Saving The Day

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"Steak with a side of asparagus, and scallops." I tell the waitress handing her my menu

"How do you want your steak ma'am?" she asks me and grabs our menus.

"Medium rare please" I tell her. She nods and writes it down and walks away. I'm at dinner with the girls. I'm sitting next to Carli and Becky, both on each of my sides.

"Has she responded?" Alex asks me before taking a sip from her drink.

"I haven't checked" I tell her, and she nods putting her drink down.

"You should" she tells me. Ashlyn nods with what Alex said. Ashlyn obviously knows.

"She's probably to busy to respond. They might even be settling in right now" I tell them. Ashlyn shrugs and nods, Ali grabs her attention and they take a picture together. They are too cute!

"Who are you guys talking about?" Carli speaks up, putting her phone down. I was about to speak up but Alex beat me to it.

"Lucy Bronze, she liked a hot picture of Holland and commented. She seemed to really like that picture. Holland actually slid into her DMs and she hasn't checked" Alex tells Carli. The waitress comes back with bread rolls and cinnamon butter. We thank her.

"Lucy's a cool girl. Good taste Holland. She's one hell of a player too. Got the chance to play with her. She'll be good to you" she tells me smiling.

"Oh gosh you too!?  You guys how would we even know if she wants anything to do with me" I tell them. Alex gives me "are you serious look"

"Holland you're literally the hottest female goalkeeper in the world right now" she tells me, making the other girls nod. Before I could respond my phone rings. My agent, I answer it.

"Hello Samantha, how are you?" I ask her

"Hmm great, I've got some news!" She tells me excitedly. I'm doing great too.

"Manchester city,  Lyon and Wolfsburg want to sign you. Who do you want to play for, so I can schedule the signing and call. When you get back to Orlando we'll settle it" she tells me, and I heard typing in the background. The waitress and a server comes back with our dishes

"Olympique Lyonnais" I tell her. Finally happy that they want to sign me. I get handed my plate.

"Alright I'll get it settled, I'll send you the information. Have a nice day and have a good happy birthday week" she tells me before hanging up. I look up to see the girls

"I'll be signing with Lyon" I tell them. Alex spits out her drink. Making Ash laugh.

"Holland! Lucy plays for Lyon too!" Alex tells me. Bloody hell, we'll be in the same club! Makes talking to her a little easier. Wait how awkward would it be if she left me on read and then to see me when I get there. I guess we'll know when I check.

"Seriously?" I ask her and she nods wiping her mouth off with a napkin

"She use to play with me in Manchester, and then she signed with Lyon" Carli tells me and hands Alex more napkins to wipe off the table.

"So now you don't have an excuse  not talk to her. So can you please check what she said!" Ashlyn tells me laughing, and recording Alex who looks a mess. I playfully scoff. I pull out my phone and I see I have a message from Instagram

Lucy: We actually got here a few hours ago and yeah we need to hang out. How about after the game? (Okay this is weird but I actually read this hearing her voice for some reason, love English accents)

Me: Sounds great, may the best team win!

I text her back.

"Hey what's got you smiling?" Ashlyn asks me as she records me.

"Ali get your girl please" I tell Ali laughing. Ashlyn puts her phone down. Smiling and probably posting it on her story.

"I finally opened her response" I tell Alex, who gives me a tight smile because her mouth is full of food. She ushers me to give her my phone. I give it to her.

"What did she say?" Carli asks me as she puts her silverware on top of the plate and puts her plate in the center of the table. She ordered something small.

"She wants to hang out after the game" I tell her. She nods and Alex speaks up

"She's typing!" She says panicking and quickly tapping out of the chat and hands me back my phone. I feel the butterflies in my stomach. You know the kind that you get when you're a teenager and you text your crush? Yeah I'm feeling that. The excited but nervous butterflies. My phone dings giving me the Instagram notification. I wait a while to answer.

Lucy: So what's got you smiling? 🤔

I look at Ashlyn, because I know exactly why she's asking that.

"I didn't do anything" she says playfully shrugging off and looking away gently whistling. Ali playfully hits Ash.

"Hey be confident" Carli tells me putting her hand on my arm gently. I nod nervously. Okay Holland just be confident, don't make a fool out of yourself. You are fine, you are beautiful. It's okay. Be confident.

Me: You😌