forever and always(Leah Williamson)

Part 14

It has been 2 weeks since we came back from camp. Me and Leah have been texting eachother everyday I really do miss her and hope to see her soon. It's match day minus 3 against Reading and today after training I have a meeting Marc regarding my contract, I am nervous because I know their are some offers their for other clubs and although I love this club, I need to think about the opportunities other clubs could offer as well. It's going to be hard because if I decide to leave it would kill me leaving Ella and alessia they are my best friends and I can't really imagine packing up my bags and leaving to a club to play against them.

"That was a good training session" Ella says catching her breath as we leave to walk to the locker room to get changed. "Yeah it always is" I agree with her. "So your meeting with Marc, you nervous?" Alessia asks. Ugh I didn't want to talk about this right now. The conversation has turned too serious too quick. "Yeah a little, I feel like I'm just stuck, like I love this club but what if other clubs offer more." I say with an open mind "I mean I think this club offers you the best, you have everything here like what more could you really want?" Ella says not trying to be be rude but i can hear the spite in her voice. Telling her will be the hardest, I know alessia will support my decision no matter what even if that means I won't live with her I won't see her everyday she obviously wants me to stay at man United but she would understand. On the other hand ella, she wouldn't be able to wrap her head around it fully, I know she would support my decision but she wouldn't understand why, as she thinks I have everything here, yes I have friends but what about my family, they two have their family here in Manchester and they can see them whenever they want where as my family are in london 200 miles away. I know if I decide to move It would need to be a good reason why but I'm not going to shut it down, I'm going to listen to the opportunities that are their to offer. And I know it will not be easy telling everyone but I need to think about my career. "Yeah but Ella she has to listen to the offers, she can't just ignore them" alessia responds to Ella's comment "I'm not saying that less, I'm just saying I think this club is where she belongs and why would she want to leave" Ella says raising her voice a bit "can we just not talk about this right now? I don't even know what I'm doing yet I could go in their and not like anything so I don't want to stress right now" I interrupt as we enter the locker room and Ella heads straight to the showers obviously effected by the conversation. "She'll come around Liv she always does, don't worry about it we will support you no matter what decision you make." Less says as she brings me in for a hug "thank you less"

I get showered and dressed, the two girls will be heading home without me as I brought my car with me today because I don't know how long this meetings going to go. Me Ella and Alessia are sitting next to eachother putting our shoes on, it's tense, less is in the middle of me and Ella and Ella hasn't peeped a word since our previous conversation. Awkward. "I'm going to head up to talk to Marc now, I'll see use when I get home" I say as I stand up and face them ella can't even look me in the eyes. Why is she acting like this? It's really starting to get to me. "Yeah that's fine, we wish you the best of luck, don't we?" Less says to me and turns to look at ella who is fixing her shoe laces "yeah" she just says still not looking at me. I roll my eyes and walk away. Now I'm pissed off.

As I'm heading to Marc office my phone pings. It's Leah . I've not told anyone about this meeting apart from less and Ella.

✨leah
how's training?
🫶🏼liv
good

'good' was all I responded right now I don't want to speak to anyone and I just want to go into this meeting open minded and get it over with quick.

Leahs pov

I'm sitting in the locker room after a good training session so I decide to text liv and ask her how training is as she told me on FaceTime yesterday she was excited for todays session.
'good' was all she responded. Weird. What's up with her. She usually tells me all the details, like who done what. Who was cracking jokes. Now I'm confused that she's just responded good. Maybe I should give her some space is this too much. What if she doesn't like me anymore. I'll head home and hopefully talk to her later if she isn't in a mood.

Olivias pov

"Come in Olivia" Marc says as I knock the door. "Hi, how are you" I say to my manager as I enter. "I'm good how are you feeling" he replies, "mixed emotions but I know I need to do this" Marc is such a good manager he cares so much about every player in this team and always wants the best for them, I know he won't hold me back on deciding. "Have a seat" he says and I sit down.
As the meeting kick starts. He is telling me I've had offers from clubs outwith the wsl, for example Olympique Lyonnais, they want me, but I think I've made the decision that I won't be leaving England. As Ella said man United already offer me so much apart from my family, so why would I leave the country. Yes Lyon is a good team but I just think it's not for me. "Chelsea?" Marc says and I nearly choke on my own tongue. "Chelsea, no" Marc laughs, he knows I'm an arsenal supporter and would rather retire than go to Chelsea. He mentions a few other teams, nothing right now is beating man United and I'm starting to think Ella was right. "Last but not least... arsenal." "Arsenal" I say shocked my childhood club, my dads favourite team. Now I'm fucked. "Yeah arsenal offer you a 3 year contract, they are in need of a striker as vivianne miedama is out due to injury, they'll give you plenty of minutes, they've been interested in you for a while and love the way you play, they think your a really talented girl Olivia" Marc says I can't turn this down, this is my childhood club, I love this club, but Ella. No I can't think about her during this. This is my career I can't cling on to Man U just because Ella wants me to stay. I need to do this.