What A Goal ~Phil Foden~

05

"Come round i'm bored x" Effy messaged Phil, not expecting a quick reply as it was midnight and Phil had training the next day

He glanced at his phone as the notification buzzed on his screen, as he was just about to start getting ready and get into bed as he knew he had to be up early.

He quickly typed back a quick response "can't, I have training in the morning" as he hoped that was a simple enough explanation, as he didn't fully want to keep avoiding her, even though it was quite tempting to do so. "But i'm bored and lonely." She's messaged back with a follow up "Mason isn't in."

He frowned a little bit as he read what she had sent. She was really making it hard to avoid her.

He felt bad, as she was clearly really in need of someone else's presence, as he knew that she didn't have many close friends besides himself and Mason. He sighed as he quickly responded back to her. "Fine, but I can't stay long."

He hoped that he didn't seem too eager to see her, as he had hoped to avoid her for a lot longer, but he knew that he would need to see her at some point soon as he did feel a bit bad for her. He waited for her to respond, as he hoped she wasn't going to take him responding back as a sure fire way of him coming round. "Okay, the door is already open, come straight up? x" She replied

He smiled to himself as he was relieved that she had said she was alright with him not staying long. He quickly replied to her once more. "Okay, be there in five."

He quickly got changed into something more casual as he left his room and began to make his way over to hers. She was just a couple of doors down the street so he was only about a minute away from getting to see her. Eventually he knocked on her door before slowly opening it and walking inside, as he had finally arrived at her room.

"Hey Phil," She jumped up and hugged the brunette boy despite seeing him earlier this morning.
He was a little surprised at how quick she hugged him when he first entered, but he quickly smiled as he wrapped his arms around her to hug her back.

As she pulled away from the hug, he looked into her eyes with concern as he decided to ask the question of how she was doing. "Hey Effy, are you alright?"

"Yeah trying to stay sober is hard, i needed a distraction." Effy admits, as she has been trying to stay sober for a week now but still has a few slip ups

The words 'trying to stay sober' immediately set off alarm bells in his head, as he was aware of how bad a relapse in terms of her addiction could be. "Have you managed to stay sober today then?" He asked her, as he had hoped that she would be able to answer that question with a firm yes, however, he knew that it may not be the case. "I had a vodka and coke, but only one i promise!"

He felt his heart rate increase as he was worried that her drinking even a tiny bit could lead to her spiraling downwards into a full scale relapse. He remained completely calm on the outside though as he replied to her. "Do you think you may drink anymore for the rest of the night or do you think that you may have the willpower to resist it?"

He smiled back as he heard her say that she could resist drinking anymore. It was promising that she was determined not to do anymore this evening as now she had the presence of another person here who would hold her accountable for her actions and stop her from going anywhere too far with her drinking."Phil what the fuck are we?"

He couldn't help but give off a confused expression as she suddenly asked this question out of nowhere. He took a brief moment to process what she had actually said before he replied. "Are we as in a couple?" he asked her, as he hadn't fully understood what she was actually asking him.

"Yeah we have spent months together, kissed and you have always been the first person i call when i need help. Yet you still haven't put a label on it."