lucky in liverpool

chapter 3

04/05

sydney's pov

i woke up this morning with an awful backache. i soon realise im still in my liverpool top and jeans. i realise i must've fell asleep as soon as i got home. i open the blinds in my living room and get my journal out to plan my day. i deicide to make myself some toast before i go out to get my coffee. i get dressed into some light blue jeans + a navy top to match my shoes. i shove my hair into a half up half down as im going to wash it later. im about to leave as i get a call from an unknown number. i should probably answer it because it could be something to do with uni.

"Hello is this sydney evans?" the voice asked
"hi yes, who is this?" i reply.
"ah sydney! this is liverpool football club's head physio. one of our players has told me about you and others heard you helping him the other day on the bench, is this true?". the male questions
"oh yes, i was just helping curtis have some relief while he waited for the match to end." i reply humbly.
"well as i believe you are aware, we are running low on physio staff so we were wondering if you'd like to join as an apprentice, a long side your uni work? and dont worry i have contacted your university and they said that it is an amazing thing and you are the perfect fit for it." the man replies sweetly.
"oh my god of course, i would love to!" i say, trying to process what was being said.
"okay great! well if you'd like to come down to the axa training ground at some point today, i could introduce you to everyone and get everything sorted out?" he asked me.
"yes that would be great thank you. what should i do when i arrive?" i ask him.
"i will alert security and reception and let them know you will be coming, when you get down here tell them your name and that youre here to see andy. they then can send you down."
"okay thank you so much andy. ill see you soon." i reply
"see you later sydney" he replies.

oh my god. what just happened？ was it really that easy? surely someone was prank calling me... right? no syd. you earned this.

i decide to facetime saffie and tell her my news.

"hey sydney what's up" i hear saffie say as her face appears on my screen.
"saffie!! you'll never guess what!" i almost scream down the phone.
"omg what's happened?"
"i got call a call from lfc and they offered me an apprenticeship!!"
"what!! yay!! this is so amazing syd!"
"im so excited, they told me to go down there later today so i can get everything sorted.
"oh my this is so great syd im so proud!"
"thank you saffie i love you sm this is all because of you"
"its okay girl, youre worthy of this!"
"well i should probably get going saff but thanks again" i say with a grin.
"love you girl, good luck!" she smiles and waves goodbye

the call ends and i just cant stop smiling. how did this happen so quick. my life is so surreal.

i begin to pack my dark blue long champ bag with all the things i may need. i look at my watch and decide it's time to leave.

i pull up at the training centre and walk through the huge glass doors.
i talk to security and tell them was andy said earlier on. they let me in and i repeat the same thing to the woman at reception. she told me that i could have a quick seat while i wait for someone to come and take me to where i needed to be. i take a seat and quickly send a message to saffie telling her that im here and thanking her yet again. suddenly i look up as i hear someone say my name.

trent's pov
i walk into the physio room to check up on curtis since he got injured at the game last night so has spend his day with the physio team. i knock on the door as andy gets out of his chair.
"ah trent perfect timing! are you alright to head to reception and pick up our new physiotherapist? she's just arrived so if you could bring her down here that would be great."
"yeah of course. i didnt realise we had a new physiotherapist joining so soon" i wondered out loud.
"yes, i've only been in touch with her this morning but she's just coming down today to get used to everything." andy informs me.
"okay, ill be back in a min" i smile as a tap curtis on the leg, while he lays on the bed smirking at me. weirdo.

i get to reception and look around for the new physiotherapist. out of the corner of my eye i see sydney. i walk over to her.
"sydney?"
"trent hi! are you here to take me to the physio room?" she brunette asks me.
"youre the new physio?" i ask,shocked.
"yeah" she laughs.
"oh nice!" i reply, genuinely happy since now i get to see this beauty everyday.

we maintain small talk while i walk her down to the room where curtis is being treated.

"here you go doc" i say to sydney.
"thank you t" she replies as i smile.

i quickly check in with curtis and then leave sydney to get settled in.

sydneys pov
Andy shows me around the training centre and updates me on current injuries amongst the squad. we are back in the physio room and there's a knock at the door. Andy gets up to open it and it's the one and only jurgen klopp.

(a/n let's just pretend jurgen is still manager
because i will never get over him leaving ☺️)

"ah you must be sydney evans,the new physio" he says to me.
"hi! yes it's lovely to meet you." i reply nervously
"i've hear through the boys you're very talented" he smiles
"i'd like to hope so" i laugh, kind of awkwardly.

it's safe to say i am not good at meeting new people but atleast everyone here is so welcoming.

"well lunch has just started so if you'd like to go down there feel free" he says politely.
"okay thank you jurgen" i say with a smile.
"curtis why don't you take her down there, you must be starving from sitting in here all day" andy says.
"yeah i will thanks doc" curtis states as he walks towards me.

"so how do you like it so far" curtis asks
"yeah i love it, everyone is so nice" i reply
"have you spoken to trent much? he seems to really like you" curtis hints
"well not really apart from when he came and picked me up from reception" i speak as we walk into the kitchen.

we grab our food and curtis invites me to sit at the his usual table consisting of himself, trent, harvey and virgil.

"hey guys is it alright if sydney sits with us? she's joining the physio team here" curtis asks them
"of course she can" virgil smiles at me, "hello i don't think we have met properly, i'm virgil" he shakes my hand.
"hi im sydney, it's nice to meet you" i grin.

its a circle table and the only two seats left were next to trent and harvey. of course curtis takes the one next to harvey so im forced to sit next to trent, not that i mind ofc.

i take my seat and trent gives me a quick side hug.
"hey syd how are you liking the club?" he asks me while everyone else on the table is engrossed in a conversation.
"it's amazing thank you, a real dream come true"
"good that's what i like to hear." he smiles.

we all finish eating our lunch and the boys head back to training.

authors noteee
this isn't proof read properly because acc cba sorry ☺️
i didn't really know how to finish off the chapter so ignore how it's a bit awks at the end x