WOSO One-Shots

It's Not Me, It's You (Lucy Bronze)

"What the fu..." I walk in on Keira getting it with a random girl.

She realizes it is me and stops. "Lucy. I can explain."

"No. No you can't." I run out of the room and call an Uber to go to Steph's house.

I knock on the door and Stephen opens it.

"Um.. hey Lucy. I'm guessing you're here to see Steph." I just give a small nod and he lets me in. I walk in and see Steph sitting on the couch.

"Stephen, who was that? They just had to interrupt the movie."

"Hey Steph." She turns around from her spot on the couch.

"Oh Lucy! That wasn't very polite of me. I didn't know you were do a visit. What's up?"

"I, well, caught Keira cheating. And I was about to ask on a date, where I was going to ask her to... marry me." I break with each word.

"Aw, Lucy come here." She opens up her arms. "I'll have Stephen prep the guest room and you can stay here tonight."

"If you'll excuse me, I need to make a call." I step out onto the porch and dial the all to familiar number.

"Hey Savannah. How are you?"

"Why are you calling at such a late hour?"

"I caught Keira cheating."

"Oh that fucking bitch. Do you need me to come?"

"No. No. Stay, continue with your studies, I'll come to you. Might as well visit the old stomping grounds."

"Okay. Don't worry about the ticket, I'll get that handled. And it'll be in your email."

"Thank you so much. Can I pay you back?"

"Lucy, just don't worry about it. And you have a place to stay?"

"Yeah, with Mama Steph."

"Okay, see you soon, love you."

"Love you too." I look at my phone, blushing. I can't believe I've fallen for a girl nine years younger than me and someone I met when they were 14.

"Lucy, you have someone at the door." I was interrupted by Steph.

"Okay, I'll be right there."

I go to the door and find the one person I don't want to talk to right now.

"Leave."

"No, I need to explain-"

"Explain sleeping in bed with another girl? I was about to propose to you! And now look at what you've done! How long has this been going on?"

"Lucy, I love you with all my heart. And this was just a slip up! I swear, it won't happen again."

"No, we're done. I just can't fucking believe YOU would do this!" I yell, slamming the door on her.

A Couple Days Later...

"Lucy!" I look up to see Savannah running towards me. I catch her as she jumps on me. She puts her head in the crook of my neck.

"I missed you so much. Thank you again. Are you sure I don't have to pay you back?"

"Lucy, just shut up and hug me!" I squeeze her as tight as I can. And kiss her head. 

We both ease our grip on each other, "Let's get back to my dorm and we could maybe go play some football?"

"I need to nap off this jet lag first."

"I'm up for a nap. I was up all last night studying. Nobody told me that double majoring was hard." I chuckle at her.

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As soon as we walk in, Lucy collapses on the bed.

"Since when have they had queen beds?"

"Mom just had to make sure that I had a big bed and having my own room is a bonus, so I don't have a roommate complaining about my bed taking up soooo much space."

I take a little look around, "You framed my jersey from the World Cup? And brought it?"

"Yeah. I also have a picture of us in there." She says pointing to the bottom left corner.

"Why did you bring it?"

"I always look up at and it inspires me to keep going. I remember talking to Jordan and she told that when you were younger, you didn't think you would make the England team, but here you are now, one of the best players in the world and starting for both club and country."

"Awww, stop. Also, I am not one of the best players in the world, stop saying that."

"I will fight you forever on that."

"Just shut your pie hole and come cuddle with me!" I open up my arms and she falls right onto me, resting her head on my left side and putting her hand over my stomach. I soon feel her breathing ease up and see her asleep.

"I love you." I say while kissing her head.

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We step onto Fetzer Field. I take a look around.

"It's been too long." I say while walking around.

"Is it still like you remember?" Savannah asks from behind me.

"Yeah. Shall we get started?"

We start with passing, then we go into long balls, then a shooting drill and Savannah makes a desperate attempt to put me in goal.

"No! You don't stand like that! Feet should be shoulder width apart!"

"No need to be bossy!"

"I'm going to try something else. Stand on the goal line," I do as I'm told, "Now I'm going to stand behind you and adjust your positioning." She starts by adjusting my hand positioning, "You want to have your hands near your stomach area, with your thumbs somewhat touching..." I zone out on her. Her face when she's talking about all of this is so serious, but also soft.

"Lucy are you listening?"

"What? Oh, I don't think so."

"Then what are you doing?"

"I don't know, maybe staring at you?"

"Okay, that's understandable."

"Way to be cocky."

We catch eyes, I look down at her lips and slowly lean in and brush my lips on hers. She grabs the back of my neck deepening the kiss by lightly biting my bottom lip. After a few more seconds, we both pull away, slightly out of breath.

"Lucy, that was amazing. I've never felt that way before. When I'm with you, I know I'm loved. I know nothing bad will ever happen to me."

"Well you want to do that again?"