We can only learn to love by loving

Part 40

Mel's Pov

The blistering sound of Leah's alarm ringing erupted into the room which a few moments ago was blissfully silent as we were both peacefully sleeping, snuggled up to one another.

Refusing to open my eyes I heard a slight groan leave Leah's lips, but no sign of movement to turn off the alarm which was repetitively beeping in the background.

"Le, turn it off" I huffed.

Silence

"Le, please" my voice getting whinier this time.

Silence

"Leah!"

Finally gaining the blondes attention, she turned the alarm off before returning to her position, wrapping her arms tightly around my waist and pulling my body closer into hers. A sigh of contentment leaving her lips as her eyes briefly closed again.

The affect of the time apart from one another was evident within the last 24 hours, Leah's neediness being more prominent, although I am not one to argue with that. The affection and love she has shown me since we reunited was enough to cause my heart to burst. Finally back in my happy place which was here in her arms.

I couldn't help but admire her features as she lay in front of me. My eyes trailing over every inch of her face as I gently stroked circles on her left cheek with my thumb.

"It's rude to stare" I heard her mumble, causing me to giggle.

"How can I not when the view is this perfect." I poked back, earning a smirk from the shy blonde as she began to stir.

"You need to wake up babe, otherwise you're gonna be late." I told her, before placing a gentle peck to her lips before beginning to get up myself and making my way to the bathroom to get ready for the day.

"What time will you be finishes today?" I questioned whilst beginning my morning skin care routine.

"Around 3pm I think" Leah responded as she entered the bathroom placing her head on my shoulder and her arms around my torso.

"What have you got on today?" She said whilst catching my gaze in the mirror.

"Just have to pick up some bits and run a few errands." I smiled back, holding the eye contact with Leah.

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Leah's pov

The hardest thing about recovering from an injury is not being able to join in with training. The girls at Arsenal were not only my best friends, but they are also family. So, not being able to be out on the training pitch with them hurt but coming to terms with my recovery period helped. They showed me support like no other and were always on hand to give little pick me ups when needed.

I'm on the right path for recovery and it won't be long until I can start taking part in mobility exercises in the gym, news which instantly improved my mood.

After my final assessment of the day, I headed to the locker room to get changed out of my Arsenal attire and to head off home. The girl's had just finished their training session and so I was expecting it to be quite rowdy.

"Here she is" Katie shouted as I entered the changing room. The music was on full blast on the speakers as I watched on as some of the girls were dancing around, clearly getting into the Friday feeling as they there was no game this weekend and so the team had the weekend off to relax and recover.

Katie bounded over to me gripping me in a headlock and ruffling my hair.

"Get off!" the words came out as a struggle due to the amount of laughter.

"What you doing tonight Williamson?" Beth questioned from across the room.

"Erm not much, probably just gonna chill with Mel mate. What you doing?"

"I've missed my bestie." Katie interrupted.

"You saw me yesterday" I jokingly eye rolled at the irish woman.

"Not you! I was talking about Mel" Katie was quick to quip back, a smirk now growing on her face earning a scowl.

I could hear the chuckle coming from Beth as she headed in my direction, as much as I love Katie and Beth, I knew they loved nothing more than to gang up on me and wind me up.

"We were talking about going for some drinks, fancy it? You can bring Mel." Beth asked as she now stood in front of me.

"I'm not too sure, I'll check with Mel first when I get home and I'll let you know as soon as we've decided." I smiled back.

"Yeah no worries, didn't know you were whipped." Beth teased as she wiggled her eyebrows.

"Yeah right" I huffed, feeling the blush now spreading across my cheeks.

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"Babe, I'm home."

"I'm in the kitchen love." I heard Mel shout.

Shoving my keys into the bowl beside the front door, I removed my trainers and decided to join her.

As I entered the kitchen, Mel was stood at the sink with a pair of rubber gloves on as she washed the dishes from breakfast this morning. I couldn't help myself as I decided to tease her.

Making my way behind her I placed my hands on her shoulders as I softly began to massage them whilst placing soft continuous kisses to her neck.

"Le" she giggled as she tried to wriggle from my grasp.

Ignoring her, my kisses quickly turned sloppier as I deepend them, every now and then trailing my tongue across the outside of her neck before sucking harshly over the trail made.

"How was your day" Mel mumbled, trying her best to hold her moans.

"Mmm it was good, how was yours."

Mel removed the rubber gloves and turned around, my hands dropping from her shoulders and instead made their way to her waist as she brought her arms around my neck, interlocking her fingers behind me holding me in place, our eyes gazing dreamily into one another's.

"Even better now I'm back here with you." She whispered before closing the small gap between us. Our lips interlocking as the kiss grew hungrier and sloppier as time went on.

Once pulled apart, struggling to catch our breaths, I couldn't help but smile at the girl infront of me.

"The girls have asked if we want to go out with them tonight. Katie said she "misses her bestie". Do you want to go?"

"Firstly, that was an awful attempt at an Irish accent." She chuckled, "But yeah we can go if you want, it will be nice to spend sometime with them."

"That's settled then, I'll ring Beth and find out the plan for tonight, she'll be happy that we're going" I smiled before taking my phone out of my pocket to call Beth.

My Arsenal family, and my girlfriend all in the same place on a night out. What could possibly go wrong.