Off The Field

nine

'How's Courtney doing?' Beth asks softly as they make their way towards the gym.

'She's so sick, Beth... I feel so guilty being away from her right now. Tom was staying at ours initially when I left but he's went back home now and she's still just so ill. I feel like she just gets worse every time I speak to her. My mum is staying to help out with Bunny at the moment.' Leah admits shaking her head.

'It's awful... Amanda had quite bad sickness when she was pregnant, remember? She had to sit out the games and training for absolutely ages.' Beth says and Leah nods her head.

'Yeah, Court's had to be signed off work for now. There's just no way that she could be working when she's in the condition she's in... She's been given some tablets from the doctors so hoping they'll kick in soon.' Leah replies.

'If you need to leave, Sarina will understand. Everyone will understand, you know that don't you?' Beth says and Leah sighs.

'Courtney will kill me if I leave camp early. She had to practically force me out the door to get me here.' Leah replies and Beth laughs.

'So has she made any progress on convincing you to get a puppy?' Beth asks and Leah shakes her head.

'A baby and a puppy would be far too much to have at the one-time... Let's just get the baby here then we'll see about the puppy.' Leah replies smiling.

'A puppy is a lot of work, definitely worth it but a lot of work.' Beth says and Leah nods her head.

'Exactly. One day but not just now.' Leah replies.

'I still can't believe you guys are having a baby.' Beth says.

'What? Who's having a baby?' Ella asks from behind them causing Leah to internally groan as Beth bites her bottom lip.

'Uh- Me? One day.' Beth replies shrugging her shoulders as Ella raises her eyebrows.

'What do you mean you? Are you and Viv having a baby? It's got to be Viv because surely you wouldn't be at camp if you were pregnant... Is Viv pregnant?' Millie asks and suddenly Leah feels the attention of the whole squad on them as they make their way into the gym.

'What? Well I just-' Beth begins before letting out a small sigh.

'Viv isn't pregnant... Her and Beth aren't the ones who are having a baby.' Leah says.

'Le, you don't have to...' Beth almost whispers and Leah shakes her head as everyone, minus Keira and Georgia, immediately begin to gravitate towards them.

'It's okay... Courtney is pregnant. It's still really early days which is why we've not really told anyone yet. We just wanted to make sure we made it out of the first trimester before we announced.' Leah explains feeling Alex wrap her arms around her.

'Congratulations, Le... I'm so happy for you.' Alex says softly before the other girls immediately begin to congratulate the blonde.

****

'Hi, bubs...' Courtney says softly causing Leah to smile as she lies in bed with her phone propped up on the bedside table.

'Hey, love... How are you feeling? Tablets doing any good?' Leah asks.

'Mm... I managed to keep down some dinner but I still feel rough.' Courtney admits.

'That's good that you managed to keep down some dinner. It might just take them a while to properly get into your system.' Leah says and Courtney nods her head.

'Hopefully it won't be too much longer so I can start properly eating... I miss good food. I don't know how you managed to survive all this bland shit.' Courtney replies causing Leah to smile.