L O V E R - a Leah Williamson story

chapter seventeen

*little TW for those with emetophobia - this chapter contains sick. The chapter isn't important to the story so you can skip without missing anything important!*

It was the end of November and England had won all of their games so far. As proud as I was of Leah and her team, I felt jealous.

I was staying over at Leah's house as she had a break for a bit, even though she still had training there were no games for a week. She was exhausted and I had kept telling her that she was overworking herself, but she would just dismiss me and say that it was part of the job.

I woke up before Leah and decided to go downstairs and make us both a hot chocolate that we could drink in bed before Leah had to leave for England training. I was at home today as Arsenal training didn't start back until tomorrow for me.

With the hot chocolate's in hand I walked back up to Leah's bedroom. When I got to the top of the stairs my thoughts were interrupted by the sound of violent coughing coming from her room. I sighed, "Please don't tell me she's sick." I whispered to myself.

My pleas were not met when I opened the door to see a pale looking Leah with a red stuffy nose.

"Morning love." Leah rasped out.

I joined her in bed and gave her a hot chocolate before I frowned and put the back of my hand on her forehead. "God Leah, you're burning up. You feeling okay?" I asked, my voice full of concern.

She shook her head, "Y/n I'm fine, I'm just hot cause I'm in bed." She tried to explain before being interrupted by a sneeze.

"Bless you." I said. I looked at her with my eyebrows raised and my head slightly tilted to the side.

She rolled her eyes and took a sip of her drink. "I'm fine y/n. What time is it anyway? I've got to get up soon for training."

I laughed and put my hand on her arm to stop her from moving, she looked at me confused. "No. You're not going to train like this. You need a break." I explained as I shook my head.

Leah took my hand off of her and stood up, "No y/n. I need to go in." She said before she started swaying side to side, looking like she was about to pass out.

"Leah stop being stupid. Get back in bed there is absolutely no way you can train like this. Look you can barely even stand up." I made my point and walked over to stand in front of Leah to stop her from walking anywhere. Suddenly she looked at me with wide eyes and ran through to her bathroom.

I walked after her and opened the bathroom door as I heard her throwing up in the toilet. I had a huge fear of sick, so I took three deep breaths to calm myself and then finally walked over to Leah. I held her hair back and rubbed her back to comfort her while she had her head in the toilet.

After she was finished she turned around and sat so that her back was leaning on the toilet. I flushed it and got her toothbrush out.

"I'm going to get you a glass of water so you can rinse out your mouth and then you're going to brush your teeth. Okay?" I said as I stood up.

"Mmhmm." She groaned as she held her head.

"Okay I'm also going to get you two paracetamol." I said as I walked out the bathroom.

I began to feel anxious over the thought of Leah being sick and giving whatever she had to me. If this was anyone else I would be out of there, but this was Leah so I pushed through.

When I walked back upstairs and into the bathroom I saw that she was still sat in the same position. "Here. Take these, rinse your mouth, brush your teeth, and get back in bed. I'm not letting you go to training." I handed her the pills and water. I then got her toothbrush and put toothpaste on it. After she was finished I swapped the water for the brush. She tried to push herself off the floor but was too weak so I put my hands under her armpits and pulled her up. We walked together to the bedroom and fell on her bed. I got the covers and put them over her before I got up and went to leave. I was stopped by Leah taking my hand.