No one could stop them ~ A.R

~ Two ~

"I don't know yet. Soon hopefully." I reveal

"You're proposing to Alessia?" I hear Jill Scott shout from behind us.

Before I could reply, everyone had heard.

"You're proposing, kid?" Lucy runs to face me

"No, no. I mean, yes, but not anytime now." I explain

"Liv's getting married!" Ellen shouts and I sigh

"You started this." I joke as I turn around to find a very amused Jill.

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We arrived at the hotel and I was sharing a room with Georgia, no surprise there.

Georgia was my best friend. I first met her when I started playing for England's under 15s. In fact, she witnessed me and less meet for the first time.

We roomed together for the first camp and became friends and then when I joined Man City and found out that she played for them, we became best friends.

Whenever we were away for matches and had to stay in hotels, we roomed together. When we were away and had to go on a coach or plane, we sat next to each other.

That night at the hotel, I FaceTimed less but it didn't last very long as just us two talking because G and Ella kept interrupting.

We got talking about our upcoming camp with England.

We were set to play Austria on the 27th, and then Latvia on the 30th. I was excited to play Latvia again as we won 10-0 last month.

We kept talking until we were all tired and went to bed.

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The following morning, Once we had arrived at the King Power Stadium, we had a team meeting and before I knew it, we were heading out to warm up.

I entered the pitch and saw that the stadium was getting full of fans.

I grab a ball and hear Lauren hemp call my name. We had this tradition where we practice our long passes with each other whilst warming up.

I love Hempo to bits, don't get me wrong, but she can be so irritating sometimes. Not like irritating as if she follows you around everywhere or she purposefully does things. Instead, she just doesn't use her common sense, or she gets confused at the simplest of stuff. But that's Lauren and I love her for it.

Me and her are always competing for the title of 'the fastest.'

We always have and we always will.

We head back into the changing rooms and change into our kit before Steph does her captain talk.

I manage to get changed quickly so I can check the score for Less' match. I look at the timeline and see that she had scored just before half time.

I then look at my messages and see that Less had messaged me during her half time.

"Remember what I said. Score a hat Rick and tomorrow night you'll have a surprise." She put on the message.

Right, my top priority this match, get a hat Rick.

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The match kicks off and within a minute, Leicester had scored. We were down 1-0.

However, that didn't last long as in the 24' I managed to score the equaliser.

Just thirteen minutes later, Kiera Walsh manages to score one too. We were now in the lead.

Half time then came around and I found out that less' match had finished and they drew 1-1.

The second half kicks off and nothing major happens for about 25 minutes. Leicester were making loads of changes but we hadn't made any yet.

In the 71' I score again thanks to a lovely cross from G. I go over and hug her, knowing I'm one goal closer to that surprise.

Gareth then makes a couple of changes but he keeps me on.

The 83' minutes comes along and I manage to get the ball at the half way line. I couldn't pass to anyone so I had to run forwards.

I managed to nutmeg a defender and before even approaching the penalty box, I just shoot.

I swear time slowed down at the moment. I watched the net ripple as the ball hits the top left corner.

Mission complete. I scored a hat Rick.

After the final whistle went the referee approached me and handed me the ball.

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"You did it. You actually got a hat trick." Less says over the phone

"That I did." I smile

"Well done, baby."

"I couldn't have done it without your encouragement."

"Well, we are gonna have a good night tomorrow."

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The surprise I got when we got home was amazing, like always. We didn't get much sleep but it was worth it when I awoke in less' arms.