The Captain And Me 2

Camp

It's been a day! Not just in the time sense but in the emotional weight sense. Leah hasn't answered my calls since she left yesterday. Lauren is also giving me the cold shoulder after sending me the article with the just the word "Really?" To let me know how she's feeling. G called after she saw it, she said she will take the hit and explain that it was all her and I was comforting her, even if I was the type to let her take this on herself it takes two and I didn't exactly push her off me. That left just one more person I need to try to explain this to, I hope she doesn't hate me too.
"What y/n?" I wasn't prepared for her to actually answer
"Beth, I take it you've seen it?"
She scoffs, "You kissing my ex-girlfriend, ohh yeah, I saw that."
"I can explain."
"If you say it's not what it looks like, I'm hanging up." Well, that's me out of ideas
"We were both upset, it wasn't about eachother it was about the people we wish we were kissing. It ended as quick as it started . I promise you there's nothing there between us, "
"Why was she upset?"
"Why do you think she misses you so much, mate"
"She has a funny way of showing it,"
"I'm sorry, Beth, I didn't mean to hurt you, I know you probably don't want to see me, but I wanted to clear the air before we get to SGP later,"
She was silent for a couple of minutes, so I waited for her response
"Y/n?"
"Yeah?"
"If you ever kiss her again, I'll come for you!" I took the threat seriously even though I could hear in her tone was joking
"I swear it won't happen again,"
"Then we're good, I don't like to hold grudges,"
" I appreciate that. See you tonight?"
"Ohh, I'm looking forward to it. It's going to be an interesting atmosphere,"
"Yeah, I feel like I'm going to trial not training.

I was planning on travelling down with Hempo but seeing as she's still ignoring me I ended up in the car by myself. Pulling up outside St. George's Park was quieter than expected, I was arriving on the later side of the window we were told to in an effort to avoid the press. As I walked in I was greeted by the usual media team making videos for Instagram, I gave them all a fist bump and walked through to the main reception.
"Y/n!" I had barely made it through the door when Tooney came running up to me to give me a hug
"Tooney, I've missed you!" I return the hug, I've needed this
"Where have you been we've been waiting for you" Before I could ask the question, it was answered when Less  found us
"Thought you'd never turn up" she gives me a hug
"Sorry didn't mean to keep my number 1 fans waiting" we fall in step walking to the dining hall
"We may be your only fans here at this rate"
"That bad?"
"Tell us everything."

I give them the bullet points of events covering the last couple months, it's not a long walk to the dining hall, but they are caught up by the time we get there
"Well shit, sounds like you've been busy since we last saw you" Hearing Less swear always makes me smile because of her accent and the fact she is one of the nicest people you could hope to meet.
"Tell me about it. Hopefully, I can keep it just about the football while we're here,"
I must have been one of the last to arrive because as we walk in, everyone is gathered round and waiting for Sarina to greet us.
"Welcome back everyone, it's so nice to see you all again. I've been keeping an eye on you all, and I can see the confidence of the World Cup has made it to club level. We have a mission this camp to re focus our goal to the Olympics and to make sure we don't become complacent. To keep it easy, we will all have the same room mates as we did at the worldcup. Training will start at 10 tomorrow, get a good night's sleep. "

I dont stay downstairs for long once Sarina had finished, I had eaten earlier, and I just wanted to get to sleep, I will face everyone in the morning. Opening my room door, I am hoping to find Leah already inside, but instead, I see her bags in the dark room. I didn't see her in the crowd, I wonder where she could be. I'm trying to stay awake so I can speak to her, but I can't fight the sleepiness anymore.

I know im dreaming because im back in Australia the final whistle has just been blown and Leah is walking towards me with the world cup in her hands, before she reaches me I hear a noise that partially wakes me. I squint my eyes, but I can't make anything out in the dark, and I'm too tired to reach for the lamp. After a few seconds, I hear a loud thump that jolts me awake
"Ow shit, my fucking toe" I hear Leah whisper to herself
"What happened" I say very groggily still more asleep than awake
"Go back to sleep" I hear her go in the bathroom to get ready for bed. As I'm drifting back off to sleep the bathroom door opens and I hear her walk towards the beds, she pauses for a few seconds and I wonder if she needs the lamp on to help her find her way. I wait to see what she's going to do and before long I feel my bed shift under her weight as she climbs in. She moves up behind me and wraps her arms round me. Am I dreaming? It feels like being wrapped in your favourite blanket after a horrible day. She nuzzles in behind me and whispers in my ear
"We can talk tomorrow, for now I just need to be close to you"
I don't want to ruin the moment so instead of replying I find her hand and interlace our fingers.

Waking up, it takes me a minute to work out where I am. I rub my eyes and remember falling asleep wrapped in Leahs arms, I stretch over to reach for her but find my bed empty. I look up to see Leah dressed with her bag over she shoulder almost to the door.
"Sneaking out?" I sit up against the bed, it's early the alarms haven't even gone off yet. She turns to face me and sets her bags on the floor before coming back to the bed and sitting on the edge
"Kinda, I wanted to get a workout in to clear my head,"
"I know you have every right to avoid me  but please can you let me explain"
She let's out a big sigh
"You don't have to"
"I really do, it's not"
"Y/n, seriously you don't have to, Beth spoke to me last night and I had a long talk with G" she cuts me off mid sentence, that explains where she was last night as I hadn't seen G either.
"Okay?"
"She told me everything, that you were sweet to her when she needed a friend and it didn't mean anything"
"It didn't I swear"
"I know I trust you, she also told me about the waitress hitting on you most of the night"
"Well I'll be speaking with her about that"  I sit shaking my head wondering why she would mention that. Leah reaches up and cups my cheek forcing me to look at her
"No no it was important, I've been thinking that maybe I rushed you into a relationship"
"What do you mean"  it feels like I'm being  broken up with and ny stomach is in knots but the way her thumb is rubbing my face calms me.
"You were, are, the media's favourite new talking point. The attention you got from fans and people that met you made me jealous. I wanted you all to myself and it wasn't fair"
"You know I have never noticed any of that"
"I know kid, it's not you. It's my insecurities. But I've been thinking about us a lot and I want to give it another go, with some caveats" my heart literally skips like 3 beats I've wanted to hear this for so long that I can't get my words out
"Wwwhat do yyou mean caveats?" She smiles so sweetly at me that I want to pull her back to bed and stay there all day with her
"You know I find your stutter so cute, right? I want you to choose me but I also want you to have explored the options that your new level of fame offers"
"Let me get this right, you want to date me but you want me to date other people too?"
"Well I don't exactly WANT you to date other people but yes in a basic way of phrasing it"

I dont know what I'm about to get myself into, I don't want to lose Leah, but at the same time when she mentions about exploring other options Lauren's face flashed through my mind. I feel like this could go very wrong but I'm feeling a little reckless today
"Okay, we can give this a go however if it gets too much you tell me"
She doesn't answer instead she bends down and gives me a kiss, I want to pull her in for more but she's already up and walking towards the door
"See you later kid, try not to think of me too much when you're showering" and then I was alone.