You and me

Keeping the secret

Leah's POV:

I slowly begin to wake up as I feel the touch of lips leaving my skin.

"Mornin'!" I hear Jordan say in a happy tone, while rubbing my eyes. I've slept well and long enough, but I'm still a bit tired. I don't have the energy to answer her, instead I try to form a smile on my face. The smile is a bit weak, but she doesn't seem to mind as she grins back in response. We stay quite for a while and just stare at each other.

"You excited for the game today?" Jordan asks, while playing with my hair.

"Y-yeah" I stutter out, not being able to use my voice properly.

"You better be able to speak later today, otherwise it'll be a hard time on the pitch not only for you but also for the rest of the team."

"I-I know Jord. Just-t r-relax, I'll be f-fine..."

"I hope you're right, you don't want to let the team down you know."

"Ha, I would n-never d-do that!" I say. I hope my voice gets back to normal soon. I have to confess that it'll be kinda embarrassing to not be able to talk properly in front of our teammates. Before I know it Jordan does another thing to try annoy me, I can tell she succeeded with her mission.

"S-stop p-poking me in t-the face! Jordan!" I let out, clearly annoyed by her actions. She immediately stops poking me in the face, catching my lips instead.

"Is this better?" She asks.

"M-much better!"

We keep making out for a good couple of minutes before we break apart. I feel much better and stronger now than I did twenty minutes ago. My voice is slowly getting back to normal again as well.

"J-Jordan?"

"Yeah?"

"Erm, what do we do about the others?" I say a little worried.

"What do ya mean?" She asks, probably playing it dumb as she usually does.

"Come on Jord, you know what I mean..."

"Oh, uh what do you think? I'm ready to tell them but if you're not then that's absolutely fine with me."

"I don't want to tell them just yet, I'm definitely not ready and we've not been dating for that long if you get what I mean."

"Yeah I get it, don't worry 'bout it. I really like you and I don't want to rush things with you. As long as you're feeling comfortable I'm satisfied."

"Good, then we don't tell 'em." I say a bit relieved.

A few hours later we're on the bus heading for Manchester with the rest of the girls. I'm nervous as hell for so many reasons, and I can't rely on Jordan cheering me up because that would make things more obvious than they're meant to be. I guess I'll just keep it all to myself and just hope I'm not going to explode on the inside. My emotions are really boiling that much inside of me and it's low-key frightening me.

"Are you okay Leah?" I recognize Jordan's soft voice.

"Yeah, I'm just fine. Don't worry about it." I tell her, sounding as convincing as my voice allows me to.

You sure you're fine Leah? It looks like you've just seen a ghost or something.." Beth fills in.

"Do I?"

"Hell yes, she's not joking this time!" Alex says.

I start to panic a bit, what if they know about my deepest secrets? How am I supposed to cover things up if they do know more than I think? Luckily it doesn't take long before Jordan comes to my rescue.