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chapter 4: stay away

i tried to keep up with the girls at the world cup but it was hard with time differences and also i had to be on the battle field nearly everytime they played a match.

it was even harder to keep in contact with leah, the military upping the pressure on us, causing more stress then before.

all i had known was that the girls had gotten to the world cup final, i sent a few messages to some of the england players wishing them good luck before i had to go back out onto the battle field.

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today was the day you dream about as a kid, the ultimate dream you want to achieve in life, the dream only few get to achieve.

the girls and i were shitting it, without leah we were lacking that calmness she gave the team, she helped us massively in the euros final by just being there and showing us how to be calm.

we had received a message of leah the day before the final.

she was telling us to stay focused, not to get to excited yet, that the trophy wasn't ours yet and we need to prove to everyone that said we'd wouldn't get this far in the world cup down to injuries wrong. she told us we deserved to be there, how we worked together when the games leading up to where we are today got tough but we all stuck together and fought as a team.

some of the players read that and calmed down, remembering there job and that we have every chance to win it

others were still nervous about the game, nervous that they might be the person who makes a mistake in the match leading to a goal against us.

sarina sat us down the night before and gave us a motivational speech before we all went up to bed for an early night, ready for tomorrow

"come on girls!" millie shouted, as we all piled out of the changing rooms

checking my phone one last time to see if kai had sent a good luck message or anything, in fact she hadn't messaged me at all during my time away.

but why would she? we weren't even that close... like she said i was a good fuck.

"let's go lessi" ella said tapping me on the back and pushing me out of the changing rooms

we lined up next to the spainsh players, they had a determined look on there faces, as if they had something to prove.

we all knew about the situation happening at the national club, how some of there stronger and experienced players had dropped out of the team sheet out of protest.

soon enough we were walking out onto the pitch, the roar from the fans was unbelievably, especially from the fact we were half way around the world and no where near our home countries.

i clapped the fans before lining up, singing our national anthem before running to our starting positions

"come on england!" i shouted before jumping seven times before kick off

was kai watching the match?
had she thought about me at all during her time away?

i needed to forget about her for the next 90 minutes, this was my biggest game of my life and i wasn't about to let kai ruin it.

"yes hempo" i shouted as i made a run, she slid the ball through but the keeper read it well and smothered it before i could reach it

i turned around and clapped my hands, showing appreciation for the pass.