Lucy Bronze star player for Olympique Lyonnais and the England Women's National Soccer Team also known as the Lionesses has been having a bad go of things lately; the latest and most damning thing to happen to her, her girlfriend of two years and her breaking up.
She is currently stuck in traffic and there's a high probability that she is going to be late to her meeting.
She lays on her horn and yells for them to get moving. Eventually, it opens up and she is able to make it to the training centre with minutes to spare. She drives around trying to locate a parking spot and sees one at the end of the row, she speeds towards it only to have another car pull in front of her and drive into the spot.
"Bloody hell!" She watches as a young woman gets out of the car and makes her way towards the building.
Driving around another few minutes, she sees a car leave and is finally able to snag a spot. She collects her bag and makes a mad dash for the building. Getting inside she tried to act all calm, cool and collected and she manoeuvres her way to the meeting room. She tries to open the door to the room, only to find it locked, she knocks and Lionesses Head Coach, Phil Neville opens the door, "You're late, the meeting started 5 minutes ago. See me after, now take a seat." "Yes, Coach."
Lucy enters the room and sees the eyes all focused on her as she grabs a chair at the front of the room.
"Now, as to what I was saying before being interrupted; we have a number of players that will be unavailable to us this camp due to injuries and team commitments, so therefore we will be bringing in some new players. I'd like you to give them all a warm welcome to the team.
We will be doing media this afternoon and I expect all of you to be on the top of your game. You can pick up the schedule for the balance of the week on your way out and also you will receive an email with any personal obligations and roommate assignments. Have a good afternoon everyone and I'll see you bright and early in the morning."
The players make their exit and look towards Lucy as she sits alone in the front row.
"Bronze, front and centre." Lucy walks over to receive her punishment for being late.
"Normally, when a player is late, they are fined and subjected to additional training, but being as though this is your first time, I'm going to give you an alternative form of punishment. I know you aren't a big fan of being around the younger players or showing them the ropes, but as one of the leaders of our team, I expect you to change that attitude. Now, to start you in the right direction I am assigning you to mentor one of our new players, Keira Walsh. When you aren't on the pitch, I expect you to be together, she will be your roommate for the duration of our camp. Any questions?"
"Can I opt for the extra training instead?"
"No, my mind is already made up. Now, Keira should be waiting for you in the lobby with Steph, I expect that you will introduce yourself and exchange information. You may leave now."
"Yes. Coach."
Lucy heads out to locate the Captain of the Lionesses, Steph Houghton and her new mentee. Seeing the blonde across the room, she starts walking towards her. Steph hugs her when she sees her, "Hey Luce." "Hey, Steph."
"Lucy, this is Keira Walsh, I understand you are to be her mentor this camp."
Keira turns and puts her hand out to shake and Lucy shakes her head, "You're the reason I was late, you took my parking spot."
"I didn't see anything indicating that it was reserved."
"You didn't see me driving towards it with my blinker on?"

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A Different Time and Place - A Collection of WoSo one shots.
FanfictionA Different Time and Place will be a collection of one-shots I have written pertaining to Women's Soccer and some of the more famous players. I will include traditional and non-traditional pairings in settings of my own creation; some on the pitch...