"oh my gosh I know you said you were bringing a lot but Jesus" Mia laughed when she opened the door
"what do you think it's too much?" I panicked
"I'm just not sure two suitcases are gonna fit in the hotel room" she giggled
"shut up" I whined
"don't worry I'm just teasing" she smirked
"wow you're so funny" I said sarcastically
"you love it" she winked
"right let's go girls, I need to get there before the lads" Gareth said
"are you nervous?" Mia asked me when we got in the car
"no, should I be?" I asked them
"of course not, they're all good lads" Gareth reassured me
"just as long as you don't break their legs or something" Mia joked
"I'm not gonna break their legs I'm not that bad!" I laughed
"and you won't be getting a chance to break their legs, the worst you could do to them is probably throwing an ice pack at their heads" Gareth chuckled
"well I'll definitely be doing that to Mia if she annoys me" I teased
"fine then, I'll just post embarrassing photos of you on the England instagram account" she teased back
"you dare!" I gasped
"don't throw an ice pack at me then" she giggled
"deal" I smirked holding out my hand
"deal" she replied shaking my hand
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"let's just hide in the back of this meeting so we can piss about without anyone noticing" Mia said as we walked in the room
"aww I feel like I'm in school again" I giggled
"trust me it's gonna feel like that, I've heard some of Dad's lectures they're so long if you don't care about football" she told me
"oi I heard that missy!" Gareth shouted
"sorry!" she laughed
"just sit down the lads are coming in" he sighed
"does he always get this serious?" I asked Mia quietly when we sat down
"when it comes to big games yeah" she answered
"better be good then shouldn't we" I winked
"Lils when we're together we can't be good" she chuckled
"true" I smiled
"alright lads!" Gareth started to speak
"time to zone out" Mia joked as we both went on our phones for a couple minutes
"so we've also got my two daughters with us" we heard Gareth announced
"aye Mia's here!" one of the boys cheered
"wait did you say two daughters?" another asked
"yep none of you have met Lilly but she's hiding at the back with Mia" he chuckled causing me to look up and see a load of guys looking right at us
"what just happened?" I asked confused which made them laugh
"nice to see you listen to me" Gareth laughed sarcastically "I was just telling the lads that you're gonna be helping with the physio and Mia's helping with the social media"
"oh right, yeah don't worry apparently the worst I can do to you is throw an ice pack at your head" I told the boys
"okay no ice packs near Lilly please" one of them chuckled
"don't worry I'm not crazy like Mia" I teased
"shut up you little bitch" she giggled lightly pushing me
"alright I've told you guys everything I needed to, so just grab some food and hang out tonight ready for training at 10 tomorrow" Gareth told the lads before leaving the room
"so Southgate's little secret what's your story?" one of the guys asked me
"brought up by my Grandad, Gareth didn't know about me until a couple months ago which is why nobody else did either" I explained briefly "anyway are you gonna tell me your name?"
"oh shit do you not know our names?" he asked surprised
"nah I'm not really a football follower to be honest" I admitted
"right well I'm Raz, that's Kyle, John, Jesse, Marcus, Dele, Eric, Jordan and Harry to name a few" Raheem told me pointing to the guys that were closest to us
"yeah I'm not gonna remember all of that" I chuckled
"so wanna grab some food?" Harry asked
"that depends, is it shit?" I asked him
"it's healthy" Eric replied
"so shit then" I giggled
"definitely" Mia agreed
"so you're a physiotherapist?" Dele asked me
"not yet, I'm only 19 so I'm still in uni" I told him
"19! I didn't expect that" he laughed
"well I'm 20 in a couple weeks" I added
"oh so you're not the baby, we'll leave that Trent" Jesse smiled
"you know Mia's 18 right" I told them
"what? I thought you were 20!" Jordan exclaimed to Mia
"oops" she giggled poking her tongue out at them
"you little liar oh my god!" Raheem laughed
"you guys would've treated me like a kid if you actually knew how old I was" Mia said defending herself
"she's got a point" Marcus chuckled
"nope my whole life has been a lie, I don't know how I'm going to get through it anymore" Kyle joked
"shut up you idiot" Mia giggled ruffling his hair
"oh she's serious, she went for the hair" Marcus exclaimed
"liberty that is" I laughed ruffling Mia's hair in return
"oh my god how dare you!" she squealed
"sorrryyyyy" I sung running away from her so she couldn't get me back
"I swear you guys are still children" Gareth shouted across the room
"you raised them" one of the staff chuckled
"sure" I sighed before sitting back down with the boys
"sorry about that hun" Mia whispered realising what they'd said
"it's fine don't worry" I said forcing a smile
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Southgate's Secret ~ Marcus Rashford
FanfictionLilly finally meets her father Gareth Southgate and her whole life changes. What will happen as she goes along to the World Cup and meets a certain boy?
