WOSO Imagines

Regret (Leah Williamson)

"Alright. Remember, when we get there—"

"—pretend that we're still happily married. I know." You say annoyed, getting out of the car.

"Hey, don't be like that!" Leah gets out of the car, catching up to you.

"Be like what? I'm not the one who got us in this situation."

"Can we just be civil? This is the last time we'll go through this."

"Piss off will you! We wouldn't have to act civil if you kept your mouth to yourself. And you had the audacity to file for divorce."

Before Leah could reply, the front door opens to reveal Amanda, Leah's Mom.

"Oh, I've missed you girls so much!"

Putting up a smile on your face, you engulfed the woman in a hug.

"Missed you too Amanda."

"Come in! Come in!"

"Oi! David how've you been pops?"

"Oh, I've been wonderful! Glad to have you here!" He pulls you into a hug.

"There's my favorite sister!" You hear behind you, Jacob just coming down the stairs from his room.

"Come here you! It's been a while, huh?"

"It has! You gotta visit me more often." You tense a bit, but not enough for him to notice in your embrace, putting up a smile on your face.

"I'll try to visit more."

What you don't see behind you is Leah watching your interactions with her family.

You've known each other young. You've both been dating since you were fifteen, marrying at nineteen, divorced at twenty-one.

Her family's have welcomed you with open arms since the beginning. You were her first serious relationship. The only one of her girlfriends that her family loved. You've had your whole life basically planned out, Leah would become a footballer, you a doctor, marriage, kids, the dream basically.

Leah didn't know the exact reason why she did what she did, but it happened and she couldn't take it back. She knew this teammate of hers has liked her for a while and never told her off.

She woke up to an unfamiliar bed, an arm around her that certainly wasn't you. She regretted it the moment she woke up, didn't know how to tell you, but you found out before she could. Ashamed of herself, Leah filed for divorce.

———

Leah didn't know what she was thinking divorcing you. She didn't have the right to be the one to file as she was the one who fucked up. It was impulsive and shameful. It was the best option she could think of at the time.

Now here she was, five years later, at the Emirates training grounds, about to run for the first time since her ACL injury. She missed you so much during this time. Every time she was injured in any way, you were always by her side nursing her back to health. You were her support system, making her fall more in love with you. This time, without you by her side, she realized how much she took you for granted, how she didn't show you enough love, betraying you in the worst way possible.

She'd already signed the divorce papers, pressuring you to do the same all while making you go to her family's for a dinner pretending that nothing has changed between the two of you. It was when she finally saw your signature on the papers was when she realized how she's lost you for good.

———

Getting back home after a family walk, Amanda spots a stack of papers on the kitchen counter, a folded paper on top, along with two rings. Curious, she opens it up and quickly skims through them, shock fills her body after she finished reading.

"Leah!" She yells for her daughter.

"Yeah, mum?" Leah walks into the kitchen to see her mom holding something up.

"What the hell is this?"

Leah being clueless, grabs the sheet, reading it herself.

Leah,

I've finally signed everything you've been wanting me to sign. I don't know why I've put it off for so long even if I'm not the one at fault. Guess it's just hard to let go of the one you love the most.

Don't contact me. Don't look for me. You're free.

Yn

Leah couldn't even respond to her mother. All the emotions she bottled up came at her all at once, breaking down in front of her family. Six years of relationship, one year of marriage over.