In the middle (Jesse Lingard/ Marcus Rashford fanfic)

Chapter 11

26 June 2018
Amanda's POV-
I was awoken by a banging on the door and I was so confused. I sat up to see Jesse asleep on my couch, I'm guessing we fell asleep.
I got up to opened the door with woke Jesse up in the process.
After opening the door I saw Stina and Pontus.
"What's the time?" I asked confused
"It's 8am" Pontus said as he walked in to my room
"Oh hello" Stina said as soon as she saw Jesse
"Hey" He said "I should get going" he then added.
After giving him a hug he left and both stina and Pontus were waiting for an explanation.
"We were up talking and I'm guessing we fell asleep" I said
"Where were you all of yesterday?" Pontus asked
"I followed them to training and it was actually really fun" I said
"Erm Yea England's official NT Instagram posted a picture of you and Kyle Walker and a couple of others also posted a picture and you were tagged in these pictures" Pontus said
"How did they even find my @?" I asked confused
"That's not the point sister, now everyone knows your name and by the end of the day a couple of crazy fan girls will know your whole life story" Stina said.
The thought of the whole world knowing like my life story made me sick to the stomach.
"Should we go get some breakfast?" I asked completely ignoring the whole situation
"So you're just going to ignore all of this?" Pontus asked and I just nodded
"For how long?" Stina asked
"For as long as I possibly can" I said
"Great coping mechanisms" Pontus said
"So you did you have fun yesterday" stina asked
"Yea I actually did I had forgot how fun it actually was to play as goalie" I said
"Me and Jesse also kissed" I added
"Omg again? Did you push him away?" Stina asked all exited
"No I didn't i kissed him back" I said
"Holy fuck, so you're more into Jesse?" Pontus asked
"I don't know,I don't want to choose, I like them both" I said
"Okay changing the subject can we get some breakfast, I'm starving" Stina said
"I'm not hungry, you guys go ahead" I said
"Are you sure?" Pontus asked
"Yes I'm gonna get caught up on work and I have the Denmark France match to write an article on" I said
"Okay if you wanna meet up later just call or something" Stina said as they were leaving.
After they left I cleaned up a bit around my room, took a shower, washed my hair. I changed into comfortable clothes, I just felt like being all cozy and staying in all day.
During the match I ordered room service and it was nice having time to myself.
After finishing my article I was sat in front of  the vanity, I was just doing my make up while watching YouTube.
There was a knock on my door and I was slightly annoyed but I got up and opened the door to see Marcus. A instant smile can to my face and he gave me a hug.
"Hey come in" I said letting him into my room
"Hey, I hope I'm not bothering" he said
"No not at all, I was doing my make up" I said as I sat down at my vanity
"You going out?" He asked as he sat down on my bed
"No just practicing, I love make up and I'm trying to improve my skills" I said
"How long does it take for you to usually do you make up?" He asked
"If it's like everyday before work type of look then around 40 minuets but if it's like a proper glam look then up to an hour and a half" I said
"40 minuets every day? That's mad" he said
"I think it's kinda nice, you listen to some music and it's just a bit of down time before the day starts" I said
"I could never I'm not a morning person" he said
"I use to not be a morning person but I feel like anyone can be a morning person if they get enough sleep" I said
He just nodded and that's when I got an idea.
"Can I do your make up?" I asked looking at Marcus.
He looked at me confused and started laughing.
"It'll be fun I promise" I said
"Fine but you never tell anyone about this" he said.
He sat down in the seat I was previously seated in and I stood over him.
"Okay so I don't have foundation that's suit you, think we can work something out with the concealer and contour" I said while digging trough my make up.
"So what are you gonna be doing after the World Cup is over?" Marcus asked as I started putting moisturiser on his face
"I'm probably gonna go on vacation, but the Swedish league starts soon after the World Cup is over so I'm not sure if I'm gonna get a lot of vacation time" I said
"Oh you guys start earlier then us" he said and I just nodded
"What are your plans after the World Cup?" I asked
"Probably go on holiday and just relax a bit" he said
"Honestly as great as Russia has been I can't wait to get back home, just miss the food and all of it and having to watch matches with English commentators is getting boring" I said
"English commentators are the best" Marcus said in protest
"That's just because you're English" i said
"Fair enough, you said you miss the food what do you miss about it?" He asked
"I've really been craving home made mash potatoes with sausages" I said
"Isn't it just easier to buy those instant mash potatoes thingy" he said
"They are absolutely disgusting and I've yet to meet someone who actually likes instant mash potatoes" I said
"So lets say you come home after a long day at work, you're are gonna make mash potatoes from scratch?" He asked
"Yes I would, I would never eat instant mash potatoes" I said
"You're passionate about mash potatoes" he said while laughing
"I'm passionate about a lot of things" I said
"Okay what Swedish food food do you recommend to none Swedish people trying?" He asked
"Well there's surströmming which is this type of fermented fish that's smells disgusting but it tastes amazing" I said
"I've heard about that I don't think I could ever try it" he said
"Okay There's this candy it's really nice but at the same time disgusting, it's a layer of black liquorice and under that layer it's like this sweet banana sort of flavour and it's pretty good then the last layer is so sour and disgusting" I said
"That sounds vile why would you eat that?" He asked
I just shrugged as I continued to do his make up, while we continued talking about the most random topics.
After about an hour of Marcus whining and complaining about the makeup.
"Are you ready for the big reveal?" I asked
"No I'm not" he said he said
I moved away from the mirror so he could see himself.
"Oh my god I look awful" he said as he looked at himself in the mirror
"No you don't" I said trying to hold my laughter
"My eyelids feel so heavy"
"It's because of the false lashes" I said
"I've got to take this off" he said
"Fine let me help you" I said as I sat down on his lap.
"I'm gonna take off the lashes, it's the best feeling ever" I said to him before removing the lashes. It seemed like he didn't quite enjoy it. I go the makeup wipes as i slowly wiped the eyeshadow and makeup I had put on him.
"This actually feels nice" he said as he looked up to me.
"Yea i always love taking my makeup off it feels so refreshing" I said and he nodded in agreement.
Just looking at him brought a big smile to my face. When I was with him all I want to do his hug him and just protect him from everything and when I was with Jesse it felt different, it felt as he was the one protecting me. I was unsure wether this was a good or bad thing. But I liked both guys a lot and the thought of having to leave both of them when this is all over made me very sad.
As I continued to remove his makeup I couldn't help but smile.
"Why you smiling for?" He asked
"You're just so cute" I said as I gave him a hug.
As I was pulling away from the hug Marcus pulled me in for a kiss and I kissed him back. One of his hands was on my thigh while the other one was on my back. I had my hands on the back of his neck pulling him as close to me as possible. After pulling away I couldn't help but start laughing.
"Your lipstick is all smudged" I said while laughing
"Ah come on" He said as he took a wipe and wiped off the lipstick.
After helping Marcus remove all the makeup we sat down on the couch and were talking. Me and and Marcus could talk about the most random topics, which didn't even make sense sometimes, but I was still having so much fun with him. Every time I was around him I just couldn't stop smiling.
We were mid conversation when there was a knock on the door. After getting up and opening the door I saw Stina and let her in.
"Oh hey, am I interrupting?" Stina asked after she saw Marcus
"No, is everything okay?" I asked
"Yea, could we go into your room?" She asked 
I just nodded as I followed her into my room.
"Is everything alright?" I asked
"Yes I didn't know you had him over, it's just I was bored out of my mind and Pontus is tired and he isn't leaving his bed" she whined
"You scared me for a second, how about I come meet you in your hotel in a bit?" I asked
"Yes sounds good" she said
As we walked out to where Marcus was sitting he was no longer sitting but standing up
"Hey the guys were gonna start a FIFA tournament and it would be nice if you guys could join" he said
I looked over to Stina to see if she wanted too and she just nodded.
"Yea that would be fun" I said looking at Marcus
After arriving to the game room and introducing stina to everyone. They explained the rules of their FIFA tournament. Me and Stina already knew we were gonna pair while the guys tried to decide who they'd be paring up with.
It was really fun to watch the guys get all frustrated when they lost or just arguing.
John and Kyle were the current winners, winning 3 matches in a row, it was time for me and Stina to face them. Me and Stina were a dream team when it came to FIFA somehow we were just good at it. It almost came natural to us.
"We've got this easy" John said to Kyle before we faced them and Kyle agreed with him.
The game was tough be we managed to win over them by 1-0.
"How did you guys do that?" Kyle asked shocked that we had won
"Don't underestimate us" stina said.
All the guys were laughing at Kyle and johns shock.
We continued playing and we kept on winning too, the easiest win so far had been Dele and Dier, we had completely defeated them and they weren't happy after the loss.
It was the final it was me, Stina verses Jesse and Marcus. It wasn't that hard of a game to win and both of the guys were constantly bickering which was funny. But it also meant we had won the FIFA tournament.
"How on earth did you guys pull that off?" Ashley asked
"We're just good" Stina said
"So FIFA is like your guys secret talent" Jesse said
"It's not much of a secret, you guys saw how we defeated you" I joked which made everyone start laughing.
For the next couple of hours we just sat and talked, it was really nice.
We talked about everything from the World Cup to our favourite movies to our favourite snacks. None of us had realised how late the time had gotten.
"God Stina we should get going we have a early flight tomorrow" I said as I looked at the time
"Where you guys going?" Jesse asked
"We're going to watch the sweden match tomorrow" I said
"Who you guys playing?" Harry asked
"Mexico" Stina said
"Where are you guys in the group?" Kyle asked
"We're second but our group is a mess, If sweden beat Mexico but Germany loses, sweden and Mexico go trough, if Germany wins and Sweden win, they're trough, if Mexico wins and Germany win, sweden are out" I explained
"Germany are gonna beat South Korea and then Mexico is gonna beat sweden and then Sweden are out" Kyle said
"No sweden are gonna win tomorrow" I said
"You wanna bet on that?" Kyle asked
"Yes" I said
"Okay 100 pounds" Kyle said
"How much is that in Swedish currency?" I asked looking at Stina
"Around 1000 kr" She said
"Oh Okay, then deal" I said shaking Kyles hand. 
After saying bye to everyone, Marcus said he'd walk me to my room. Stina left us in the lobby as she went back to her hotel.
We were stood outside my hotel room and I turned around to face Marcus.
"I had really fun with you today" I said
"So did I" He said as he pulled me in for a hug
As we pulled away from the hug I looked up at him and he looked down at me. He cupped my face with his hands as he leaned in for a kiss, I put my arms around his neck and pulled him closer.
Soon our lips collided and I just never wanted to stop kissing him. He then pushed me against the door and picked me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist. As we pulled away to catch our breaths I couldn't help but smile.
"I should get going" he said while also smiling
"Yea" I said while leaning in for another kiss.
I don't know how long we were standing there just kissing, it didn't really matter because I enjoyed it.
After pulling away Marcus let me down and said that he should be leaving for real this time and I just laughed. After sharing a hug he walked off towards the elevator and I went into my room.
As I was laying in bed I had a realisation, that I actually like two guys, two guys who are best friends.
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Here's chapter 11, thanks for reading, hope you all enjoyed it.
Also like I know this book is far from done but like to make a sequel when I'm done. What are your thoughts on that?
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