Pretty Footballer 3

Fifteen 🤍

A week had passed since I had seen and spoke to Trent. Obviously now that my phone was fixed I was in contact with Trent but I was still staying at my dad's and Juliet's. I didn't want to jump too soon, as of going back home but I was still having Theodore and Sophia every few days which I was grateful for. After messaging the Vanessa girl last week, I had been on edge waiting for a reply and I did get a reply and today I'm meeting her at a cafe in Liverpool as she's in Liverpool. I would be telling a big lie if I said I wasn't worried or scared because the truth was I was petrified but I knew I needed to find out exactly what happened for me and Trent to move on. We needed this for us but mainly for the kids, It wasn't fair on them, and it wasn't like me and Trent had fallen out of love, it was the opposite but I needed to find out what happened in Amsterdam so I could put all this behind us.

I had been up since 5am, I hadn't really slept thinking about today's meeting. I had no clue how it was going to go but I knew I needed to do it. Today wasn't my day to have the kids and I had to meet the Vanessa girl at 11am. Luckily my dad drove me to the garage in town and I picked up my new car yesterday. With the car accident, my car couldn't really be fixed because of the damage and so I opted for a new car, a Range Rover SV. This meant I could drive myself into town and if I was being completely honest, no one knew that I was going to meet the Vanessa girl because I knew that someone would try and talk me out of it. They wouldn't and don't understand the reason I have to see the girl. Hopefully me and Trent can work through this, and I know she and Trent are the reason where in this situation but for me to try and move on, I needed to find our exactly what happened.

I had laid in bed just staring at the ceiling for the whole entire time I've been awake, thinking about today. I had heard Juliet and my dad both get up and go to work, leaving me in the house on my own. Juliet works at a flower shop in Manchester and my dad now works at the Liverpool academy as a receptionist. Thanks to Ian who is Trent's scout as a kid, offered my dad the job and so he has to be there until 9am. I pulled back the duvet and got up out of bed, because I knew if I didn't I would stay for the whole day and somehow not end up going to meet the Vanessa girl. I walked over to dresser and got some clothes which still consisted of a hoodie and leggings. I got some new underwear and startrd getting undressed out of my pyjamas and putting on my underwear and clothes.
I brushed my hair and put that in a ponytail and then walked over to the door and opened it walking to the bathroom and went to the toilet. After I was done, I washed my hands and washed my face and I stood there looking in the mirror, there had been half of me that had started to second guess going, but as I've said I needed to do it, but it was scary. Who knows what the Vanessa girl will say and who knows what answers I'll get.

I walked out of the bathroom and walked back into the bedroom and sat down on the bed and started putting my trainers on and tieing the laces. Once I had put my trainers on and tied then I stood up and grabbed my phone off of the side table and it was on 20% battery as I had forgotten to charge it last night. I walked out of the bedroom, down the corridor to Kitchen and looked at the clock hanging on the wall and the time was 10.30am which meant that I had half an hour to get into town to the cafe. I walked over the patio doors and made sure they were shut and then I walked to the front door and grabbed my car keys and the extra pair of house keys and unlocked the front door and opened it, walking outside and the weather was horrible, windy and it looked like it was going to rain. I closed and locked the front door and walked over to my car and unlocked it and opened the drivers door and got in, closing the car door behind me and I put on my seatbelt and sat there for a few seconds staring at the sky that was grey and horrible. It was time to try and save my marriage.

After a short drive from the house and into town, I parked in a nearby carpark. I revered into the parking space and stopped the car and took off my seatbelt and took out my car keys and grabbed my phone which was in the glove box and I checked the time to see it 10.50am, so I was early which meant that I had more time to contemplate if doing this was the right decision, even though I knew it was. I put my phone in my hoodie pocket and turned and opened the car door and got out closing and locking the car door behind me and then I started making my way to the cafe.
I got to the cafe and pushed open the door and walked in, and it wasn't busy at all, and I couldn't see the Vanessa girl yet which meant I could get my drink and sit down. I walked upto the counter and a young girl walked to the counter "hello, can I take your order?" She said as I smiled "just a iced tea please" I said as she nodded and turned around and started making my drink while I stood there. Before I knew it, she turned around holding my iced tea and gave it me "that will be £3.00" she said as I nodded and went into my pocket and got out some change and passed her that and she smiled "keep the change" I said as she went to give me a few coins but she smiled "thank you" she said as I nodded and walked away from the counter carrying my drink and walked over to a table in the corner near the window and sat down.