the new girl

1 - the first day

VIVS POV

The car jolts as I turn the keys and rest them onto my lap. At this point of stress , my legs and arms were shaking , and I was sweating, I really really didn't want to go in.
today is my first day at arsenal , signing from Bayern on a 5 year deal. And I was bloody terrified. Not only by meeting my teammates , manager , and seeing the faces and place I would see almost everyday for the next 5 years . I had to see my ex - girlfriend. Lisa evans and me dated from 2017 to the 13th December 2022 , when I found out she had been cheating with me for 3 months. She had just signed from arsenal , 8 weeks before me and I knew as soon as I saw her , I would freeze and literally die on the spot .
As I sat in my seat, wanting to melt into the ground and just disappear , the door of the giant red building swung open . A middle aged blonde man stepped outside and began to walk up to me. It was Jonas eidevall , my new coach. I opened the door to greet him , gathering myself as I did so. He said "hi , you must be Viv , I'm Jonas pleasure to have you here!"I smiled at him and said back " thanks , nice to meet you Jonas". We walked into the media roomed , and signed some documents - I was stressing throughout , terrified Lisa would walk in .
I was a surprise signing so nobody knew who was joining , I imagine Lisa's face as I walk through the door , I'm fucking terrified.
"Right , we will go introduce you to your teammates now." He said .. I was trembling , terrified of her saying anything to me , I had just got over her and had 4 months to gather myself , I didn't want that to go to waste.

as we walked through the door Jonas said "welcome our new signing to the arsenal ....... Vivianne Miedema!" Everyone clapped and shouted - apart from Lisa and just sat there and clapped unenthusiastically - I didn't look at her as I wanted her to feel she had done wrong , which she did .
"Right Viv go and sit on an empty seat"
"Okay thank you Jonas" I sat next to a blonde girl , who I recognised but ... didn't want to jump to who I thought she was - and didn't want to say anything either. Once Jonas had walked out , the blonde girl faced me and exclaimed happily "hi Viv , very good to see you here - have heard plenty about you!"
"Hi nice to meet you Beth - who said stuff about me ?" She immediately put her Head down and went red , I felt bad - her bright blue eyes pierced mine and I felt instantly bad - she was so cute, okay Viv stop it. " um .... My ex dvd" she said sadly. I knew I recognised her! Dvd is one of my best friends along with jill roord . But then I thought about it - I knew she was in the same boat as me , Daan had cheated on her too- I remember daan telling me... " oh um I'm really sorry - I know what happened , the same happened to me" she looked up at me and gave a weak smile - she was so sweet , I really wanted to get to know her better. " sorry to ask but who's your ex" she asked questionably " oh no it's fine - it's Lisa"
"What the fuck - you were with Lisa? She did that to you, I'm so sorry I haven't heard any of this" I laughed to myself about how secret she had kept it - she realised she had done wrong . "Yeah I was - then she cheated" I smiled weakly at Beth , I could feel a connection " guess we are in the same boat then" she giggled quietly and I laughed.
I said hi to the rest of the team - I then walked up to a girl with slicked back hair in a black bun
"hoi im lotte, leuk je te ontmoeten."( hi I'm lotte , nice to meet you ) I laughed " I do speak English you know" she went red and slowly walked away laughing . I didn't even say high to Lisa - I couldn't bare it - we went out to training

On our return , we sat back down - I sat next to Beth again as I liked her - in both ways if yk what I mean. Jonas then said in a loud voice - "okay so I understand some of you have your own houses and that's fine , however here are the rooming for the people in shared accommodation."

Room 1 - Caitlin foord  , Leah Williamson , Jordan Nobbs , lia walti.
Room 2- Lisa evans , Beth mead , steph catley and Viv Miedema
Shit. Shit . Shit - I mean I was excited to be with Beth as I realised I liked her ( more than a friend ) ... but why Lisa. A worried expression lay across my face. Beth instantly realised and placed her hand on my knee - I felt flustered , and smiled lightly towards her "it'll be okay" she said softly, almost whispering. "Thank you so much Beth" she smiled at me and kept her hand there.