You and me

Part 23

Y/N POV 

I wake up by my alarm blasting in my ear. Today is the day, my first game. It doesn't matter anymore that I am on the bench. It's my first game of the season and I am so exited. I take my phone and see that I have some messages. 

Lizard🦎

Good luck today superstar. I know that you will crush it even if you're not playing. You can still support your team and be there for them. And remember, I will be there to cheer you on 😉

I smile at the message like a fool. My day is already amazing and it hadn't even started yet. I quickly send a message back and get out of bed. I want to be early and not because I want to kiss ass but just because I want to become a better person. I go to the bathroom and brush my teeth. After that I take a quick cold shower to start my body up. After I came out of the shower I put on some deodorant and my outfit. I just put on my LA galaxy joggers on and brush my hair. I take my hair band with me so that I won't forget it. After that I put my rings and necklace on and now I am ready to go. I will eat some breakfast at the club since I don't have anything except cereal. When it's match day I like to eat a good breakfast so that I won't be hungry during the game. I take my headphones because that's the only way that I can stay in my zone for such a long time. It's now 1 p.m. and the game starts at 5 p.m. We need to be at the club at 2 p.m. to get briefed. After that we get dressed and start in the gym. An hour before the game we will start with the warming up on the field. I know that I said that I needed breakfast but that it's noon. I just like to sleep very long so it's still morning for me. 

I just need to see that I eat something small between the gym session and the warming up. 5 p.m. is such a shit time to play. It's just when I want to eat. I take my jacket and hop on my bike. I know that I will be there early but then I have time to eat my breakfast. After a short drive I arrive at the club. I park my bike and make my way to the buffet. There is always food here because most of the time people are in meetings and after that they are hungry. I make myself a plate with some bakes potatoes and some beens in tomato sauce. This is my favorite breakfast and I could eat it every day. After I finish my plate I go and grab some steamed broccoli. You can give me a whole broccoli as Christmas present and I will be so happy. I love broccoli so much, I can eat it with everything. Steamed, cooked, just fresh, I can eat it in all the right ways. Sometimes I eat is as a snack and sometimes I eat it as dessert. Broccoli on pizza, you need to try that it's heaven on earth. Enough broccoli talk, I need to get in the zone for the game. I take my broccoli with me and make my way into the locker room. I put on my headphones and just sit on my spot waiting. This is something I always do, I can sit here for a whole hour not doing anything but listening to my music. It's how I stay focused. Some time has passed and I feel a hand on my shoulder. I look up and see that Aubrey is standing before me. 

"You are early." She looks at me with a shocked expression and I just smile at her. "Yes, I want to become a better version of myself and you were right. I need to keep me on the rules and that's not going to happen if I always arrive late." Aubrey smiles at me and takes a seat next to me. "That's great to hear Y/N. I am so proud of everything that you have accomplished." I look at Aubrey and give her a warm smile. "Look Aubrey, I want to tell you that I am really glad I met you. You are always there for me and no one asked you to do that. I'm just really glad that I have you." Aubrey looks at me and I can see her eyes getting glossy. "You're welcome little one. I will always be there for you." I give Aubrey a hug and just then my teammates start to pile in. Aubrey stands up and straightens her jacket. Now she is back in coach mode. I just find it fascinating how she can switch modes so fast. 

"Okay team, i all expect you to be in the meeting room in five minutes." Aubrey gets out of the room and everyone puts there stuff down and starts changing. Because I am already in my gear I go straight to the meeting room and take a seat. I won't take the first row, I want to change myself but I don't want to become a loser. No, I am just kidding. I don't want to sit on the front row because I hate it when people sit behind me and can see everything that I do. I always had this, in high school I was always sat at the back row because I hated that people could see what I was writing of typing. Well, enough of my high school memories. Everyone is already here and I see Aubrey entering the room. She has this serious coach look on her face and I try my hardest not to laugh. I always found Aubreys serious face so funny, I can't handle it. But I wanted to be a serious person so I can't laugh. "Okay team, today's game is the first of the season and it will be a hard one. We will need to put everything in this game to win it. We can put five substitutes in the game and I will likely do that. Everybody showed me what they could do at practice and I think that some people on the bench still deserve to play." So I still have a chance to play tonight. 

In an instant I straighten my posture and look at the board. "I don't know who is going to play, it will depend on the players on the field. If you play bad, you will be off the field before you know it. So, let that be all and just do your absolute best." After this coach puts an image on the board. It's the line up for this game. I don't know how they normally play but it's kinda like last game. Now they just have a different goalkeeper. I look at the name of the goalkeeper and I kinda feel sad that I don't get to play that position anymore. I enjoyed it so much, expect from all the pain. After Aubrey told everyone there positions it was time to get in the gym. It's now currently 3 p.m. so we have about an hour to get our muscles stretched. This is a light work out just so that we don't tear any muscles. After this warm up we all go to the pitch. 

It feels so good to put my football boots and shin pads on. Firstly we all run a few laps around the field and after that it's time to take a ball. We are passing around getting the feeling in your feet and after that we go to shoot on goal. The fans are starting to come in the arena and I love this feeling. I look up at the vip booth and see Lizzie sitting there. She brought Clay with her and I can't help but laugh in myself. The situation from how me met is just so funny. Never did I expect to meet Lizzies best friend like that. I shook my head and got back in the zone. I try not to look at Lizzie just because I don't want to be distracted. Aubrey made it pretty clear that she can't come otherwise. I have this great feeling about the game, my warming up is going so good. I score almost every shot that I take and it just gives me this big confidence boost. After some time Aubrey calls us all inside and I look up at Lizzie but see that she isn't sitting there anymore. Clayton is still there so I shoot him a little wave. He waves back and I smile at him. He is such a funny guy from what I have seen. 

While I am walking to the locker room I see someone standing in the hallway. I come a bit closer and see Lizzie patiently waiting. I run up to her and spin her in the air. "What are you doing here?" I set her back down and she just smiles at me. "I wanted to wish you good luck before the game." She is so thoughtful. I look around and when I see that nobody is there I give Lizzie a quick kiss. "Thank you so much, I really need to go now before Aubrey gets mad." Lizzie nods but just before she walks away I give her one more kiss. I can never get enough of her kisses. 

We all get in the locker room and take places at our spots. Our jerseys are hanging in our boots and it's just so cool. In high school you just got your jersey in a bag and not hanging out for you. I look at my place and see my jersey with number 12 hanging. I have always been number twelve and Aubrey knew by signing me that I needed to have that number. It feels so good to be in my own jersey with my personal number and name on. I take a quick picture from the jersey and then I put it on. We all sit back down because Aubrey wants to start her little speech. Everybody is listening closely but here I am still putting tape around my fingers. This shit is harder than you would think. I put my splint to the side and now I am taping my hand but it's really difficult. Maybe I just need to ask a medical person to do it so that it's done properly. "Okay guys, go out there and crush them!" Aubrey yells and everyone gets out. Shit I am not done yet. Aubrey walks to me and takes the tape in her hands. "You can just ask for help you know." She carefully puts the tape on all the right spots and I say a quick thank you before running to the bench. I sit on the bench and the starting squat is standing in the tunnel, waiting for the referee to get there. After the referee got there they all walk out to the field in one line. Both captains go the the ref to see who can start and who can pick sides. The other team is going to start and we just keep our side. Everybody is standing in their positions waiting for the referee to start the game. 

I am so freaking nervous, we really need to win this game. I am biting my fingernails just because I am that nervous. No, jokes on me, I always bite my nails. I look up at the crowd and see Lizzie sitting with Clayton. We make eye contact and just like that my nerves are gone. I give her a quick wave and she waves back. I see her mouthing a good luck and I send back a thank you. This feels like we are kids in love that can't talk in class so they communicate in there own way. I love it, she just gets this smile on my face by smiling at me. Before I know it I hear the whistle letting know that the game has started... 

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Hey guys, I hope you all have a great day. 

I hope you all like this chapter, next chapter will be all about the game. What do you guys think, will Y/N play or will she stay on the bench? 

If you have any questions or suggestions, please let me know.