left in the shadows || a leah Williamson story

chapter 1

Leah's POV

not a day goes by I don't think of Alex, I mean where is she now, what does she look like..... does she play sports, football? I mean it's crazy but now I'm headed over to the training ground the u16s have a training session I always like to watch see the new future of arsenal but I have been asked by Jonas to progress with this girl of the youth academy apparently she's expected to be on the senior team from now and two years and is advanced so until she joins the team I volunteered to do extra training and coach her

Alex's POV

We done three laps of the indoor Astro before we started.  Fuck I hate this with my whole heart running. growing up in the football industry it's always used as a punishment when you made a mistake but luckily I learnt my lessons and I am a bit advantaged at running then the others, I train whenever I can or I'm at the gym I can't stand being at my foster home so this is what I do in my free time "come on Williamson!" My coach Kelly yelled even though I'm a head "run and shoot!" She yelled and as I finished the lap gasping for air I strikes the ball into the top left corner "yessss" she ran up to me "Alex you done amazing today, go get changed and stuff and meet me in my office" "alright," I picked up my water bottle and then headed to the changing rooms where I got showered and changed and threw my hair up but my foster dad is waiting in the car so this has to be fast. I lightly knocked on the door and I heard a come in from Kelly "hey Alex sit down" she smiled but a woman was stood next to her tall blonde and I recognise her from the senior team Leah I think "so what's up" I asked her "this is Leah, she's off Jonas'a senior team you remember him right" "the one I tripped up?" "Yes" they laughed a bit "nice to meet you Alex," Leah smiled "yeah you to" I'm a bit confused why she is here not going to lie so I played with the ring on my finger, I have had it since I was a baby apparently from my parents and I don't know I guess I always have it on "so, I don't know if you have been told but it is expected within the next two years it is certain you will be playing along side Leah and the rest of the arsenal squad now until then alongside training she will be your trainer now I know you hate this kind of stuff but trust just trust the process" Kelly told me before she left leaving the both of us "so I was thinking today could kind of be a introduction and a chance for me to get to know you" she said smiling sitting opposite me "uh yeah sure" I sat up properly "okay so I have to basically fill out this paperwork so let's start of with your name" "Alex Williamson" she glanced at me then back at the paper a bit weirdly "date of birth" "11th of October  2008"  she looked at me again weirdly  "place of birth" "Milton Keynes," "legal guardians," "don't really have one? Always bounced between different homes" I laughed a bit and she just wrote down something "okay well that's enough of the paperwork filled out," I looked at the clock and my phone is blowing up completely from my foster parents "is it alright if I tell Andrew. My foster dad to just go home he's waiting outside" "oh yeah of course" Leah smiled and I quickly ran outside to my fuming guardian and I came back in. "They have gone I wasn't sure how long we would be" I sat back down "okay and to give me and idea on your health?  Allergies, Any injuries or medical conditions  or medications in the past" she asked me "tore my ACL about two years ago. Didn't have the surgery and just let it heal so it is prone to tear again" she noted that down "uh I have asthma and I think that's it" "okay that's great, now let's make a schedule" we spent about an hour creating a shared calendar and stuff and she soon sent it to me before I finally got dismissed. I walked home and as soon as I walked in they started to argue again so I just sat in my room

Leah's POV

"Are you sure Leah" katie asked me as we sat on my sofa with a glass of wine "I'm positive it's her.. same date of birth same name she looks a lot like me and  from Milton Kaynes" "are you going to tell her" she asked me "I don't know... she has no clue who her birth parents are but I have her this ring to the social worker for Alex and she has it she's wearing the exact same one when I saw that I knew"