No one could stop them ~ A.R

~ one hundred and twelve ~

Olivia's pov

"I love how your analysing Olivia's goal and she joins us right here beside us." Alex laughs as I stand next to her, a mic in one hand, and my other hand holding Maisie on my chest. "How does it feel, liv, to get another goal for the club?"

"Absolutely buzzing. Not only a goal, but the win and in front of the fans too. I think we really needed them today and they came out, they came out in full form, they do every time. It's tough. This league is tough. You've got to dig deep to get results and yeah, we definitely did that today." I say

"Yeah, I was gonna say that. Aton Villa, really stubborn, but you, and Arsenal as a whole, kept going and going and finally broke them down." Alex states

"Yeah for sure. I think the team was resilient and I think we had to be. But I think, we all knew as a team that moments and chances would come and we had to take them. We all dug deep, and we got there in the end."

"How does it feel to have Beth mead back on the pitch?" Alex asks me

"Incredible. I think you can see by her reception here today is exactly how we feel as players. She's a top top talent and yeah, it's exactly what you want coming back. It's so exciting and I can't wait to play with her." I respond

"How do you feel? Do you feel this will actually start the season for Arsenal after a slow start?" Alex questions

"Yeah, for sure. I think we've had a bit of a tough start, but that's football. We've got to bounce back and we've been working really hard as a team and I think we needed this today. We needed a performance like we put on. We needed to dig deep and yeah, got the three points." I continue

"Olivia, congratulations on the goal today." Anita begins

"Thank you."

"Of course we know that you're brilliant at hold up play and stretching the game as well. But what's your preferred role? Do you like playing wide of the front three or in the centre of the front three?" Anita asks

"I just like being on the ball." I say and we laugh. "I don't mind where on the pitch that is, but just try getting on the ball. I just like trying to create chances and sometimes even score them chances myself. But for me, I just like behind in and around the goal trying to get the ball. Even if it's not by the goal, I go for the ball. I just have a slightly better skill for finishing instead of defending."

"Olivia, how are settling in at Arsenal? I know you're getting to work with the likes of Kelly smith, how do you feel like that's improving your game too?" Gilly questions

"Massively. The likes of learning off of Kelly, but also playing with amazing players everyday. You've got to come into the game really quickly and pick up things because there's not much time. Especially coming back from Australia. You're learning stuff everyday, you're picking up new connections which I find really important to me, after not playing for a year. But it's exciting and both me and less, are loving a new adventure in our lives here at Arsenal." I explain

"Talking of your year off. Now, it must have been hard for you taking a year off of football. But you've seemed to have come back, as if you haven't missed out a year. I mean, two screamers in two matches. Have you been training extra hard?"

"Yeah, definitely. I felt as though I had to catch up on a year's worth of football. I took advantage of being able to play again when I could. When I got told I could play again, no matter where I was, you'd find me with a ball. Me and lessi have both found that there's always an extra bit of motivation when playing now, and that's Maisie and Lottie. We both feel like we want to prove to them that anything is possible and that when you work hard, things pay off. And I mean, we just like to try our best when we know they're here watching, even if they are still babies."

"Now one last question, which might be a bit hard for you to answer, but was your year off hard? Like mentally hard for you?"

"Parts of it, yes. I think the worst bit was after having the girls, I felt okay to play but I couldn't. And during that time, the World Cup was on, but I knew all of this before we went through with the IVF. And I mean, everything, the jealousy, the not being able to play football, it was all outweighed when I looked at Maisie and Lottie. It's all outweighed when I hear them laugh, when I see lessi holding them. Having the girls is my best achievement. My version of winning the World Cup. But it was hard, I just kept telling myself that I'd come, that I'd come stronger than ever. I'd come back stronger because I had two new fans. Two new fans that mean the universe to me. They'd come and watch us play and that's all I've ever wanted. My three girls are my biggest supporters and everything I do is for them."

"Liv, thank you for joining us. We'll let you go and join in with the celebrations. Tell Alessia we said congratulations on her first goal for Arsenal in the WSL. We'll let you both go. Bye bye Maisie." Alex tickles Maisie's cheeks a little and a big smile appears on Maisie's face. "Aww, look at that smile."

During the match against Liverpool, Alex was in the family and friends section and Leah had formally introduced us.

Me and Alex had met before, through Leah, but never really spoke. But during the Liverpool match, Leah introduced us and we had a conversation that never seemed to stop.

She held the girls for a while and we talked about everything. Football, the World Cup, our personal lives.

It was just a nice conversation that you'd have with a friend.

"Have a good rest of your day, liv. I'll go and congratulate the team in the changing rooms soon." Alex says and hugs me

I give the mic to a person before walking towards the changing rooms.

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"Are you alright baby?" Less asks as she sees me wince in pain when she hugs me.

"Yeah, I'm okay. My boobs are killing me though. I need to pump and that sports bra was not helping the situation." I explain

"Oh, my love. I'm sorry." Less gives me a sympathetic look.

"Don't say sorry, less." I say and rest a hand on her waist.

"Would you like me to massage them later?" Less asks, with a small smirk on her face.

It's a good job the changing rooms were nearly empty at this point, because our conversation would have been so confusing for some people.

"You'd like that wouldn't you? But yes please, it would help, thank you baby." I say and lean into kiss her.