𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐘 → 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐦

𝟎𝟎𝟕

it was finally saturday afternoon. jude was currently on the plane to manchester meanwhile maya was flicking through photos of the footballer as she eagerly waited for his arrival.

the night before, maya and jude finally had exchanged phone numbers. the pair didn't stay up too long texting though. this was mainly because jude was knocked out from training and maya needed some rest from work. the next morning, maya woke up with a grin on her face because she knew he'd be ringing her phone soon.

1:06 pm

call from jude ‼️
[accept] or decline

jude: hey you alright?
maya: yeah you here yet?
jude: at the airport now, i need to talk to you about something though
maya: what's up?
jude: well this sounds a bit silly but there's a football game i kinda need to watch so can i come to yours later?
maya: man united vs chelsea right?
jude: yeah haha
maya: i was gonna watch it on my tv anyway, you're free to join me if you want
jude: oh great! send me your address and i'll be there
maya: sounds good, i'll text you

after roughly 20 minutes since jude's call, the mancunian heard three knocks at her door. maya flew the door open and was charmed by jude's smile.

"hey MK", jude smirked as he hugged maya. he knew deep down she didn't mind him calling her by her initials.

"hi JB", maya replied as she invited him in.

"you look nice", jude said staring at her eyes.

"can't say the same for you", maya teased.

"ouch", jude laughed with his hand over his heart.

"only kidding, you look handsome always"

"so the games about to start innit?"

"yeah yeah. here come have a seat on the couch. make yourself comfortable."

just before the game started to kick off, maya headed to the kitchen. jude didn't know it yet but maya had watched an interview of his before. she remembered that he mentioned his liking of pasta so she cooked some up before he arrived.

"jude, do you want some mac & cheese?"

"yes please that'd be great, thanks"

maya walked back towards the living room and served both him and herself with some delicious macaroni. even though she looked calm, deep down she was shit scared that the dortmund player wouldn't like her cooking.

"wow that's good! i'm impressed", jude said surprised.

"glad you like it, ooh the games kicking off! come on united".

"oh you're a united fan? who's your favourite player then?", jude asked out of curiosity.

"probably sancho or rashy".

"haha yeah i miss jadon, rash is good too".

"right you must've played with jadon at dortmund. what about the chelsea players? are you mates with any of them?"

"yeah reece, he's like a brother. chilly and mase as well".

"and there they are", maya said pointing at the tv. "hopefully they don't play too good today", maya joked.

"haha we'll see. are you alright by the way? you look a bit cold in that", jude asked while he was wearing a full palm angels tracksuit whilst maya was only wearing a dark green dress.

"yeah a bit cold but it's fine", maya shrugged.

"come here then, i'll keep you warm", jude took the girl into his arms.

"i like this", maya said with his arm around her.

the pair hugged eachother tightly for the rest of the 90 minutes. during this time the two realised they had much more in common than they thought. both didn't really like the paparazzi, both wanted private but not secret relationships, both liked listening to a bit of rap. but these conversations were put on hold when maya pulled out her phone.

maya opened her camera to take a selfie for her instagram story and jude saw this as the perfect opportunity. he swooped in and kissed her on the cheek just as she clicked the picture.

(pretend it's jude and maya please 🙏🙏)

"oh my god this is so cute i'm saving it," maya said giggling.

jude smiled and then there was silence.

"i'm sorry by the way," jude apologised.

"for what?" maya asked with fear trickling down her spine.