Always and Forever

twenty two

"And if i don't? What are you going to do? Hurt me? Threaten me? Do what you want! I don't care, Leah. I've seen it all."

"i'll just keep breaking your heart"

"That's sweet of you but i'm afraid you can no longer do that as you have already completed that!"

"Well, I love Jordan a-lot more than i ever loved you"

"Cool."

"Also, your parents. The way they treated you was what you deserved. You deserved it. All of it"

"ok"
Is all i managed to get out. I walked away. I didn't stop. I felt myself starting to breath heavy and luckily as i walked down the tunnel Alexia and Mapi saw me. They both ran to me and i fell into Alexia who caught me.

"Sophie? Sophie! Hey, what happened?"

"She- She- i deserved it"

"Kid. You deserved what? What did she say? What did Leah say?"

"That i deserve it"
I said quickly as my breathing was rushed and heavy.

"you deserved what?"
Alexia asked.

"what i told you. She said the way they treated me. The things they done were what i deserved. I deserved all of it"
I felt Alexia's arms tense up.

"Mapi, Sophie. Let's go"
Alexia took my hand, wiped my tears and began walking out of the tunnel. Me and Mapi followed her.

"Eh, where are we going and what are we doing?"
Mapi asked, not quite sure what was happening.

"We, Mapi! We are going to have a little chat with Ms Leah Williamson"

"Oh great. I've been waiting for this"

I followed the pair silently. Alexia was tightly holding my hand and tears were falling out of my eyes. We got out of the tunnel and Leah and Jordan were still on the pitch. Without any hesitation the pair approached the english pair with me standing behind Alexia.

"Leah! A word?"
Alexia demanded.

"I'm fine"

"Well i'm not. You're sick! Are you being serious! Why the fuck would you say that to her? Look at her Leah. Fucking look at her! She's hurting. She's been hurting. She's falling apart because of YOU. No one else"

"She deserves it!"

"I'd watch what you're saying!"

"Why? What will you do? Throw your Ballon D'or at me?"

"Me? I won't do anything. But, Mapi and Viv might"
Mapi moved closer to Leah. Mapi, doesn't know about my past but she doesn't care. Like Alexia, Like Viv and like my new teammates she wants to protect me.

"Yeah, look, whatever this is. Give it up. I don't care who you are or what you do. All i care about is Sophie and you're ruining her! She's happy. We made her happy! She loves life in Barca and you're making it harder. She fucking struggled moving but she got there and when everything was good you had to come along and ruin it! A kind, young hearted girl that you decided to ruin! Yeah, nice one!"