Lover- Alessia Russo

7. Plans

"Hey Izzi, wait up!" Beth yells as we're walking into the locker room. Lotte and I both stop and wait for her to catch up.

"Sorry. Uh we're having team bonding tonight at some restaurant. If you'd like to join your welcome to. I can text you the address." Beth says.

"I was just about to tell her." Lotte says with a laugh and then looks at me. I wanna talk with them and get to know them but...

"You're coming with." She says with a smirk. Fucker. I didn't even finish my thought and she knew what I was thinking.

"Ok I guess I'm coming." I say with a laugh Beth laughs as well. We walk and talk on our way into the locker room.

"What type of place is it? Like what do I need to wear?" I ask Beth as I walk over to my locker.

"Uh wear something kinda smart." She says with a nod. What the hell am I gonna wear? I think as I walk over to my locker which just so happens to be next to Alessia's. I give her a small smile as I sit down which she returns. I guess it's in number order. Since I'm #22 and she's #23. I take my boots off and put them away. I take my nasty socks off and decide I'll just shower when I get home. I take my practice shirt off and throw it on my bench.

Where the fuck is my shirt? I rummage through my bag until I hear a cough from beside me gaining my attention.

"I uh are you looking for this? I-It was in my locker." Alessia says from beside me. I look down a bit and see she's holding my shirt.

"Oh thank you. Sorry. I don't know how it got over there. I promise I'm not messy." I say with a laugh and she hands it to me as she lets out a little laugh. I put it on and when it gets over my head I see Alessia quick look away with a blush. Was she checking me out? Nah... I mean she could have... nah.

"See you later?" I question Alessia as once ive finished getting dressed.

Alessia looks up from her phone and nods with a smile.

"Alright I'll see you later then." I say with a smile and grab my things and say a quick goodbye before heading out. Before I leave I give Lotte my address. She asked if she could get ready at my place so she had the chance to see it and I agreed.

*time skip*

"Home sweet home!" I say to myself as I walk into my apartment. It's weird I've been here for like 2 days but it already almost feels more like home than Manchester ever did and I lived there since I was 15.

I hang up my bag in the entry way and walk into the living room passing by my picture wall I finished yesterday. Which remind me I took some pictures today and the girls took some of me and Lotte that I want to print.

I end up just printing them before I forget. As those print I decide to take a shower. I turn the shower on and get undressed as it warms up.

Once it's warm enough I hop in and my body immediately relaxes under the water. After standing under the water for longer than I'll admit I scrub my hair and then body, washing away all the dirt and sweat from training and hop out.

I dry off my body and put on a pair of boxers and shorts and then grab my bra and put it on.

"It is to fucking quiet in here." I whisper to myself and open my phone pulling up Spotify and playing the Beatles.

"Fucking legends." I mutter to myself as golden slumbers starts playing. I comb through my hair and put deodorant on before I get interrupted by knocking.

"Who is it?" I tease as I peek through peep hole and see Lotte.

"The pizza man." She jokes back. I open the door and look at her acting disappointed.

"Damn where's my pizza." I tease. Lotte laughs and I open my door wider and let her in. She gives me a big hug and then takes her shoes off and follows me into the main area. Walking past my picture wall she stops and looks at all the picture seeing quite a few with herself included.

"That looks great izzi!" Lotte says and point to the wall.

"Thanks I wanna just keep adding to it. I've actually just printed some more from today I'm gonna add as well." I say.

"Cool." She says with a smile.

"Well welcome to my humble abode." I say and put my arms up and spin around.

"I still can't believe you're here. You're gonna play for arsenal." She says with a smile.

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I wanted it to be a surprise." I say seriously to let her know I mean it. We may joke around a lot but we can be serious as well.

"It's alright sis, it's like the best surprise ever! I couldn't be happier! I also love your apartment!" Lotte says.

"I'm glad. And thanks. It's not complete done there's still some things I need to get and I also wanna make that wall a jersey wall with all the jerseys I've gotten through trades and stuff." I tell her.

"That would look great." Lotte says with a smile.

"Well I'm guessing we should get dressed and leave here soon?" I question. Lotte look at her phone and nods.

"Ya you definitely can't go like that." She says with a laugh referring to me being shirtless with just a pair of shorts and a bra.

"Ehh I think this could be a look." I joke. Lotte laughs and shakes her head.

"You can use one of the spare bedrooms they each have a bathroom." I let her know as we walk up the stairs.

*time skip*

"Does this look good?" I question Lotte as I step out of my bedroom. I'm wearing some black dress pants with a maroon top. I left the top unbuttoned a little and put my chains on as well as my Jordan's.

"Ya looks great." Lotte says as she finishes straightening her hair. I just left mine down in my natural curls. Lotte finishes and stand up make a face to ask how she looks.

"Very pretty." I say and she smiles.

"Should we get going?" I ask as I put my wallet and keys in my pocket.

"Probably ." Lotte says with a laugh.