✔️Soundtrack To My Life (18+) part 1

Dirty Little Secret

A/N Double update Bunnies and Bears, make sure you read 'Team' before reading this chapter.

Sam, January 2003

It's hard not taking the team's losses personally, after our hometown win in the first game, we had a very shaky start to the season, 5 losses and 5 draws but it was the loss to Middlesbrough, on December 26, just 2 days after celebrating my 22nd birthday, that hit me the hardest, even though we were ranked 3rd on the leaderboard, another loss would push us further down and any chance of winning the premiership for this season could slip away.

I made it my New Years resolution to try harder, be better. I may be sitting on the bench most games but when I got called in I didn't want to let my team down so I stepped up my training, with the club and with Angus. Today, when I helped secure the win against Chelsea, pushing us up into 2nd on the leaderboard, I felt proud that my efforts were paying off.

I went out with the team for a celebratory drink after the match, which was tradition after each win but, unlike some of my team mates, I didn't stay out long. I was beat after a long, exhausting week, one that would just repeat itself on Monday. 

I walked back to my hotel room alone, scrolling through my messages of congratulations from my dad and friends. They'd reach out and show support after every game, win or lose, just to let me know they were cheering me on and I appreciated it greatly.

I'd just gotten inside my room, laying on my bed, typing out a reply to Veronica when there was a knock on the door. I'd made plans to catch up with Shay, Kate and Alex tomorrow, seeing as though I was only 15 minutes from where they lived, so I knew they wouldn't just show up unannounced, especially since they would of had to get past the hotel clerk working the desk as well as the security guard on our floor, who guarded our security like a pit bull, too many crazed fans had tried and failed, to get to the player's rooms and management wasn't taking any risks.

I opened the door and was hit immediately with a sense of deja vu, looking at the petite, skinny blonde, standing in my door way, trench coat wrapped tightly around her body. She was the last person I expected to find outside my hotel room.

"Bethany, what are doing here?" I ask, confused, maybe she's lost.

"I'm fairly certain that I told you, next time you came back to my town, to call me but my phone hasn't rung all day and here you are Sam Lions, in my hometown." She reaches out and runs her hand through my hair, giving me her best sultry eyes. Hearing her say my name makes my dick twitch but I'm not ready to let her off that easily, not after how she left me high and dry last time.

"What exactly would I be calling you for babe? So I can go down on you and have you ditch me afterwards?" I challenge her, smiling widely to let her know that I'm on to her little game and she won't be playing me again. "How did you even know where I was?"

"I'm very well connected Samual, if I want to find someone, I just have to ask the right people." She leans forward to whisper in my ear, pressing her body against mine, making it harder to fight temptation. "You're becoming hot property Sam, creating a buzz in all the right circles and I could help you."

"Help me how exactly?" I knew my name was getting out there already, I'd been stopped a few times while out and about, asked for my autograph or a photo, it was flattering.

"With me on your arm, everybody would know who you were, not just football fans. I'll teach you how to use the paparazzi to your advantage and make you a star." She promises, running a finger down my chest but the skeptic in me isn't convinced, there has to be more to this then her just wanting to make me a household name.