I Only Care About You (Michael Carrick) -COMPLETED-

Chapter 7.

I awoke to a sot hand gently shaking my left shoulder.

‘’Alice? Alice?’’ I heard the voice of Michael

‘’mmm, yeah?’’ I mumbled, my eyelids fluttered open

‘’do you want anything to eat? They’re coming round’’ he nodded towards the steward coming round taking orders. Yes orders, we were in first class. What do you expect? It’s Manchester United we’re talking about!

‘’what are you having?’’ I asked him whilst stretching my arms out above my head and then in front of me

‘’Pasta’’

‘’I’ll have the same as you then, order for me please? I need the toilet’’ he shook his head and smiled

‘’of course’’.

‘’thanks!’’. I smiled at him before jumping out of my seat and walking down the rest of the aisle until I reached the toilet.

I went inside and did my business. I always hated aeroplane toilets, especially the flush. It just scared the living daylights out of me at how loud and sudden it was. Nevertheless, I overcame my small fear and flushed the toilet before washing my hands with some really nice smelling soap.

I walked out of the toilet and continued to walk down the aisle back to my seat when someone stopped me.

‘’Alice?’’ I stopped to see Ryan Giggs looking up at me from his seat

‘’oh hey Giggsy’’ I smiled

‘’can I talk to you?’’ I paused.

‘’yeah, sure’’. I walked into the back and he followed me. ‘’so what’s up?’’ I smiled nervously

‘’it’s not you…well I just wanted to ask you something about Michael’’ he looked at me intently

‘’yeah…’’ my tone raised at the end. He got his phone out and showed me a picture of me and Michael hugging.

‘’are you and Michael like dating?’’ he raised an eyebrow

‘’no! I don’t get why everyone keeps saying that! I’m getting hate on Twitter and Facebook from people I don’t even know telling me to leave him alone! I’m not fucking dating him!’’ I threw my arms round in a moment of anger whilst Giggsy just stood staring at me. We stood in silence for a few seconds till I broke down. Tears streamed down my face and I kept repeating ‘I’m sorry, I’m sorry, ‘I’m sorry’ to him.

‘’It’s fine, I understand’’ he said, pulling me into a hug and rubbing my back. He’s like a brother to me Ryan, I can tell him anything and he’ll understand. I’ve known him for ages. ‘’It hurts doesn’t it, when you try and tell and nobody believes you’’ he whispered. I nodded, ‘’I get it’’.  ‘’The most important thing is that you yourself know it’s not true, just ignore what they say because it’s their fault for not believing you’’ he told me in a soft voice.

‘’thank you Giggsy’’ I smiled and pulled apart from the hug. He pulled a tissue from a box and handed it to me. I laughed and wiped my eyes.

‘’anytime’’ he smiled before heading back to his seat. I went back into the toilet to wash my face. He had really showed me how to deal with it. If you know yourself, then it’s their fault for not believing you. Wow, strong words. I walked back to my seat, smiling at Giggsy who smiled back as I walked past.

‘’hey are you alright? Giggsy said you were a little upset?’’ Michael asked straight away.

‘’I’m fine now, it was nothing, all sorted now’’ I smiled at him and he smiled back.

‘’as long as your happy that’s all I care about’’.