dangerous love | erling haaland and jadon sancho

1 | Beginning

Grace had spent the last thirty minutes pacing around the bedroom, within that time she had almost covered every corner nearly five times and changed outfits over three times. It wasn't that she was nervous about what was happening today; she was more an emotional wreck. She hadn't been to a football stadium in over a year; after her first and last break-up, Grace promised herself she would leave football behind and she did just that, until now.

Grace didn't know whether she should be happy or sad about the situation she was in. She had only been living in Dortmund for less than a year and in that time, she had managed to bag herself Borussia Dortmund's star player as a boyfriend. Jadon Sancho was the rising star of the Bundesliga; he had speed, tricks, goals and most importantly to him, he had Grace.

The two had met a month after she had arrived in Dortmund, a normal night out ended up with the start of a blossoming friendship. That is all that Grace wanted, it was still only a few months since she had her heart broken by the person she trusted the most. But Jadon somehow managed to change the blondes mind, it was a shock to her as well. Now here she was seven months into the relationship and patiently preparing to attend her first Borussia Dortmund home game.

"Babe, are you ready to go?" Jadon called. He entered the bedroom and placed a soft kiss to the forehead of his nervous girlfriend. He had never questioned Grace about her past, she told him what she wanted and he was okay with that. He knew as time went on she would soon fully open-up to him.

"Is it too late to back out? I think I'm coming down with something" she lied. Grace knew Jadon wouldn't believe her, but it was worth a shot.

"Please Gee, you haven't been to one of my games yet and you promised!" Jadon pouted. "Just one game then I won't pester you again, please?"

Grace rolled her eyes. Technically he was correct, she had promised him she would watch a game live but only one. The first step was promising him she would watch a game on TV, she managed to complete that one but she was sure that this one was going to be a lot tougher.

"Fine! One game and that is it. I know I promised you Jay but I'm being serious, I'm not happy doing this" Grace sighed. "I promised myself when I moved here I would leave football alone, you know how much pain it caused me."

"I know and I totally understand but this time isn't going to be the same. I promise you I won't hurt you" Jadon softly smiled. He slowly placed both her small hands in his, gently grazing his thumbs over the top of them. "If you start to feel uncomfortable then you can always leave but you'll have your family with you so there is nothing to worry about."

Jadon was right. Grace was thankful that her parents and Emily had agreed to go with her. She had met Emily a few days after she had arrived into the country, she partially blames her for the reason she met Jadon. As she gazed lovingly into her boyfriend's eyes she realised that this time it would be different, she had grown into a strong woman during the past few months.

"Okay let's go, don't want you to be late and we unfortunately miss the whole game!"

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"Baby that was amazing, I'm so proud of you!" Grace squealed, she ran as fast as she could leaping into the arms of her sweaty boyfriend who spun her around at a rapid pace. "I think I definitely picked a good game to go to!"

The match had finished 5-0 to Borussia Dortmund, Jadon had scored two goals and got himself an assist. Grace managed to watch the whole game with a smile on her face, she didn't realise how beautiful the stadium was. The fans spent the entire game singing, chanting and jumping up until the final whistle.

"See I told you it wouldn't be that bad, I think you might be my lucky charm!" Jadon smirked. It was the best game of his career and it was made even more special that Grace could witness it. "I'm so happy you were there, I could see your cute smile in the stands! So, you coming to the next one?"

"Hang on superstar, baby steps!"

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It had been five months since Grace had been to her first and last Borussia Dortmund game live. This wasn't because she was scared but her own career had started to develop. She had finished her studies and was now working for an interior design company, a passion of hers from a very young age. She was working long hours which meant she had no time to attend the games nor pay attention to news of the club. But this didn't bother Jadon, he was happy that she was doing something she enjoyed.

Grace finally had a weekend off, she hadn't told Jadon this but she was going to surprise him at the home game the next day. She decided to treat him with a home cooked meal, she knew he would be exhausted from training. She felt bad that she hadn't been paying attention to his football, every time they would try to communicate Grace would always be distracted by work, but she promised that this weekend belonged to Jadon.

"Hey, is that my beautiful girlfriend?" Jadon grinned. It was a lovely surprise seeing Grace during the day, he had gotten so used to welcoming her during the night-time. "What did I do to deserve this? It must be Christmas!"

"Oh wow, did you quit your job and become a comedian?" Grace laughed, a little shake of her head when she saw the big grin Jadon was wearing. "I thought because I'm home extremely early on a Friday we could have a movie day and I could cook you a meal?"

"That sounds perfect but I promised some of the guys from the team we could hang this afternoon, but I'm all yours this evening!" Jadon nervously smiled, he knew Grace must have put a lot of effort into organizing the day for them.

"Actually, that's a better idea because I don't know what I'm going to cook yet!" Grace giggled. She wanted it to be a special dinner so she needed to prepare, luckily, she knew Jadon would be distracted by his teammates. "Anybody interesting coming over?"

"Yes, Mats is coming over so you can put your tongue back into your mouth!" Jadon glared. He had completed his mission of getting Grace to attend a game, now he had to figure out how to get her to stop obsessing over Mr Mats Hummels. "Just the regulars, Mario, Marco, Roman and some new faces, if you behave I might introduce you to them!"

Grace was preoccupied looking at cooking recipes when the boys arrived. Her attention was soon turned to Jadon who called her over. "Everybody this is my girlfriend Grace, so you can stop with your jokes as you can clearly see she exists!" he laughed. Jadon was excited this moment was finally happening, he had to endure countless jokes about him having a fake girlfriend for weeks. His team mates didn't think he could be dating someone as smart as Grace.

Grace started introducing herself to everybody, she had learnt so many new names she was sure she would forget them in a few hours. She focused her gaze on Jadon who was talking to a player she hadn't met yet, he was a lot taller than Jadon with bright blonde hair. She started walking towards him when he began turning around, they were soon facing each other when their eyes met and that was when she realised who he was.

She had once loved gazing into the brilliant blue eyes she now found herself staring at. She had gotten so used to having him around that when he left nearly sixteen months ago, she was left heartbroken. Grace couldn't believe how quickly he could leave her life, they were only young but they had created a wonderful life together. That day was forever in her mind, it was the main reason she had kept her guard up, she didn't want to go through that again and here she was staring at the man that gave her that memory.

Grace didn't realise how long she had been stood staring until she was distracted with Jadon's hand waving at her. Her attention soon turned to her laughing boyfriend who gave her a small kiss on her cheek before turning around to the blonde-haired boy.

"Grace I'd like you to meet Mr Erling Haaland."

"Hey Gracie, it's been a while!"