𝙊𝘽𝙎𝙀𝙎𝙎𝙄𝙊𝙉 | 𝙇𝙀𝘼𝙃 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇𝙄𝘼𝙈𝙎𝙊𝙉

Chapter 40 - Our Future

Madeline's POV 

It was Sunday, our match against leicester city was today and it was also the day i was going back to playing. I had started next to leah on the pitch, filling in for lotte who wasn't playing today. I wasn't as nervous as i thought i'd be, the game was going decent and beth scored a goal in the 28' minute which gave me a bit of relief. 

It felt nice being out there playing again i definitely missed the fans and the feeling of the adrenaline running through my body. Whenever i played i definitely had some kind of anxiety, but i liked the feeling of it.

It was halftime and the score was still 1-0, i walked back into the changing rooms to get a drink and to rest. Jonas has told me he was most likely taking me off halftime, so that meant steph was going in to sub for me. 

The match ended 3-0, Beth and Alessia both scored towards the end. It was overall a good game, we took those 3 points. 

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After the match leah had driven me home, i felt pretty exhausted even though i had only played halftime. I was pretty quiet for most of the ride, just looking out onto the road.

"What's wrong?" leah asked. 

"Why do you think somethings wrong?" i asked looking over at leah.

"You're very quiet for someone who just had her comeback...is everything alright?" leah asked.

"Yeah...just a lot on my mind." i smiled. "But i'm okay." 

"So...are you going out tonight? Some of the girls-" leah said.

"I think i'm gonna stay home and save my energy tomorrow." i said nodding at her.

"Oh right...the abba thing." leah said.

"Wait how do you know about that?"

"Well Alessia told me and some of the girls, we decided to hop along...hope you don't mind i know it was a birthday gift.." 

"Of course i don't mind, i'm glad you guys are coming." i said. "Are you going out with them tonight?" 

"I don't know...i might just go home, do some cleaning." leah said.

I scrunched my nose a little and smiled at her. "You clean?" 

"Haha, funny." leah mocked me. 

"Why don't you go out with them it'll be fun.." i said trying to encourage leah to go out.

"Well you're not gonna be there, why would i go for?" leah asked parking in front of my house. 

"Well...you can go hangout with your teammates. They were going to be there...i don't want you to not go just because i'm not going." i caressed her arm a little. 

"Are you sure?" leah turned to me and asked.

"Yes, go out, have fun for me." i smiled.

"Okay then, who's picking you up tomorrow?" leah asked.

"Pretty sure alessia is the one picking me up" i said.