Cardigan- A Katie McCabe story.

★Dinner with the girls★

As I pull up to the restaurant, I realise it's an Italian one, which makes me even happier than I already am since I absolutely love Italian food. I park my car and grab my keys, wallet, and phone before getting out of the car and noticing I'm 5 minutes early, but I know for a fact that some of the girls got there earlier than I did. I walk into the restaurant and get greeted by Beth and Viv, who give me a hug. They are literally the sweetest people ever. Once they let go of the hug we walk over to the table and all sit down as I greet the girls who were there already, such as Caitlin, Gio, Frida, Jen, and Kim.

"Some more of the girls are coming; they are just going to be late." Viv says this to me, and I look at her and smile. 

"To be honest, I was shocked when I checked the time when I was outside; I definitely thought I was going to be late by a couple of minutes." I laugh as I say that.

Caitlin turns to me and starts talking to me with a smile on her face. "So Emily, because I know you are from Liverpool, I want to ask you about how you are finding London so far."

"It's great, I love it here; it's just really busy all the time, but I expected that because it is the capital and all, so I can't complain." I reply back to her, fidgeting with the rings on my fingers like I always do.

"That's good, have you settled into your apartment and everything?" She asks me, never losing the smile from her face as she talks to me. I think it's sweet.

"Yes, I actually have settled in, well, I can't lie, but that's with the help of my dog, He made it easy to settle in because I got him back at home in Liverpool, so he's like a little reminder of home in a way, if you get me," I say to her. I love talking to people about Atlas, and I love showing him off when they ask to see a picture of him. 

"Aww. that's great then; wait, you have a dog? Do you have a picture of him?" She asks, getting a little bit excited.

"Yeah, I do." I laugh as I pull up a picture of Atlas showing it to her and everyone else who wants to see it and I smile when they start asking about him. "His name is Atlas; he's a border collie, and he's only 1 year old. He's super sweet and also my best friend." Jen asks if I would ever bring him to training one day, and I laugh at her.

"Honestly, I would love to he loves meeting new people, but I'd have to check with Jonas if it would be okay," I say to her as the rest of the girls come into the restaurant, apologising for their lateness as they do so. I greet them and give a few of them hugs. We all sit down and start talking about the match that is coming up on Tuesday, which is against Brighton. As we are talking, I notice that every so often Katie would look at me, but I just ignored her.

Leah looks at me from down the table and says, "Emily, talk to us about your family because I bet you miss them."

I smile at the thought of my family wondering what they would be up to, "You're right Leah i do miss them they have always been great fun as the household i grew up in there was no peace and quiet as i have 3 older brothers their names are; James he's the oldest, then Tom, then Noah, I also have a sister her name is Isabella so yeah my house was never quiet growing up, this is a picture of all of us together" i pull a picture up on my phone of me and my siblings at christmas with matching pyjamas on. "My oldest brother James has 2 kids they are twins called Oliver and Isla they are 4 years old, I also have my nan who i'm extremely close too" I show them pictures of my niece and Nephew and a picture of me and my nan and them me with my parents. Once I'm done showing them the pictures, I set my phone down, and it starts ringing. I check who it is, and the contact reads "Mum" It's like she knew I was talking about her. I realise it's a facetime call, and I laugh as I answer.