Waste - Trilogy - Mason Mount

Ninety Six

November 2024

The Daily Mail;

We are pleased to announce that this year we have had so many new babies welcomed into the England football team.
We have the memorable arrival of the twin Mounts, as well as Christmas Day baby Chilwell. We also welcomed baby Kane, and baby Foden during the summer, to later welcome baby Rice and now Baby Grealish.
It was confirmed during the earlier hours of this morning that Sasha Attwood and Jack Grealish have welcomed their baby into the world, asking for privacy and respect for them to announce it for themselves.
We can also confirm that Pickford and Shaw are expecting another litter of footballers, the future England team growing in front of our eyes.
We wish all the families a lovely Christmas and New Year next month, and can not wait to see pictures of the happy families.

"God Sash, she's perfect" Lacey whispered, as she admired Sasha holding her new born baby, Jack sat next to her with an arm hanging loosely around his wife's shoulders. "She is ain't she" Jack mumbled, he hadn't taken his eyes off his child, he didn't think he ever would be able to. "It's her little fingers man" Jack mumbled, as his finger brushed against the babies clenched hand, watching as her tiny fingers tried to wrap around his.
"Where's Lauren? I thought she was bringing Alfie?" Sasha whispered, as Lacey shrugged her shoulders. "I'm not sure, but I know wherever Mase is, Decs probably not far from him" Lacey chuckled.

Since Lauren had given birth, Mason had taken Maisey round with him most days, Maisey being smitten at the baby boy, and she knew Masons plan, but you couldn't force two children to love each other, especially when one was a month old.
"Are you ready to go now?" Jack whispered, as Sasha nodded her head, placing her baby in the car seat, as the three of them walked out to get into Jacks car, the nervous feeling that his friends would now finally meet their child, that somehow, along the years they had all found their own happiness, all of them on different paths, different journeys and ways around things, but all of them finally got to the happy bridge they all wanted to be at.

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Lacey sat with Teddy on her knee, as Mason sat with Maisey on his knee, both of the adults in deep conversation about the twins birthday next month, as Ben sat with Ivy on his lap, watching as she would reach up and try and pull his beanie off, laughing at her as he would place it back on his head, for her to repeat her actions.
"Oi oi then" Declan smiled, as he walked in holding his baby, baby Alfie, who Maisey was still smitten with, trying to push her dad away to get to Declan, causing Mason to raise an eyebrow. "I thought I was your favourite?" Mason chuckled, as Maisey rolled her eyes, she definitely had the sass of her Mum. "Oh my god Sash" Lauren smiled, as she looked over at Sasha in the corner, holding her own bundle of joy, and Sasha was positively glowing, but Jack was radiating how proud he was. "Meet Eloise" Jack smiled, as he looked down at his baby, the proud Dad look plastered over his face. "Can we just appreciate that we all have children" Lacey laughed, as she watched Teddy look at Declan, the realisation that Declan was holding a baby hitting him. "Bab" Teddy spoke, as Lacey looked down at her son. "Say it again?" Lacey smiled as Teddy grinned up at her. "Bab" Teddy stated again as he pointed at Alfie, Lacey smiling and nodding her head. "That's right, who am I?" Lacey smiled as Teddy clapped his hands grinning, clearly happy that he was making sense with his words now. "Mama" Maisey whispered as Lacey looked over at her daughter, before she looked at Mason with wide eyes, "oh god they're talking" Mason muttered, as Lacey laughed at him. "You're screwed now daddy" Lacey smirked, as Mason shook his head. "Maze, who's favourite?" Mason smiled, as Maisey pointed at her dad, clapping her hands around his face as he laughed. "Say Dadda" Mason whispered, as Maisey smiled up at him. "Dada" Maisey stated, her wording more clear than Teddy's, but it made Masons heart warm. "I can't deal, you guys are too cute" Ellie whispered, as she watched as Ivy looked at Teddy, smiling at him.
"I swear to god, if your child breaks my daughters heart we're gonna fall out" Ben muttered, as he watched as Ivy smiled at Teddy, and Teddy smiled at Ivy.
"Oh god, could you imagine us all being related in years to come" Jack laughed, as he looked around at the next generation, taking it all in, and it was overwhelming.

But Lacey felt the love in the room, she felt the warm memories flood her mind, the memories of her and Mason, the memories of girls night, where the lads would come and crash it, she remembered the numerous amounts of karaoke that they had spent their nights at, she remembered all the love she had felt from the people who surrounded her.
The people who had witnessed her at her lowest and picked her up, time and time again, the people who had watched her shine at her best, and never once flawed her.
But for every good memory, there was a bad one to subsided it, the times her and Mason argued till they were blue in the face, the days where she would lie in bed and never want to move.

But Lacey took a chance on the Chelsea midfielder, a time when she wasn't looking for anything, she never realised how much she would need him, she didn't realise that she would only ever need him, never want him.
Mason on the other hand, he knew he wanted Lacey, he just didn't realise how much he needed her, but Lacey took that chance, the chance of falling in love all over again, the chance of all that ever would sound in her mind of;

If Only..