It's us against the world

9 - training match

We both walk inside and head straight to the meeting room for a quick overview of the day before we start. We are told to start outside taking shots and free kicks so we can improve on our weak foot and create targets with power and accuracy.

I manage to score every shot with ease and everyone is looking at me with their jaw dropped and in shock of what they are seeing. I turn around to see Leah looking over at me proudly and she sees me so she runs over to me to tell me I am doing amazingly and I should keep up the good work and I might be able to make it into the starting 11 for the match tomorrow against Manchester United.

We move on to the gym and start working on stamina. I am doing very well as I am matching a few of my teammates speeds and intensities. I jog over to Leah with some of the remaining energy I have left because we are now racing and we need a partner to race and I know Leah will push me beyond my limit and I will do the same to her. We race a 200m and we keep pushing each other the whole way. In the final 50m I am pushing myself very hard so I am head to head with Leah.

I look at her.

Smile.

Then I push the final tiny bit of energy I have left to just outrun her and win the race. I have my hands on my knees trying to catch my breath and Leah sits on the ground and stares at me in awe and shock trying to realise she just lost against me.

I walk over to her and sit on the ground next to her so I can pat her on the back. I chuckle at her and tell her that she might have a shot against me next time and maybe even win too.

We all slowly walk for lunch as our legs are about to give way and we need to stock up on energy for our small match we are playing after lunch. I look at Leah as she is eating and ask her if she is ready to be smashed by me again.

She smiles to herself then looks up at me and tells me that there is no way I have a chance at beating her.

I nod and say "I bet you ten pound that I will beat you in the match."

She agrees to the bet and tells me to get my money ready because my account is about to get a big slash of money taken away. I shake her soft hand to finalise the deal and I crack my knuckles and my neck to show her that I am ready to beat her. We both finish eating our lunch and head out to the training pitch so we can get a start on the match. When we get to the pitch the teams have already been chosen and I am put in a team with Katie, Viv, Jordan and Leah is put on the opposite team with Beth, Lotte, Kim and the rest of the team is split in half and placed onto the two teams. We start to warm up and head to our starting positions so the match can begin.

I stare Leah in the eyes just as the whistle goes off and wink at her. My team start badly as two passes from my side led to two goals for Leah's team. Leah scores first from a free header and Beth shortly after scores from the edge of the box making the score 2-0 at half time to Leah. I start to worry and think that I might actually have to give up ten quid to her.

I look over at Leah who is already looking at me and she rubs her hands together and licks her lips. I hype my team up telling them that we need to win the match even though its just a training game it would be the best if we won. I don't tell them about the bet I made with Leah as I don't want them to laugh at me or judge me for it even though I know they probably wouldn't. We go back onto the pitch after the pep talk and everyone looks refreshed and hungry to win.

In the 59th minute Katie plays a long ball own to me in the box which I volley into the back of the net. As I am running back to my half of the pitch I see Leah staring at me so I wink at her and run off with a smirk knowing I brought my A game to win.

Leah saw my wink and rolled her eyes at me as I turned my head. I receive the ball from Marckese so I dribble down the wing and out-skill all the players who try and tackle me. I reach the end third of the pitch and I see Leah coming at me so just as she reaches me I stop and play a small tap through her legs and collect the ball from the other side of her.

She stands still and turns her head around and looks at me jaw dropped in shock and she looks impressed as I just nutmegged her. I ignore her and the rest of the team and play a cross over to Jordan who taps the ball in into the corner of the goal.

As I am running back again Leah grabs my shoulder lightly so I turn around to face her. She looks at me with a cross expression on her face so I chuckle at her and walk away ready to score 1 more goal to win the match. The final 5 minutes go by quickly as nothing happens when suddenly in the last 30 seconds I receive the ball at the halfway line and rocket it all the way down the pitch.

Everyone stops and stares at the ball as if in slow motion. It curls around Zinsberger's head and gracefully drops into the net behind her. I celebrate with my team and they all pile on top of me very proud of what I just did.

I get up from the pile an run over to Leah who is very proud of me for the two goals and the assist but especially for the last goal. I say thanks and add that she now owes me 10 pounds because I beat her and megged her.

She rolls her eyes at me and says "I will give you your 10 pounds at home" then she scuffs up my hair again and adds "your never going to let that one go are you shorty."

I shake my head and laugh at her.

I try to run off but she grabs me from behind and tells me that she will make me wish I didn't meg her earlier. I give her a big smile and I sprint away from her so that she can't catch me and run all the way to Beth.
She tells me that I still have a lot of energy left and laughs at me. I beg her to save me from Leah later because she told me that she was going to torture me when we get back home for megging her. I am on my knees praying to her for help so she gives a soft laugh and says that she will protect me from her but just for today. She says if she gets me tomorrow that's my problem. I get up from the floor and hug her thanking her for saving me.

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A/N: sorry for the really detailed parts, i just like writing like this.
Any suggestions appreciated.
OMG the Beth Mead book is amazing, im on chapter 14 about her relationship with Viv and awh my heart is melting
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