dreams to reality

29.

We turned around and say Leah rolling down the hill,  I was in shock. "Oh for fucks sake leah" Keira says with a laugh as we all get off our bike, "oh my god baby, are you okay?" I say helping her up, "erm I don't know" she says making us laugh, "what the hell happened" Keira said setting the bike to the side. "Well I was trying to catch up to you and went straight over the handle bars" she said holding her hip.

The girls spoke to her but I was zoned out as I saw the blood mark in her top, I pulled up her shirt and she flinched, it was a stuck to her. When I pulled it up fully everyone went quiet and stopped joking about it, she had a massive cut on her side with a lot of scars, she eventually noticed everyone was genuinely concerned and looked down, "oh" she said quietly, "guys it looks worse than it feels, it's not that bad" she said as I took off her jumper, i then took off my top leaving me in my bra, "Oi" leah says as the girls quickly looked away from me, they all started laughing and so did I, lightening up the mood. I put her jumper back on.

"Right come here" I say turning leah, I began to wrap my top around her waist, she flinched at the slightest of touches, I knew she was in pain. "It'll do for now" I say smiling at her, "thank you" she said rubbing my arm.

There was no way Leah would cycle back to she hopped on the back of my bike and we got somebody to pick up the bike, as we went to get some lunch. I knew she trusted me when I was cycling and it comforted me, she held onto my waist as I cycled. We chained the bikes up before going inside, we ordered before i went to help leah clean up her hip.

I started to unwrap my top and she kept flinching , "squeeze my arm" I say as I got a wet paper towel, as I placed it on the scar she nearly stopped the blood flowing in my left arm, she grit down on my top which stopped her from screaming I assumed, the top was definitely getting thrown out now as her blood and saliva was now covered over it. I went as quick as possible and it didn't look too bad, "we'll go and get bandages after this, there a shop just around the corner" I say as Leah kissed my forehead, "thank you baby, I love you so much" she says resting her head on mine, "I love you too" I say before we went back to the girls.

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"Where did you learn this first aid stuff" Georgia asked as we walked out of the bathroom. "When I was about 13/14" I replied picking up my things, "wow that's young" she said and I forced a smile, "yeah" I say as we walked out of the shop to go back to our bikes, "I mean props to you though, that's a good skill to have" she said and I laughed, "yeah it comes in handy" I say giggling looking at Leah who glared at me.

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Its midnight and Leah as just got into bed, "thank you for everything you done for me today, I don't know what I would've done if you weren't there" leah says smiling at me, "I never knew you were that bad a riding bikes" I said giggling at her, "very funny, I never knew you were so good" leah said laughing. "What can I say, I'm a girl of many talents" I say smirking, "where did you learnt to do first aid as well, that was so impressive" she said and my smiled dropped, "what's wrong, did I  say something wrong I-" I cut her off, "no no you didn't, it's just erm how I learnt won't be how you are gonna expect but I don't want you to look at me any different because I know you hate what I'm away to say" I say getting nervous, "I promise" she says homing my hand.

"I got erm bullied playing football with boys, they would go really really hard on me and do illegal tackles just to hurt me and sometimes..." I took a deep breath, leah sat comforting me. "They would go into my changing room and steal my clothes, sometimes even hurt me before and after games. I always hid it from my dad, I said it was from the football match, if any bruising or anything. I don't know why I did it, I just couldn't tell anyone" I was on the verge of tears and Leah pulled me into her chest, "oh my god that's horrible, I'm so sorry you ever went through that" she kissed my head, I felt a tear fall onto my face, leah had tears in her eyes just like me.

"I love you so much and I promise to always protect you" Leah says squeezing me tight, "I love you too" I say quietly into her chest. This girl has me head over heels, I thought to myself.

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It's been a month and I've just left the airport for my Scotland camp, Leah and the rest of the girls have their camp in 2 weeks so they decided to stay away for another week, which I convinced them to do, I didn't want them leaving just because I was.

When I turned up to the oriam I saw nic doc and Erin at the entrance, "oh hiya gal, how's it going" nic said giving me a hug, "yeah not to bad, how are you both?" I say hugging Erin, "fine aye, good holiday" Erin say smiling as always, "cannae beat it" nic adds. "Well catch you up later, everyone's at the back room to the left" Erin says knowing I'm not familiar with this area. I laugh before going in.

I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket and when I took it out all I did was smile. There was only one person it could be, miss Williamson. 'Have fun, tell Lisa and Jen I said hi, I'll phone you soon. I love and miss you already x' I put my phone back in my pocket as I walked into the room, i was greeted by people I hadn't met last camp and got given my room key and my gear. I gave them the essentials and they told me I was to do media duty tomorrow before training. When I left I say Lisa turn up and ran up to her, "oh I missed you so much" I said hugging her, "I missed my gal too" we caught up for a bit and I told her Leah said hi, "how are you two?" She said giggling to herself, "fine. What's so funny" I ask her, "are you dating again" she said and I went red, "I knew it, I'm so happy for you" she said hugging me again. We continued to talk and I told her about the holiday and the dates she took me on, it was probably an hour later after we'd finished talking.

I got up to my room eventually and collapsed on my bed, I was shattered, travelling takes a lot out of you. I had a phone call incoming from Leah so I put my stuff down and accepted it.

'Hi love, I miss you'

'Oh I miss you tons, me and the girls are missing our cook' Leah said laughing, I heard giggling in the background too.

'Very cheeky'

'Get there okay?'

We spoke for a while until I realised the time.

'I've got to go now, I'll talk tomorrow I have a session in 30. I love you'

'Okay, I love you, bye have fun'

I ended the call and quickly got changed.

I got to the changing room and say all of the girls and I felt relaxed, I missed football so much and it's only been 2 months. We got put into teams for small sided games after the warm up, it was me, captain Corsie, Lana and Claire emslie.

It was a fun session and my team won the tournament, accused of cheating from Erin but that always happens, she can't except losing.

"You get first pick for your partners tomorrow for the games warmup" Pedro said smiling, "Ooooh so better pick wisely" nic said laughing. "We'll pick tomorrow so you can see the games" Pedro said as we stretched.

We have the qualifiers in a weeks time so I'm hope everything goes well.

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