Dogs & Pictures - Victoria Pelova

Chapter 2

As she was walking towards me to get her dog I was getting a little nervous an Dylan knew it too.
"Just act normal," he whispered to me.
"There you are Myle," The brunette girl said to her dog picking it up and holding the dog in her arms. I was just staring at her when I should've said something, but thankfully she broke the silence.
"Sorry if Myle was bothering you. She can be really affectionate with people, even strangers," she said with a smile on her face.
"Oh no worries. She didn't bother us. She is actually so cute," trying to act cool. I wonder if she remembers me from earlier. And right as I was thinking that it's like she read my mind.

"I know you right. And you?" She pointed to me and Dylan.
"Um, I don't think so," I said which was dumb because she obviously recognized us from the training ground but it's not like we've actually ever met...until now.
"Well I mean I've seen you before. At the training ground. You guys take pictures right?" She said.
"Yeah we do," is all I could say. I have never been a person to keep conversations long unless I truly knew the person I was talking to.
"Oh, well that's cool. Sorry for not introducing myself. I'm Victoria Pelova," she said and I just thought her name is as pretty as her. She had beautiful eyes that were different colors like hazel and a big smile that couldn't make you not smile.
"I'm Taylor and this is Dylan," I said smiling at her.
"I take it your from America?" She asks hearing our accents.
"Yeah, we came here to take pictures for the game this weekend. Supposedly it's going to be a crazy game," Dylan said.
"Well playing man city is always a crazy game. It could go either way, but of course we are going to try to do our best to win," Victoria said confidently.
"Well I hope you guys the best," I said not knowing what else to say.
"Thanks. It was meeting you two. I hope to see you at the game," She said walking off with the dog.
"Yeah hopefully I will see you there too. Bye!" I said. Am I actually stupid. Of course ima see her there, she literally plays for arsenal. I feel so embarrassed.
She turned around at me and laughed but in a nice way.
Well at least she thought I was funny.

"Wow. Remind me to never see you talk to someone you're interested in because that was just horrible," Dylan said laughing.
"What? I don't like her like that because I barely know her and I wasn't that awkward," I said fully knowing it was pretty awkward.
"Sure you just act like that around people you are cool with and not anyone else who might be pretty and attractive," he said sarcastically. I punched his armed because he was maybe right.
"Ow! That hurt!"
"Oops," I said with a little smile. We walked off to go back to our hotel rooms.

Match Day

It was match day and I was looking forward to watching the game and of course taking pictures. I love that I get to do two things at the same time. Watch beautiful football and take amazing pictures. Even though I was excited about the game all I could really think about was her. I don't know why I couldn't get her out my head. It's like everything I think about is about her. When I woke up, when I slept, when I ate. She was invading my mind and I didn't even know why. Of course she's beautiful and nice but it's not like I want to be with her. I tried to think about something else whenever she came up in my mind.

"Taylor, we're here," Dylan said as he opened the cab door. We were at The Emirates and god it's such a beautiful place to be. I imagine the people who can just walk here and come every weekend. How lucky are those people.

Me and Dylan got our passes and went inside. "You ever think we would be taking pictures at the emirates?" He asked me as we were walking towards the entrance where the players would be walking out. I looked up at the stadium chairs and the beautiful bright green pitch.
"No never," I said still being mesmerized by the stadium. Soon it will be filled with fans wearing red and white. We walked to where we were going to be setting up our cameras. There were other people setting up there too with their equipment. I was hoping to get really good pictures with my camera. I wanted to get a good spot for that reason.

The players were coming out of the tunnel and started to do their warmups. As they were practicing shooting drills. I looked over at Victoria but she was already looking at me. Was she looking at me? We just stared at each other and she gave me a little smile. I decided to wave at her and she turned around because it was her turn to shoot the ball. I don't know why she was always looking at me and I was always looking at her. Ok let me get her out of my head the game would be starting soon. Focus on taking pictures.

The game started and I was ready to go. I was holding my camera ready to take pictures that were going to do well online. It was the 40th minute and there was no goal so far. I knew it would be a tight match since the two teams were equally good. There have been a lot of fouls and tackles that I got on camera which were good. Katie McCabe was mainly the one getting fouls as you can imagine. It was now halftime and it was 0-0. 15 minutes later second half started. There were so many chances for arsenal to take the lead but no goal. Lotte had almost scored a header from a corner kick. Frida almost scored a banger but still no goal. It was hard for arsenal to get through that man city defense. The whole game both teams could've scored but then at the 86th minute. Victoria passed a through ball to Stina and then Stina crossed it in the box to Alessia. Alessia tapped the ball in the back of the net and scored!! The Emirates was alive celebrating the goal and then Alessia and the arsenal players came to the cameras to celebrate. I took pictures as they were coming towards us of Alessia screaming "cmon" and the other players surrounding her with passion and hugs. I got an unforgettable picture out of that celebration. Arsenal won 1-0 and every fan was going to leave happy.

The Arsenal player were thanking the fans for coming and I continued to take pictures of them. Then an urge came on me to take pictures of Victoria. She was smiling big and chanting. She was also getting hugged by her teammates. I couldn't help but smile through my camera lens. A few minutes later I decided to pack up my things as I saw Dylan doing the same thing. We left the stadium and we decided to go somewhere to eat.

While me and Dylan were talking in the cab I got a call from my mom. I already told my parents I went to London for work and they were of course happy for me. I also told them I wouldn't know how to pay for the plane ticket to get back. My job isn't the best in making a lot of money.
"Hey mom how are you?" I asked smiling on the phone.
"I'm doing well. I just wanted to check up on you." She said in a voice that tells me she just woke up. The time difference tells me it's morning  in New York.
"Oh well I'm doing good too. I just finished taking pictures at the Arsenal match. Now me and Dylan are going out to eat."
"Oh ok, well I hope you had fun at the game. I also wanted to call you to tell you what me and your father have been thinking about how you could get back to America." My mom said.
"Yeah, what do you think I should do?" I ask curiously.
"Well, we know your job doesn't give a lot of money and we also know that you've always dreamed of working in England, so we just thought that we wouldn't mind if you decided to stay there. We know you're already an adult and of course we will miss you but that's what the holidays are for." My mom confessed. My eyes were wide and my mouth open.
"Wait really? You want me to stay here?!" I said loudly.
"Yes, but only if you want to."
I didn't think twice and said, "yes! I would love to! Thank you mom!"
"No problem. I'll send you some money to help out with the hotel room and then we can talk later about how you will move in to a place," she said.
"Okay. Bye mom. I love you!" I said so happily.
"Bye honey!"
I hung up the phone and Dylan looked at me wanting to know what just happened. I told him and couldn't believe Im actually going to live in England. I've always wanted this and now it's happening. Maybe now since I'm staying here I could see Victoria more often.

Authors note
Hey guys! I know I've only wrote three chapters so far but for everyone reading, I wanted to thank you guys. I hope you guys have been enjoying it so far. I know that there isn't a lot of interaction between Taylor and Victoria, but I didn't want to rush anything and wanted to make the story realistic. Hopefully you guys like slow burn because I think that is how I'm going ti make heir relationship. Have a good day everyone!