Becoming A Lioness

Phones Off

After the team watches the video and a few of them cried a little we all came to the conclusion that it was the best idea, I'd post it and they'd all comment their support and repost it on their platforms. So at 9 o'clock that night I posted the video on my Instagram and shut my phone off straight away.

"I'm proud of you for doing that speedy, it takes guts," Rachel says as she hugs me outside my hotel room

"Thanks Rachel, I couldn't have done any of this without you by my side," I tell her having really bonded with Rach since playing for the England team, she's like the sister I never had.

"I love you Kate, and I'll always be there for you, Kristie and I both will," She says making me smile

"I best get to bed, today has drained all the energy I've got left" I sigh out exhausted

"I'll see you in the morning then Speedy, sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite!" She shouts as she leaves down the hallway to her room with Millie

I open my door chuckling at her behaviour and see Georgia already under the covers, head propped up on the backboard with a book in her hand and glasses propped up on her body just like the night before we left.

I'm too tired to be self-conscious about what I'm about to do, she is my girlfriend after all so I walk towards her taking off my clothes one at a time and leaving them all on the floor before climbing under the covers and letting my head rest on her lap.

"Well hello" She chuckles out as she places her book down next to me and starts running her fingers through my hair

"Hmm that's nice" I mumble out letting out a sigh as her fingers continue to massage their way through my hair.

"I'm proud of you for today you know, you were very mature about it all and I know a lot of 18-year-olds wouldn't have been able to handle it like you did," Georgia tells me making me curl up closer to her.

She seems to notice my need for contact with her as I hear her glasses being taken off and placed on the table next to her. Soon enough she's shuffling down in the bed so we're lying next to each other, her arms wrapped around me as my head rests under the crook of her neck.

"What are you thinking about love," She asks making my heart swell at the sudden pet name she's given me

"Was it the right choice to make, telling the world about my past?" I ask insecurely, doubting myself a little

"I think that the press and fans will back off you a little once they've heard your story, the video you made was so genuine and we could all see that" My girlfriend tells me going back to running her fingers through my hair

"I've just always been a private person and now my whole past is out there, I don't know how to feel about" I sigh out

"So what, they know that you were born in England and your parents died when you were two, that you grew up in foster homes before finding a family and playing with Orlando. That's the only personal stuff they know, everything else is emotions that you're feeling" Georgia starts to explain to me

"They don't know that your best friend is Mallory Pugh, they don't know you live with Alex, Ali and Ash and that Alex and Servando are your adopted parents. You've got so much more going on in your life that's private and still yours" She tells me as I just look up at her lovingly wondering what I deserved to get someone as good as her to date me.

"You know what they also don't know, is that I have the worlds best girlfriend who makes me feel like the luckiest woman in the world," I say making her smile and blush at me