𝑫𝑶𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑨𝑵𝑻 - [𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕]

0.6

BRYNLEE

"It's a shame you don't get to start." I said to the boy who sat next to me. It was obvious he was disappointed as well.

"Could say the same for you. You're doing a lot better than Mason in training, but I get the decision of the gaffer on the other hand. This is the team where it ended, so he wants to see if it's still that same team as earlier." Ben said while he waved to some of the German players. "Those are some of my teammates at Chelsea." He added to clarify.

"I already had that feeling." I laughed a bit. "Let's just support the team and we can only hope to be subbed in later on."

"True." He gave me a quick smile and then our faces turned to the field, because the game has begun.

The whole game was a bit messy in my opinion, both teams had like 50% possession. The ball went literally back and forth in the first 25 minutes. It was a shame, because Shaw got injured so he had to get subbed of. I heard it was a sub of precaution, because the injury should be little. The good thing was that Ben was going to get subbed in.

"Good luck, Chilly." I gave him a quick hug after his warm-up.

"Thanks Bryn, see you on the field in a bit." He winked and we both laughed. Yeah, I hoped I would see him on the field in a bit.

I focused on Mason, then back on the game, back on Mason and so further. I wanted to see if he would give the slightest sign of tiredness or pain, so he would get subbed off, but nothing was noticeable. He was inform and we both knew that. That dude was almost every time inform, it's insane. Just before the break Sterling scored, an assist for Mason. I couldn't really place what I was feeling. Yeah, I was happy, but also kind of upset. Maybe I overestimated my chances to play in the first match.

So in the break it stood 1-0 for us, but Germany was not far away from a goal as well. They really had that pressure on us. Southgate gave everyone a few tips and soon enough the second half started. Again, the possession was almost 50/50 and both teams had some chances to score. In the 70th minute, Southgate announced that he would make some subs. Saka was going in for Foden and I was going in for Mason. I pulled of my training kit and it felt somehow powerful to be standing at the centerline, in the official England kit. Even if it was a practice, everything felt so unreal.

Phil came to the sideline and Mason followed. I gave Saka a quick pat on the back when Phil walked out if the field. It must have been a crazy moment for him as well. Mason walked out of the field as well and we gave each other a high five with both hands, just how everyone does.

"Good job." I told him, almost whispering. He said nothing and didn't even look in my eyes, walking straight to the bench. Well, he probably can't handle that I was going to play in his place right now, but I couldn't care less in this moment.

"Let's go, Bryn!" Ben screamed from further behind. I started to laugh and gave him a thumbs up.

The match went pretty good, it felt like we had some more possession, but it was really hard to create a chance to score. The chemistry between me and Saka was okay, but not good enough. He never really stood in the places where I wanted him to be.

In the 80th minute, Germany was picking up some pace and they suddenly got away from the defenders pretty quick. Before we knew, it was 1-1. Pickford almost saved the ball, but only his fingertips touched the ball. In a moment of time, it was 1-2. It looked like everyone lost their focus for a second there. Werner made an beautiful assist towards Havertz and he managed to score. Our defenders were nowhere to be found.

It was now the 89th minute, everyone started to get a bit tired, but I wasn't done. Walker got the ball when Stones passed it to him. Kyle had a lot of space on his side and we all know that he has some good pace, so that was what he did. He passed the ball to Rice when two defenders came up to him. I gave him a sign to pass the ball to me. He quickly looked around if there wasn't another option, but there wasn't. He made a beautiful pass through two defenders where I could run up to the ball. I saw Kane presenting himself in front of the goal, so I passed it to him and he managed to finish it. My first game with England and a assist, oh my god. Kane ran up to me and gave me a quick hug. In a few seconds we were surrounded by most of the lads. "Amazing assist, Brynlee." Kane said.

"Thank you so much, I'm so happy." I squealed.

"You deserved it." He smiled to me and we walked back to our positions. After a while of passing the ball back and forth, the ref blew the whistle and the game was done.

We all walked back to the side, but I got interrupted by Ben hugging me. "Let's go Bryn! You're first assist! I know it's not a real debut, but you did great." This man has got a pure heart of gold. He's so heart warming.

"Don't make me cry, Chilwell. But thank you." I wrapped my arms around his torso. "It's really incredible I got to be here. Just being in this team, and then even get a assist? It feels unreal." I said when we pulled away from the hug, walking back to the side with Ben's arm around my shoulder.

"You deserve to be here, Bryn. From what I've seen you're an incredible player and I can't wait to see you taking the spotlight on the field." He said and nudged me.

"Norris! You did great, very good assist." Southgate said when we approached him.

"Thank you, Gareth." I smiled.

I still walked side to side with Ben, everyone was kind of happy, even though we played a draw. We all knew Germany was a really good opponent, so 2-2 is an okay result for a practice match. I saw Mason, Declan and Phil standing with each other, so we approached them.

"Hi guys! Mason, congrats on your assist." I tried to sound as kind as possible.

"Yeah, you too." He said pretty monotone. He didn't even look me in the eyes. I'm so confused about how he acts like this in front of other people and tries to flirt with me when we are alone. Boys are really weird...

"Bryn, you did so well!" Declan said to avoid the awkward silence. Everyone felt that weird connection between us.

"Thank you, Dec. I already said it to Ben, but it feels so unreal to be here. Mostly, I'm not a softy, but it means so much to be here, after everything that happened."

"You deserve it, for real. Whatever happened, you're a great baller and we love that you're here with us." Declan said, looking to the lads for an acceptance and they all nodded their head. Mason a bit less than the others, but it's fine.

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