Just a Random Girl (Hailee Steinfeld x y/n)

Chapter One - Running Into Her

My alarm goes off beeping at 8 in the morning, it's fucking Saturday. I roll out of bed and throw on shorts and an oversized shirt. I tie my hair into a ponytail and lace up my running shoes. I put in my airpods and start walking out of my apartment complex. NF is blasting in my ears and all my surrounds fade away as I begin running. I've felt like shit all week, I feel tears stream down my face but I keep running down the streets of LA.

Hailee's POV
I'm walking out of Ella's apartment with my one guard trailing behind me as I stayed at Ella's last night. Needless to say she rocked my world. I'm attempting to blend in as I am in a hoodie and sweats with sunglasses on and my hood up. I put my head down and start walking to my car when someone runs into me. We both go crashing into the sidewalk.
"Hey asshole watch where you're going!" I yell but I look up and see this tan y/hc haired girl crying. She looks at me with her beautiful y/ec eyes and is about to get up to jog away again but I grab her wrist.
"I'm sorry your knee is bleeding." I say.
"I'm fine." is all she mutters. She gets up and starts to walk away.
"What's your name?!" I yell as she starts to jog again.
"y/n." she says.
"Will I ever see you again?" I ask and she just turns and looks at me before running away. I notice her UCLA soccer shirt before she goes out of view.

Your POV
I get back to my apartment and take a shower. I watch the blood trickle down my leg from the scrape on my knee. That girl I ran into was beautiful, way out of my league. I get dressed for my classes today which are Calculus and Organic Chemistry. I put on some Adidas sweats and a UCLA soccer shirt and my ultraboosts. I pack my bag for evening practice and I grab my books. I walk to class thinking about how I probably just ruined that girls day. My thought is interrupted by my best friend another senior at UCLA and my soccer teammate Gia.
"y/n hey!" She says jogging to my side.
This girl has never left my side and knows me inside and out so she can tell when i'm not okay.
"Hey Gia." I say. We both have the same classes she's also a neuro major.
"You okay? I know it's been rough lately." She says.
"I just wish I wasn't depressed." I say.
"Something in your life will change for the better." She says smiling at me and I smile back weakly. We get to Calculus and we both sit in the back. I diligently take notes as Gia jokes off with Kai another girl on the soccer team. In chemistry we did a lab and by the time we finish our classes all three of us are walking to the sports center for practice it's around four. I change into shorts and put on my cleats. I put up my hair and walk out the locker room with my phone in hand listening to NF in my airpods. I warm up with a lap and stretch as the rest of the team starts to show up. I dribble my ball and shoot the ball at Lauren who struggles to block most my shots. We do one v ones today and the only people I struggled to beat were Gia and Kai. By seven we are wrapping up practice with a scrimmage and I notice two people in the bleachers. I ignore it and keep playing letting al my stress go away for a second. My team ends up winning and I celebrate with them for a bit then I grab my water and go to the center of the field and I lay down staring up at the sky. I close my eyes and leave myself with my thoughts. I think about my ex girlfriend Andy back on the east coast where I am from.

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My parents broke us up and it tore me apart when she passed away, it was my fault, everyone kept telling me it wasn't and she was struggling with mental illnesses and she decided to kill herself. I still blame myself for not noticing and for letting my parents break us up.

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I remember taking her to the beach and teaching her how to surf. She always came to my soccer games and ran onto the field after we won to give me a hug. I think of all those "happy" moments where she was in pain and I didn't see it.
"Hey" I hear someone say. I open my eyes and it's the girl from this morning.
"y/n right?" She asks.
"Yea that's me, and you are." I ask.
"Hailee Steinfield." She says extending out her hand.
"You're fucking joking, I ran into the musician and actress and beautiful Hailee Steinfield this morning." I say shocked and she blushes.
"You did. Is your knee okay and most importantly are you okay?" She asks looking at me in the eyes.
"Truthfully no but I will not burden you with my baggage." I say getting up.
"You're really good at this soccer thing." She says.
"You sound like Andy when I first met her." I say frowning.
"Who is Andy?" She asks.
"Andy was my ex girlfriend, uh she passed away a couple years ago." I say.
"I am so sorry y/n." She says giving me a hug and for the first time in a long time I felt safe in her embrace.
"I know we just met but do you want to come over to my house uh I don't feel like being spotted on the UCLA campus by paparazzi. I want to get to know you better." Hailee says.
"Uh yea sure just let me change." I say.
"No need you can change at my place." She says and grabs my hand and drags me to her Audi R7.
"Sweet ride" I say.
"Thanks Ella hates it." She says frowning.
"Ella Hunt?" I ask.
"Yea we've been dating since the start of Dickinson." Hailee says smiling. "However Ella wants to keep everything a secret and my heart cannot handle not being able to be affectionate to her in public."
"Have you guys talked about it." I ask as we get into her car.
"Yea she says she's just not ready to be out to the public but this has been her excuse for several months." Hailee says.
"She will come around eventually." I say. "The real question is why do you want to get to know someone like me I am just a random girl."
"You're more than that and you just seem like someone I need to know." She says.