Maisie 'Baby' Bronze

29. Couple goals

"I can't believe you're here Maisie, it's been too long" one of the girls on the team, Amber, slings her arm round me and slurs into my ear. I can smell the alcohol a mile off, but then I could smell it the second I stepped foot in this house. I knew I wouldn't drink, I had to prove myself to mum.

Everyone else on the other hand...

"Yeah, I'm happy to be back" I say back, catching Ella, my old teammate as she stumbles into me. "You alright there?"

"MAISIE" she half screams, "You're backkk" again, I'm hit by the smell of alcohol. I was surprised by how much everyone seemed to of missed me, much more than I'd expected. Although, it did feel like I was being passed around like a baby tonight as everyone got their chance to coo over me. "Let's celebrate! Take this" She tries to shove a bottle into my hand, but I quickly push it away.

"Mum would kill me" I say, honestly.

"Oh, forget about that, have some fun" She says back, again trying to push the bottle into my hand.

"No, I'm ok, you celebrate for me" I try to reason with her.

Turns out, it was a bit of a lost cause. I counted how many times I was asked to drink, and in total it was 34. That's 34 times too many, bearing in mind I'd only been there 2 hours.

"Barcelona's really changed you" I hear one of the girls saying as I turn around to face her.

"How so?"

"You used to be the biggest party animal" She smirks at me.

"Oh that's not because of Barcelona, I just promised my mum I wouldn't drink tonight" I shrug, "but I do also want to get into the Barca academy so drinking probably isn't the best idea"

"Look at our Maise, so young and mature at the same time"

"Come off it" I jokingly shove her away.

She holds her hands up in defence, "What can I say, I only speak facts"

"Sure" I smirk. It was funny I won't lie, being the only sober one at a party with a load of people who you hadn't seen in a while. It really brought out people's honesty, I found.

"I thought you were really stuck up when I first joined by the way"

"Thanks"

"It was probably cause of your mum"

Yep, I get that a lot. Most of the time I'm judged before people have even talked to me, purely because the first thing they find out is who my mum is and then they assume that whenever I mention my mum I'm showing off. It's dead annoying.

"You're actually quite pretty you know"

"Oh, thanks" dam this has put me in an awkward position when my girlfriend is currently stood next to me, chatting to someone else.

"How are you single"

"I'm not" I laugh

"Really?"

"Yeah"

"Since when did you have a Spanish lover, I thought I was in for a chance for a moment"

I laugh awkwardly, "I don't have a Spanish lover"

"So I do still have a chance" clearly the alcohol's got to her.

"No you don't" I hear Katie say as she turns around and slings her arm round my waist.

"Do you know who it is too?" Amber says, leaning closer to me, almost as if she's threatened by Katie.

"Yeah, I'm her girlfriend" Katie smiles, clearly fake, as I stand awkward as fuck in between them.