afterglow | jude bellingham

epilogue

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IT'S NOW BEEN EIGHT YEARS SINCE JUDE AND ISA had reconnected at the World Cup. They were currently in Saudi Arabia for Jude's fourth World Cup tournament. Portugal had already gotten knocked out, so Danna and Joao had been going to England's games with Isa.

England was currently playing against Spain to see who would be going to the semifinals, and truly Isa hoped that England would win, but she wouldn't be angry if Spain were to win either, as three of her closest friends played on that team and were more than deserving of being world champions.

There was about six minutes left in the game, and England was currently losing 1-2. It was only one goal, and England had come back from something like this before, so she wasn't too nervous, until the clock kept going down and England didn't look as though they were going to be able to tie it.

"Do you think we'll be able to tie?" Isa asked as she turned towards her best friend who was sitting next to her.

"I'm not sure Isa, there's 3 minutes left," Danna half smiled at her.

She frowned as she anxiously watched the rest of the added three minutes go down until there was only seconds left in the game, and England wasn't anywhere near the goal.

Not too long after, the whistle blew, and Isa's heart hurt as she watched the England players collapse onto the pitch, it hurt even more when she saw how devastated her husband looked.

"Go down with him," Danna told her once the whistle blew. "I'll go down with them in a bit once it gets more clear."

"You sure?" Isa asked her friend.

"Of course babe," Danna reassured.

Isa obliged, and made her way down to the field so that she could comfort Jude.

When she reached the pitch, she happened to see Gavi, Pedri and Ferran first. So before comforting her husband, she wanted to congratulate her friends.

"Congratulations you three!" she told them as she pulled them all into a hug together. "You deserve this so much, and you know we'll all be cheering for you guys to make it to the final."

"Thank you Isa," Gavi smiled at her. "Where's everyone else?"

"Danna said she'd come down with them in a bit once the stadium cleared out some more."

"We'd love to celebrate with you," Pedri started. "But you should go be with Jude."

"I know," she weakly smiled at him. "I'm going but, congratulations again."

"I told him he played really well already," Ferran spoke up. "But I'm sure he wants to be with you more than anything."

"I'll see you guys after then?" Isa said as she started walking towards where Jude was.

"We'll text you!" Gavi yelled at her since she was further away now.

She smiled, but continued walking until she found Jude having a conversation with Declan. "Hi guys," she softly said as she reached her arms out to embrace Jude.

"Hi baby," Jude sadly replied as he hugged her back.

Isa placed her head on Jude's chest as he kissed her forehead, "I'm sorry, I know how much you wanted to win today. But you gave it your all and I'm so proud of you."