"Are you going to go?" Mario asks and I shrug.
"I don't know, probably." I answer as I lie on Mario's couch my hands rubbing against my growing belly.
It's now noticeable under most of my clothes so we had to announce it to the world.
Mario took a picture of me from the side when I'm in a pair of shorts and a sports bra with my pregnant belly noticeable.
Mario explained in his caption about our situation.
Obviously there were many fans who weren't happy with this decision but they can't help it now.
"Sure, let me go check if I can actually still fit into the jersey I've got, because it's tiny." I say and run into my room and get out my Germany jersey.
"Does it fit?" Mario shouts as I struggle to pull the jersey over my growing bump.
"It's really tight." I say making Mario laugh and jog into my room.
"I thought your jerseys were always loose."
"Yeah, because I usually wear Marco's." I say as struggle to pull of the jersey which makes Mario laugh. "Don't just fucking just stand there!" I shout as I can't get the jersey over my head.
"Okay, okay." Mario says and helps me and eventually pulls it off my head but when it's finally off, we're extremely close to each other. He smiles down at me before leaning forwards to go down towards my face making me push him away.
"Nice fucking try Mario, but it's not going to happen." I say as I throw my jersey back on my dress.
"Well it was worth a shot. Do you want to borrow one of my new jersey's?" Mario asks.
"Not if they have your name on it." I answer honestly making Mario chuckle.
"I'll not take offence to that but no they don't have my name on it- they're blank." Mario then walks out of the room so I cross my arms and follow him into the room next door.
I look at the jersey's that Mario has pulled out.
"What size are they?" I ask.
"There's a mixture so you can choose."
"Is there a large?" I ask, wanting to be comfortable.
"Yeah." Mario smiled and handed over a large jersey making me smile. "Lisa is going by the way so she offered to pick you up." Mario looks over at me making me smile even wider.
"Really? I'm so excited now!" I smile and push past Mario and into the kitchen where I grabbed the bag of salted pretzels because with my pregnancy craving have made me love anything salty.
"Can I get a few?" Mario asks as he and I both sit down on his couch and start to watch TV.
"Sure." I hand him the bag and watch him take a few before I grab the bag back off him and eat some more.
"Are they still here?" Mario asks, talking about my cravings.
"Yeah." I answer and lean back on the couch, my head almost touching Mario's shoulder. He then moves his arm over the back of the couch behind my head.
"I was talking to the guys earlier about babies and everything and it was just kinda weird thinking that what they were talking about with their kids might be me soon." Mario looks down at me and I smile a little.
"Yeah, you're going to have to deal with all the nappies and puberty...or you'll just leave it all to me." I say as a joke.
"Lia I hope you know I'm not going to be like that. I'm going to support you through everything with these kids. Whether it be one or two or three. I will love them all and I'm in this now and I'm not leaving." I start to cry tears of happiness as Mario talks. "Oh my god are you okay Lia?" Mario asks turning me to face him and I cry some more.
"I'm really fine, it's just you're making me feel all happy about being pregnant and the hormones are taking over me." I let out a sob making Mario touch my shoulder hesitantly. He knows how I would have reacted a few months ago if he even breathed in the same room as me but feel his hand on my shoulder comforts me in a way that I missed, it takes me back to when we were best friends and never leave each other's side.
"Are you okay?" Mario asks, his hand barely resting on my shoulder. He's almost nervous to touch me. And I feel really bad. I know I hated Mario but we're having a child together.
"Mario, you do know you can hug me." I whisper, surprising myself that I actually said it.
"Are you sure?" Mario asks and I nod before turning to face Mario and wrapping my arms around his shoulders as happy tears still strolled down my face.
Mario gently places his hands on my back and pulls me closer into a hug.
"I missed this." I state, again surprising myself. I did miss this I just refused to admit it to myself because I tried to convince myself I hated him. Sure I hated what he did, but I didn't hate him personally. I still loved him. He was my best friend. I care about him.
"I did too Lia." He whispers making me let out a few more tears flow from my eyes.
"Mario I'm sorry for everything I have said, I was just being stupid and I don't hate you Mario. I care about you so much and I love you and I hope you can forgive me." I say.
"Lia, I will always forgive you. I love you so much Lia and that will never go away." Mario moves away and presses his lips to my forehead.
"Thank you Mario, you're always so nice to me even though I'm such a bitch."
"Lia, you may be a bitch but I love you. We were friends for years, I've grown to love your bitchiness." Mario smiles down at me.
I let out a small laugh and pull him back into a hug.
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"Stupid fucking arsehole." I mutter as I watch the Polish player tackle Marco to the ground. All the German players then run over and confront the player but the Polish player ends up reacting badly and pushes Mario to the ground.
"Who the fuck does this guy think he is pushing him to the ground?!" I shout making Lisa look at me confused.
"Okay I understand how you might feel that way towards Marco and maybe a little to Mario since he's your baby daddy and everything, what's going on?" Lisa asks.
I then explain what has been happening with Mario and I.
As I'm talking Mario scores a goal making me smile wide and jump up from my chair. I watch as he smiles to the sky, does what every footballer does when he has a child or is having a child, and places his thumb inside his mouth like a baby. Even though nearly everyone does it, I feel a flutter in my heart as I place a hand on my belly as I watch him smile wide as he spots where I'm sitting.
I can see people looking over at me but I don't care.
After the game we all go out for dinner and to my surprise I actually voluntarily sit next to Mario and can't help but lean into his shoulder as his hand is on my stomach.
They all tease us because of how our relationship has changed over the space of a few months, I laugh as sip on my water.
"What names are you thinking about?" Thomas asks making me laugh.
"I'm thinking about Thomas." I joke making Thomas smile.
"Maybe call them all Thomas." He smirks and I nod.
"All three of them."
"So are you pregnant with three?" Mats asks.
"Well maybe, they put three in just incase but everything seems to be going good since my last check." I say.
"Are you not scared to push out three babies." Mesut says making me glare.
"Don't fucking scare me anymore than I already am!" I laugh.
"This is so exciting, I'm going to be an uncle again." Marco smiles with a cheeky grin.
"I can't believe I'm going to be a dad." Mario says excitedly making me look up at him as the rest cheers to our good news.
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