Bella smith living the life every young girl dreams, but with what would be a career ending injury for most people, only spurred her on and a year later making her champions league debut. She's a special talent but off the pitch her life is not what...
I woke up exhausted. Last night was great don't get me wrong but wow I'm shattered. I looked for my phone to check to time and when I tapped on the screen it said half 1. I haven't slept in till this time since I was in school. I looked to my left too see Leah completely out of it. I got up and put on a hoodie without waking her up. I went downstairs and I was surprised to see her dad in the kitchen.
"Morning" I said with a smile, "afternoon" he's replied laughing. I chuckled before going to grab some water, "do you have any medicine to help headaches" I asked him and he laughed, "can't handle the drink?" He questioned. "Oh no it's for Leah, she had a bit more than me and I know she'll definitely need some" I said as he passed me tablets. "Thanks" I said and before walking away he started to speak, "you really look after her don't you" he said and I nodded, "I try my best" I replied with a smile thinking of the blonde. "You both really suit one another, I'm happy she's with you" he said making me go red, "thank you, you've made it so easy for me to settle into your family" I said and he smiled, "she never stops talking about you, you know" he said which intrigued me, I sat down on the stool beside him. "She's actually spoke to us more since you've been away, she stays with us maybe for a night or two and she doesn't stop mentioning you" he said with a chuckle, my heart felt warm knowing how much she cares about me.
He told me stories about Leah, during her childhood. Amanda woke up and joined in as well. It was great, I was being told embarrassing stories from when she was young and I couldn't help but laugh. It was slightly later and I thought I'd better get up and give her some tablets. As I walked into the room her eyes opened again before shutting when she saw me, "nice try lee" I said sitting beside her. Her eyes opened and she wrapped her arms around my side, I put the water and tablets down and cuddled into her. "I love you" she said before kissing me, "I love you too" i replied as we sat up. "I've got water and tablets for you to take" I said handing them to her, she immediately took them and I laughed, "sore head?" I said and she nodded. We sat cozied up together for a while, scrolling through my phone I saw all the girls posting family Christmas pics. Me and Leah hadn't posted ours yet. Leah looked at me, "we can if you want" she said and I smiled, "I think we should" I replied and Leah took out her phone.
Leah posted one with everyone and captioned it, 'family comes first, merry Christmas everyone'
I wanted to post something light hearted with just me and her. I found the perfect photo which described our Christmas.
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I captioned it, 'big child' which Leah frowned at before laughing. I ignored all the comments because they quite frankly did not matter. I was with my girl for a week and I couldn't be happier.
We spent the afternoon at her mums before leaving to go back to mine. I still get that weird feeling when I enter my house, I know Leah notices it but I just ignore her looking. The truth was I couldn't bare to be in this house. It felt strange knowing it's been empty for so long. I was distracted when Leah was here but the feeling was still here.
"Bels. Bella. Babe" she repeated and I snapped out of my thoughts, "mhm" I replied walk-in over to the kitchen. "You okay?" She asked closing the front door. "Yeah. Just in my thoughts" she could see right through me, she knew I was lying. "I'm here to talk. Whenever you want" she said and I simply nodded. I started to explain everything, she completely understood why I felt like this.
"You know you don't need to keep this house" she said softly, she didn't want to hurt my feelings as she knew it was my family home. "I know" I replied dryly. I thought about it for a while before coming to the conclusion of what to do.
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"Leah Catherine Williamson get back here!" I shouted as she ran up the stairs, I had white cream all over my face and bits were falling off as I ran upstairs. I was searching for her in every room until I saw my music room wide open. I creeped inside before seeing her behind the door, I wiped the cream from my face and put it on hers as she tried to dodge me she smacked her head off the door which made us both burst into a fit of laughter. "Your so silly" I said as I saw a frown, she must of felt her head being sore. I pulled her head onto my chest as I hugged her, I kissed the top of her head and I saw a smile appear on her face. "That hurt" she said rubbing the side of her head, I laughed "of course it did you smacked it off the door" I said and she chuckled.
We eventually went downstairs and the music was still playing. A slow country song came on and of course Leah knew it, she pulled my hips close to hers and started dancing. She sang all the words and it made me feel so genuinely happy. This was one of the last days in this house, I was so sad, but I knew it was the right decision.
Leah kissed my forehead and I just relaxed into her grip, "I love you so much lee" I said as she hugged me. "I love you more bels" she said kissing me passionately. We heard the timer beep and went to take the cake out of the oven. We had time to spare as we needed to let it cook down so we went on a walk, as we went past certain places it brought memories back from my childhood. I pointed out to Leah little details I remember from them and she was loving it. There was one park we came to, it had a small 11 a side football pitch with a children's park beside it, we saw a group of young children playing at one of the goals and we started to walk around the pitch. The ball rolled into Leah's path as we walked around and she passed it back, I saw one of the little girls with her mouth wide open. I pointed it out to Leah and she smiled at her, "your Leah" she said shocked, I smiled at how mesmerised she was and Leah nodded. "Can we please get a photo" she said and ran to her bag taking out her phone. "Here I'll take it" I offered and the girl looked at me confused, I saw the clogs turning in her head before her jaw dropped, "and your Bella" she said and I smiled, I didn't expect her to recognise me. "Yes I am" I said chuckling. "Oh I need a pic with both of you" she said all excited making us all laugh, she got one of her friends to take a picture. They all then asked for one and we did the rounds.
"Can we have a kick about" one of them asked and me and Leah looked at one another, we both shrugged, "yeah why not" leah said before running and taking the ball of one of the little boys, they all got really excited. "I'm on bellas team" one of the boys shouted, "okay we need teams then" Leah said and we picked teams randomly. They had a goalie in and we done 3v3. The ball was kicked in the air and Leah went to bring it down but the girl from my team was too, Leah pretended to get pushed out of the way and the girl got it and passed to me, I saw Leah running after me which made me laugh, I passed the ball to the boy who then scored. He slid on his knees celebrating, they were all cheering and I gave him a high five.
The game went on for a while until it started getting dark, we called it a night and I ended up giving one of them my jumpers and Leah did too. During the walk home we both spoke about how weird it was to be noticed. I mean It was so strange, they probably look up to us just like we looked up to your likes of Kelly smith or someone.
We got home and eventually finished making the cake. We went over to the sofa watch a movie to end the night. We cuddled up and out on a random movie, I rested my head on her chest before falling asleep.
