Season 1; Chapter 1; Meeting the Squad

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Leah's POV

The start of the season was right around the corner. The World Cup was last summer and we were now ready to go for it again. We got 4th place, being beaten by Sweden for the 3rd place, the biggest surprise this year was the Netherlands who managed to win the World Cup despite everyone's predictions. We had started training again, for today Jonas had decided to hold a meeting.

We were all gathered in the meeting room, some girls still tired since it was early in the morning, but nontheless, everyone's eyes were on Jonas.

"Hello girls, it's nice to see that you all could make it. I have called you all upon here to tell you about our newest signing. Starting today, she will train with you and I expect all of you to welcome her to the club." We all nodded our heads, intrigued by the new signing. "Alright then, I would like to introduce all of you to our newest signing, Anouk van de Leer!"

The door on the side opened and our newest member walked in. To say that she was pretty was an understatement. She had won the player of the tournament award after being the key player for the Netherlands and their win. The moment that her electric bright blue eyes moved over our faces, I was captivated. Her brown hair complimented her tan and made her eyes seem brighter, a small cute butt chin on the lower part of her face, accompied by pearly white teeth. Full plump lips, somewhat of a smaller nose, a strong jawline. Damn. I was staring.

Her confidence couldn't be missed. "Would you like to say something Anouk?" Jonas asked her as he sat down. Anouk smiled and ran her hand through her hair. "Well, first of all, thank you, Jonas, for offering the contract to me. I have been a fan of Arsenal ever since I was little. Second of all, I'd love to meet you all and become friends with you if you accept me into the team. I know that I'm still young at 19, but I will try my best for this team." Everyone applauded for her and after a little nod from Jonas, Jill Roord, Daniëlle van de Donk and Vivianne Miedema were surrounding the new girl, already knowing her from the national team of the Netherlands and made sure that she felt comfortable. It was cute to see.

Anouk's POV

The moment that Daan, Viv and Jill surrounded me, I felt a little more at ease. They took me under their wing and introduced me to everyone. I shook hands with everyone and when the introductions were over, we went into the changing room to get ready for practice. My position on the field is a right winger but I'm mostly known for cutting inside and getting the shot on goal.

Practice went by pretty quickly, everyone wanted to get to know my playstyle and I just played along with everyone else. At the end of practice, Daan came up to me. "What's up youngling?" I chuckled. "Hey Daan, I guess that I should ask you that since you bounced over here." She cheekily smiled. "Yeah, anyways, since we don't have any practice tomorrow, we're having a party tonight at my place to celebrate your signing and we were all hoping that you can come?" I smiled brightly, nodding my head. "I'd love to come! Just text me your address and the time!" She smiled. "Will do. We're really glad that you joined our team Anouk."

I smiled to myself as Daniëlle bounced away. I finished packing my stuff, said goodbye to the girls and then drove to my house. When I got home, I put some Netflix on to watch a movie.

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It had been a while and after eating dinner, I got a message from Daan, telling me the place and time. I smiled at my phone and went upstairs to my bedroom. I changed into a red suit and applied my make up.

I always loved to dress up so tonight was the perfect opportunity

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I always loved to dress up so tonight was the perfect opportunity. When I was ready, I got into my car and drove to Daniëlle's house. I ran the doorbell. I heard some shuffling and when the door opened, I wasn't met with the smaller Daniëlle. Instead I was met with a long, slim blonde. I looked into her blue eyes, she doing the same.

I cleared my throat. "Uh, hi, Leah was it?" She seemed to snap out of whatever daze she was and showed me a big smile, "Yes, you got my name right!" She took my hand, and pulled me in, dragging me through the house after closing the front door. When we got to the living room, I saw that everyone was already there. "Alright ladies! The woman of the hour has finally showed up!" I chuckled as everyone cheered, grabbing myself a drink and then I mingled in with everyone.

The party had gone on for a few hours when Viv called for a game of Truth or Dare. Soon we were sitting in a circle. The people who decided to play were Jill, Viv, Katie, Beth, Jordan, Leah and me.

"So, everyone knows the rules of the game? If you refuse to answer or do the dare, you have to take a shot instead." Viv asked and looked at us. We all nodded and cheered.

"Alright, so, Anouk. Truth or dare?" I always found this difficult to answer. It was my first impression. My mama ain't raised no pussy. "Dare me Viv."

She smirked. "I dare you to call Jackie Groenen and tell her that you're pregnant." My jaw dropped, smiling soon. "She will kill me you know." Viv just kept smirking.

"Alright, I will do it, but can we cut the music? She will know it's a prank immediately otherwise. And if I really want to sell this, everyone needs to be quiet." The music was cut and everyone gathered, even the ones that didn't play along with Truth or Dare. When everything was set up, I took a deep breath in and out, clearing my throat before I called my best friend. Jackie and I grew up together.

The phone rung 2 times before she picked up. "Hey Anouk! You finally called me!" I smiled to myself. "Yes! I'm sorry that I didn't call you sooner! The girls are really nice and I'm already feeling like this is it!" "That's so good to hear! I'm happy for you Anouk! Especially after-" I quickly cut her off. "Yeah, I'm not really feeling like talking about that right now Jackie. I'm sorry." De other Dutch players looked at me sympetically while some others looked curious. "Oh, no problem! All that matters is that you're okay and that the girls are treating you well!" I chuckled slightly. Her bubbly personality always lifted my spirits and it was impossible to not get affected by it. "Yeah, but I do have other news..." "Oh? What is it?" I looked at Viv and then back at the phone. "Well, you know how I can get drunk and do stuff that I can't remember? Well, apparently I fucked a dude and now I'm pregnant." I could just hear Jackie think through the phone. After a few seconds of silence she spoke up, confusion clear in her voice. "But... Anouk. You're gay. Like, gay gay. We have a lot of gay girls in the national team, but you're like, the gayest of them all." A few girls turned away to let out a snort. I almost broke out laughing but I was able to recompose myself. "Yes, I know. But I just took a test and I'm actually pregnant. I don't know even know what happened. Please Jackie. I need your help." I really did put on my best acting skills to pull this one. A few seconds of silence passed again until she spoke. "Okay, I will be here every step of the way. Just call me every day and keep me up to date. You know that I'm always here for you."

I chuckled and changed the call from a voice call to a face time. She looked at me and I looked back at her. "It's just a prank! Of course I'm not preggo Jackie!" She kept looking at me in silence, clearly not amused. I chuckled dryly. Viv felt the slight tension between us and pushed her face in the frame. "Hey Jackie! Don't be mad at her! I dared her to do it!" Finally a smile broke out on Jackie's face. "Got you! Of course I wasn't mad. But now that you're all there, y'all better treat my girl nice!" Everyone nodded and we said our goodbyes. When the call was over, we went back to playing truth or dare.

Truth or dare really helped me with getting closer to the girls. Some kisses were swapped between the group due to dares, togethrr with pieces of clothing laying everywhere. It was now Leah's turn to ask a question. "So, Anouk. Truth or Dare?" I looked at her. "Truth." She nodded her head. "What do your parents think of the move to England?" Now that's something that I couldn't talk about. I poured myself a shot and downed it. "Not gonna answer that one. Jordan, truth or dare?" She rose her eyebrow at me. "Dare." I smirked. "I dare you to kiss Williamson on the lip-lips."

I saw Jordan and Leah make eye contact. There was definitely something going on between them. I thought it was a good something until Jordan decided to take a shot.

I raised my eyebrows but didn't question it, the game ending with people pretty much passing out, including me.

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