I couldn't. I just.. it made me so mad. Seeing the guy who treated you so horribly. It makes me feel terrible on the inside." He explains.
"It's okay. At least we have each other now." I say, kissing him on the lips softly for a few seconds.
"This might be out of pocket to ask right now but.. In a couple of hours, there's a party. I kind of feel like going, but if you don't want to, that's fine. If you want me to stay with you, I will. It's up to you love." He says.
"Honestly, a party sounds fun. Maybe It'll take my mind off things." I say, as I've finally calmed down.
I wasn't going to let this entire thing affect my mood the entire time I'm here at twitchcon. I'm supposed to be having fun, right? So what if I had a little encounter with the man who abused me for years and he had openly caused a scene at my meet and greet and shouted the words "i still love you" in front of hundreds, if not thousands, of people. Not a big deal at all.. right?
It's whatever. It's fine. I'm fine. Am I trying to convince myself this or am I just telling myself I'm okay? I don't know. At this point, I just want to feel numb.
Going to a party tonight is exactly what I need. I'll explain to my friends there what had happened, but I won't go into full detail. Maybe I'll tell some people the entire backstory later on, in private.
All I know is that tonight I'm going to get piss drunk in the attempt of trying to forget the scene that Daniel had caused today.
A/N
Ty guys for almost 5k reads omg <3
I THINK THE EX'S NAME IS DANIEL BUT I LITERALLY DON'T REMEMBER
THIS IS MY OWN STORY AND IDK WHAT THE EX'S NAME IS?? HOW DOES A WRITER FORGET
anyways i hope im right about his name i need to look back and see if i even mentioned it anywhere LOL
ok enjoy~~~