started as a lie

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today is the game against lyon.

that means i have to play against my ex. ellia carpenter. things didn't end well with her. i found out that she was cheating on me and when i asked her, she said it's because i'm cheating with leah. obviously i wasn't, me and leah were just close friends at the time.
we broke up and leah was always there for me. she was a shoulder to cry on, she listened to all my complaints and rants. she was so caring and gentle with me. and with seeing what ellie had done to me, and how it was hurting me still months after, she grew a very strong hatred towards ellie.

we walked onto the pitch of the emirates and walked around.

shit there she is. with her arm around daan.

when we broke up, her and daan got together quite quickly after. i'm still fine with daan, we used to be teammates and friends. she didn't do anything wrong to me but i don't know if she feels the same about me.

leah saw me looking and put her arm around me.

"look, ignore all that today. she doesn't deserve to be in your thoughts" leah said. she kissed the side of my face and walked off to beth.

viv came to me and hugged me.
"are you okay" she asked. i shrugged.

"i don't know why i feel like this. i love leah. i'm getting married to her." i shrugged.

suddenly there was a hand at my shoulder.

"hi love" said daan.
"hey daan long time no see" i said.

"i heard about you and leah, congratulations" she said.
"thank you" i said.

"i hope we're okay you know" she said. i nodded.
"i've got nothing against you. you didn't do anything wrong" i said.

"thanks soph, i've got to go. swap shirts after?" she said. i nodded.

leah came over.
"what was that" she asked.

"she was just saying congratulations and asking if we're okay. then she asked to swap shirts after the game" i told leah.

we got ready and came out in our pre match kits. we did some warmups before going back into the changing rooms.

i put on my boots and tried to find leah to tie the laces. she always does it for me. call me superstitious but it brings me good luck. i couldn't find her.

everyone went to line up in the tunnel so i quickly did them myself before joining them.

leah looked completely in game mode. she looked hot.

we walked out, took team photos and had a team huddle. leah gave words of encouragement and we went to our positions.

the game was fairly even. no team had a proper shot on target. i was being manmarked the whole first half. ellie was shoving me and elbowing me whenever she got the opportunity.

towards the end of the first half, i noticed a gap between two of the defenders. leah had the ball and i started to make the run. i knew she would find me.

indeed the ball did find me. i ran through and just as i was about to shoot, i was swiped off my feet. i felt a searing pain in my leg. i lay with my face in the grass. the ref didn't stop play but then blew for halftime. jonas was raging at the ref for not stopping and giving us a penalty. i couldn't see who had done it but by the yelling from leah, i assumed it was ellie. the ref gave a yellow card to leah and jonas.

beth and viv kneeled next to me and started asking me questions. my leg was in excruciating pain and tears formed in my eyes.

"leah" i sobbed.