Rehab

Chapter Thirty One

The rest of the week things between Alexia and Jay settled down into their usual ways, the final was fast approaching and Jay only saw Alexia at spare moments or when they settled down before bed. Alexia was often busy at training or at tactics meetings, and when she was free Jay didn't want her locked up in a room with her and pushed her to spend time with her teammates. When they did get some time together of a late evening they spent it wisely by giving as much affection towards each other as they could.

The day of the final soon came around and Jay and Alexia had an early night the evening before to prepare, it was tough to keep their hands off each other but it was for one night only so they kept to their agreement even though they both were eager to break the rule they had set.

When morning came Jay woke Alexia up gently by soothingly rubbing her back, leaving the Spanish midfielder groaning lovingly. "Bon dia amor", "Bon dia bonita, did you sleep okay?"."Si bebita, gracias. Why are you awake?", "Lo siento im so excited to see you lift the champions league today".

"Amoooooor, you shouldn't be awake its too early", "but I wanted to have breakfast with you", "I know bebe, I appreciate you" as she pulled Jay into a gentle morning kiss. "I can't wait to celebrate with you later" she purred, "you better win that trophy then" Jay grinned as she said it before Alexia gave her a deeper kiss before Jay pulled away "nope, that's enough of that Ale". Alexia groaned before throwing her head back down on the pillow, "now up vamos!" roared Jay as she ripped the duvet off of Alexia who screamed like a little girl. "Jay its freezing!", "up up vamos!". "I hate you", "no you dont" grinned Jay as she picked Alexia up off the bed and placed her in the shower giving her another kiss which again Alexia tried to deepen causing Jay to pull away regretting every second of it.

Walking into breakfast they were surrounded by Spanish chatter as they parted ways and Alexia sat with the team who were all eager to play tonight, Jay looked on at all of the athletes in admiration and sipped at her macchiato as she read the stats leading up to tonights game. Jay assumed Alexia wouldn't be starting due to her injury surrounded season but she prayed she got minutes, her mood was good at the moment but if she didn't play she knew she would have to be there for her later.

A couple of hours passed and Alexia came to say goodbye to Jay, they wouldn't be travelling together and by the time Alexia came over Jay sensed her nervousness. "You got this", "what if I dont play?". "Baby have faith, but lead your team no matter what. Im really proud of you and I can't wait to watch you lift that trophy later. I love you". "Gracias bebe, I love you more, come and find me after the game?", "Si baby ill be there waiting to celebrate with you". And they embraced each other one last time, Jay hugging Alexia as tightly as she could before kissing her and waving goodbye as she climbed onto the team bus.

When Jay did arrive at the stadium it was rammed, there were Barca fans everywhere, a sea of blue and red took over the Eindhoven ground and you would have thought it was a home game. Jay found her seat next to Eli and Alba and embraced them, she sensed they were nervous so she held them a bit longer. When it was time for the players to come out Alexia immediately looked to the crowd to catch her family, when she saw them she waved and blew kisses, Jay winked at her leaving her grinning as she took the team for a run before getting into rondos.

The atmosphere inside the stadium was electric, both sets of fans truly setting the tone of the game. The game kicked off and the stadium roared, all players immediately going into tackles at a 100 miles per hour trying to unsettle the others early on. Luck was not on Barcelona side as Pajor scored 3 minutes into the game capitalising on a Lucy Bronze mistake, straight away Barca tried to get back into it but it was a very scrappy first half, nerves showing for the blaugrana. It became even worse when Alex Popp scored just before half time, leaving the girls trailing as they went back into their changing rooms. Eli and Alba didn't talk much but the nerves were as clear as day, Jay however knew this team and knew they would come out ready to fight until the final whistle would be blown.