Ive fallen

Chapter 24

"Alexia!" I shout, running up quickly towards her and wrapping her in a tight hug, not willing to let go.
I hear her chuckle as she begins pulling her body away from mine.
"Y/n, im so glad to see you. But please be careful of my knee" she says, begining to struggle standing on one leg.
"Oh, yes, sorry" i say, pulling myself away from the older woman and picking up her crutches that had inconveniently fallen on the floor.

"Y/n, come on, we need to warm up" i hear a voice say from behind me. I turn my head to see Sarina stood behind me, a stern look on her face.
"Sorry Sarina" i say, jogging towards her as i turn my head slightly, waving towards Alexia, making her smile sweetly.

I walk towards the lines and begin the warm up with my teammates, ensuring my body is completely warmed up as I'm starting, alongside Leah of course.

Leah has been really weird with me since the last game. She even ignores me in our room and only gives me short answers, its really annoying. What is up with her? Ill ask her after the game i suppose.

We finally finish the warm up and walk inside the changing rooms, really for Sarina's final team talk.

"Alright ladies, you know this is a big game. Just go out there and do your best. Work as a team and work for eachother. We are here to prove to everyone that we are the best. Now lets go" Sarina says, looking over us all and hyping us up, ready for our toughest opponent yet, Spain.

We line up, Leah leading the way as she always does, her jaw clenched as she stares down the corridor towards the crowd, awaiting our game.
We walk out, hearing the roaring of the crowd in the stadium.
We walk down, shaking the opponents hands but the line gets stopped. I look towards the front of the line, seeing Leah and Mapi glaring at each other, exchanging some harsh words in their heated discussion before they finally move on, refusing to shake hands.
I wonder what that was about.

I shake Mapis hand as she smirks at me suspiciously, it almoat makes me shudder as my eyebrows furrow in confusion.
"Shake it off y/n, shake it off" i mumble to myself as i stand next to Leah, preparing for kick off.
I glance towards Leah and then Mapi, seeing them glare at eachother before the whistle blows. Game time.

We go in at half time, its 0-0 but Spain is clearly on top, dominating the game. We are lucky to still be in the game.
"For fuck sakes y/n, you are losing the game for us, ive had to cover your ass all day, sort it out" i hear Leah say from behind me, making my head whip around in confusion.
I look at her in disbelief as she glares towards me, almost as if we went back to how we were before.
"You are joking, right?" I say towards Leah, looking at her in confusion
"No, you have played like a peice of shit, you are lucky you are still on the pitch. If it was up to me, Millie would be on right now" Leah spits towards me, making my facial expression change to one of anger.
"I cant believe how delusional you are Leah. We are all playing like shit. We could be doing so much better if everyone played for eachother and not themselves. This is not my fault. Fuck you Leah" i spit towards her in anger.

"Ladies, stop shouting at eachother. You are all playing for yourselves, not eachother. All of you. Not just Y/n and not just Leah. If you all work together and play for eachother, you will actually win this game." Sarina says, glaring at us all, mostly me and Leah.
We both bow our head in shame.
"Now get our there and show them all what England can really do" Sarina says, smiling towards us all.

We all finally stand up, clapping and shouting as we hype ourselves up.
"Lets fucking go" "We have got this" "lets show Spain no mercy" is all heard as we leave the changing rooms, all with smiles on our faces.

I look towards Leah, i smile at her gently as she smiles at me slightly, signalling our truce.

"Georgia! You fucking legend!" I shout as i jump on top of the midfielder who scores in extra time, giving us the winning goal.
The final whistle blows, signalling our win, getting to the semi finals.
"Lets fucking go!" I shout as i run towards Georgia as she hits the floor from my weight as i land on top of her.

I look around to see various Spainish players on the floor. I walk towards them, comforting as many as i could.
"Y/n" someone says, placing their hand on my shoulder before quickly removing it. I chuckle as i turn to see Leah, knowing it was her due to our previous exchanges.
"Hey Leah" i say, turning to smile towards the older woman.
"I- erm- i just wanted to say im sorry for how i acted. It wasnt fair, i was just frustrated" she says, looking down towards the floor.
I wrap my arms around the woman, comforting her in a hug.
"Its fine Leah. I shouldnt have acted as i did either. We were both frustrated. Lets just forget it and focus on the semi finals." I say, pulling away from the hug and holding the blondes hand.

I hear slow clapping as i turn my head, seeing Mapi standing, smirking towards me.
"Soo, Leah, you finally told her" Mapi says, staring towards the blonde.
I feel Leah's hand tense against mine as Mapi walks towards us.
"I erm" she begins to say, stumbling on her words.
"Told me what?" I say, turning to look towards Leah
"That she was involved in your disappearance" Mapi says, smirking towards me.

I stand back, letting go of Leah's hand as i look at her, a hurt expression on my face
"W-what?"