In the middle (Jesse Lingard/ Marcus Rashford fanfic)

Chapter 19

8th June 2018
Amanda's POV-
I was in my room and it was the middle of the day, time had flown by and I was extremely bored. I had no idea where Stina or Pontus were. I was just on the couch watching some show on Netflix while eating junk food.
Maybe I should go out? I thought to myself, it wasn't too dark. There would also probably be hundreds of people out. As I was contemplating whether I should go out or not, there was a knock on my door. I was glad Stina and Pontus finally decided to come over. After opening the door I saw Marcus standing there looking as good as ever.
"Hi" I said as a smile came to my face
"Hello" he said as he pulled me in for a hug.
I let him into my room and we both sat down on my couch.
"How are you feeling Mr.semi finals?" I joked as I poked his abs
"It feels so good, it sucks we had to, you know, knock out your nation" he said
"Yea it really sucked and I did cry but some times you've got to come to terms with that kind of stuff and admit we weren't the best team on that pitch" I said
"You cried?" He asked
"Yes it sucks seeing your team lose, but I'm still proud no one actually thought sweden would even make it to the quarter finals" I said
"Yea that was actually kinda unexpected" he said
"How do you feel going into the semis?" I asked
"I'm exited a bit nervous because we obviously want a good result and it would mean so much for England as a whole if we went trough to the finals" he said
"I think you're gonna do good" I said
"Are you gonna be there?" He asked
"Yea that's the plan" I said
"Also I wanted to apologise about Kyle dragging me along to meet your parents I didn't know he was gonna do that and maybe you didn't even want me to meet your parents, I probably didn't give them the best impression of me" he said
"Like it did come all out once and from nowhere but I didn't mind you meeting them, my dad said he liked you" I said
"He did?" He asked shocked
"Yes he said that you seemed like a great guy" I said to him
"If I'm being honest he did intimidate me a bit" he said
"That was sort of the point, he likes to intimidate people he believes that just comes with being a dad, but he liked that you weren't intimidated and you looked him in the eyes and shook his hand firmly" I said
"Oh trust me I was shitting myself" he said while laughing
"Yea but you didn't show it" I said
"That is true" he said
My phone started to ring and a picture of my sister and her son popped up. I decided not to answer and call her back later
"Who was that?" He asked as he saw the picture
"My sister Jessica and my nephew Nicklas" I said
"You have 2 sisters right?" He asked
"Yea they're both younger then me" I said
"Younger?" He asked
"Yea, Jessica was a teen parent, the family curse lives on" I said
"A curse?" He asked confused
"It's this sort of curse that's over my family" I said
"You've got to give me more then that" he said
"Okay so for like hundreds of years there's been this curse over my mums side of the family, I wouldn't call it a curse, but everyone for some reason was ending up becoming teen parents" I started off
"Why not use condoms that whole curse would of been broken" he said looking at me as if I was stupid
"Precaution were taken trust me, but ivar got his girlfriend pregnant when he was 18 I believe, then we all thought the curse was broken when I turned 20 and I wasn't pregnant or had a baby,but within the next year and a half one of my sisters was pregnant but I think the curse will finally be broken because my youngest sister turns 20 in a couple of months" I said
"I feel like all of that could of been avoided" he said
"Well it is what it is now and I'm happy that I have a niece and a nephew" I said
"Kids are just great, I can't wait to have kids of my own" he said
"How many kids would you want to have?" I asked
"I'll be happy no matter how many kids god gives me but my ideal number would be 3 or 4" he said
"What about you?"
"Well I would want a big family, but I'd want to adopt too so like biological id say 2 or 3 but I'd want to adopt like 3 or 4" I said
"I never hear people talking about wanting to adopt I feel like most people do it cuz it's their last option when they can't have kids biologically, I think it's really cool you want to do that" he said
"I feel like every child deserves a fair chance at life and deserves to have a family and feel loved, if I could I would adopt every child that in need of a family and I know that's not possible but If adopting 3 or 4 children even makes a small change I think I could live with that" I said
"You have a really big heart" he said as he pulled me in for a side hug
"I'm really gonna miss you when I go back home" I said as I wrapped my arms around his torso.
"I'm gonna miss you too" he said as he kissed the top of my head
"Maybe you won't have to miss me, we could go away together, a mini holiday before we both could go away together, we could go where ever you'd like" he said
"Marcus" I said with a sigh
"You don't have to say yes just yet, think about it and the answer, okay?" He said
"Okay I'll think about it" I said laying my head down on his chest.
Me and Marcus laid there on my couch just talking about everything, we talked about baby names, my family curse and so much more.
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9th July 2018
I woke up by someone moving around in my bed and I opened my eyes to see Stina. I remembered her coming over last night after Marcus had left. I had yet to tell her and Pontus about what Marcus suggested or asked. I knew if I told them they'd try to make me follow him and if I were to follow that'd mean I was choosing him. But how am I suppose to choose him if I'm not even sure about who I want to choose.
I woke Pontus up who was laying next to me on my bed. He sat up confused and Stina looked at us confused as why were both all of a sudden sitting up.
"I didn't tell you guys last night but Marcus asked me something" I said
"Please don't tell me he fucking proposed" Pontus said
"No he didn't, he asked me to come on holiday with him and we'd go where ever in the world we'd want to" I said
"Holy shit what did you say?" Stina asked
"I didn't say anything he just told me to think about it then answer" I said
"What are you gonna answer?" Pontus asked
"I'm not sure, I'd love to travel with Marcus he's really great and nice and funny, he makes me feel good but then there's Jesse who makes me feel the exact same way" I said
"This is why you can't choose any of them" stina said
"Why?" Pontus asked
"Because she doesn't even know who she wants to choose, what is she chooses the wrong guy and then in a week or a month realised holy shit I should of chose the other one, but it's too late to go to him because you chose his best friend then you're gonna be left single, ruined 2 best-friends friendship and loving a guy who won't take you cuz you chose his best friend over him" Stina said
"But what if she doesn't choose and she ends up missing the chance to be with the love of her life?" Pontus asked
"We both know Amanda doesn't believe you only have one soul mate, we both know she'd find someone in a heart beat" Stina said
"I know she believes that you can have more then 1 soul mate, any one can be your soul mate, I could be her soul mate even tho we're best friends, but you can only have one real great love and what If it is with one of these guy? Do you really want to look back in 20 years and be like one of the was the one that got away?" Pontus asked
"You're both making some really good and valid points, I'm not sure what I want to do and it's so frustrating" I said as I laid back down on my bed
"Only you would get 2 guys to fall in love with you and then complain about it after" Stina said
"That is so true" Pontus said agreeing with her.
I could feel tears welling up in my eyes not because of what Stina and Pontus were sayings, but just because of the whole situation I was in. I had 2 amazing guys that both seem to really like me and I didn't know who to choose and I didn't want to hurt any of them.
"Are you crying?" Pontus asked
I just nodded as I let the tears fall from the side of my face.
"Awh baby don't cry" Stina said as she laid down and wrapped her arms and legs around me.
"You don't have to choose now or never if you don't want to" Pontus said also laying down and hugging me and Stina at the same time.
"You know what you need?" Stina asked me
"What?"
"A proper Russian day and night out" she said as she let go of me
"What does that even mean?" I asked
"Me and Pontus are gonna plan your whole day today, every meal, different activities and then clubs" Stina said all exited
"Okay" I said hesitantly
"Put on something you could wear all day but also go out to nightclubs in" Pontus said
I just nodded as they left to go to their hotel to get changed. I took a quick shower, did my make up and got dressed. I was wearing a white crop top that tied at the front with some denim high waisted shorts. I did do much with my hair I just dried it and let it be wavy. I grabbed my stuff and went down to the lobby where I'd be waiting for Stina and Pontus. As I was seated in the lobby some of the England NT guys passed by said their hellos before gong into the dinning hall.
The I saw Jesse who was walking towards me with a smile on his face. A smile came to my face when I saw him. He sat down next to me and asked how I was doing.
"I'm okay, what about you?" I replied
"I'm good, what are you doing today?" He asked me
"I'm going out with Stina and Pontus" I said
"Oh okay, I was gonna invite you to practice but you've got plans" he said a bit disappointed
"I'm sorry, I just kinda need this, just a day with my best friends" I said to him
"No I understand completely" he said
"I should get going, I'll see you later" I said as I gave him a kiss on the cheek. I went outside to see Stina and Pontus crossing the street so I walked over to them.
"So what is the plan?" I asked them
"Leave that to us, but first let's get breakfast" Pontus said to me
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00:43
I was being helped into the hotel by Pontus and Stina, you could say I'm a light weight and got wasted after about an hour and a half at the club. But I was already pretty much drunk when arriving there.
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Jesse's POV-
I was exiting the game room to go back to my room since it was kinda late already. As I got closer to the lobby I heard some yelling and mumbling from a distance. As I arrived to the lobby I saw Stina and Pontus struggling to hold up Amanda who was clearly drunk.
I went over to give them a hand.
"What happed?" I asked taking Amanda out of their hands
"She has a bit too much to drink" stina said
"A bit?" I asked
They just rolled their eyes as we walked over to the elevator.
"I want to go out" Amanda said as she tried to walk back to the exit
"No no we're going to bed" Pontus said
After managing to get her back to her room, I could see Amanda gaging.
"She need to throw up" I said as I lead her to the bathroom.
I held her hair up as she vomited in the toilet, this wasn't the best view of her ever but it didn't matter as long as I could help her feel better.
"What have you done?" I asked as I held her hair back.
After she was done Stina and Pontus came in and they said they were gonna give her a shower so she'd sober up a bit. I sat on Amanda's bed waiting for them to finish, after they brought her to her bed she was in her pyjamas and ready for bed.
"Jesse" she said she saw me and gave me a hug.
"Do you want to stay with her or are you gonna go?" Stina asked me
"I can stay with her" I said
They nodded and said bye to me and Amanda before leaving.
I put Amanda in her bed and put the covers over her and made sure she would be warm during the night.
"Please stay" she said to me
"Okay" I said
I got myself soft of ready for bed and got under the covers with her.
She moved over to me and wrapped her arms around me and laid her head down on my chest.
"Don't leave me" she said
"I won't" I replied as I played with her hair
Before I knew it she was fast asleep and was softly snoring.
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Here's chapter 19 hope you enjoyed it.
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