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PART SEVEN - CHAPTER ONE; DECLAN RICE

PART SEVEN – CHAPTER ONE;

DECLAN RICE

5th July – 8th July

A win in Rome leads the boys to feel elated as they head to Wembley to face Denmark on the 7th July in the Semi-Finals. The first goal coincided in the tournament by the team comes in the 30th minute, before a Denmark own goal in the 39th sends the match to extra time. Harry Kane has his penalty saved only to catch the rebound to send England into the finals of the Euros, with Sweet Caroline playing out around the stadium.

Declan Rice, Mason Mount and John Stones all start once again with Ben Chilwell not included in the team. In the 95th minute both Declan Rice and Mason Mount are subbed off for Jordan Henderson and Phil Foden.

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Dec always loved doing any kind of press or media things for the team, both club and country, it was something he thrived at. He would take any chance he could to interact with the fans and have a laugh, showing that side of him to all the people watching so they would know he was just a normal person behind it all.

He felt this was something him and Mason shared, they both loved the limelight, when it was on their terms, and they were always up for some kind of promo or interview as long as it was respectful enough.

So when they were approached to do a joint Lion's Den episode for the YouTube channel they couldn't say yes quick enough. They were posed the premise of it, what they would be talking about, the little love island segment and of course some golfing, so it seemed like a perfect way to spend some time together.

Daisy watched on from the side-lines, she couldn't miss the opportunity of seeing them mess about together as it was always comedy gold. She however did make a stop on her way to see them after she had picked up a couple of drinks.

She knocked on the door as the voice behind called her in.

"Hey" Daisy said with a smile as she looked towards Sophia, Liam and Josh all sat around a large table "I wasn't sure if you were free for an hour or so, it's just I'm on my own with Dani and Alex both working and I need someone to come with me to watch Dec and Mase act like idiots for Lion's Den" she said with a grin on her face towards the group.

"Yeah sure, we were just about to stop for a break anyway" Sophia said with a smile as Daisy's grin got wider.

"I really appreciate it Soph, just didn't want to be a lemon all on my own" she smiled as Josh and Liam looked towards her smiling.

"He really does act up for the camera doesn't he?" said Liam smiling as Daisy laughed.

"Which one?" she said as they all laughed "they are both as bad as each other".

Sophia stood tucking her chair under as she looked towards the boys "I'll be back in an hour" she said as she walked out the door following Daisy close behind until they were out of ear shot.

"Thanks Dais" she said with a grin as Daisy handed her a drink too.

"No problem, just thought you shouldn't miss out on these moments either, but I know you can't really just say you're going to watch Mase without questions asked" she told her as Sophia smiled towards her, she was very lucky to have Daisy.

The girls found a spot to watch them, seeing them pratting about while pretending to 'couple up' together although she wasn't sure if they were actually joking about it and Daisy did mention to Sophia that she thought they would happily couple up together if they had to.