Castles Crumbling ─ Lucy Bronze

II. Gain The Weight Of You Then Lose It

She could hear the sound of Lucy's chuckle before Lucy walked back into the bathroom to take a shower. Miyra peeled her eyes open, catching her cat starring back at her "Sugar, what do I do?"

Sugar started back at her. Jumping out of her arms, she walked towards her sister. Nudging the other cat awake. Sugar reminded Miyra of Caitlin Foord. Sprinkle was Katie and Plum was Miyra.

Plum, now awake from Lucy's movements, joined the other two cats on Miyra's bed. Miyra sat up. Facing them "seriously guys. What do I do?"

Blank stares

Miyra groaned loudly "who said getting cats was a good idea? Should've stolen the bloody goldfish from her." Miyra furrowed her brows "do you think he's still alive? Maybe Lucy killed her and ate her for dinner of something, or fed it to Cucumber." Cucumber was their dog, he was a small sausage dog. There was a pattern in their pets names, their goldfish was just called goldfish though.

Still, receiving no answer. Miyra rolled her eyes "okay then."

Sprinkle meowed loudly

Miyra shook her head "no way. There is no way in hell I'm telling her about my sleeping problems. Sprinkle get yourself together or I'll send you to catjail with Aunty Leah."

Lucy opened the bathroom door. Drawing everyone's attention. She raised her brows "you're talking to the cats."

"No —" Miyra turned to her three cats "no."

Lucy scoffed "you're weird." She replied, Miyra noticed that she was fully dressed in training gear as she put on some shoes.

Miyra rolled her eyes "bitch."

Lucy's eyes snapped towards her "what was that?."

"Plum! You can't say that kind of thing, bitch is a very impolite word!" Miyra scowled "we talked about this."

For a moment, Miyra could almost make out the tug of Lucy's lips. Almost a smile.

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If anyone was competitive, it was Lucy. During games and match play, she always wanted to win, and went to deep lengths to come out a champion.

Miyra almost found herself faking an ankle injury so she could avoid having to play against Lucy during a training match. But the stern look from Bethany England told her that she needed to play. Now she was, her back pressed against Lucy's front. A corner kick coming from Beth. Other teammates of both teams surrounding the pair. Miyra could feel the heat radiating off of her ex-fiancé.

Lucy's mood had switched after that morning, Miyra had joined Leah down at breakfast they two getting into their usual friendly conversation before Lucy walked into the room. Her eyes landing on the laughing pair, her brows knitted together before she stormed towards Kiera and continue to ignore Miyra and Leah for the rest of the evening.

From her ACL injury, Leah was unable to play training games, nor she was able to do almost everything during training. She liked to warm up with them to make herself feel more apart of the team, she was one with the team. Their captain. But having to stand on the sidelines and watch them, she wasn't alone, Fran and Beth joined her with their injuries. Leah would cheer her teammates on from the sidelines but chewed harshly on her nails trying to contain her laughter at the tension between Lucy and Miyra.

Bethany gave the ball a hard kick, sending it in the direction of the Englands striker. Miyra jumped, her legs being taken out from under her before she could get what to ball. Her back hit the grass ground as Mary, the opposing goal keeper caught the ball.