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Eleanora:
Everyone started turning up and was getting ready for training, so I decided to grab some spare shorts and a training top and quickly got changed back out of Leah's clothes so I could go and get a massage. My massage lasted about 45 minutes and it was just what I needed I felt all my knots in back and shoulders disappear. I headed back to the changing rooms and got changed back into Leah's clothes and placed the shorts and top in my locker to use again as they were still clean to wear again as all I wore them for was a massage.

I then headed out to the training fields to go and watch the girls train,they will have only been out here around 15 minutes at they will have gone to the gym for 30 minutes before coming out here, so they probably have around 30 minutes left, before training finished, plus it was our last training before the preseason tour.

When I got to the pitches a couple of the coaches came and asked how I was feeling which was nice of them as they have only met me once and that one time they coached me I got concussed so not the best first impression.

I joined Vic who was sitting on a football watching the girls train. She was currently out due to an ACL injury. I knew Vic previously due to her also playing for the Dutch National Team, so the odd time the senior women's team which she played for and the u23 squad which I played for, trained at the same time or did in training competitions we would talk to some of the older players to.

"How's the knee"

"Yeah, getting there, slowly, how are you finding Arsenal?"

"Yeah good thank you, lovely team off girls, just can't wait to play more with the team, haven't put myself in the most ideal situation"

"No, not the best, but it will be good for you to still go on preseason tour get to know everyone a bit better"

"Yeah, looking forward to it"

We chatted a bit more, more about international duties, when she was called away by the physios to go and do her exercises so now it was just me sitting on the balls watching the girls train. Or should I say watch Leah train as my eye focus just seemed to be set on her.

There training session ended and Leah and Alessia came straight over to me

"Hey, Ellie how are you feeling?" Alessia asked as we as headed off back to the changing room

"Yeah not bad, better than I was a couple days ago, just still feel slightly sick, but getting better"

"That's good, I'll catch up with you more later, I just need to run and talk to Kyra, see you" she said as she jogged of to Kyra

"See you" I said

Leah put her arm around me which gave me instant butterflies

"I like your outfit" she said

"Thank you Leah, I am surprised you don't recognise it" I said

"Yeah no, never seen it before" she chuckled

"You looked good out there"

"Thank you" she smirked

"No Leah not like that" I shoved her slightly, "your playing well, good passes"

"Thank you, keeping it professional are we?"

"No, cause you still looked good in that way too" I said resting my head on her shoulder as we carried on walking to the changing rooms

Everyone was getting changed, except Leah cause I was wearing her clothes, which I then felt bad about

"You want me to get changed" I whispered to her, indicating for her to then have something to wear

"No, it's okay, I really don't mind"

Beth then started speaking "anyone up for drinks at the pub later to celebrate the start of our preseason tour?" She asked the whole changing room, which received a lot of yes's from everyone "6pm at the local"

Leah and I had agreed to meet at the pub later, so we could both get any jobs we needed done and to have a shower, get ready ect.

So I went back to Beth and Viv's to get ready there and then we would all go together later

"I think I recognise that jumper Ellie" Beth said, as soon as we had all sat in the car

"Hmm that's strange" I said looking out the window

"Yeah it almost looks like Leah's" she teased

"Hmm strange"

"You really like her don't you" she asked turning around to look at me in the back

"She gave me her clothes cause I looked like a state, note to self don't make an outfit in the dark when you are in a rush" I said avoiding the actually questions

"I'll take the answer to my question as a yes then"

"Whatever you say Beth" i responded rolling my eyes, with a smile, the thought of her just made me smile, I wasn't being very subtle but oh well it was hard to be when ever time I thought about her I smiled or blushed.

I knew Beth wasn't doing it in a mean way as she teases Viv in the same way, and to be honest I didn't really care, it is what it is.

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