Flirting with success

Chapter 36

It wasn't long before Lia was back in the party mood. It would have been hard for her to stay upset when she was surrounded by such a good group of girls. The evening came to a close fairly early because he had training the next day. As I was saying goodbye to everyone at the door Lia and Jill started cleaning up. Beth and Dan were the last to leave. As she was going out the door Beth asked me if everything is okay with Lia. I reassured her that it wasn't a big deal and nothing to worry about.

After waving them off i went back inside and joined the others in the Kitchen. They had made good progress in cleaning so there wasn't much left to do. I was grateful for this because all I wanted to do was go off to bed it has been such a long day.

"Are you alright Lia?" I asked

"Yes, I'm fine. I feel better knowing that you guys know the truth" Lia explained

"Does Tabea know about what happened between you and Caitlin in the summer?" Questioned Jill

"No, only you two know. Please don't tell anyone I don't want people to think badly of me" pleaded Lia

"Of course we won't tell anyone. At the end of the day you did nothing wrong" I said

Me and Jill soon went up to our new room. In the new house we had our own en-suite  which I appreciated. I love Lisa to bits but she spent far too long in the bathroom getting ready in the mornings. Jill was just as bad but at least now there is less competition. Jill was brushing her teeth in the doorway as I got changed. Something seemed to be bugging her

"What's up?" I asked her

"Nothing" she said unconvincingly

"Come on. I know you, what you thinking about?"

"Do you really think Lia did nothing wrong?" She asked me

I was taken off guard. "I suppose on some levels I can see why she feels guilty but at the end if the day she didn't cheat so I don't see why it's such a big deal"

"So you're saying if I was in a bar flirting with another girl after we had an argument you would be fine with it" Jill said slightly cross

"Woah hold on! Of course I wouldn't be fine with it. But I think our relationship is healthier than theirs was. It seems to me like Lia already wanted a way out at that point"

"I can't believe you think cheating is okay" said Jill

I was getting slightly frustrated with her at this point "of course I don't think it's okay. Maybe if I would have known Tabea my opinion would be different. I promise you I don't think cheating is acceptable, you know that right?"

"Of course I do, I'm sorry that was a ridiculous thing to say! Tabea was my friend and I don't feel comfortable knowing when she doesn't" Jill explained

"I know that must be horrible but no good will come out of telling her now" I said

"You're right" she said "I don't hate Lia I just don't agree with what she did"

"I understand that, I suppose you understand how it feels to be the person on the other end. I've not experienced that so maybe that's why I was so naive" I explained

"And luckily you never will experience that because i love you far too much to ever hurt you" she said whilst giving me a kiss. One thing I love about our relationship is that any arguments are quickly resolved. Jill can be moody at first but eventually can see she's in the wrong and apologise similarly so can I. I think this is why we are perfect for each other.

We talked some more about everything whilst cuddled up in bed. This conversation was much calmer than the previous one. I could see why Jill disagreed with what Lia did but equally she could see that whatever Lia did she felt guilty about because she knew it wasn't right and she tried her hardest to not hurt Tabea in the aftermath. In some way I think that Jill is deflecting her own pain onto Tabea and instead of being mad at her own cheating ex she's placing the blame on Lia. She knew this wasn't fair.

Overnight the issue was forgotten, we got up in the morning like nothing happened. Since we started this extra training regime at the beginning of the week we had got used to having to quietly sneak around the house in the mornings so that we didn't wake up Lisa and Viv. However, since moving in with Lia we didn't have to.  This is because by the time our alarm went off she was already downstairs cooking breakfast. I'm starting to think Lia just might be the dream roommate.

"Good morning" she said as we made our way down the stairs and into the kitchen

"How do you have this much enthusiasm this early in the morning" Jill teased Lia. After her outburst last night I was surprised she was bantering Lia but I'm not going to knock it.

"You love it Jill" said Lia. My heart sunk when I heard this. I didn't know what Jill was going to reply or if she is still mad at Lia

"I bloody love it when you cook for sure. Take notes Soph" she said which instantly made me relieved. She must have got over her issue pretty quickly.

"Oi" i responded "you can't cook either"

"Lucky we have Lia then isn't it" said Jill.

The next few days we got our heads down and concentrated fully on the game against Tottenham. I was feeling quietly confident that my work during the week would lead to some sort of game time. I would happily have taken 5 minutes at the close of the game but instead i got 20.

The game was going swimmingly. Jill and Viv started upfront together and created wonderful chances with the assistance of Beth Mead and Jordan Nobbs. I was enjoying watching Jill playing when Jordan went down. She wasn't on the ball at the time so any injury was self inflicted. It wasn't looking good for Jordan so Joe sent me out to warm up.

Unfortunately Jordan had to come off so I replaced her to make my Arsenal debut. As the 4th official announced the substitution Jill made her way to the side of the pitch to congratulate me.

"Hard work plays off" she said. I didn't have time to chat I wanted to play. I ran past her giving her the biggest smile. She gave me one back. I can't wait to be playing properly with this girl.

Arsenal were already 3:0 up at this point, I was sitting slightly deeper than I was used to but this didn't bother me. I was happy to play any role to help the team. The chemistry between myself and Jill helped us link up well. In the closing stages of the game I was able to slide a ball in, placing her through on goal. She neatly finished it and ran to celebrate with me. Without even thinking I gave her a quick kiss.

What have I just done? There's cameras everywhere!