Lauren Hemp short fanfic :)

part 7

"5! 4! 3! 2! 1!" The whistle blew heavily. And half the crowd erupted into cheers, I took a minute to catch my breath. But was soon attacked by a hug coming in from Lucy.
"WE WON!!" She screamed, not stopping smiling. Once she had finally let go of me, we jogged into the middle of the pitch where most of the team had gathered. A weight jumped onto my back, and wrapped her arms around my neck. I placed my hands under her thighs, hoisting her up higher onto my back. I knew who it was the minute she did it, and the voice in my ear just confirmed my suspicions.
"I'm so proud of you." Whispered Lauren, casting a faint blush over my cheeks, "4-1 baby!!" She called, throwing a hand in the air. I carried her into the circle before letting go of her legs and dropping her. More hugs were on the agenda, Mary, Ellen, Jill, Keira. They seemed never ending. But it was incredible. Celebrating a first win with a new team was always out at
We slowly made our way back through the tunnel after thanking the Arsenal players, but the vibes stayed exactly the same when we made it to the dressing room.
"Did anyone see any scouts?" Steph asked quickly, still too enthralled in the win we had just had. Everyone shook their heads, it was clear the scouts did there best to hide from the teams. Which apparently worked. The vibe slowly died down in the changing rooms as everyone got back into their tracksuits. Me, Lucy and Jill finished getting changed earlier than everyone else, so we decided to make our way out to the front of the stadium to meet some of the fans. Lucy ended up giving her shirt to a little girl who plays on the same team as Bronze did when she was younger. The girl then burst into tears, and Lucy had no clue what to do. It was amazing. Being the new girl not many people wanted autographs, which was fine. But I did photo bomb some fans who I had overheard talking about me previously. That caused them to scream with excitement. One by one the rest of the team started streaming out of the stadium, signing shirts and taking photos.

We all got piled back onto the coach shortly later, I got held back by a fan who was from Denmark, so naturally I stopped to speak to her. Once I had said goodbye to the girl, gave her a hug, told her she'd be okay. All that jazz. I clambered onto the coach as well, most of the seats closer to the back were already full with the likes of Mary, Ellie and Keira.

"Hey Al!" A voice came from the back of the coach, I walked towards who I knew was Lauren, and she patted the seat next to her, "We're gonna play never have I ever."
I smiled at the girls enthusiasm then  sank into the seat next to her.
"Okay! First question! Fingers up everyone!" Georgia cleared her throat, "Never have I ever had romantic feelings about one of my teammates."
"Any team we've been on?" I ask quickly,
Georgia nods, I slowly put a finger down. But so do most of the other girls; including Lauren.
"Okay! My turn." Lucy chuckles, "Never have I ever kissed four or more people in 24 hours."
I hastily put a finger down, Georgia also did.
"I would've guessed you G." Lucy starts, earning a exaggerated expression of the younger girl, "But Alina?! Come on spill. How many?" She finishes,
"It was only four." I laugh, "on a night out."
"Girls or guys?" Keira adds,
"Girls. Obviously."
"That's what we like to hear." Mary jeers,

"My turn." I say, "Hm, never have I ever been refused entry to a club."
Ellie, Georgia and Lauren all put a finger down,
"Okay. Ellie and Georgia makes sense, cause they're both tiny. But Lauren; give us the story Hempo."
"There's not much of a story to it really. I went out with a group of mates, they all got let in. I didn't."
"Did you have your tat? Was it on show?" Lucy questioned,
Lauren nodded, "yup. Low cut top, tattoo completely out. Still wouldn't let me in."
Keira turns to Lucy in order to get another question to ask,
"You've got a tattoo?" I ask Lauren,
She nods, "sternum."
"You got any more?" She asks, gesturing to the one on my arm,
I don't reply, but turn around in my seat, then realise that I'm not gonna be able to show the girl without removing my shirt. Which I was not going to do on the bus. So I pull my phone out of my pocket and scroll through my photos until I reach the one where it was just completed. I hand my phone to the girl.
"Oh wow. That's gorgeous."

I did like the picture I showed Lauren, I was lying down on my stomach and the muscles in my back were very prominent, when I had the tattoo done I made sure placement was exactly correct and that even when wearing a sports bra, you wouldn't be able to see the ink.
"How long did it take to do?"
"An hour or so. It hurt like a bitch though."
"What about your arm?"
"Oh that took longer, but didn't hurt as much to be honest."

"Next question!" Keira chuckled, "never have I ever been cheated on."
"Kie. You can't ask that." Ellie replies from behind the midfielder.
"Why not?" Lucy asks, genuinely interested, Ellie shrugs but doesn't say anything.
"Come on ladies. Cough it up then. Kiera finishes. I glance at Lauren, but she doesn't catch my eyeline. I put a finger down first, hoping that it might draw the attention away from the blonde sat next to me. Lauren notices my finger, then slides her own down.
"Oh shit." Georgia mumbles, "uh- either of you care to explain?"
I glance at Lauren, knowing shes not going to say anything,
"My first girlfriend." I start, "the one I told you guys was a bitch. Yeah. Well I forgave her after she cheated cause I thought I was in love. All that shit. Then she did it again. And I realised how fucked up it was that I forgave her and, yeah."
The girls expressions change,
"Lauren?" Georgia asks
"I'm good." She replies,
The girls nod and don't push for any more answers off the blonde. We play a few more rounds of the game before it naturally dies down. Lauren had been fairly quiet since the cheating question, but instead of asking her anything I just let her carry on when her head fell onto my shoulder. I checked my phone and we had another three hours before we made it back to Manchester, I decided to put my airpods in and listen to a playlist to pass the time. I must've fallen asleep at some point, because I woke up to a text notification. Lucy had sent me through a photo of my head on top of Laurens, us both asleep. I turn my head towards her, and send her a side eye and smile.
"Thanks for that Luce."
"No problem!"

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