A/n this has been in my drafts for wayyyyy too long
"Mary Earps set to leave Manchester United"
That's the headline, the headline on every major newspaper and internet source, it's on Shesaballer, Sky sports, and BBC sports. That's just in the past half hour.
Let me tell you, you know. I am excited. THE Mary Earps, the queen of stops, might join PSG. That's the rumours anyway. Now, as a defender for PSG, I'd probably spend more time with Mary than anyone else like the strikers as we all split up for different drills, that and the fact that I'm the only one trusted to welcome new players as the others tend to be a bit of a handful at times.
Or most of the time.
I mean, I may be young, but I'm wise beyond my years. Jokinggggggg. I'm a child. Just not as childish as Lieke.
I guess I'll find out if she's joining soon as we've got a meeting to discuss or meet a new signing.
The only thing I'm a bit worried about if she moves here is what will happen to Katarzyna. I mean, she's our main goalie, so if Mary joins Kata, it will most likely become a second goalie instead, which would suck for her. Buttttttt considering it doesn't make too much of a difference for me, I can't wait for Mary to come here, I mean, imagine if she does, I'd get to be on THE Mary Earps team.
"Lieke, Lieke, Lieke peux-tu le croire, Mary pourrait venir ici, au PSG ça va être génial. Pouvez-vous imaginer jouer à ses côtés, ce serait comme un rêve devenu réalité. Je veux dire, je ne pensais pas en avoir un jour l'occasion, car je ne rejoindrais certainement pas les 'diables rouges', comme ils les appellent" I rambled.
I'm going to be honest I don't know how i know much french, especially since i never listened to the lessons. I don't know why but I just think it's a pointless language like not many people speak it in other countries compared to say Spanish or English. I mean, at this point, I can pretty much say some more complex sentences before my brain goes to mush.
Saying that, though, I would gladly teach French to a certain goalie.
I was just scrolling through instagram when a notification popped up, 'Mary.... (too lazy to write the username) has begun following you'
You know what. If this isn't confirmation at this point, then I don't know what is.
After a couple minutes I decided to follow her back, not that I wasn't going to but I don't want to seem to eager and reply or follow her back too quickly, that would seem a bit odd wouldn't it.
Mary was always an idol of mine. In fact, she's one of the main reasons I got this fair in football. I always live by a famous quote of hers, 'just know that there's light at the end of the tunnel. Keep going. You can achieve anything you set your mind to.'
I found Mary in what I could argue was the hardest time period of my life and I still don't know why it was difficult but all I know is that I was feeling burnt out and ready to quit when I found her and Mary somehow managed to pick up the pieces and keep me moving without knowing me.
I quickly looked at the time, not knowing how much time I've spent here led on the grass, never judging a surface by its cover (if it's clean) because most of the time, it's really comfy.
I had about five minutes to get to the other side of the pitch and to get to the meeting room inside to 'meet' the new signing. I don't know whether it's meeting a new signing, like hopefully Mary, or just getting told about the new signing.
Slowly, I trudged into the meeting room wearing my lucky hat. hear me out here, there's reasoning for this. At the World Cup, we won, and I was wearing my lucky hat before the game sooooo Therefore, it's a lucky hat, I also wore it when we won the league and champions league.
I flopped down into my seat next to Lieke and put my head on the table not too bothered about the meeting until Lieke shook my shoulder whispering in my ear that the new signing was about to walk in.
Sitting up, I blinked the sleep out of my eyes and began looking at the door like the rest of the team. Is it the best thing we could've done? Probably not. Is the newbie going to walk in and see a ton of eyes on her and probably be terrified. Absolutely.
As she walked in, I felt my heart skip a beat. She's here. It was mazza, and now my idol is stood here in front of me.
Hold on.
That explains the empty seat next to me.
"Everyone, listen up. It is my pleasure to announce the signing of Mary Earps. Please welcome her as part of the team, and I hope you all enjoy team bonding tonight." Prêcheur said with a huge smile on his old wrinkly face... don't tell anyone I said that.
Before I knew it, Mary had sat down next to me, a new light in her eyes that you may not have seen at united.
"Hey, it's nice to meet you, I'm (Y/n)." I said with a smile as I held my hand out for her to shake.
"I'd introduce myself, but you've all just been told who I am." Mary said in a cheery tone.
Little did we know that this was the beginning of a great friendship, a goalie and a striker, an idol and a fan, and the best mates. It's funny how the world works sometimes.
