My princess - Alessia Russo

56. Post game

The whistle blows signaling the end of the game we won 2-1. The girls played incredible. I run to Alessia and give her a big hug.

"You played incredible baby." Alessia says and kisses my neck. I love when she does that, it's so adorable since she can only reach that high.

"Thank you princess you did as well. I'm so proud of you." I say and lean down and kiss her forehead. Alessia holds her hand out and I grab it.  We celebrate with the girls for a few and then start walking around.

As we make our rounds around the stadium hand in hand. Which makes the fans go crazy might I add. Although the public know we're together. I think they forget since we're pretty private it's not like we hide by any means. We just do what we want. We try to sign as much as we can and talk to all the young fans. After we've signed a load of things Alessia and I stand on the pitch for a few more minutes until...

"Hey Charles!" Niamah yells as she walks up to Alessia and I followed by Jessie Fleming who I've been playing against since I was 15.

"Hey Charles!" I greet back with a laugh.

"I have someone who wants to meet you." Niamah says and moves to the side and pushes Fleming forward a bit. Jessie Fleming comes into view with rosy cheeks. She turns and glares at niamah which makes Alessia and I laugh a bit.

"Hey Fleming nice to actually meet you. Great game!" I say trying to calm her nerves a bit which I think works as she greets back.

"Oh uh thanks. It's nice to meet you too. You guys played great as well." She says to both Alessia and I.

"Thanks." We both say.

"JINX!" I yell before she even has the chance. Alessia laughs. She gives me a quick kiss on the neck and whispers "later" I just smile and nod. I look up and Niamah is holding back a laugh. She then hits Jessies arm trying to get her to say something it seems.

"I uh do you wanna swap jerseys?" Jessie asks.

"Oh yeah of course. I've been wanting to since we debuted." I say remembering we both debuted at 15. Fucking crazy.

"Really?!" She asks surprised.

"Ya of course. It's crazy how long we've been playing against each other but this is our first real conversation." I explain as I take off my jersey leaving me in a sports bra. I decide to tease Alessia a bit when I see her looking me up and down so I send her a wink as I take the jersey over my head. She blushes and looks down.

"You guys debuted at the same time?" Niamah asks.

"Not against each other but the same year. Yeah." I explain. I hand my jersey to Jessie and she gives me hers. Jessie put my jersey on and to be honest it's like a dress.

"Thanks mate. I would put it on but I don't think it would fit." I say with a laugh as I look at the much smaller jersey.

"Jessies just so small." Niamah teases which earns her a playful hit by Jessie.

"Shush and thank you..." Jessie says. We laugh and talk for a bit until...

"Hey uhh sorry but izzi you have an interview with Lucy in the conference room." A staff member nervously informs me. I look at the girls and they nod for me to go.

"No worries." I say to the staff member. Who by the way look like they're about to shit themselves. Alessia and I say our goodbyes to Jessie and a see you later to Niamah and start walking. Before we go to the conference room I grab my jacket that I had on the bench and put it on.

"Aww." I hear Alessia pout playfully.

"Chill babe." I say laughing.

I grab Alessia's hand as she wanted to come with and we walk to the conference when we get there she just stands to the side. I go up and sit with Lucy giving her a fist bump as I sit down. Before they start asking questions I look towards Alessia and she gives me a smiles back knowing I'm hating this. I give her a smile and the questions start coming.

"Another great performance from you both! Will either of you ever stop?" A reporter asks. Lucy and I both laugh a bit knowing our answer is gonna be the same. She nods for me to answer.

"Thank you. The girls played wonderfully today. As for ever stopping... never. As long as I can play football and I love it I'm gonna keep playing. Although I've been playing for a while now I'm only 25 so I gotta a lot in me yet. I also have a lot to prove and to win." I explain. I look towards Alessia again and just smile.

"Same goes for me as long as I can play and I love it I'm gonna keep playing for as long as I can." Lucy says with a smile. Also getting my attention back onto the press conference.

"Izzi your contract at arsenal is coming to an end soon. What are your plans? There's rumors that you're moving to another club such as Barca or Lyon." A reporter asks.

"Thats just it there rumors. But I'm not here to talk about club football." I say. They don't need to know I'm signing for another 2 years when I get back from camp.

Lucy gets asked a few questions about being player of the match and few other things and then I'm asked "After coming back from injury these past 2 years you have been unstoppable. What's changed? Especially this season even being the front runner for the ballon dor."

"I have. I'm a different person than who I was. I'm determined more than ever. Since coming back from injury I've put more time and effort in my game and I'd like to think I've improved. But really the girls just make it easy for me to be able to play the way I do. I also think we all just have such a great bond that we just work so fluently together. They really deserve all the credit." I explain.

"Speaking of bonds you both showed how wonderfully you work together. Just like how it was at man city. How is it being able to play together again ?" A report asks. I nod this time telling Lucy to go.

"Ya it's great. We played for so long together and I've missed it. I'm just glad she decided to come to the England squad and we get to make these memories together again. I'm lucky enough to be able to call her my teammate and one of my best friends." Lucy says with a smile.

" thanks Luce. I agree 100% Lucy and I have played most of our careers together so it's amazing to be able to play together again. I think playing together for so long has just created this connection we have on the pitch and it showed today. I couldn't be more proud and grateful to have Lucy as my teammate and one of my closest friends." I say and pat her back.

"This was your last game for this international break. What do hope to achieve during the next?" A reporter asks.

"You go ahead Lucy." I say and lean back a bit. The press conference goes on for a bit and then we head back to the hotel.