Magic|Jesse Lingard

16. one day

Jesse's POV

Marcus, Kyle and I were laughing and joking in our way to Aura's room. After training, we decided to get her flowers, pizza and some movies as we know that she would still be feeling down.

"So how do you think that meeting will affect your relationship?" Kyle asked

"Not at all, mate. She's strong and never listens to people's bullshit. But I do know for a fact that she will be a mess when we get there. I just hope she's okay." My voice began to trail off

I felt Marcus wrap an arm around me

"I know my sister, she'll be fine"

We got to our floor and I pulled out my key, placing it in the lock.

When we opened the door, we saw an empty room.

"Maybe she's in the bathroom," Kyle suggested

We sat on the bed and announced our presence, hoping that she was in here.

I grabbed a slice of pizza and laid down on my pillow, but my actions were interrupted by a crunching sound. When I lifted my head, I was greeted by some papers with writing on them.

"Jess, what's that?" Marcus questioned

"Dear Marcus, Dear England, To my love..." I heard Marcus's breath hitch as I read the titles

"Aura...are you ok?" He called towards the bathroom

When we heard no reply, Marcus stood up quickly and ran to the door.

"Auralee, answer me are you okay? You're scaring me." The fear could be heard in his voice

He tried the handle and it was unlocked. instantly, he pushed open the door and searched the room.

When he emerged, tears were forming on his eyes.

"Marcus?"

"Give me my one."

"Beans, what's-?"

"Give it over Jess" Marcus was eerily calm do I handed it to him.

His eyes danced over the words and finally, the tears silently fell down his face.

"She's gone..." He mumbled

Gone?
Gone how?!?
Is she OK?
Did she just leave?
Is she still alive?

All sorts of thought swirled in my head.

"She moved back to LA...and she said she doesn't want to talk to me again...at least for a while" Marcus's voice was low.

"Marcus mate--" Kyle started but was cut off

"This is your fault, Lingard!" He accused

"What? How?"

"If you just left my sister alone as I told you we would be in this fucking mess"

"Mate, you were encouraging me to ask her out"

"Yea well only because it made her happy."

"Okay calm down, we need to find Gareth and the rest of the lads" Kyle intervened

I nodded as well as Marcus.

On our way out Marcus said one last sentence to me:

"I hate you Jesse Lingard and until my sister is talking to me or is safe back in my arms...I want nothing, and I mean nothing, to do with you." And with that, he stormed down the corridor most likely to Dele's room

"It's not your fault mate, he's just upset." Kyle defended as we headed to the gym as that is where most of us hang out.

I held my letter in my hand and just stared at it

To my love...

I took in a deep breath and placed it in my pocket, not wanting to read the words it contained until I was alone.

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"Wait, so Aura just left?" Winksy asked

Tears were threatening to spill from his eyes. Those two were really close, it's ridiculous.

"What are we supposed to do?" Dele spoke up

"Call her, now!" Kane demanded

"We can't, she requested that we don't contact her. I think it's best we do that." He didn't look at anyone, his face bearing his true emotion.

We all looked to Gareth who normally had something to say that might help in situations

"We all need to focus, although we love Aura we can't let this affect the team. The first thing we do tomorrow is train like planned, we just need to ignore--"

"Ignore the situation? Gareth that's my sister and I don't even know if she's safe!" Marcus spat

"Marcus I know it's hard for you but we are a team, a family and-"

"No, I'm sorry but I need to find her--"

"And how are you going to do that, she won't answer your calls and you can just waltz up to the airport and try to find her!" I tried to reason

"SHUT UP LINGARD THIS IS YOUR FAULT!" His voice broke again and that's when I knew that our friendship wouldn't be the same.

"Whatever, can I go please?" This was more of a statement than a question

I stood up and left the group of boys and headed to my room.

Once I got there I looked over all her stuff and noticed this missing suitcase. With what was left I packed it away like she would've, and placed it with my luggage.

"I'll take it home with me if Marcus doesn't come for it."

I sat on my bed next to the now cold pizza and pulled out the letter.

I read it with tears in my eyes.

Please don't contact me...
"How can I stay away?"

Find a beautiful girl
"I already did, you're beautiful inside and out"

If I come back
"Baby, please do"

The girl who didn't mean to break your heart
"It's OK, I love you no matter what"

I held the letter close, those words flashing before my eyes before i fell asleep on her bed.

"I'm sorry Aura, I hope you won't take too long but do know that I love you"

I finally let the tears fall as I cried myself to sleep.

One day we will be reunited, I know we will.