Friends with the Sidemen// A Miniminter Fanfiction

Chapter 10- More Football

Holly's pov
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I wake up. I rub my eyes and turn over. I grab a pillow and hug it, I rest my head on it, all of the sudden, I smell cologne, I sniff the pillow. Yep, thats where its coming from. I suddenly sit up and look around, I've never seen this room before. Theres a desk with a few monitors, this must be one of the boys bedrooms.
"Good morning, sleeping beauty." I hear a voice behind me say. I turn around to see Simon standing there, wearing joggers and a half zip. He looks cute. His eyes are dark underneath, he must not have slept much. "Did you sleep well?" He asks.
"Uh yeah, I did, but um, where am I exactly?" I say, laughing a little. I feel my face get hot.
"Oh! Haha, this is my room, last night you fell asleep on the couch, but thats where Harry's supposed to sleep, so I moved you into my bed, and I slept on the floor..." Simon says nervously, scratching the back of his neck. He starts blushing.
"Oh my god. You didn't have to sleep on the floor! Now your back will be sore! You should've just woken me up and told me to leave!" I exclaim.
"No, really, its fine. It was actually really comfy, and I'm use to sleeping in weird places." Simon trails off, causing us both to laugh. "Hey, you wanna go downstairs, and see the rest of the boys? Maybe grab some breakfast?" He asks me. I nod quickly and follow him down the stairs.
"There she is!" Harry exclaims, I walk into the kitchen, he gives me a huge hug, I just lean on him a little. I see simon, he looks mad. Harry starts talking to the boys while keeping one arm around me, resting his hand on my waist.
"How was your sleep, Holly?" Josh asks.
"It was really good! Even though I wish you guys would've woken me up and told me to go home, instead of letting me stay, and making Simon sleep on the floor!" I say, causing them to laugh.
"Its no big deal, I really don't mind." Simon chimes in. I smile faintly at him and he returns it. "So is everyone ready for today?" Simon asks enthusiastically. All the boys cheer.
"Wait. What's happening today?" I ask.
"We're going to the football pitch again! Hey, you wanna come?" Simon asks. All the guys seeming like they want me to come aswell.
"Erm, I don't know. I would just watch the whole time...." I say
"Cmon, I wanna see what you got, Canada." Tobi says. Apparently my name is now Canada. Reppin.
"Well I do have a pair of cleats that I have worn in a while..." I say, feeling a smile spread across my face. The boys cheer. The truth is, I love football, I've been playing since I was a kid. "Can I quickly run home and get my stuff? Ill meet you back here in 10-15 minutes?" I say, they look at eachother and nod.
As soon as I get home I run upstairs, I throw on my dri-fit leggings, and A black half-zip with pink stitching and pink on the collar. I put my hair in a ponytail that goes down to the muddle of my back. I put on my football socks and grab my cleats. I throw them in a bag along with a deodorant, a body spray, a different sweater, my water bottle, and my purple and green football. I zip up my bag and throw it over my shoulder. I grab my phone and run down the stairs.
"Im going to the football pitch with the boys next door!" I yell, " Ill text you later" I wait until I hear my mom yell to me and tell me I'm allowed, then I run out the door.
"Canada's looking quite snazzy" Tobi says when I walk in the door. All the boys turn around, no one says a word, I see 7 pairs of eyes look me up and down.
"Wow, you clean up nice" I hear Harry say.
"Imagine how good I would look if I actually tried." I say, jokingly.
"Ok, you guys all ready to go?" Simon says over them laughing. They all nod. "Ok then, Holly, Tobi and Vik will cone with me" He says, Harry rolls his eyes.
Once we all get into the car Vik decides to drive. I sit in the front with him while Simon and Tobi sit in the back. Vik starts blasting rap music, he puts the windows down and lets the wind blow in. I wish it was sunny, but it looks as though its going to rain.
Once we get to the football pitvh we all grab our bags and head to the bleachers. We put on our cleats and the Simon introduces me to the rest of the boys. I tell Simon that I'll shoot on the other net while they film their videos. After they do a few videos, there friend Cal, also known as Calfreezy, comes over to me.
"Hi, Holly right?" He asks. I nod to him and flash him a smile. "Are you and Simon a thing?" I look at him.
"I don't think so." I say nervously, and laugh a little. "I mean, we're friends, but it seems like Harry's more interested in me than he is." I state.
"Oh, I was just wondering because he seems so happy, and he when was introducing you to us it was like he was trying to show you off." I laugh awkwardly. "So uh, anyways, how long have you been playing football? You seem pretty good."
"Since I was 3, and Im now 17, so like 14 years." I say awkwardly.
"Hey! Cal! Holly! Come here!" Ethan yells. I kick my ball across the field and we jog over to him. He's with a few of the other guys.
"We were going to do a lighting crossbar challenge. You wanna?" Simon says. Cal agrees. "You wanna do it with us?" He asks me kindly.
"Ya Canada! Do it!" I hear Tobi scream.
"Okay" I say, I look up and smile at Simon.
Simon explains the game. Theres 3 balls and you have to kick them quickly and try to hit the crossbar.
I'm the last one to go, only a few of the boys have hit the crossbar, none of them have hit it more than once. Its now my turn, I walk over and I hear Simon cheering me on. I kick the first ball. I hit the crossbar and I hear the boys yell and cheer. I kick the second one. The boys cheer again. I hear Jj freaking out. Harry is yelling 'How?!' and 'What?!'. I kick the third one. They go crazy. I turn around and they're all running at me. JJ gets to me first and picks me up and throws me over his shoulder. He runs around and kicks the footballs that are scattered about. He finally puts me down, my stomach hurt from laughing. Simon grabs my face in both of his hands. He stares me straight in the eyes. I stare back. He's so stthandsome, his eyes are beautiful. His smile is so kind andd true. That doesn't even make sense, but it does to me. This is the first time since Brad that I've felt this way.
"Holly?" He says.
"Im sorry, what?" I say, my face gets hot and I look at my feet.
"I said," He starts, laughing a bit, "that was amazing, how did you learn to do that?"
"Oh, uh, thanks" I say awkwardly, "I don't know, practice I guess."
"Well, maybe I should start practicing more, eh boys?" Simon says. All the boys start laughing, they all run off and start kicking the balls at the goal, I walk over to my bag and take my phone out. I sit down and start scrolling through Twitter.
"Uh, hi there." I look up. Its Vik.
"Oh, hey Vik, whats up?" I ask, gesturing for him to sit down. He accepts my offer and sits next to me.
"Erm, nothing. The boys are just taking some shots then were planning on filming one more video, then we're done here." He says, I'm glad to know that we're leaving soon because I have to work around 6 until midnight. Yikes.
"Sounds good. I'm just checking my Twitter feed then I think I'll go practice some more. Once school starts its football season." I say, sounding at little too excited.
"Right, and you're trying out, right? It'd be a shame if you didn't." He says kindly.
"Of course I am, I love football." I inform him.
"Do you play other sports?" He asks.
"Yeah, I do figure skating, and hockey. I also play softball." I answer.
"Wow, so football in fall, hockey and figure skating in the winter, softball in the spring. What about summer?" Vik says, jokingly.
"Relax and have fun with my friends." I say, making us both laugh.
"I was never hugely into sports, I was more of a nerd." Vik says, trailing off.
"I wish I was smarter, I got horrible grades last year, mom said this year if my grades don't improve I have to stop figure skating, so I'm going to try this year." I say, laughing a little.
"You know, I could tutor you when school starts, I work from home and I was at the top of my class. I still know pretty much everything." Vik offers.
"Really? I mean, that would be great, but I don't know, I don't want to waste your time and I dont know-" I say but he cuts me off.
"I wanna, no fee, I really want to." He says kindly, placing his hand on my knee.
"Ok well that would be amazing. Thank you." I say. He smiles at me, hes about to say something when Josh calls him over. He gets up and gives me a nod before jogging over to the rest of the boys. I watch them all talk for a minute and then they start the camera. I walk slowly, making sure to stay out of frame, behind the camera and over to the other net. I kick the ball around for about half an hour before they call me over because they're done. We all gather our things and walk off the pitch. We get into the car. once we're in, Vik, Tobi, and Simon start talking about the day's events and editing and boring stuff. I just stare at the road all the way back.
Once we get back, we get out of the car, and grab our bags.
"How was it? Not too bad, eh?" Simon says to me, by now all of the others have shuffled into the house.
"It was really fun." I say.
"I'm glad" He says, giving me a faint smile.
"Ok, I'll see you later, or, tomorrow actually, I don't know, I have to work now. Bye Simon, tell the guys I had a good time and thank you." I yell at him while I jog back to my house.
I can't stop thinking about Simon, even when I'm working he's the only thing on my mind. Hes so amazing. I can't wait to see him again.

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Authors note!

Sorry for the lack of chapters being posted lately, I've just had no time to write. I hope you like this chapter and I hope to get another one up by Friday. I have no school tomorrow or Friday so I might have time to write! Thanks for the support on this book and I really appreciate everyone who contributes to it and reads it!! Thanks guys! xx- kma