Will broken hearts find their way back to each other?

9

Lucy's POV:

It's training now. You know, just the usual; gym, train, gym then swim. I keep replaying in my head Keira's words. If Ona was really here why wouldn't she have contacted me? And why would she have done such a horrible thing?

Anyways. Focus. I need to perform well in training because that always relates back to matches. I have to impress Sarina.

We begin by just doing light weights to warm up our bodies. I decide to hit arms, cause you know, gotta look good for the ladies ;)

JOKING. Just joking. I have Ona.... of course. And that reminds me. I have to call her. I have to make sure she didn't hurt Keira. I know I hurt her, but I can't let it happen again. I just can't.

Loads of people are fussing over Keira. Keira this Keira that. I know she has a black eye, but come on people we have to focus. Sorry that sounds horrible. But what makes it worse is I think people suspect it's me. For fuck sake. I may have cheated but I will never touch another woman. I don't care what they do. You do not hit someone and I mean NEVER. God, I bet if I said it wasn't me they probably wouldn't believe me.

How can anyone trust me? What if people turn on me?? What if I get hurt? What if no one talks to me?

"Mate are you okay?" I look up to see Georgia. Where is everyone?

"I-uh.." I can't get my words out. She looks concerned.

"Did you not notice everyone left? I looked over to you and you were just staring into space mumbling to yourself. Are you sure you are alright?" She looks genuinely worried for me.

"Oh.. erm. Yeah. I'm all good. Was anyone talking about me?" I'm scared for what she will say. What if she says they are?

"No mate. Why would they be talking about you?" Georgia questions. Oh shit I should have just kept quiet.

"Oh. No reason. Let's just go train" I try to keep it simple. She just nods and we walk out. Here we go. Training time.

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"Alright girls, I'm going for a light session again today because I want you all to go heavy in the gym afterwards, okay? We will then go in the pool, but I will be setting it to temperatures like an ice bath. You all know recovery is very important. And yes it will be a match, but 7 aside so we will be making the pitch smaller. It will consist of 3 teams of 7. One team will sit out, whilst the other two play. To begin with we are just going to do one goal and off, then I will switch it up. Please stay hydrated, it is extremely humid. Obviously there will be a prize for the winning team so get competitive!! This is key training for the games. Ah that reminds me. We have one in 4 days, so let's be sharp please. Training correlates to matches girls."

Long talk from the Gaffa! Hold on. I am actually a genius. Didn't I say earlier the exact same thing?? Thank you, thank you. Yes I did. God Lucy, you aren't just sexy!!

"LUCY!" Oh shit. "GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD. WE ARE STARTING." Keira is not happy. Of course I am on her team. Yay!! Just my luck isn't it.

However. What a fucking team. It's me, Keira, Williamson, Russo, Earps, Charles and Clinton. My god.

Captain Williamson to the rescue for the formation. "Right girls, we will play a 3-2-1. Charles left back, me centre back, Bronzey right back. Walsh and Clinton obviously you two in the middle, decide which side you want, it doesn't matter. Russo up top and of course Earps in goal. We have a strong team girls so let's win this thing." That's my captain right there.

We form a circle, do a little chant then get into our formation. Game on.

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"Alright last game girls! This is first to 2 as it's the final. Who's going to win?" Sarina announces.

We line up head to head. They have a great team too. They have: Bright, Wubben-Moy, Carter, Stanway, Toone, James and Hampton. God. This is going to be good. All eyes on us.

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It's currently 1-0. Of course it is. Keira has been getting on my nerves this whole tournament. Constantly telling me what to do. Like for goodness sake, give me a break!!

I dribble down the centre looking for options. Russo has shifted out to the right, Charles has pushed up down the left flank.

"LUCY PASS ME THE FUCKING BALL!!!" I can hear Keira screaming at me. Are you joking?? I completely ignore her and continue running.

The all of a fucking sudden Keira comes and takes it off me. "KEIRA WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING??? WE ARE ON THE SAME TEAM FOR GOD SAKE!" I am fuming. Why would she take it off me!??

She looks up, Russo is open. Play the fucking ball then we will win. But obviously it's too late. Georgia swipes it out of her feet with a clean tackle. James is sprinting down the centre. Williamson is the last man back. Come on Leah. But Georgia does what I did not think she would do....

She chips it over Leah's head and James volleys it top corner. Shit.

"FOR FUCK SAKE LUCY. WHY DID YOU NOT TRACK BACK?" Keira screams at me. Are you kidding me right now?

"ARE YOU FUCKING STUPID? YOU WERE THE ONE WHO TOOK THE BALL OFF OF YOUR OWN TEAMMATE." she steps closer to me. I am not having this right now.

"LUCY. KEIRA. GET HERE NOW."
Leah shouts at us both. "Cut this fucking act right now. I don't care what is going on with you right now. We are in TRAINING for God sake. Pull it together and act like a fucking team or I am kicking you out. Let's not forget I am the captain. Get back into your positions AND PLAY FOOTBALL." Leah scoffs and walks away.

Good point to be honest. But i'm still shocked at Keira.

"2 minutes left girls!!" Sarina shouts. Come on we can do this.

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Play is pretty even at the moment. We are all working hard. That's when I see it. Leah has the ball, she has slightly pulled off to the left. I'm higher than usual and I can see a gap in front of me.

"LEAH!" I shout to her trying to catch her attention. She instantly looks up and I know she sees it too. She gives me a nod, signalling I need to sprint now.

She fires the ball across the pitch, landing right at my feet. It's a 1v1 with Carter. Don't worry, I know her inside out. We both play in defence.

I can hear Keira screaming at me to my left begging for me to pass her the ball. Not today. This is my time to shine!

I slightly push the ball inside towards the left, sending her my way. I then step over the ball with right foot sending her the opposite way, then I push it with the outside of my left boot back inside.

HA! Matey has been sent to the shops with that one. See ya later!!!

I'm running at the Hampton at full speed and I smash it top bins. The sideline screams and so does my team. I stick my arms out and they come chasing after me.

What can I say? I'm Lucy fucking Bronze.

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Hi everyone! This is just part one of the training, and the second part will be posted very soon.

Sorry if I have been absent, I've just been very busy with football!!
I will try to update as frequently as possible.

This book will be my main priority, but I was thinking if I did a Leah x OC book. Let me know what you think.

Have a good day/
evening 🩷🩷