Faulty Trust || Katie McCabe

03

Maybe drinking that much wasn't the smartest idea having training the next day. The sun shone directly into my face as I rolled over, wrapping myself in my duvet to escape the harsh light. I'm living in London; I thought it was supposed to be gloomy 24/7.

My head was pounding as I groaned; my phone beginning to ring only made it worse. Sleepily, I reached for it, answering with a mumbled 'hello.'

"Partied too hard, Emely?" Wally's voice filled the silence of my room. I let out a groan as I rolled my eyes at her comment.

"No. I just didn't get enough sleep."

"Uh huh."

Before Lia could say anymore, I cut her off, a sleepy smirk present on my face as I spoke. "Don't act like you got more sleep than I did; how's Leah?"

It was silent for a moment before Wally responded. "She's fine, just has a small headache." Leah and I might've been the ones to have the most fun last night, leaving Wally to deal with us both. More so, Leah than I.

I hummed, deciding not to press any further. I'd see them later this morning, so I chatted with Wally a bit longer before deciding to shower and start to get ready. Not without taking some paracetamol first though.

My thoughts drifted to last night as I ate breakfast, enjoying the gloomy weather outside of my window. And I couldn't stop my mind from drifting to a certain person who I couldn't ever get out of my head. I tried my hardest to push the past away, but it's fought back just as hard. I closed my eyes, sucking in a deep breath. When I opened my eyes once more, I pushed away my thoughts and cleaned up my dishes before grabbing my bag for training.

Without much thought, I made my way to the elevator and pressed the ground level. "Hey! Hold the door." A voice caused me to look up and hold the elevator open as they neared.

"Thank- oh." My eyes widened slightly once I realised it was Katie. "Uh, thank you." She mumbled quietly before leaning against the far wall.

I hummed before glancing down at my feet, trying to escape the clear awkwardness. A frown formed on my lips as I sucked in a breath, unable to raise my head in Katie's direction. Though I could feel a pair of eyes on me, searching for my own, analysing my every move. Without another thought, I glanced back up, finding her blue eyes for a split second. Yet the look in her eye was enough to send me spiralling; it wasn't the usual look of anger. She looked tired, like the life had been taken out of her and she couldn't mask it anymore.

I furrowed my eye brows when she looked away the second our eyes connected. "Hey, are you okay?" I asked gently.

It was now Katie's turn to furrow her eyebrows, and in doing so, she let her eyes harden in anger as she buried whatever she was truly feeling. "What do you care? I'm fine." She gritted out just as the elevator ding. It stung a bit—maybe more than I wished it had—but I deserved it.

Katie was gone the second the elevator opened, and I just stood there watching her leave. The hurt and sadness within her eyes are replaying in my mind. I couldn't help but wonder what was at the root of her pain. Unconsciously, I mindlessly exited the elevator and walked out to my car, glancing around quickly for a sign of Katie, but there wasn't one.

Sighing to myself and trying to focus on the task ahead of me, driving, I gripped the stearing wheel and made my way through the now gloomy streets of London Colney.

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"Wally take care of you last night, Le?" I lightly elbowed Leah in the side as I sat down next to her in the dressing room. She was moving quite slowly today, and most of the team had left to walk to the field already, including Wally.