Off Limits

22: The One With: Training

"Enjoying the weather Leah?" Lucy from our media team asked with a soft laugh under her breath.

I looked up with a less than amused stare while wrapped in a fleece zipped to the top and a training windbreaker with the hood tightly pulled around my head.

"Lovely isn't it? Beautiful English weather this." I replied with a thick sarcastic tone.

The weather was less than enjoyable today to say we were spending it outside. There was one thing that always fun during in the rain though.

Slide tackles.

As we all huddled around Alex for our training talk, I peered around to Cassie and Katie in their training shorts and light sweatshirt. I narrowed my brows towards them, Katie laughing as she noticed my glare on the two of them.

"You two are mad." I said as we all broke for the warm up.

"Embrace the cold, Williamson." Cassie chuckled as she grabbed a bib.

I removed the windbreaker as we got into teams for a 10 a-side game with Cassie and I on opposite sides.

The game was going well as we broke for the brief water break. Cassie and Katie on the same side playing a highly defensive game as my team was pushing high up the pitch with Caitlin and Frida showing strong attacking power.

As we got back into the game, their team came out stronger as Cassie carried the ball high up the wing as I jockeyed her. As she played the ball to Alessia who quickly tried to play it back, I took the opportunity and successfully retrieved the ball with Cassie falling as a consequence. I offered my hand out to help her up as she chuckled softly.

"We going to play like that then Williamson."

"Thought you enjoyed a contact sport?" I teased and she straightened her kit to continue the game.

After a few minutes of the ball being held in the midfield, the team passed back allowing me to drive forward as Cassie took her opportunity to get a tackle back.

"God not this kind of contact Smith." I chuckled as she landed above me.

Cassie laughed taking a second to get to her feet, "I've had worse below me." She shrugged as she got back in line preparing for her team to take the throw in.

This half continued in subtle challenges between Cassie and I as we opted to focus on marking each other and no one else. The ball being played the opposite side a long more as it struggled to past either of us successfully.

"Now that was a silly move." Cassie teased as I passed the ball that she successfully intercepted away from Frida.

It was all fun and games but commenting on my passes was not something to mock as I switched on immediately to retrieve it back as I nudged her only causing her frustration to boil.

She shoved me back, stumbling slightly as I quickly found my balance again. Running back I slide tackled the ball away to deny her of a goal for her team, which denied her team to equalise.

"And that was a very silly move." I mocked as we both found our feet again.

"Worth every step." She smirked as she jogged back in line.

Alex blew the whistle a few seconds later, meaning the game had finished and my team won.

As we all formed a line high fiving and shaking each other's hands from the successful game, I could help but poke Katie a little about her loss.

"Yeah, yeah you played a good game." She replied in a thick Irish accent as she rolled her eyes.

"Good game mate" I commented once approaching Cassie for a handshake.

"Thanks, you more though." Cassie mocked my teasing tone.

"I'm running training sessions if you wanna learn how to do that?"

Cassie laughed, "fuck off"

"No really, it's age 5-6 but you'll fit right in so if you're free I don't mind waving the entrance fee" I chuckled between words.

Cassie shook her head, a wide smile on her face as she walked away.

"Friends and family offer, going once." I called out as she held her middle finger up to me.

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A/N: Leah and Cassie content you've all been asking for 😌
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