Brighter than the stars//Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dele Alli

🌛Chapter 1//"Alli, Dele Alli"🌜

Nicki's POV
Waking up to the sound of your father and best friend cheering on to a football match is deemed as my favourite way to wake up.
It was a very cold Saturday afternoon, sometime in April, I'm currently in bed just scrolling through Instagram, liking a few posts and stuff when I hear a knock on my door.
"What do you wanttttt!!!" I yelped from under the covers knowing it was my favourite bestie Trent, you see he has this specific knock so I know it's him, it just happened over the many years we have been friends.
"I guess you don't want food then?!!"he said with his cheeky joking tone pretending to walk away.
"Well I didn't say thatttt nowwww, come in"
The shut door was now open and Trent was lurking in the doorway.
"Come sit on my bed you eejit, I need food" I beg.
"Good Morning to you too Nicki" he laughs and plonks himself down beside me and hands over a bag with my favourite bagels from the cafè down the road, I eat the bagel so fast I think I forgot to breathe.
Trent is used to this and just giggles. As the season for Liverpool ended Trent has had a few off days and he likes to spent them with me or his family when he isn't training for England, I always go watch his Liverpool matches because I love the Anfield atmosphere but I haven't really been to one of his England ones, guess I could make that a goal;)
"So, you do realise how loud you were being this morning watching that match"
"If by this morning you mean 1 in the afternoon then yes I am aware" he giggled.
"ha ha ha well in my defence it was a rough night last night"
"Oh yeah well that's what 7 shots of vodka does Nicki"he says as he grabs me and tickles me.
Begging him to stop just worsens it and he keeps tickling me until we are lying on my floor him on top of me, he stopped and I'm still laughing and I open my eyes to see him staring into my eyes, you see I have some feelings for Trent like who wouldn't, he is just amazing and you may think this is one of those cringy moments where we look into each others eyes and confess our love and kiss and live Happily. Ever. After. Wellll it's something like minus the kissing, confessing love or running away together. We stay put for a moment longer until Trent leans down and whispers in my ear "I win" and then gets up and leaves the room, leaving me on the ground. In that moment all I can think is wow, I have to get him back for that, to be honest Trent knows all of my weaknesses and tickling is definitely one of them, but I know his weaknesses too so he may sleep with one eye open.
I know I have to get ready for the day as Trent wants me to go out with him, to where I don't have a clue but aww well it's a day out with my best friend so I'm not complaining. I jump in the shower, listen to music and get out as quickly as I can because I don't want to keep Trent waiting. I stick on a simple dress because Trent said to dress in a dressy casual look:

The dress is simple but stylish, as I make my way downstairs I over hear my father and Trent, Trent was saying something about taking me to meet some people he plays with, for England I think I'm not sure, but my dad sounded really excited for me. I stopped eavesdropping and walked into the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of water, Trent and my father said how "breathtaking" I look, i then gave my dad a kiss and headed out the door.
Trent's POV
After mine and Nicki's tickling incident earlier I headed downstairs to talk to her father, who was a man I admired so much my whole life after his wife died and he took care of Nicki all by himself, he also took me under his wing and taught me a lot about football.
"Alright Tom, listen I was thinking of taking Nicki with me to celebrate England qualifying for the World Cup, is that alright, I'll make sure she behaves and I'll get her home by 11" I ask hesitantly.
"Yes Trent of course that's fine son just take care of her and don't let her drink too much, you know what she is like" he laughed and patted my shoulder, just then Nicki walked through the door and wow my best friend is gorgeous. After telling her how nice she looks we leave and she has no idea where we are going, I hope she is happy when we get there.
Nicki's POV
"So where are we going then?" I begged.
"Well if I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise would it now" he answered smiling ear to ear.
"Ughhhhhhh I hate you" I say whilst crossing my arms and looking at Trent longingly.
"Now that my friend, that's a lie"
Ughhhhhh he got me, I smiled and turned the radio on, we jammed the whole way to our mystery destination. We drove for about 40 minutes just having fun and talking about out futures and all that shiz. Until we pulled up to a beautiful hotel and bar. Trent gets out if the car and tells me to stay seated, he then exits the car and comes around to my side and opens up my door.
"My lady"he says, I just love his goofiness, and then offers his hand which I take as he leads me into this gorgeous place. We enter the building and I see many people but there was one room which stood out, there were men and some woman all in an enclosed room and for some reason a few of their faces stood out, we got closer and I saw one of my favourite people, Jordan Henderson. I let go of Trent's hand and ran into Jordan's arms.
"Skippppppp!!!"
"Nicki!!"
"What are you doing here, I haven't seen you in ages" I say shaking from excitement.
"Well I could ask you the same thing and the rest of the England team is here celebrating us qualifying for the World Cup"
I turn around and look at Trent and he just gives me a cheeky wink and I turn back to Jordan who is now talking to someone else. Trent takes my arm and we continue into the room with all of the people I now know who are England players. I playfully hit Trent for not telling me where we were going and we laugh. Trent takes me around introducing me to all of his teammates, they are all so nice, I already know Hendo, Gomez and Ox but I was getting a little hot after meeting basically the whole team, so I stepped outside to get a breath of fresh air, when I step out there is a man standing, brownish hair with blonde on the top, about 6"2 .
He turns around and I cant help but stare, who is this boy cause wow he's Good Looking!
"Well it's not everyday I see a lovely lady like you, and what would your name be" he asked charmingly.
"Well my name is Nicole, but you can call me Nicki" I said with a smile so big I look like I've had plastic surgery.
"Well a beautiful name for a beautiful girl" he says as he gets closer with the night lights shining on his face illuminating his features.
"Why thank you, so mystery man do you have a name?" I question him.
"Yes, Alli, Dele Alli" he smirks.
And with that the night was filled with me and Dele sitting outside getting to know each other until Trent got worried and phoned me to meet him at the bar, where he bought me shots and I got a little drunk and Dele dissapeared. It was 10:40pm and Trent said he promised my dad he would get me home by 11 but I wasn't going until I said goodbye to Dele who could be found nowhere, I stubbled around until I tripped and a pair of strong arms caught me I looked up to see Dele.
"Well young lady I think it's time you were heading home" he laughed and helped me gain my balance.
Just then Trent comes over and thanks Dele for catching me etc etc and takes me to the car, halfway home I tell Trent I'm going to vomit, he then takes a detour to his house and texts my dad saying that I'm safe and I'm spending the night at his.
When we get into the house I run to the bathroom and vomit, unfortunately it goes all over my dress, dammit I really liked this dress, I really need to stop drinking alcohol ughhh.
Just then Trent comes in with water and Advil and helps me to his room where he changes me into one of his oversized shirts and I crawl into his bed. Dammit i couldn't ask for a better friend.
"Goodnight Nicki" he whispers and kisses my head.
Before he leaves I grab his wrist and tell him to stay, hesitating he says okay and gets into his shorts and gets under the covers beside me, I snuggle into his chest and I can hear his heartbeat, I drift asleep to the sound of his gentle breathing, but I couldn't stop thinking about Dele.....

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Thank you for reading the first chapter of my book.
I hope you enjoyed and I'll update soon.
By the way this is the main characters for now I'll do this when there are new characters introduced.
Nicole/Nicki Padilla:

Trent Alexander Arnold:

Dele Alli:

Jordan Henderson/Skip:

Love you all🌹