I woke up to my alarm and was going to sit up but I couldn't. Marcus had a very tight grip around me and he was way too strong so I couldn't do anything.
"Marcus." I said while trying to move his arm but even with all effort, I couldn't move his arm.
"Marcus." I said again.
"Mm?" he mumbled and snuggled his head into the crook of my neck.
"We gotta get up baby. You have practice."
"Mm." he mumbles and pulls my closer to him.
"Marcus!"
"Cindy."
"Come on, we got to get up. I'm not playing games with you." I said.
"Oh yeah?" Marcus chuckles.
He let me go and I sat up.
"See that wasn't so hard, was i—" I was cut by my laughter from Marcus attacking me with tickles.
"St-stop!" I laughed. "pLeASE!"
"Give me a kiss." Marcus says with a smirk and puckers his lips.
I laid there for a second while laughing, trying to calm down.
I picked my head up to kiss him but I laughed in the middle of the kiss, making him laugh too.
"Good." Marcus chuckles and picks me up. He carries me to the bathroom and sets me down.
We brushed our teeth together and got ready.
"Wow, we're cute." I smiled while taking mirror pictures of us.
We were twinning as usual.
"Mhmm." Marcus agreed and stood behind me, wrapping his arm around me.
I took multiple pictures before we had to leave.
"Let's gooo!" I said and grabbed his hand.
We went down to the lobby where many of the boys were waiting.
"Anybody else that we're missing?" Harry Kane asks.
We all looked around.
"Ruben." Jesse says.
"Oh my gosh." Gareth says.
Marcus and I sat down. I sat onto his lap and cuddled with him as we waited for Ruben.
30 minutes later
We see a car pull up to drop somebody off and watched to see who it was.
Ruben steps out of the car with a girl next to him. All over him. And he had his arm around her and smirked. He looked like an entire mess.
"For fuck sake." Gareth says, irritated. "Ruben! Are you really serious right now? You've made us wait 30 minutes for you!"
He turns around and looks at Marcus and I.
"And Marcus. I need to have a chat with you later." he says.
Marcus nods.
"Oooh, you're in trouble.." Kyle jokes.
"I told you so." I whispered and smiled.
"Whatever." Marcus laughs.
Ruben changes and walks back to the lobby but he's with the girl still.
"Ruben! You cannot be serious right now. You show up late and now you're gonna bring her along?" Gareth shouts.
Gareth is a very calm and kind man. One of the nicest people I've ever met but I'm sure that he found out about what Ruben has been doing which was not tolerable.
"Then how come Cindy is allowed to come?" Ruben asks.
"You dumbass." Dele facepalms.
"Because she's a co-coach! There's a difference." Gareth sighs. "Get in the cars. We'll finish this later."
We all got into the cars and went to the training grounds.
We arrived and went into an office to talk with Gareth.
"What in the world were you two thinking last night?!" Gareth stresses.
He continues, "Why would you try to fight each other? You realize that there's pictures spreading everywhere? We shouldn't have these things going on. We have a game in two days. It may be a friendly but all friendlies matter."
"Who started it?" he asks.
"Ruben."
"Marcus."
They both say each other's name at the same time.
I shook my head. "It was Ruben."
"Okay, so what exactly happened?"
"Ruben was bothering me and flirting with me. Marcus saw and defended."
"Ruben." Gareth says. "Why would you flirt with someone else's partner? That's wrong and I know you're better than that. And that girl out there waiting for you in the hallway? You can do so much better."
I nodded, agreeing.
"Pssh. Whatever." Ruben scoffs and gets up.
"No, no, no. Where do you think you're going? Sit back down." Gareth says. "We're not finished yet."
We all looked up.
"You owe Cindy an apology."
"For what?" Ruben laughs.
"Are you dumb?" Marcus scoffs.
"You constantly flirted with me and tried to break up Marcus and I. And you're saying that you don't owe me one?" I laugh. "You know what? I don't even want one. You won't even mean it anyways."
I got up and reached to open the door before Gareth stopped me.
"Sit back down, Cindy."
I sighed and sat back down.
"Ruben, stop acting like a little child. What has gotten into you? What happened between you and Marcus? You two were good friends. If you play on the same team together, you get along. Now get along before you don't get a call-up next time."
"Ruben. I just want to hang out with you and talk to you like before, during the world cup. That was an amazing time but now we don't have that anymore. Can't you see that I'm happy with Marcus and I want him only?" I spoke.
Ruben sighs and puts his hand on his head.
"You guys are right. I've been immature and I ruined friendships. I'm really sorry. I'm really sorry Cindy. I'm really sorry Marcus. And I'm really sorry boss." Ruben says.
"Very well then. We need to practice now." Gareth says.
We all smiled and went to go get ready.
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blind. | marcus rashford
Fanfiction"I was so blind that I never saw the person I needed most standing right in front of me, all this time."
