Isabel's POV
It was the last game until the Christmas break we were playing against Shelbourne FC, they had this player who was constantly tackling me and saying things that made me so angry plus I couldn't even take one touch before she tackled me but because she would come out with the ball the ref didn't card her the first few times I let it go but it kept happening so the next time she tackled me I argued with the ref for letting her do it all game which ended with me getting a yellow definitely not my proudest moment at half time me coach told me to leave it because he doesn't want me get a red she kept playing the same why in the second half but I listened to what my coach said and kept my mouth shut, The game ended final score being 2-2 with me scoring both goals for my team.
*time skip to in the car*
I'm in the car with my brothers, sister and mum since my dad was at work (it was a mid week game)
We sat in a comfortable silence with the radio playing quietly until my older brother Charlie spoke up "you played well today Iz" I look to him than back out the window "thanks" i reply with with slight disappointment in my voice "are you disappointed because you lost or are just angry at that McCabe bitch" Charlie asks me surprising me with hit choice of words "Charlie we don't use that kind of language" my mum goes off a him "sorry but it's true" he apologises not really meaning it "still don't call people that and also we're home" my mum say's clearly not believing him at all, we get out of the car and into the house then I go upstairs to have a shower, even while in the shower I still can't stop thinking about this girl I remember seeing her before but not when I've played against her I don't even remember playing her at all she just knew exactly how to make me angry and I hated it I hated how easily she got me annoyed I hated that she made me want to punch her, as I finished me shower I got dressed into my pyjamas Which is just a pair of shorts with a t-shirt and a jumper and sit on my phone scrolling through instagram until there's a nock at my door "come in" I call out waiting to see who it was "hey Is can I talk to you" Charlie asks while he comes in closing the door behind him "sure what's up?" I ask even tho I have a feeling I know what he want to talk about "what was going on with you and that McCabe girl" I sigh thinking back to the game "honestly I don't really know she just wouldn't stop I remember her from somewhere but not from playing her if that makes any sense" I say while he nods along once I stop he starts "I think I have seen her before I don't know where tho" I nod then we hear mum call out from downstairs "come on dinners ready" we make our way down stairs to the dining room we start eating while talking "what are we doing for Christmas?" my older sister asks my mum answers "we're going to your grandparents on the 18th(it's the 15th) then staying there until the 4th"
*small time skip to after dinner upstairs*
I get ready for bed set my alarm and went to sleep. I woke up to my alarm turning it off then going to the bathroom to get ready for the last day of school before the break, once I'm done getting ready I go done stairs and get breakfast before we leave to go to school.
Once I get to school I go straight over to my friends and we talk until we have to go to class after what felt like years it's finally time to go home I walk home with my best friend Brielle and two of our other friends Courtney and Talia since we all live around the same area, once it was just me and Brielle we decided to go back to my house and then to the park because we weren't going to see each other till school starts again after Bri messaged her mum to make sure it was ok we walked to my house once we got home we went upstairs and we i got changed into shorts and a hoodie and I gave her a pair of tights and a hoodie, once we're both ready we get a bag put our soccer boots and a ball into a bag and leave to go to the park down the road
When we get there we sit down somewhere and put our boots on I finish first so I get the ball out and do some juggling (that's what I've always called them) when Bri finishes we start passing the ball to each other doing a mix of one and two touch we keep playing for around 30-45 minutes when we see some other girls some look around our age and others look a bit older then when one of them turns around I immediately recognise her from last night she was there right winger "you ok?" Bri asks bringing me out of my thoughts " oh yeh sorry I'm fine just i played those girls last night and let's just say there was one girls specifically who wasn't the nicest" I reply to her lifting up my shirt to reveal a nasty looking bruise left by that McCabe girl on my stomach "dam Iz that looks painful" Bri says "thats not it" I say as I show her my back that has a big scratch on it "dam Izzy was that all by that one player?" She asks still shocked from the scratch
"Yep"I reply back to her "jeez what's wrong with her" she says chuckling slightly "that's what I wanna know" I say laughing. We then decide to get up and keep playing we played for about 10 minutes before another ball came rolling towards us "can you get that please" I hear someone call out I look up to see none other the I don't even know her first name McCabe "why should I?" I reply back to her with a smirk growing on my face "because it's my ball" she replied back "well it was also my skin You scratched from my back I'm sure you took some skin with you"
I mumble while being quiet so only Bri could hear me " eww that's gross" Bri spits back at me "once again can I have my ball back?" by now most of her teammates are watching what's going on "once again why should I" I say while I start to walk over to them(with their ball in my hand)"Are you Australian?" One of her teammates who I recognise as their centre back " yeh how'd you know?" I ask "the accent" she replies back I laugh a little bit and stop when sme and Bri are standing in front of them one of her other teammates speak up "why won't you give the ball back?" I shrug "she doesn't deserve it" I say pointing to Katie "what did she do to you?" There centre back asks confused "you wanna see what she did to me mate?" i ask " no they don't" Bri answers for them "ok whatever but now that I've told you why I'm not giving it back you have to tell me why I should?" I ask them McCabe answers "one it's ours and two I didn't do shit to you" I chuckle before speaking again "you didn't do shit to me do you hear that Bri" I say turning my head to face Bri before turning back to McCabe "ok mate we're gonna go now and I'll let you go get this" I say kicking it then it land in front of my bag "bitch" McCabe mutters to herself "what was that" I ask "nothing" she says as she starts jogging over to get the ball me and bri go back to our things where McCabe had to go to get the ball "bye McCabe" I shout to her as she runs past us then me and bri get our boots of and pack our things to go home
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Hope you enjoyed I know it's bad but I'm doing this just for fun side note I've lived in Australia all my life so I know nothing about Ireland
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