leah williamson- enemies to lovers

part 5- arriving in spain

We arrived at the airport around 6:30pm for our flight to Barcelona. The flight is only around 2 hours so i wasn't worried about it; i've never been a massive fan of flying so i really did like the short flights. I was the last player to board the flight, so my seat options were limited, there was only one seat left on the plane and of course it had to be next to Leah. "Can i sit here?" i asked with no emotion in my voice, "Don't see where else you would sit," leah replied looking around the plane. As i climb into my seat i hear the announcement for take off, i buckle my seatbelt, place my headphones on and zone out into my own world. I must have fallen asleep the whole flight as a woke up to leah poking me in the arm "Gracie, can u wake up. We're here" she said quietly. "Huh?" i replied confused, "We've landed." leah responded.

As we pull up to our hotel, Sarina begins to announce to the bus, "okay girls, first go straight to your rooms to unpack and chill for awhile, then we will head down for food." Me and leah head to our hotel room, walking in a awkward silence, she opens the door with the key card and lets us in. As soon as we enter the room, we were in disbelief. There is only one double bed. "We're meant to have two double beds," leah reminds me, "I know, i'm not sharing with you." i reply hoping to get a reaction. "that would literally be my worst nightmare," leah exclaims. Leah and I decide to head down to reception to ask about our room situation only to find out there isn't enough rooms with 2 double beds and that we will just have to stay with the room we've got. Leah huffs and rolls her eyes when realising we're going to have to share a bed, which catches my attention. "I swear to god if you roll your eyes one more time i will genuinely kill you!" i hiss at her so she knows i'm being serious.

We head over to grab some food with the rest of the team, "rooming with leah i see," beth said nudging me in the arm, " that must be so fun" lucy chimed in, laughing at herself. "guys it's not funny," i reply trying not to laugh, "out of all people, i get out with the person who hates me." Beth and Lucy look at each other and burst out laughing. "i dunno," beth said quietly, "the past few days, i think she's starting to like you." "LIKE ME?" i reply shocked, "you're lying. Leah Williamson would never like me." Lucy added "I'm with Beth on this one, something is different, i think she likes you." I don't know what to say to Lucy, i've never thought of Leah in any type of way except hatred. This couldn't be true, Leah despised me. I just laugh at Lucy's insane ideas and announce to my table that i'm heading off to bed, "Night Gracie!" they replied as i left the food hall and headed back to my room.

As i unlocked the hotel room door, i hear the shower running and realise that leah is already back. I get changed into my pjs and climb into bed and start to scroll through Netflix. Soon after, the water stops running, and leah emerges out of the bathroom, her long blonde hair dripping with water. As she dried her hair, i couldn't help but be drawn to her piercing blue eyes which i kept connecting with through the mirror. " Take a picture it will last longer," leah suggested turning her body to face me, "what?" i reply, trying to convince myself i wasn't staring. "You were staring," leah replied, "Don't know what you're talking about," i say which made leah giggle to herself. As she finished getting ready for bed i couldn't help but feel like the night was only going to get more awkward. "I'll sleep on the couch," leah suggested whilst removing the cushions from the couch. "Why?" i question, "I'm not that bad am i," i add. "Just sleep in the bed, i'm not bothered it's no big deal." Hmm," leah responds thinking about my offer, "as long as you stay on your side of the bed and don't come near me," leah explains in a stern tone. "Don't worry, i don't want to go anywhere near you," i reply rolling my eyes. As i set my alarm and turned off the light, i couldn't help but feel an awkward tension between me and leah whilst sharing a bed.

I woke up around 2am to a arm wrapped around my body. During the night, leah must have rolled over and placed her arm around me, i didn't know what to do. If i moved she would wake up and realise her arm was around me, but if i didn't, i would be cuddling the person i hate. I decided not to move, as much as i didn't like leah, i was weirdly comforted by her arm wrapped around my waist and her body pressed against mine. I could feel her breath against the back of my neck which sent a shiver down my spine. I think she noticed as she seemed to pull away slightly but i pulled her arm tighter around me and fell back asleep in her arms.