Close to you

Derby madness

Two months later

"Move, Miedema!" Leah grumbles angrily, Beth raises an eyebrow as she watches her shove Viv out of the way as they walk to the dugouts and shakes her head noticing the same rage on her girlfriend's face.

"Stand in line, Williamson." Viv bites back, Beth shakes her head as she notices everyone looking on helplessly as both girls turn to each other glaring and glancing at Lia sitting injured beside her.

"Can you keep an eye on T, please?" She stands up as Lia nods her head pulling Theo in her lap after he scoots closer and jogs down the steps. "Hey!" She raises an eyebrow as they both turn to her still glaring and calls them over with a come hither motion. "Stop the damn attitude." She tells them in amusement as they both walk over with a huff after Sarina just nods. "What's up with the both of you?"

"Nothing," Leah grumbles as she crosses her arms, Beth sighs as Viv just rolls her eyes and leans her arms on the balustrade.

"Nothing also." She scoffs. "So the both of you always curse each other out, push each other and fight every match?" She asks, she chuckles as they both just shrug and sigh. "Out with it, we don't have all day." She tells them slowly reaching the end of her patience.

"Goat apparently forgot how to take passes and finish!" Leah sneers.

"I forgot? You forgot how to measure your passes!" Viv bites back turning to her with a glare.

"Enough!" Beth yells to get over their fighting and the fans cheering, she shakes her head as they both turn to her in surprise and sighs. "The both of you forgot one thing."

"What?" They both ask in confusion.

"You are playing against the Blues, it's a fucking derby!" She tells them, she turns to Leah and shakes her head. "You are playing on league level, thinking your passes will go through their defenders but they don't." She points out, she holds up a hand as she opens her mouth with a frown and turns to Viv. "Same goes for you, the both of you play the fucking league version of you. You wait for the ball thinking defenders will be thrown off, but not them!"

"We don't need the league, Williamson and Miedema." She continues shooting Viv a look as she also opens her mouth. "We need the Williamson and Miedema we see on the National level, we need to see more fight and more power."

She turns to Vivianne and sighs. "Instead of waiting and watching for a chance, throw your body into the fights and win them lieverd." She turns to Leah and cracks a tiny grin. "Instead of low through passes, go for your high ones." She watches them overthink the whole first half, raising an eyebrow as she notices the glares fade and smiles. "Okay?"

She sighs softly in relief and nods her head to the dugouts. "Head in and grab a dr.." She cuts herself off as Katie jogs onto the pitch, throwing two bottles at their feet as she sprints past them and chuckles. "Never mind, drink something and focus."

"But." She quickly adds right after they grabbed their bottles. "Hug it the fuck out first, the both of you were at each other's throats forty-five minutes long."

Leah glances at Viv, noticing her grin around the bottle as she drinks and slides closer winding her right arm tightly around her waist. "Sorry goat." She mumbles.

"Yeah sorry Le." Viv sighs after closing her bottle, she looks up locking eyes with Beth and smiles. "Thanks love."

"Yeah thanks, Beffy, you are the best."

Beth just winks watching them walk over to Sarina after she calls them and jogs back up the steps, she sits back down beside Lia and smiles as Theo immediately slides over to cuddle with the both of them.