Who Knew Rugby Could Be So Complicated?

Pure Mess

Somehow my dance partner had more moves than I expected. "Shall we do some shots?" He whispered in my ear? Was he trying to get me drunk? Tequila shots! The smell made me feel sick. We did the salt and lemon too. I havent done tequila shots since I was a teenager, it never ended well with tequila shots. That defintely went to my head. The room went completely blurry. "I need some air" I stumbled towards the outside bar. I was a mess. How did I let myself get to this stage?

I nearly fell down the step, but his strong arms caught me. The smell of cigarettes made me feel even more sick. I took a seat on a bench. He sat down next to me, he placed his hand on my leg. "You feeling better?" I nodded "this is why I dont drink" I laughed and face palmed. He laughed with me and I placed my head on his shoulder, he kissed my head. I must of imagined it. The people in the outdoor area started whispering "that's owen farrell" I ignored all the whispers.

"You're beautiful you know!" I looked up to him. His words didnt make sense. He was never this nice to me. He would never tell me I look good or anything when hes sober so i guess it is the alcohol is talking. "Shhh" I placed my finger on his lips and laughed. He moved my finger and held my hand. I looked down at our hands intertwined my little hands slotted into his gigantic hands. I sniggered like a child thinking of the saying "big hands big ...." I looked back up to him. Our eyes locked, I got lost in his eyes again. He leant forward as i leant forward. I could feel his breathe on my face. The smell of alcohol didnt seem to bother me. My heart started racing and suddenly nothing else in this world mattered. This was it, the moment every girl dreams of. My eyes shut. "THERE YOU GUYS ARE" back to reality we went. "I have been looking for you two everywhere" Holly and Ben came galloping towards us. Typical the ex wife interrupting our moment again. We will never have our moment. I groaned like a child when their parents take their candy off them.

She looked down at our hands still intertwined, I quickly snatched my hand away. Owen looked really confused. I slurred trying to put my nicest voice on "whats up?" "You know how Courtney always likes to do a drunken speech?" I never knew but Owen just rolled his eyes. "Hes doing one now." She still eyed me up suspiciously, what does she even care? Shes with Ben now and they're happy. All of four of us went in, not like this was a weird situation enough without the ex wife. I wish she would just leave me and Owen alone.

"We wouldn't of got this far without Owen" Courtney slurred down the microphone as he staggered on the spot, his beer nearly spilling out his glass. "We cant forget about Amelia, who led the Womens Rugby to victory too!" I blushed and laughed awkwardly as everyones eyes turned towards me. "Who would think the two captains of the England rugby teams would be so perfect together, heres to Owen and Amelia" I was so confused we were just best friends, until we get our moment of course. Holly gave me daggers which seemed normal at the moment. Owen just shook his head "ignore him and defintely ignore her, but he always does this" even more glasses were raised, spilling half of the drink over the table. Owen's hand was resting on my leg as we all laughed together "to Rugby, the best sport, the best team and the bestest friends" he dropped the mic and walked off the stage. Staggering back towards the table with his arms in the air and everyone cheering him on.

The night went on and more of it became a blur. Of course I kept going outside to sober up, there was no way I could keep up with these monsters. How can they drink so much and not even stumble. I sat outside on my own until Owen found me and sat beside me. He was a mess himself, couldn't walk straight or even string a sentence together. He plonked himself next to me and pulled me in, I rested my head on his shoulder. "Amelia; I'm falling in love with you" my eyes widened and turned to him. It took a minute to process what he said "Owen; I'm falling in love with you too."