Southgate's Secret ~ Marcus Rashford

V

"hey Lils" I heard someone shout from outside my room

"hey you alright?" I asked when I opened the door to Eric and Dele

"yeah we're great, what are you up to?" Eric asked me

"I was just doing some uni work" I told them

"ooo let's see" Dele smiled

"come on then" I said leading them into the room 

"not unpacked then?" Eric chuckled when he saw my suitcases lying on the floor open

"ugh don't even I just can't be bothered" I giggled

"don't worry you're tidier than most of the lads" he reassured me

"I'm sure that's not too hard" I smirked "so this is it" I said motioning to the work on my desk

"what the fuck is that" Dele laughed

"it's about the chemicals in your muscles and stuff" I briefly explained

"damn you're like smart if you're doing this" Eric exclaimed

"yep I'm not as stupid as I look" I winked

"anyway surprisingly we're not actually here to have a look at your homework" Dele said sarcastically

"oh god what do you want?" I asked them

"us and a load of the lads are gonna go out tonight to celebrate getting a call up and we wanted you and Mia to join us" he explained

"I swear we're in like the middle of nowhere, like are there even any clubs to go to?" I chuckled

"yeah not really, which is why we're just gonna go to a pub and have a couple drinks, casual you know" Eric replied

"okay I'm down, what time should I be ready?" I asked

"an hour okay with you?" Dele suggested

"it'll be fine with me, but Mia might have something to say about that" I told them

"don't worry we asked her before you so she'll be ready" Eric laughed

"perfect, right I'll meet you in reception in an hour" I said

"cool see you then" they said as they left my room

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"wait wait wait!" Mia shouted to Marcus

"what?" he asked confused

"can you take a pic for me and Lils?" she asked him

"there you go" he said after he took a picture

"only one pic!" I exclaimed

"come on mate, you know girls need a million pictures" Jesse laughed

"ugh come on then" he said taking more photos

"thanks hun" I smiled giving him a kiss on the cheek before walking over to Harry and Jamie

"alright there" Jamie said raising his eyebrows and nodding his head towards Marcus

"what do you mean?" I asked him confused

"you're into Marcus" Harry assumed

"no I'm not" I chuckled

"well be careful because he has a girlfriend" Jamie warned

"I'm not into him oh my god!" I told them 

"ooo who aren't you into?" Marcus teased as he walked over

"don't worry about it" I sighed

"no I wanna know, I need something to hold over your head" he laughed

"just this guy she knows" Harry told him helping me out

"ugh are you talking about Luke again" Mia smirked as she overheard our conversation

"oh I didn't know about Luke" Jamie smiled

"thanks Mia" I said sarcastically

"no worries" she winked

"right I'm done with this conversation, who wants a drink?" I asked

"I've got one" "I'm alright" a couple of them replied

"I'll come grab one with you" Raheem said

"get us a pint!" John and Kyle shouted behind us

"so are the boys always like this?" I asked Raheem

"well they're always up for taking the piss out of everyone, but when it's match day or we've just lost we're a lot more serious" he replied

"hi what would you like?" the bartender asked

"3 pints please" Raheem ordered

"can I get 2 pornstar martini's please" I asked

"course you can gorgeous" the bartender winked

"ta" I smiled causing Raheem to nudge my arm "what?" I asked him

"nothing, we'll talk about it later" he chuckled

"I'll add it to your tab" the bartender said passing us the drinks "and this is for you" he said sliding me a piece of paper with a phone number on it

"oh right thanks" I said awkwardly taking it with the drinks which made Raheem burst out laughing

"one pornstar" I said to Mia passing her the drink

"and what's the drink?" Marcus joked

"you little bitch" I gasped lightly punching his arm

"what's that?" Kyle asked nodding his head towards the piece of paper

"oh it's nothing" I said folding it up

"it's not nothing, the bartender gave her his number!" Raheem announced

"Raz shut up!" I squealed

"oooo someone's in loveee" Marcus teased

"don't start I can't be bothered" I sighed

"well you need to stop being so obsessed with Luke" Mia laughed

"Mia don't start, everyone knows you're in love with Ruben cos he's hot" I giggled "don't even try to act shocked" I shouted when she gasped

"to be fair everyone knows that Rubes is hot" Harry chuckled

"not as hot as me" Dele winked

"get your head out your ass" Mia told him

"hey don't talk to my delboy like that" Eric pouted

"awe fighting for best bromance?" I giggled

"er I think not" Jesse butted in

"oh shit now you've set them off" Harry laughed