In the middle (Jesse Lingard/ Marcus Rashford fanfic)

Chapter 8

20th June 2018
-Amanda's POV-
"Why is it so hot in here?" was what woke me up
"Stina shut up" I said as I tried to sleep again
"It's 1 PM why are we all still asleep?" Stina asked
"Ugh the Portugal match starts soon" I sighed
"Why is your brother texting me to tell you to answer your phone?" Stina asked confused
"Ivar asked you?" I asked
"Yes"
"Where's my phone?" I asked as I got up
"Pontus wake up" I heard stina say as I walked over to the couch.
I checked for my phone in my purse, I tried turning it on but it was dead. I walked over to my room and put my phone in the charger.
"Can we please go get breakfast?" I asked
"Aren't you gonna call ivar back?" Pontus asked not looking up from his phone
"I will, after breakfast" I said
Both of them just nodded not looking up from their phones. I took both of their phones and I got protests from both of them.
"You both are addicted to your phones, can you make it trough breakfast without them?" I asked
The both just nodded and got out of bed. I put a hoodie over my pyjama shirt and we headed downstairs to get some food. We went to the hotel restaurant, we sat down and starts looking at the menu.
There were some of the English NT guys there only a few of them, they kept on looking our way. I just put my head in my hands, Jesse must of told them that we kissed last night.
"Why are they staring at you?" Stina asked
"Me and Jesse kissed last night and he probably told them" I said
"You guys what?" Pontus asked
"Yes we kissed, I pushed him away and that was that" I said
"Why didn't you tell us last night?" Stina asked
"Because you guys were asleep, can we drop it, it's not gonna happen again" I said
"Fine" stina said
- After Lunch-
After lunch we got back to the room to watch the match and I finally gave Stina and Pontus their phones back.
"Ivar texted again" Stina said
I got up to get my phone from the bedroom, I looked at my phone and I had 7 missed calls from Ivar and a bunch of texts and I also had 4 missed calls from Isaac.
I was so confused I decided to call Ivar first to ask if everything was okay
(A= Amanda, I=ivar)
A: hey, ivar is everything okay?
I: yes I'm okay
A: mom, dad and everyone is okay?
I: yes we're all good, how are you?
A: im all good, why did you want me to call you, my phone has been dead since last night
I: You haven't seen like your name and face plastered on like every gossip site out there
A: what?? Why?
I: they're not calling you nice stuff
A: what are they calling me??
I: I can't repeat those words
A: ivar im gonna call you back, I said as I hung up on the phone.
I walked back out to Stina and Pontus still shocked over this whole situation.
"What did he say?"  Stina asked
"That I was on every gossip site and they were calling me mean stuff" I said as I sat down
Both Stina and Pontus started searching for it on their phones.
"Do you want me to read it?" Pontus asked
I just nodded
"Who is this brunette gal seen getting up close and personal with football players during the World Cup, she was first spotted with England and Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford on a romantic dinner in town after they were spotted running back to the hotel while Marcus was giving the mystery girl a piggy back ride. Our mystery girl was then spotted in the tunnels hugging on Swedish forward Isaac Kiese Thelin, they seemed very cosy, the two had been previously linked in 2014 back in Sweden. Right before the World Cup in Stockholm Sweden the pair were seen out together at dinner, then entering Isaacs hotel and our mystery girl didn't leave until the next morning, what really happened in that hotel room?. If you thought we were stopping there, you thought wrong. The day after she was spotted with Isaac, our mystery girl was then spotted with English and Manchester United midfielder Jesse Lingard, the couple were spotted outside an arcade and later on having a romantic dinner. The couple were all smiles and giggles as they walked back to Jesse's hotel. Who is our mystery girl, that's only dating 3 world class payers buy also best friends Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard. Who is our mystery girl?" Pontus said as he read out the article
"There's photos too" he said
"What photos??" I asked confused about this whole situation
Pontus showed me the pictures, it was me and Marcus at dinner, then him giving me a piggy back ride, then isaac picking me up after the sweden match, also pictures from back in Sweden, there were also pictures of me and Jesse outside the arcade, and entering the hotel.
"No wonder Isaac called me too" I said putting my head in my hands
"The article I found isn't as friendly as the one he read" Stina said
"What does it say?" Pontus asked
"Help us find the World Cup slut, spotted with English National team players Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard, also Swedish National team player Isaac Kiese Thelin" She said
"The comments are even worse" she added
"What do they say?" I asked hesitant to hear what they actually said
"What a slut fucking 3 different guys, she's so ugly why would the want her, they could all do better, what a slut, she's really ugly lol, probably one of your typical whores who only like football cuz they want to fuck the players, what are they doing with her, they could do so muc" I cut her up by saying
"No more, please stop"
I put my head in my hands, this is exactly what I wanted to avoid.
"Amanda your phone is ringing" Pontus said
I looked at the caller ID and it was our boss, he'd probably had seen the gossip.
"It's peter" I said showing them the caller ID
"We'll leave you to that, call us if you need anything" Stina said as her and Pontus got up to leave
"Hello" I said
"Hello Amanda" I heard peter say
"I know why you're calling and I just want to say me and Isaac are just friends and you know about that, the thing with Marcus and Jesse, they're spinning it out of proportion, we went out as friends and hung out as friends" I explained
"Is that all?" He asked
"Yes I promise" I said to him
"I trust you and if you say that nothing is going on I trust you" he said
"Thank you" I said surprised
"I've also seen what people have been saying, don't take any of that to heart" he said
"Thank you peter, it means a lot" I said to him
"Keep up the good work" he said
After saying our byes I hung up, I just wanted to be in my room for forever.
It was time for the Portugal and Morocco match to start.
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Marcus's POV-
Me and some of the guys were standing in the hotel lobby waiting for the rest so we could head over to the training grounds.
There were so many paparazzi outside and we all knew it had to do with the articles and the pictures that had been published.
I was wondering how Amanda felt, she kept on getting these nasty comments.
I just wanted to know if she was doing okay, I was contemplating on wether I should go up to her room.
I heard the elevator doors opening and I saw Amanda's friends Stina and Pontus.
I walked over to them to ask how Amanda was doing.
"Hey" Stina said
"Hi, how is Amanda doing?" I asked
"She's doing okay, could of been better" Pontus said
"Is she in her room, I want to go talk to her" I said
"She is not in the mood to talk to anyone right now" Stina said
Then Pontus said something to Stina in what i was guessing was Swedish and the started bickering and I was just lost. I cleared my throat to get their attention but they didn't really seem to care that I was standing there.
"I'm sorry we have to go" Stina said as she grabbed Pontus's hand and dragged him along.
"Bye" I said as they walked away
"Marcus why you standing there all alone?" Danny asked as him and a couple of the guys walked over to me
"I was just talking to Amanda's friends"
"What did they say?" Jesse asked
"That she didn't want to talk to anyone" I said
"Doesn't surprise me, there's people out there calling her horrible stuff" Dele said
"But no one told her to go out with 3 different guys" Ashley said
"Come on shes not going out with us like that, we're both her friends and we're hanging out, her and Isaac have been friends since 2014 and nothing more" Jesse said defending Amanda
"So you believe she was just friends with this guy? She slept over at his hotel earlier this month" Eric said
"Yes, Amanda slept in my room and nothing happened" I said
"Okay but there's pictures of Amanda and Isaac pretty much grinding on each other at a club" Danny said
"So your saying everything the media has ever said about you is true, just because they say they were dating doesn't make it true" I said
"Okay, okay why don't we all just calm down, Marcus, Jesse I know Amanda doesn't want to talk to you guys so how about I go talk to her see if she's okay and the rest of you guys, you can't believe everything the press says" Kyle said
We all just nodded as Kyle went towards the elevator to go see Amanda.
-Amanda's POV-
I was on the couch watching the match and I had turned my phone off. There was a knock on the door, I was guessing it was Stina or Pontus who probably forgot something. After opening the door Kyle Walker stood in front of me and I was so confused.
"Kyle" I said
"Hey Amanda, can I come in?" He asked
"I don't want to be accused of sleeping with another one of England's players, but sure" I said as I let him in. Kyle didn't respond he just laughed as he sat down on the couch.
"How are you?" He asked
"I'm not sure" I said as I sat down next to him
"Both Marcus and Jesse are worried about you" he said
"They are?"
"Yes, why wouldn't they be, both of them care for you?" He said
"I don't know I got them into this mess" I said
"No they both wanted to get to know you and they don't blame you for any of it, they all know the media twists stuff to fit this twisted narrative" he said
"Yea I know" I said
"How does Isaac feel about all of this?" He asked
"I haven't really talked to him" I told him
"How do you feel about all of this?"
"Yea I know but it really sucks cause I want to get to know both of them, they both seem like great guys who I'd want to be friends with but now they probably hate me" I said
"They don't hate you, me and all of the boys form the team understand that it's not your fault and you had nothing to do with it" he said
"Now I know your lying" I said as I let out a chuckle
"What?" He asked
"I know for a fact that Ashley hates me" I said
"No no he doesn't hate you, he's just a bit protective of the guys" he said
"He hates me" I said looking at Kyle
"He doesn't know you I guess, how about you come down later on tonight and hang out with us, play Fifa, play cards and just talk so the guys get to know you better, in all fairness we don't know a lot about you, you came from nowhere, you got 2 of our players to fall for you" he said
"I don't think it would be a great idea" I said
"Yes it will I promise it'll be fun" He said
"Fine" I said to him
"Okay just be at the lobby at like 6, I have to get going" he said as he stood up
"Yea I need to work" I said pointing towards my laptop.
"I'll see you later" he said as he left.
What did I just agree to? I thought to myself.
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18:04
I looked at myself for a last time in the mirror, I was wearing a black yoga pants and long sleeved white shirt. I was trying to keep things simple and not over do it. I had my hair in a pony tail, I only filed in my eyebrows.
I took my stuff and walked out of my room. I was really nervous and scared.
After arriving at the lobby I saw Kyle waiting for me.
"Here you are, lets go" he said as we walked towards some rooms in the back
"You told them I'm coming right" I said
"Sure" He said
"What do you mean sure?" I asked
"So that room over there is the lions den we film a couple of stuff in there, then this room here is our main hang out place, we play FIFA here, cards, watch movies and just hang out" Kyle said as he pointed to a couple of different rooms
We walked into the main hang out room and I looked around and it was more or less the whole team spread out in the room. Some playing FIFA, some playing cards, there were some playing Fooseball and some were simply just sitting around and talking.
"Guys I have a special guest with me" Kyle announced bring all the attention to us
"Some of you guys already met her, but for those who hasn't, this is Amanda" Kyle said as he introduced me to everyone.
All eyes were on me and i felt so uncomfortable by it. Kyle then took me around the room to introduce me to the guys i hadn't already met.
Kyle suggested we'd go over to Jesse and Marcus who were sitting with with a couple of other players. When we got to them both Marcus and Jesse gave me a hug.
"How are you doing?" Marcus asked as I sat down in between Dele and Eric since it was the only seat available.
"I'm okay" I said
"My best advice to you is to ignore everything they're saying and don't read the articles or the comments" Dele said
"It's kinda hard, when it seems like everyone you know is talking about it" I said
"At least they don't know your name, I guess that's one good thing" John said
"Yea I guess so, I've just been trying to avoid every thing about this situation but it's kinda hard when so many people keep on texting me and asking me about it" I said
"If you don't want anyone finding you should put all your social media on private" Dele said
"Already done" I said
"I'm sorry, Could we talk about something else?" I asked
"Yea of course" Kyle said
"So Amanda, where you from?" Eric asked trying to change the subject 
"I'm from Sweden" I said
"Ah really? Can you say something in Swedish?" Phil asked
"What do you want me to say?" I asked
"Anything, your favourite phrase or something" Jesse said
"The only phrase that's coming to my heard right now is,also my favourite 'snälla ge mig styrka, Gud jag orkar inte mer'"
"And what does that mean?" Sterling asked
"Please give me strength, god I can't take it anymore" I said
They all gave me weird looks
"That's your favourite?" Dele asked
"Wait you guys need to know the full story" I said and the all just nodded
"Basically sweden was playing against Italy and we only needed one point to go trough, there was 3 minutes left of the match and Italy were attacking and our defender Andreas Granqvist slipped and Italy scored, then after the match one of the fans was being interviewed and he was so angry and he was yelling who slips with 3 minutes left and then he said that phrase I just said it was the funniest thing ever and everything he said in that interview was just gold." I explained to them. None of them really found it funny which was expected
"Yea you guys probably don't think it's funny" I said awkwardly
"So Amanda you a football fan?" Jordan Henderson  asked
"Yes I am, I'm a Manchester United fan" I said
"Oh honey you support the wrong team" Jordan Henderson  said to me
"More like you play for the wrong team" I said
We started bickering about which team was better.
- 1 hour later-
After we stopped bickering we played some card games and foosball. It was actually quite fun actually I was glad I came.
We were back on the couch and was playing some game. The guys wanted to get to know me and were asking me questions. It was basically 21 questions except  they got ask the questions. It was all normal and basic questions. Jesse wasn't sitting with us this time.
"What is on thing you hate?" Trent asked
"When people look through my phone"
"Got something to hide?" Ashley asked
"No I just don't like it" I said
The whole night Ashley has been sort of hostile towards me but he hadn't said anything.
"Weird food combinations you like?" Kyle asked
"Do not judge me but canned tuna and caramel sauce" I said as I put my hands in my head
"What how do you even come across that combination?" Jordan Pickford asked me with a disgusted look on his face
"It was a dare or something like that, I don't remember but then it turned down to be good, but is not like something I eat on a regular basis" I said defending myself
"That's disgusting" sterling said and they all agreed
"Next question please" I said trying to move on from this
"How long did you longest relationship last?" John asked
"A bit over a year"  I said
"Why did it end?" Ashley asked
"It wasn't the best time for us, he wanted to focus on work and I wanted to focus on my studies so we decided to end it" I said
"Do you think aliens exist?" Marcus asked
"Yes it's freaking impossible we're alone in this universe" I said
It kept on going on like this for a bit but then the questions started to get more personal. Marcus intervened a couple of times and told them to knock it off.
"Did you have sex with Isaac that night you slept in his hotel" Ashley asked
"Come on stop it" Marcus said
"I see you've searched me up" I said annoyed
"Yea I guess you could say that, is it true?" He asked
"Do you believe everything you read?" I asked
"No" he said
"I think it's hilarious how you think it's necessary to search me up and dig up my past just so you can make everyone believe this story you have in you head of me wanting to exploit both Marcus and Jesse" I said to him
"I could easily search you all up and find a lot of shit, but I'd rather hear it directly from the person and hear the real truth and not the media's  version of the truth" I said as I got up to leave.
"Come on it was just a question, you don't have to leave" Ashley said while laughing a bit, some of the other guys were also laughing
"It's more then a question and we both know that" I said. None of them said anything to me but were just looking at me.
"I should leave, I have a early flight to catch tomorrow" I said as I left the room.
I could feel tears welling up, was this what I had became to everyone. A slut? That's pretty much what everyone around me thought.
I wish I could just disappear this whole situation sucked.
As I got onto the elevator I could hear Marcus call my name as he ran towards me. He got onto the elevator right before the door closed.
"I'm sorry" he said and he gave me a hug. I didn't say  anything I just hugged him back.
"I shouldn't of came today" I said to him
"No it isn't your fault" he said to me as he hugged me tighter.
I didn't say anything I couldn't, I was trying my best to not cry in front of him. I couldn't hold in my tears anymore and I started crying.
I got out of his grasp and I saw the tear stains on his shirt.
"I'm so sorry" I said as I wiped my tears away. 
"No don't be sorry" he said to me hugging me again.
This time he lifted me up and wrapped my legs around his waist. I put my head in the crook of his neck and wrapped my arms around him. 
"How about we go watch Harry Potter?" Marcus asked
"Are you trying to make me feel better?" I asked
"Yes"
"You don't have to" I said
"Want to" he said
After arriving back to my room I told Marcus he could leave but he insisted on staying with me and watching Harry Potter.
"It's your last chance to back out" I said to him
"I want to stay" he said to me.
I pressed the play button on the movie.
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Here's chapter 8 I hope you all enjoyed the chapter.
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