Golden girl

~10

The boys were lining up waiting for the match to start. I was sitting at the sub bench next to my dad singing along with the England fans. Dad went and got up to talk to some of the other staff but I stayed where I was thinking about what happened earlier. The euro camera was flying about landing on people and it eventually came to me. I waved and laughed while the commentators were talking about me and how my dad had raised such a beautiful, young women while training a team about to compete in the Euro 2020 finals.

The singing stopped and out ran the boys. They were using their hands to make the crowd roar as they lined up side by side hands around each other's shoulders. My eyes slid from player to player until I reached Mason. He playfully smirked at me making me grin back to him. Again I was looking down the row and this time my eyes stopped on Phils. He was staring at me. The boys anthem was coming up and he wasn't even talking to the other boys but instead was just looking straight into my eyes. I looked away. After what he said about having other options it did make me kinda sad. But it was stupid of me. God I kiss Mason and then complain that Phil is out of order because he has other options. I really need to get a grip of myself. Besides it was Mason I liked. I admit I had a connection with Phil but recently Mason has proved that he does really like me. Unlike Foden who wouldn't talk to me and has only now admitted his feelings. They sang the anthem and the crowd was once again on their feet and cheering.

The game was now starting. Italy had won the toss which gave them a slight advantage but that didn't matter because England would get it first in the second half. Off the ball went. The crowd erupted and cheered. I looked all around me to see loads of fans punching the air and singing. Dad was up in the manager box cheering on the boys. Jack came and sat next to me since he was subbed for the first half.
"Hiya" i said as he sat down next to me.
"Hey" he said.

John stones was running towards the goal. He passed the ball over to Mason and Mason passed it to Raheem who then sent it flying to the top corner of the net.
"YES RAHEEM" I screamed jumping out of my seat and running over to hug dad.
The crowd was going wild. It was before 5 minutes of the game and already England were 1-0 up.

Half time came around fast and England were still winning. Italy did have some great chances but obviously Jordon was too good or they were just unlucky. Mason was heading to the changing rooms but he saw me and came in my direction.
"What a great pass you had to Sterling" I smiled hugging him.
"Thank you Abbi" he said. "I can't believe we scored against Italy because wow they are a good team"
"Tough competition then" I laughed.
"Yep" he beamed. "Just hope it can stay this way to be honest; listen I'm going to grab a drink but I'll be back after. Mason said.
"Ok" I said "bye".

~Mason POV~
We were lining up and I saw Abbi go through the players watching them. Some of them looking towards her and some too busy talking to one another to notice. I automatically saw her staring.
I grinned at her and she smiled back. I couldn't wait to ask her to be my girlfriend. I really just hope we won to make it so special. But what if she didn't want me to be her boyfriend? Next thing I knew she was staring at Phil. What? Why would she do that? Maybe there was a reason for it. I had to stop being so protective of her. God Mason she could look at who she wanted I needed to stop being like this.

A goal came pretty quickly for our team. Stones passed it to me and i crossed it in to Raheem. He scored. The crowd went wild. The team gathered around Sterling and we all piled on top of each other in a group hug.

Half time came pretty quickly. I hugged Abbi and we talked about the goal but I just wanted to get a drink to be honest so I said I would come back to her.

~IN CHANGING ROOMS~
Southgate: great goal Raheem!
Raheem: Thank you and thanks for the assist Mase
Mason: no problem bro
Harry: Guys we have got this. I can't believe we are facing such a great team as England and we are beating them 1-0 at half time!
Jordon: Harry's right everyone, I believe we have come here, we will conquer and bring home the trophy.
Everyone laughed. Half time was almost over so they had to get going again. Everyone put their hands in.
"England England England" Everyone shouted before breaking up the handshake and walking back towards the pitch.

~Abby POV~
The game was just about to start again and dad was about to sub Jack on.
"You got this Grealish" I said to him as he was putting his England shirt on.
"Cheers Abbi" he said smiling down at me.
"Grealish over here!" Dad shouted to him.
"Good luck" I shouted to Jack.
He waved back at me.

It got to 56 minutes when Italy were heading for the goals. Marcus was chasing the player but wasn't fast enough. It was down to Jordon. The ball went one way and he went the other meaning the ball went flying into the net. A sigh erupted the crowd of England fans behind me. The team were obviously distraught. 1-1 the score now was. And almost 30 minutes left to go.
10 minutes after Italy's equaliser, the fans had went quiet and the players looked un motivated. I had to do something. So i stood up and started singing.

"We've got Jacky Jacky Grealish, We've got Kane" I began singing. The people behind me joined in.
"We've got Jude, Rice and Foden we will reign"
All of a sudden the crowd of English fans began singing the rest of the song along with me. I went to where dad was and used my hands to make them sing louder.
"We've got stones and Harry Maguire, the England's are on fire"
And with that I could see the boys attacking the game with effort now. I could see Foden running with the ball, passing it to Marcus who kicked it to Harry. Harry was in. England rose from their seats. Harry scored. The fans went wild. Kane ran across to me and picked me up holding me on his shoulders. The rest of the team surrounded.
"Thank you Abbi" Jack said out of breath.
"You really got the crowd going there" Mason panted.
"You guys needed it. I could tell that after Italy's goal you lost hope and it had to come back" I laughed.
Harry put me down and I returned to my seat.
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Again this isn't what actually happened at the Euro final! I hope you enjoy the last few chapters :)