*Fast forward to christmas break*
It had been about 2 months since I met up with Shannon at Connors game and my feelings were growing bigger every second. We hung out together every week or two, I would go to all her home games I could go to, but her parents didn't let her come to mine which was a bummer.
We'd facetime everyday, usually at night, just to catch up with what had been going on in our life, or really just to keep each other company. We'd also face time when we were doing individual training and the other person was free.
It was monday, and I didn't have training so I cycled to the pitch to work on my shooting. Shannon was free so I facetimed her and put her in the ground against my backpack, looking towards the goals.
"Hey!" Shannon shouted through the phone catching my attention.
"What's up?" I asked her, as I stopped kicking the ball.
"I've got to go?" She tells me as I pout.
"Am I that bad that it hurts you to see me play?" I asked her, making her giggle.
"Not at all, you're number one for me. Always. But I'm afraid I'm gonna have to love you and leave you. My mum needs milk so I've got to go and buy some." She told me.
"Well in that case I'll let you leave, I'll call you tonight." I told her before hanging up.
As I put my phone back in my backpack I couldn't help but smile at my lockscreen. It was a photo of Shannon and me after one of her matches. She was still in her kit, Connor had come along with me that day and as I gave her a hug after the match he took a picture.
I was happy to have her in my life, she was just this ray of light, something I had never experienced. She got out the best of me, and I was just so thankful to have her around. Even if it was just for a few months.
I knew I liked her, like a lot, but I also knew she was gonna be moving back to England in 6 months time so I really didn't want to ask her out, because if I was able to have her in my arms and kiss her I wouldn't be able to get over her.
I put my thought to the side and went back to kicking shots at the empty goal, challenging myself to hit the ball in an exact spot. At one point I hit the ball badly and it ended up out of the pitch in a nestled filled field.
I wasn't really excited to get in and find the ball, but it was one of my good balls and I wasn't just gonna leave it there so I jogged over and hopped the wall to this 1 meter square that was nestle free.
I looked around and spotted my ball, about 4 meters away from me. I examined the place and tried to get the best spots to place my foot so I didn't end up full of blood.
I put my first foot out placing it on top of some nestles so they don't scratch the rest of my leg. I move my next foot and I also do the same, but miss one little branch as it rubs up my leg.
I take a few more steps, my legs only just slightly getting scratches before I pick the ball up. I turn around in the spot and throw the ball onto the pitch, as I examine the best way to get back.
I decided to just go for it and run back, stepping on the spots I stepped in to get to the ball to start with. I was about to get to the 1 meter square from the start when I tripped over some branches and fell to the ground. I put my hands out in front of me, where there's no nestles.
I roll over as most of my body gets scratched from one of the branches around, including my face, which ends up getting 3 or 4 scratches down the side of my face.
I pick myself up, in a bit of pain and get out of there and back to the pitch. Having had enough of the day, I decided to pack up and head back home, take a shower and clean the cuts up a bit.
I cycled back as it was almost fully dark and put my bike back in the shed before running up to shower and get into my pajamas so I could call Shannon as fast as I could.
I dried my hair quickly and then called Shannon. "Hello there." I said as she answered.
"Well fancy hearing from- What happened to your face?" She asked worried.
"Don¡t worry about it, I had to go into the nestles to get my ball after you hung up and long story short I tripped over and fell into the nestles." I told her.
"Is the rest of your body okay? Or also full of scratches?"
"Oh look at you worrying about me." I teased her, before I showed her a few of my other scratches on my legs.
"Well I hope they don't hurt you too much." She said, making my heart melt.
"Well anything interesting over at the shop?" I asked her.
"Not really they had some english biscuits on sale so I bought half of them. I'm munching on them right now." She said as she showed me her plate with biscuits and a glass of milk.
"They look bomb! You made me get hungry!" I told her as I pouted. "I'm gonna tiptoe down and get in a small cheat meal." I said with a mischievous smile.
"What are you gonna have?" She asked me after I placed her in a corner of the kitchen.
"Some cocoa krispies!" I said as I pulled out the box of cereal.
"Those are the best!" She gasped.
"I know bro!"
"Did you really just 'bro' me?" She asked me, a bit shook.
"Yeah... Do you want me not to call you that?" I asked her.
"No it's fine, you can call me that, but I'm not just your bro." She said, winking her eye at me.
"Don't do that to me." I told her as I poured my milk into my cereals.
"Do what?" She asked confused.
"Make me fall for you." I said looking away from the camera so she couldn't see my blush.
"You're too cute." She said pouting.
I brought my bowl of cereal over to the kitchen table and sat down and talked to her while we both ate our small meal. Enjoying each other's company and laughing at the nonsense that came out of each other's mouths.
After I put the bowl in the dishwasher I headed back to my room. I placed my phone on my table and took out some homework I had due for after break and did it while Shannon tried to distract me.
"When you coming over? We're on christmas break now?" Shannon asked me later on in the night.
"I'll be over as soon as I can, I have training tomorrow, but what about the day after, so wednesday?" I asked her, looking at my calendar.
"That sounds good." She said.
It was about 12 pm and I looked over at my phone for the first time in half an hour since I had been stuck in my book to find Shannon asleep on facetime. I muted myself not to wake the girl up before leaving the book down and cuddling into my bed.
I laid looking at her, she looked so peaceful and graceful in her sleep. I closed my eyes after a few minutes of just taking in the view of her as my mind wandered off to Shannon, of course.
For some reason I felt like it was destined for us to meet. I only put music on loud when I don't wanna face my thoughts or when I have a match to hype myself up. But when Shannon and I met, my music was loud, but for no reason, like I just didn't realize it was so loud.
And then after the bus, I never got her phone, so usually that would mean I could crush over her all I wanted. I wasn't gonna ever see her again, but of course she has to play on the same club as the only friend I have in school and he knows him.
And now even if it did feel like destiny for us to meet I was so scared. Scared of getting attached to somebody that would be gone over 500 km away from where I was in a few months time. Scared of letting go of myself, scared of actually having somebody that loved me and supported me no matter what, scared to feel some kind of way, because I felt like it would sooner than later disappear and I would be back to the start of everything.
I kept turning around in the bed, my mind was restless. I wanted to just get up get my bike and cycle on the freeway screaming let every emotion out, but I couldn't so I just laid there and stared at the sealing aimlessly until I fell asleep around 3.25 am.
I'm gonna go and watch Athletico vs Barca in the Copa de la reina now, but I hope you all liked this chapter, don't forget to vote please.