Just the way you are- Leah Williamson

Good friends

Leahs Pov

Leah: "What are we now?"
Elena: "Good friends"
Leah: "Oh okay, I didn't know friends had sex with each other"
Elena: "Friends with benefits"
Leah: "Ass"
Elena: "I don't want a relationship, it was too stressful for me, too much trust was invested in it, which was shamelessly exploited"
She said and looked at me as we lay next to each other in bed.
I did not say anything.
Elena: "Besides, I can't have anything with anyone else."
Leah: "You were never interested in anyone else in our relationship"
Elena: "Because at least one of us is loyal right"
I was silent and hurt because she was right.
Leah: "I don't want to be just one of your 100 others"
She gave me her phone.
Leah: "What am I supposed to do with that?"
Elena: "go to messages"
I still know her code, I'm on messages.
There were at least 60 unopened messages from women who wanted something from her.
Elena: "So much for the topic: I don't want to be just one of your hundreds of others. Leah, you are the only one"
Leah: "Then why not a relationship"
Elena was quiet and just looked at the ceiling.
She tensed her jaw.
Leah: "Come on, tell me the truth"
Elena: "I don't want to get hurt. And a relationship is the internal term for pain."
she said and looked at me.
Leah: "Elena you only see the bad, what about the good things in a relationship?"
Elena: "What are the good things, Leah, everything I did for you was for you, not for our relationship"
Leah: "The feeling of standing up and knowing that there is someone who would die for you"
Elena: "I'm sorry, but I also have that feeling with Viv, Katie, Beth and Jana, and I have nothing with them."
Leah: "Okay then, I'll show you"
I kissed her.....Not with lust, passion or fun....with love Just pure love.

Elena's POV
Yes, okay, I felt it everywhere in my body.
Fuck she's really good at it.
Leah: "That's the feeling Elena that you don't get with a fuck buddy"
Leah: "Goodnight"
She was silent, no answer.
I fell asleep.

Elena's POV
She was sleeping, after the day I just needed something to finally make these stupid feelings go away.
And alcohol is the right partner for this.
I made myself a glass, I lay with my head on the table.
Beth: "Dude, you scared me"
I didn't answer.
She sat down at the table.
Beth: "How long have you been drinking again?"
I kept the 4 fingers up for 4 days.
Beth: "What's wrong Elena"
I shrugged my shoulders.
Beth: "Elena, what Leah did was her business...It shouldn't influence you to give up on yourself."
Elena: "I just can't do it. I just want to hate her but I can't."
Beth: "Because you love her, of course, but you have to let go of what hurts you."
Elena: "But I don't want to"
Beth: "Sometimes we have to do things we don't want to in order to heal ourselves."
She said and took the glass from my hand.
Beth: "Alcohol only makes you forget it for a moment but Elena the feeling will never go away. not even when you're drunk"
I was quiet. She is right.
Beth: "How about you concentrate on Jana so you can forget about Leah and maybe she's the right one, you just never got to see it because you were busy with Leah."
Elena: "Thank you"
I held her hand.
Beth: "Take care of yourself, no one else will"

Beth: "Come on, go to sleep"
Elena: "But she sleeps in my room"
Beth: "Go to Katie"
Elena: "I will, goodnight"
I went to Katie.
Elena: "Hey, can I sleep at your place?"
Katie: "Dude it's 4am"
Elena: "I know"
Katie: "Come here"
Elena: "Thank you"
I fell asleep, at least until 12.
Katie wasn't in her bed and everything was really bright.
I heard her laughing outside.
I took a piece of chewing gum to survive the day.
I still had on my Adilettes from yesterday, a sweater and my shorts.
I went out and rubbed my eyes.
Jana: "Good morning"
Elena: "Hey, what are you doing here?"
Beth: "I invited her to breakfast"
I had to smile.
Elena: "cool"
Jana: "You look like you slept for 3 hours"
Katie: "She did too. I was in a deep sleep and suddenly she comes in 'Hey can I sleep at your place' I looked at the clock and it was 4 o'clock in the morning"
Elena: "very funny, let's go to my room, they're annoying again"
We talked for at least two hours about pointless stuff.
We were both lying in bed.
Elena: "You have beautiful eyes"

Leah's POV
No, I have no idea what Jana is doing here.
No, I have no idea why Elena was at Katie's yesterday.
No, I have no idea what's going on here.
Elena is in her room with Jana And i have no idea what they do.
Viv: "Okay, tell us why Jana is here"
Beth: "I'll bring them together"
Katie:,,Yessssss! Finally"
I just lay on the table with my head.

Leah: "Shouldn't she decide for herself?"
Beth: "No because she will always choose you and we know what the outcome is."
Viv: "Leah please get her, we want to go to training"

Elena's POV
I was standing in front of her, we were just about to go out when Leah came in.
Leah: "Are you coming?" we want to go"
Elena: "Yeah, we were just about to come anyway"
Leah twitched her eyebrows and then left.

*After training
Beth: "Who wants to party at the club today?"
Many people came forward and clapped.
Jana came to me.
Leah sat right in front of me.
Jana: "Are you coming too?"
Elena: "Nah, I'm not the party type"
Jana: "Yeah, I know, I just thought it would be cool if we went there as a couple"
Suddenly Beth came along.
Beth: "yeah Elena is coming, we already discussed this before"
Jana: "See you later"
She left again.
Elena: "I'm not going"
Beth: "You have to"
Elena: "No, I'm not going"
Beth: "remember our conversation yesterday"
Elena: "I know, I don't want Jana Beth"
She turned to Leah.
Beth: "Are you at least coming?"
Leah: "Yeah...I guess"
Elena: "You know what... I'm coming"
Beth: "Wow, one sentence from Leah changes your whole opinion, what a healthy love"
She walked away and I saw Leah smiling.
Elena: "Stop smiling, I'm coming there for the alcohol"
I said laughing.
Her look immediately became serious again.
Leah: "Okay, we'll make a promise"
Elena: "Shoot your shot"
Leah: "Can you promise me you won't drink today?"
Elena: "Why should I?"
Leah: "In exchange for performance, I'll do whatever you want"
Elena: "Deal"
Leah: "good"

*At the party
We all sat in a kind of chill corner and played truth or dare.
At least me, Jana, Leah, Katie, Viv and Beth.
If you don't want to answer your question or don't do your duty, you have to drink.
Beth: "Okay Elena I dare you to kiss Jana"
Elena: "Beth please chill mate"
Beth: "Drink if you don't do it"
I keep my promise.

Leah's POV
It was clear that something so stupid was coming from Beth.
Great, I scored an own goal.
She has to do it otherwise she has broken our promise.
Elena: "Mate come down, just give me another task"
Beth: "drink"
She hit her lap, got up and went to Jana.
I was ready for anything but this.
She stuck out her hand so Jana could stand up.
She was standing in front of her.
Elena: "If you don't want to, it's okay"
Jana simply took her neck and kissed her.
Elena had her hands in her pockets and the look on her face told me everything.
She narrowed her eyes.
She thought of me.
But Jana looked happy.