the new baller in town

~67~

Ella pov

Match day I know she saw I was in a different bed but I couldn't bring myself to speak to her, we usually kiss before a match and always have since we got together but that isn't happening today, I've got the armband today and I'm not talking to anyone before this match if I do i wilm shout, I dont want to shout at them.
"Talk to me Ella," alessia says sitting next to me. I don't respond as I have headphones in and I just don't want to," please baby, I need you to tell me what's going on."
"Is this it then? You make me fall for you without the intention of catching me, i let you in and I trusted you with my heart but you kissed someone else and abandoned it like I never ment anything to you, so no I won't I won't talk to you right now because I'm so tired of trying and getting nothing in return, let me get through todays match and then we can talk," I say trying to put my headphones back in.
"No, look at me,I didn't get kissed Ella, I wouldn't, I couldn't do that to you again I want you ok I need you I don't want this to be a shit show of a love story, you want to know something, you are my love story, you not a chapter you are my book I love you so much Ella, I love you more than words express," she says nearly in tears.
"I don't know how to deal with these emotions and you know it,my brain is a mess," I say climbing over her and going to the back where there was an empty row.

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We push ourselves because we have to, not because we like it.
Warm up done and I was pretty much silent, it going to be a long day. We are lining up Mary puts her hands on my shoulders shaking me out of a trance.
"You ok," she asks as we start to walk out.
"I'm ok, just need to get through this and sleep," I say with a slight laugh.
"Lets win this then," she says as noway sing there national anthem.
"Lets win it," I say patting her back as we all put our arms around eachothers shoulders.

Game time.

The stating 11 is actually an amazing side

C Ella Williamson
VC Leah Williamson
M Earp's
L bronze
M bright
E Morgan
G stanway
E toone
K Walsh
B Mead
L hemp

Norway's isn't to bad but it could be better. I think we can win I hope we can win otherwise we aren't going to the Olympics, and we need that we need to have something to work for.

L Williamson yellow card 34'

I Engen Goal 40'

E Williamson yellow card 44'

We are 1-0 down at half time so it's not going great, Leah has given a captain's speech at half time which I'm grateful for, today is not the day.
Both of us going into the second half with yellows is risky but we can do it.

B Mead Goal 57'

I Engen yellow card 64'

G Reiten Goal 72'

E Williamson yellow card 74'
E Williamson red card 74'
E Williamson sent off

For fuck sake, I an such a fucking idiot. I hand Leah the captains armband and walk off the pitch and down the tunnel to the changing room.
"Fuck," I mumble tossing my boots at my cubby as I walk through the door," I just wanted one good game, one where I wasn't a fucl up," I mumble as I see lucy come through thw door.
"I got subbed off so Sarina thought I should check on you Ella," she says sitting next to me and wrapping her arms around my shoulders.
"I wanted a good clean game but I made poor decisions and we are 3-1 now, and a player down, I wanted to lead this team to victory and take us through to the Olympics now we are not there and its my fault, I shouldn't have gone in for that tackle I knew it would go badly but I did it anyway, I knew better Lucy, I knew better," I say nearly in tears in her arms.
" It was a hard game, it's ok, we will get to the next ones, we win as a team and we loose as a team, you played amazing, yeh you got sent off, we have all been sent off at some point, everything will be ok, what happened this morning, you didn't speak to any of us," she says trying to make sure no one is coming in just yet
"I spent the entire night overthinking, that Alessia may have been kissed but she wasn't, I wanted to spend the night in her arms, I spent It in the relaxation room and Leah's bed on the other side of the room," I say panicking slightly.
"Calm down ok, deep breaths your ok," she says as the team come in looking defeated.
"Well done everyone, you played great but at the end of the day they were the better team, you did what you could and we tried to do what we could well done you lot," I say trying to boost their mood even though mine is in the gutter.