And Then There Was Theo (Alessia Russo x Williamson!Reader)
From The Lover Series
“Could you get my water bottle from the kitchen?” Alessia asked you.
“Yeah sure, darling” you nodded, standing up off the floor and heading into the kitchen with the three kids running after you, almost like they were baby ducks.
“Here you are” you said, handing her the bottle and pressing a kiss to her forehead.
Alessia was currently sat quite snug on the sofa, overlooking you on the floor playing with Annabelle, Matteo and Sarah, who you had been babysitting today. Leah and Lia had just arrived to pick her up, but the couple were met with a trio of protests that they were not yet finished their game, so they were instructed to sit down and wait.
“My phone is about to die, could you grab my charger from upstairs?” Alessia winced, in a little bit of discomfort.
“Yeah, no problem” you smiled, heading off again but asking the kids to all stay put this time and not follow you upstairs.
You jogged up the stairs and grabbed the charger, before coming down and plugging Alessia’s charger into the wall. You pressed another kiss to her forehead and handed her the part to plug her phone in. You’d just turned around, about to sit down to continue playing with your kids and niece, until Alessia spoke again.
“While you’re up, could you get me-”
“Jesus Christ, Alessia” Leah groaned. “She’s not here to wait on you hand and foot”
You gave your sister such a glare and gestured her to one side of the room. You and Leah started silently bickering, not loud enough to let the kids hear, but enough that had distracted you from Alessia’s question.
“Do you ever give it a rest?” You huffed quietly.
“Why are you letting her push you around? Have you no back bone?” Leah grunted, although if she was in your position, she’d be doing exactly the same.
“What do you need? I can go and get it” Lia hummed as the two of your wives rolled their eyes at how angsty you and Leah got when you were annoyed at each other.
“Just some strawberries. They’re in the fridge in a little bowl, Y/n cut them up earlier” Alessia explained as Lia scooted off to the kitchen to the kitchen to grab them.
“You can’t let her boss you around, tell her to get it herself” Leah continued
“You’re telling me if Lia asked you for something you wouldn’t get it?” You grunted at your older sister as Lia came back into the room with the bowl of strawberries.
“I remember when you were pregnant you used to live on strawberries. You’d only ever eat them when they were cut up into-” Lia giggled, coming back in munching on one as she handed the bowl to an Alessia who looked like she’d just seen a ghost.
“Oh my god” Lia blurted out.
“What?” You frowned, turning to look at the two girls staring at each other with Lia holding the bowl of strawberries between them.
“Oh come on, there is no way you figured it out from that” you moaned, pointing at the bowl of strawberries.
“Figured what out?” Leah frowned, and Alessia and Lia giggled at how alike the two of you looked right now.
“It’s not my news” Lia whispered to your wife.
“I’m pregnant” Alessia smiled as Leah’s eyes almost burst out of her head.
“Pregnant? Again?” Leah beamed. “Are you the dad?” She whispered teasingly.
“I hope so” you nodded back with a smirk.
“Now I feel like a prick” Leah sighed.
“You are a prick” you mumbled back as your older sister stood on your foot.
“Do you know what you’re having?” Lia asked.
“We do” Alessia nodded. “It’s a baby boy” she smiled.
“Any names picked out?” Leah added, swinging her arm around your shoulder.
“We’re thinking Theodore” you replied.
“The chipmunk?” Annabelle whispered.
As congratulations were shared between the four of you, the words pregnant and baby flying out mid conversation caught the attention of the three kids on the floor.
“What does pregnant mean?” Matteo whispered.
“It means she’s going to get fat again” Sarah explained.
summary: you’re singing for your choir and you meet a boy who was hiding in the shadows, who knew all your songs would be about him?
an : longest fix ugh, had to redo this cause it deleted. creds to kioflerkira for format and enchanthings for boarders.also got lazy with the text inspired by HALLEYS COMET by Billie Eilish
MILES WAS IN THE THEATRE ROOM AFTERSCHOOL HOURS TO PAINT PROPS FOR THE MUSICALS. he was unaware that one of the days he was there to paint, they swapped their meet spot last minute due to the schools choir practicing for their concert.
that let miles to forgetting some stuff in the theatre room and having to sneak backstage to grab them.
while doing so, he hears the choir do one of their songs, although he expected a group singing he heard one voice. you.
assuming it was a solo, miles peeked past the curtains to see only you. supposed the choir practice was over or was gonna happen soon.
but that didn’t stop him from staying for a moment to listen to your voice, you were singing a song from that one girl.. what’s her name? billie eilish? that didn’t matter to miles in the moment because he was only fixated on you.
moving closer, he accidentally stepped on one of the creakiest floorboards making a sound. when he saw you look back he knew he had no choice but to show himself.
“hi?” you spoke. your regular speaking voice seemed as angelic as your singing voice making miles want to only hear you forever.
“hey.. uh sorry about that. I’m helping the drama club paint props for the show and forgot some of my stuff here and I saw you and your singing is really good..” Miles spoke then slowed down realizing he was just blabbing.
“oh that’s alright, I’m just practicing. our practice was over 30 minutes ago so you can tell whoever’s in your group that they can come back.” you said grabbing your bag before miles stopped you.
“wait no- I mean, it’s fine they can suffer in the art room for the rest of the day. take your time you sound really good.” miles says.
“oh thank you, I’m y/n by the way. what’s your name?” you said finally approaching him to close the gap between you guys that echoed throughout the auditorium.
“Miles..” He said, then letting the conversation fall to an awkward yet soothing silence.
“Well you should get back to your art club.. right?” you said, although it was disappointing to see him go. the moment was awkward.
“oh.. oh yea I’m sorry I forgot. nice too meet you though.” Miles said grabbing the stuff he needed.
“you too.” You spoke.
After that day, Miles slid his way into your life much more.
he would always enjoy reading the songs you write, letting you rant about how you want to do other stuff in life but you secretly want to be a singer, or just sit in silence while you write and he draws.
he would always love when he catches you while you’re singing, you think your singing is alright but he thinks it’s the best thing ever.
for you, hanging around him more made you feel more confident. He convinced you to sing for school talent shows and ask for more solos in your choir. He even convinced you to audition for another competitive singing group, which you got in to.
as the days went on, your notebook of songs slowly turned from friendship songs to love songs. although you didn’t realize it— it was very noticeable.
you wrote the majority of your songs about miles, he was one of the only genuine friends in your life.
when miles goes through your notebook, he sees these songs and always thinks about who it’s for, he gains jealousy knowing you feel such way about someone but he had no other choice but to be happy for you.
until he found out.
one day, you invite miles to your dorm to hang out and do nothing. your roommate went out with her friends before curfew so it gave you some alone time.
you were typing something on a random document on your laptop, which was strange because you usually wrote things. that made miles confused
“whatcha doing?” he says.
“typing.. something” you say. he didn’t need to know the definition to know what that “something” is.
“lay it on me.” miles speaks looking at you.
you chuckle and sit up. placing your laptop next to you, you began to sing the lyrics out loud.
“I DONT WANT IT, AND I DONT WANT TO WANT YOU.” the lyrics flew off your tongue angelically
“BUT IN MY DREAMS I SEEM MORE HONEST.” you sing getting slightly embarrassed for the next part
“AND I MUST ADMIT, YOUVE BEEN IN QUITE A FEW” those words peaked miles interest. which made him pay more attention as you sang.
“it’s going wel-“ miles says before you put your finger on his lip, shushing him.
“HALLEYS COMET, COMES AROUND MORE THEN I DO.”
“BUT YOURE ALL IT TAKES FOR ME TO BREAK A PROMISE, SILLY ME TO FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU.” you finish singing.
“wow.” miles says starstruck.
“who is it about?”
you freeze. you actually knew he would say that but didn’t know exactly how to answer.
“well.. it’s about you.” you said, fiddling with your fingers which was a habit when you were nervous.
miles cheeks became red, he didn’t know what to say. he felt the same about you and wanted you to know that but the words couldn’t escape his mouth.
so, he takes his sketchbook out his bag and hands it to you. the thing was, this notebook was dedicated to you.
you looked at him confused. then start to skim through the pages and seen lots and I mean lots of you. every single page.
it’s like he payed extra attention, the three freckles on your left cheek, your beauty mark, your nose shape, he knew you all too well.
“it’s something I was meaning to show you..” Miles finally spoke up.
“it’s beautiful..” you say looking at him.
“and i thought i was good at hiding how i felt, how have a whole sketchbook about me.” you say not fully aware of what you actually said.
“can i know what those feelings are?” miles says.
“isn’t it obvious?” you chuckle. that laugh that always had miles wrapped around your fingers.
“yea y/n, but it’s better if I hear it.” miles said gently grabbing your hand and putting it in his.
“you know.” you said flustered.
Miles chuckles at your flustered state, then his look became softened and a bit serious.
“this is something I wanted for a long time..”
“can I please court you?” miles said.
you smile nodding, then resting your head on his shoulder.
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Hi. I love your social media au's but I was wondering if you could make one about Sebastian Stan and y/n. Where they are dating but haven't told the public yet. So they come up with an idea to out there relationship in a music video of y/n.
Face claim-Ariana Grande
Music Video-Into You
AN: Soooo i just finished my midterms test and i have been rewatching a lot of anime lmao also i need to to ask some anime recommendation. ALSO im gonna try to add twitter in this fict so creds to @justlikeflorence for inspiring this fict in the twt part
warning: english is my second language
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yourinstagram recording and music video 🙄
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y/nfan09 LADIES AND GENTLEMAN AND NON BINARY THE TIME HAS COME
devonleecarlson not gonna spoil much but damn mv is going to be so 🥵🔥
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y/nfan24 maybe bc he is a fan of hers 💀 lol
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sarah 🤍 @y/nwhorez •1h
not me choking on my food when y/n announced shes going to release a music video and rumors abt her dating sebastian stan
mary 💀 @sebastianstanwife •30m
i mean no hate towards anyone i meantioned in this tweet dont you think y/n and sebastian are dating?? because first they have been liking eachothers pict a lot and commenting too. also Anthony Mackie is following y/n too and my friend saw both y/n and sebastian together while she was in the middle of filming her music video.
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aquarius bitch 😌 @cherryy/n •15m
replying to @sebastianstanwife
even if they are dating respect their privacy and be happy for them
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yourinstagram Into you is out everywhere. i want to thank you my love @imsebastianstan to work with me in this mv. i hope you all enjoy the song (and the music video 😈😏).
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Summary- Your dad goes out with the other avengers not knowing your band is performing there.
Bucky Barnes x daughter!Reader, Avengers x Reader, Peter x Barnes!Reader
Word Count: 1002
Warnings: fluff, amazing singer, dad!bucky
(A/N: The song used is Bad romance by Lady gaga covered by Halestorm. Some of you know this song from TikTok so link here)
“I regret coming here.” Bucky looked around at the people chatting having a good time. The dim lights gave a more relaxed ambiance unlike Bucky who would have stayed in the tower but Steve and everyone else wanted to go out. Y/n was out with friends not telling where or what you guys were doing, so he could bail on the avengers to spend time with you.
“Calm down Manchurian Candidate they just open and they even got live music, apparently they are pretty good they even played at Gino’s,” Tony explained grabbing his drink from the bar as they made their way to the V.I.P section to get ready for the performance.
Natasha sat next to Bucky “hey it’s your night off Y/n off having fun and you should too.” Bucky nodded just as the lights started to darken and the stage lights up. The owner walks up to the microphone “How is everyone tonight,” the crowd cheers Thor taking it too seriously and slamming his glass against the table it cracks, ”That’s good I’m happy to present ‘The Revengers’!” He calls out as the audience claps and cheers as people begin to walk on the stage.
“Avengers fan much.” Tony scoffs and gets elbowed in the gut “Shush Tony.” Steve hushes as people plug in their guitars and keyboards. Bucky stares seeing two guys one playing drums the other on bass, a woman on the keyboard but there is an extra mic stand and guitar on stage. Before he could question the band begins.
The lights go dark before the thrum of the bass causes cheers to run through the crowd “Want your bad romance!---Want your bad romance!” The bassist sings out the drummer keeping a steady better as the three play on stage.
“I want your ugly, I want your disease I want your everything as long as it's free I want your love. Love, love, love, I want your love,” The male sings out towards the crowd as most get on their feet and cheer. ”Hey I want your drama, the touch of your hand I want your leather-studded kiss in the sand I want your love. Love, love, love, I want your love” The crowd screams and himself and his teammates are enjoying this.
A familiar voice sings out but no one on stage singing is moving “You know that I want you. And you know that I need you. I want it bad. Your bad romance” A spotlight comes down on a woman by the bar singing hold a mic the crowd roars not expecting this.
“is that..” Sam says trying to get a better look the woman now on stage starts singing with the bassist pulling on the extra guitar and now playing along “I want your love, and I want your revenge. You and me could write a bad romance.” All of the team is trying to figure out who it is as you continue to sing “I want your love, and all your lover's revenge. You and me could write a bad romance.” Just as you hit that riff it dawns on him
“Y/N!” He yelled out in shock. The Avengers look at the singer as you looked up meeting your dad's gaze. You smile and continue to play putting your heart and soul. “Caught in a bad romance. Caught in a bad romance” You and your band continue to play the crowd at your feet cheer singing along as you and your friends jump and dance on the stage.
Your dad and his teammates cheer watching you play when you hit the high note in the song the audience scream as you continue to sing.
“HOLY SHIT!” Sam yells out hearing your voice ring out through the bar
“That's my girl!” Your dad cheers throwing his fist in the air. You smile finishing off the song.
“Ra-ra-ah-ah-ah
Roma-roma-ma
Gaga, ooh-la-la
Want your bad romance”
You and your bandmates jump at the final beat hitting the floor as the room went dark. Cheers and whistles fill the room as the light turn back on, both you and your friends are sweating chest heaving as you bow the applause gets louder. Your eyes meet with your dad and your chest tightens seeing tears in his eyes.
“Thank you goodnight!” You yell into the microphone as you and your band go backstage.
You sit in your dressing room already changed drinking some water to cool yourself down. A knock pulls you out of your thoughts “Come in.” The avengers enter quickly bombarding you with questions. “That was amazin- where did you learn to play- you were incredible- why didn’t you tell us- someone get a record deal over here-.”
“Guys...guys” You quite them down “One thank you and two I didn’t know you guys were gonna be here,” you said looking at them.
“Y/n that was absolutely amazing you have a real talent that is hard to find,” Steve said causing you to smile. Thor raises the beer that is still with him “Yes your voice could rival those of our great singers in Asgard!” Thor yells causing you to laugh.
You look over at your dad who is still quiet “Did you like it?” You look in fear of rejection. Bucky walks closer pulling you into a hug “I have never been more proud of you sweetheart you are truly amazing.” You wrap your arms tighter around him “Thanks, dad.” You smile against his chest.
“Y/n you were amazing as always you ready for dinner...” Peter’s voice dies out looking up at his phone seeing all the avengers here. “Hey... Mr.Barnes guys.” He sends a small wave.
Your dad looks between you and Peter “Really him.” your dad groans out now putting two together. You chuckle nervously “Well... I better get going I’ll see you all later bye.” You rush out slipping pass your dad grabbing Peter’s hand and pulling him out of the dressing room.
“I’m gonna kill him.” Your dad growls out before rushing out after you two. Tony looked at the other avengers “He didn’t know they were together for two years.”
@Y/n_Williamson: As a lot of you already probably know, myself and Mel have decided to part ways. We split up a few months ago and I have since moved home to the U.K to be with my family and friends. Thank you for respecting my privacy over the last while ❤️ Hope to have new music for you soon.
“Is there anything you’d like to change or add?” Anna asked as you shook your head through the phone. You gave the go ahead as she hit send, spreading the news across your social media platforms.
Thousands of likes within seconds.
“How do I market her as the villain in this relationship?” Luke asked you which made you laugh.
“She’ll do that herself when she goes public with the new one” Anna scoffed, as Luke looked at you and then back at Anna.
You hadn’t told anybody Mel found someone so quickly. The only person that knew was Alessia because she was in bed with you when Anna had mentioned it. The reason you didn’t say anything was because it wasn’t a shock to you that Mel moved on so fast. It was actually a huge relief she hadn’t contacted you again.
“How is the album going?” Anna asked.
“Yeah good” you nodded. “I have two songs done so far” you smiled.
“Great, keeping working away. When you’re happy to go, you let me know and we’ll book the studio” she smiled.
“Can I talk to Luke for a few minutes?” She asked as you nodded, heading back towards the studio downstairs.
You picked up the guitar and began strumming to a particular beat you couldn’t get out of your head. Eventually, Luke had come down. He stood at the door for a while listening to you play. You looked a lot more relaxed than you were the last few days.
“You doing okay?” He asked as you turned to face him. He was almost sceptical to say anything because you’d stop playing.
“Such a relief” you sighed as you stopped playing.
Damn it, Luke thought. He sat down beside you and let you both soak in the moment, before deciding to speak again.
“Is that why you haven’t made a move on Lessi? You’re afraid of your image?” He asked.
“No, I haven’t made a move because we’re just friends” you huffed.
“No, we’re just friends” he moved his hands up between the two of you, to let you know he was referring to you and him.
“You like her” he laughed, slapping you around the back of the head and standing back up.
“Go away, I’m writing” you moaned.
“Makes a move on my sister but not someone she actually likes” he whispered under his breath.
“I heard that, you need to move on” you shouted after him with a laugh.
-
You’d written two songs for the new album so far, called “You’re Gonna Go Far” and “Your Bones”.
You were very private about your music until you had to record it. Now that you had a home studio, you didn’t need anybody else to hear it until the actual day you’d need to professionally record them. But after the first two songs, you had hit a slump and were close to banging your head off the table.
You’d usually just spend the day playing an instrument and humming along to the melody, before moving to another instrument and repeating the pattern. Composing music was easy, but you were finding putting lyrics to your pieces really difficult for this album.
You wanted to say so much and your mind was a mess, because, just how honest could you be?
Alessia hadn’t heard from you as much as she thought she would have from when you moved out. She had been calling and texting you almost everyday but most of them would go unanswered or you’d send her the briefest of replies. She thought you two were solid and starting to develop a connection of something more than just friends. But you were just completely ghosting her and she had no idea why.
“Hey Leah?” Alessia asked, anxiously walking into the kitchen as Leah looked up from her phone and at her. Alessia looked stressed, holding her phone tightly in her hand.
“I know this is awkward, but I just don’t really know who else to talk to” Alessia sighed.
“Is everything alright, Less?” Leah asked, moving the chair beside her and gesturing Alessia to sit down, but she began pacing. She’d been spending too much time with the Williamsons to not pick up some of their mannerisms.
“She’s been pretty much ignoring me since she’s moved out. Like when we stayed the night in her house, she called her bedroom our bedroom, yet since then, she’s been giving me nothing” Alessia blurted out, pacing back and forth in the kitchen.
“Less, calm down” Leah said, standing up and taking hold of the younger girl’s shoulders.
“This is all just part of her writing process. She gets in on herself for a little while as she writes” Leah explained. “I haven’t heard from her either” Leah informed her.
You’d be nowhere else all day other than the studio, turning your phone to airplane mode to really focus. You’d only pick your phone up to look back at photos or messages, to put yourself back in the mindset of where you were at particular moments in your life.
Leah got lucky that time when she’d called you that you wanted to do anything other than write a song, let alone an album.
If you were honest, you needed to concentrate on doing this album, but if you allowed yourself to think about Alessia for even a second, you’d abandon ship and run over there to spend time with her.
“Oh” Alessia sighed. “Fuck, I feel so embarrassed” she added, trying to leave the room immediately and holding back tears.
“Hey, no” Leah pulled her back. “Sit down” she said, practically pushing her into a chair.
“I’m going to ask you this one more time, is there something going on with you and my sister?” Leah quizzed.
“No” Alessia shook her head as Leah’s head swung backwards and she released a loud sigh.
“We almost kissed” Alessia blurted out.
“Oh, okay. I thought that stage was long gone by now” Leah laughed as Alessia shook her head.
“I don’t even know if we almost kissed, I think we were just caught up in the moment” Alessia rambled.
“Do you like her?” Leah asked with a smirk, as Alessia finally gave in.
“Yeah, I do” she replied.
“Well it’s about time” Leah laughed.
“Do you think she likes me?” Alessia asked.
“Jesus Christ, you two are idiots” Leah groaned, getting up from the table.
-
Leah called you later in the week. It was like she always knew when you’d be free to answer.
“Hey” you said as you answered.
“Hey, how are you?” She asked as you shrugged.
“Stressed” you replied, watching as she nodded in understanding.
“Must be hard being so famous” she laughed, causing you to stick the finger up at her.
“Is it coming along?” She asked, forcing you once again to shrug.
“I just finished my third song there” you smiled.
“What’s it called?” She smirked.
“Nice try” you laughed, not even she was blessed with knowing anything about them.
“Did you ring just to piss me off or was there a reason?” You asked as the smirk wiped off her face.
“I need you to do me a favour. I know you’re busy but just, if you have a free day” Leah explained.
“I can definitely slot some time in for you” you smiled.
“Can we please get that dinner?” She asked as you looked at the sheet music and lyrics scribbled down. You’d done enough to allow yourself some time off.
“Does tomorrow work for you?” You suggested.
“Definitely. I’ll pick you up” she nodded.
“No, I can come by and get you” you told her as she agreed.
Secretly, you just wanted to see Alessia but Leah didn’t need to know that. Leah has planned to tell you about Alessia’s feelings for you and see how you would react.
-
You drove to Leah’s house around 6pm. She told you she’d be home at 7pm and would be ready for 7:30pm. That left you with around an hour with Alessia to be alone. You let yourself into the house, hearing voices coming from the kitchen as you began to frown, realising she wasn’t alone. You kicked your shoes off as you made your way in.
“Someone here?” You shouted as the voices instantly stopped.
“Kitchen” you heard shouted back at you, from the familiar voice of Lia.
You were met with Alessia and Lia who were busy cooking dinner. Lia had the same stressed look on her face that Luke had when him and Alessia were cooking together.
“Hey” you smiled at Alessia straight away but she didn’t look at you, like she usually did.
“Hi” Lia made her way straight towards you, for a big hug.
“I’d recognise that smell any day” you chuckled with your arms still around the Arsenal midfielder.
“Are you staying for dinner then?” Alessia asked as Lia moved swiftly back to her side. You noticed that Alessia still hadn’t looked at you yet.
“Me and Leah are going out actually” you began to explain, but even you could hear the groaning from the blonde.
“I just came early because-” you looked at Lia as you hesitated finishing your sentence.
“You wanted to save me and help Alessia in the kitchen? Wow, you’re too good” Lia laughed taking off her apron and handing it to you, practically sprinting out of the kitchen.
“You do really need to stop scaring your sous chefs” you laughed and you noticed the slightest up tick on her lips.
She put down the kitchen utensil she was using with a slight slam and turned to face you as you placed an apron on.
“Why did you come early?” She asked. You started to feel a slight sense of panic but you decided to go for it.
“I missed you” you admitted. “I’m sorry for being distant lately, I just have these deadlines and Anna is going to kill me if I don’t meet them” you chuckled, but it was a fearful laugh.
Anna would literally kill you if she knew you were doing anything other than writing. Alessia didn’t say anything at first, she just collapsed into your arms as you hugged her back tightly.
“I missed you too” she replied as you smiled against her.
“I can’t believe you cooked my favourite on the night me and Leah are going out” you huffed as she let go.
“I can’t believe you didn’t invite me” she poked your chest as you grabbed her finger.
“It wasn’t my idea to go for dinner” you shrugged with a laugh, shifting your hand slightly to take a more comfortable hold of hers.
“Well, can you at least help me finish making mine?” She asked as you nodded, letting go of her hand and grabbing a bowl.
She put the music that her and Lia had been listening to back on as you both got to work. She didn’t have to correct you once. You’d helped her multiple times with this dish that you knew exactly what you had to do.
Lia was sat comfortably on the couch, flicking through Instagram, until she heard Leah come in. She quickly got up and pulled her into the living room, before she could step any further into the house.
“Wally, let me go” Leah laughed, pressing a kiss to her cheek.
“Your sister is here” she whispered as Leah shrugged.
“I noticed that when I seen her car. Why are we whispering?” Leah smirked.
“Her and Alessia are in the kitchen and haven’t came out since” Lia informed her as Leah’s eyebrows rose.
“How long has she been here?” Leah asked as Lia checked her watch.
“An hour” Lia said.
“These two are honestly going to be the death of me” Leah huffed as she marched towards the kitchen.
Lia’s whispered protests fell on deaf ears. She opened the door slightly to have a peak inside. You were sat on the countertop, food clearly in the oven and the kitchen was already spotless. Alessia’s motto was clean as you go. The blonde stood in between your legs with her back pressed against you and your arms wrapped around her waist. She was showing you something on her phone that was making the both of you laugh.
When Leah came in, Alessia went to move but your grip stayed on her waist. You decided you didn’t care who else was around, you and Alessia were comfortable, and Leah was someone who watched you both share a bed for weeks, so Alessia settled back against you with a smile.
“Hey” Leah greeted you.
“Hey” you said back.
“Hi” Alessia smiled.
“Listen, can I rain check?” Leah asked as you shrugged and Alessia felt your grip tighten against her.
“Yeah, no worries” you smiled.
“I just need to take Lia home. Why don’t you stay? Have dinner here?” Leah suggested.
“Is that alright with you?” You asked Alessia, who nodded her head against you.
Leah left the room, as you and Alessia continued to laugh at whatever was playing on her phone.
“We’re leaving” Leah said, pulling her teammate towards the door.
“What? Why? Is everything okay?” Lia asked, grabbing Leah’s arms.
“Yeah everything is fine” Leah smiled. “I just told her I needed to reschedule so I could bring you home and that she should stay for dinner” Leah smirked.
“You are meddling” the Swiss girl laughed at her teammate who was putting on her shoes and beginning to do the same.
“They will figure it out. We did” Lia laughed, pressing a kiss to Leah’s cheek.
“Yeah yeah, get in the car” Leah kissed her before taking her hand and walking to the car.
Leah and Lia had been dating for around a year, but decided it was best to just keep it to themselves for the minute, due to the nature of being colleagues.
When dinner was just about ready to be pulled from the oven, you swatted Alessia away. You had dressed up nicely as you thought you were going out with Leah. Alessia was wearing a pair of shorts and a hoodie that once belonged to you.
“Either you get changed or give me clothes because I’m far too overdressed” you laughed.
“I’ll get changed” she giggled as she left the room.
You knew she’d be gone for a little bit. You set the table and lit a candle, you put the music to a feint tone that nicely hummed in the background. You took the food from the now off oven, you’d just left it in there to keep warm. You plated it up, correctly, how Alessia had taught you. When she came back down and entered the kitchen, you were slumped against the counter on your phone.
“Hi” she smiled. She was wearing a a crop top and a pair of long trousers. You noticed that the colours corresponded with your outfit.
“Do I look okay?” She asked.
“You look, beautiful” you eventually got out. “Is this too much?” You asked, looking towards the table.
“No, it’s lovely” she smiled as you both made your way to the table.
You both ate dinner, catching up on the last few weeks. She was busy the last while with training and matches and you’d been busy with your album. You were extremely vague when she’d asked about it. Unfortunately for her, she wasn’t going to be the only one that got to hear anything either, although it was tempting to tell her about your music.
When you finished dinner you grabbed both of the plates and brought them to the sink, giving them a light wash before placing them in the dishwasher.
“I should probably be getting back” you sighed as she nodded.
“Tonight was nice” she smiled.
“Yeah, it was” you wished it didn’t have to end and Alessia thought the same.
“Please, don’t ignore my calls and texts” she huffed as she pulled you in for a hug.
“I’m sorry. I’ll never ignore you Less” you whispered against her.
You put your shoes on and got to the door. As you pulled it open you stopped yourself leaving and turned back towards her.
“Are you free tomorrow?” You asked as she nodded. “I’ll pick you up at 8am, I want to take you somewhere” you said as she smiled.
“Okay” you debated kissing her cheek, she debated kissing yours, but you just turned and got into your car.
Less 🤍
Dress code?
Y/n/n 💙
I dunno, picnic vibes?
Less 🤍
You’re so weird
When you got home, you ran straight into the studio and started scribbling. You ended up with pages and pages of notes and ideas for a song. You wanted the world to know she was a footnote in your story at some point in time.
Alessia was asleep on the couch when Leah arrived home, alone.
“Hey sleepy, wanna go to bed?” Leah asked as she turned the TV off and Alessia nodded.
“You have a nice night?” Leah asked as Alessia smiled, walking upstairs together.
“We’re going out tomorrow” Alessia informed her.
“Are you ever going to tell her how you feel?” Leah asked as Alessia shrugged.
“That depends, are you going to tell Lia how you feel?” Alessia smirked as Leah’s jaw dropped.
“What? Me and Lia? You are crazy. No, never” Leah swatted away her idea and quickly entered her bedroom. Alessia laughed her way into her own bedroom and went back to sleep.
-
It was 7:45am when you pulled up outside and you decided against going in, as you didn’t want to wake Leah. You messaged Alessia to let her know you were outside, but that there was no rush.
She came out in a knee high red dress and a pair of flats that matched the colour of her bag. She had her hair down and it was curled. You’d opted for a pair of beige trousers and a brown t-shirt with plain white air max and a green jacket and baseball cap. Your hair was brushed back and up in a bun.
“Okay, we clearly took picnic vibes a different way” she giggled getting in the car.
“You look nice though” you smiled.
“So do you” she replied with a shy smile. “Where are we going?” She asked as you smirked.
“Where aren’t we going?” You laughed as you began to drive.
“You can have control of the music on one condition” you said tapping on the Bluetooth feature of your radio, your other hand on the steering wheel.
“I won’t play any of your songs” she sighed as you shook your head.
“You’re actually only allowed to play my songs” you said, as she connected her phone and clicked onto your Spotify page and hit shuffle.
“I wanted to take you to the places I like to go to get inspiration for writing when I’m in London” you explained as you shifted gear.
“Is that alright?” You asked as she placed a hand over your one that sat on the gear stick and nodded.
You moved around your fingers slightly so they began to intertwine with Alessia’s as you both continued to look straight ahead as you drove.
For the first stop, you swung by the Emirates and pulled over.
“Are you just taking me to my place of work?” Alessia laughed.
“This is the reason around Northern Attitude, you said that was your favourite song” You said, leaning over the wheel, staring out the front screen, avoiding eye contact.
“How did you remember that?” She grinned, as you shrugged.
“I remember a lot of what you say, actually” you admitted as it fell silent for a few seconds.
“So, Northern Attitude isn’t a deep song then? It’s just about football?” She asked.
“Pretty much” you laughed.
You spun her around a few places, eventually parking the car in a car park and opting to walk to the rest of the places. You’d met a few fans and stopped to take photos and sign autographs. Alessia had done the same whenever someone asked her.
You strolled around Camden market for awhile before eventually hopping on the tube to get to Abbey Road studios. Her head rested against your shoulder for the 30 minute tube ride as you both talked on the way there. You noticed a few stares, but that was nothing out of the ordinary.
You were explaining the meanings behind your songs and who and what they were about. You were conscious to not bring up any about Mel, but Alessia was just noting the ones you didn’t talk about were clearly the ones about her.
“So, this is where I recorded my first ever song and it’s where I’ll record the new album” you explained as you left the sound booth and walked back towards the main entrance.
Nobody could just walk into Abbey Road studios. But you weren’t a nobody.
“It’s getting dark” Alessia pointed outside, only now noticing you’d been there for about 20 minutes already.
“Shit, okay, we best get a move on” you said, subconsciously taking her hand in yours and walking outside and down the street.
“Just one more place” you smiled, still holding her hand and pulling her along on the walk.
You took her to the top of Primrose Hill.
“The view is so nice” Alessia squealed.
“Me and Lee used to run up here every week and tell eachother our deepest darkest secrets” you laughed. You slumped onto a free bench, as she nestled in beside you, interlocking your fingers.
“Oh yeah? Whats your deepest darkest secret then?” She teased. You were not about to confess your undying love for her.
“Well, I guess Leah and Luke both know already, but when I was 15 I kissed Luke’s sister” you shrugged.
“Isn’t she like your sister in a way?” Alessia laughed, knowing you had always thought of Luke like a brother.
“God, don’t make it even more weird” you laughed, nudging her shoulder.
“What’s yours then?” You asked. There was also not a hope in hell she was confessing that.
“I’m really afraid of living on my own in London. I guess that’s why I haven’t moved out of Leah’s” she admitted.
“Leah doesn’t mind having you” you reassured her.
“I know that. I just feel like such a burden” she put her head against her knees, which were perched up on the bench. Once she freed your hand, you swung your arm around her and pulled her in beside you.
“You are definitely not a burden, to anybody” you debated pressing a kiss to her head, but you opted not to.
“Especially not Leah. You do all her cooking and cleaning. If anything, she’s the burden” you laughed as you felt her ease up against you. She lay pressed against you as you readjusted your position for her to get more comfortable.
“Are you done with your album?” She asked, changing the subject.
“Not even close” you laughed.
“Can I hear any of it?” She asked as you shook your head. She slapped your arm as you made the motion.
“Rude” she taunted.
“You can hear it when it’s done” you smirked.
“Come on, let’s get you home” you said, pulling her gently off the bench, walking towards the station to jump on a tube to get back towards the car.
The drive home was quick, your hand had wandered to be on her thigh and she didn’t seem to be too bothered by it.
“I can’t imagine how I would react if someone wrote a song about me” Alessia laughed.
“Don’t worry, nobody will” you teased as she hit you once again. She didn’t need to know what you did yesterday.
“I don’t think I’ve ever realised just how much of a little shit you are. You’re just like Leah” she giggled.
“Take it back” you gasped as she shook her head with a giggle.
You eventually pulled up outside Leah’s house and put the car into park.
“You wanna come in?” She asked as you looked towards the door.
“I better get home” you sighed as Alessia felt her heart sink.
“Yeah, sure” she managed to smile. “Text me when you get home?” She asked as you nodded.
When she pushed open the door, you pulled her back towards you by the hand, like you wanted to kiss her. But when you let go with a defeated sigh, you didn’t expect her to lean in and kiss your cheek, before getting out and smiling.
You heart was beating at around 200bpm when she eventually closed her front door. You were still rooted to the spot, unable to move, gripping the steering wheel for dear life. Leah was looking at you from the window with a smirk as you eventually drove off.
You thought about how it felt when she kissed your cheek the whole way home.
Y/n/n 💙
Home 😊
Less 🤍
Thanks for a nice day x
-
You were tapping to the beat of a song on the radio in your kitchen, making your morning coffee, when you heard a knock on the door. You weren’t expecting anybody or anything to be delivered. You checked the camera, to see the blonde bouncing on the balls of her feet at the front door.
“Shit” you whispered to yourself as you ran upstairs to put better clothes on and sprinted back down.
“Hi” she smiled when you answered the door.
“Hey” you said, like you hadn’t just sprinted as fast as you could upstairs to make yourself look more presentable before running back down to answer the door.
“Are you free today?” She asked as you nodded, not really caring about your career in that particular moment.
It’d been a few days since you last saw her, and for a 13 song album, you now had 4 songs fully written and a few more with lyrics and additional music to be put to them.
“Come on then” she laughed, pulling you outside by the hand.
Both of you were dressed comfortably in tracksuit bottoms and hoodies. Unlike the day you took her out when you dressed nicely.
“Where are we going?” You laughed as you got into the passenger seat.
“Where aren’t we going?” she teased, using your words against you.
She drove you to a football pitch that was about 35 minutes away. She put the car in park as you looked towards the amateur looking pitch.
“This was the first football pitch I played on” she told you, you were a bit taken aback.
“Really?” You asked as she nodded.
“You took me to all the places you find special, this is mine” she shrugged with a smile. She got out of the car and gestured you to do the same.
“Come on” she shouted as she got a football from the boot and started kicking it around. “Can you play then?” She asked as you gave her an anxious look.
“No” you shook your head, making her laugh. But all the years of playing with Leah and Jacob must have paid off somewhere down the line, because you weren’t half bad.
“We could get you a career change, you’re only 22. Plenty of time for football and then go back to singing in retirement” Alessia joked.
You stood with the ball at your feet and saw your moment to kick it through her legs. You kicked it through far enough that you could run around her and continue running with the ball to finally slot it into the net. You done the infamous Russo celebration, hands in the air at a sprint when she eventually caught you, and then she done what Alessia Russo usually does, and fell over.
Both of you landed with a thump as your bodies collided and she ended up on top of you. Neither of you said anything, you just looked at eachother as she was on top of you. You were back in the place you were in the studio, both looking at each others lips like you craved nothing else in the world. You leaned in, and she noticed you did this time.
“Oi, you two, get off. We’ve got a game in 20 minutes” a random man shouted as she shot up from on top of you.
“Oh god, Alessia, sorry love. Didn’t realise it was you” she pulled you up and jogged over to the man.
As you stood waiting for her, you looked over towards the name of the pitch.
“The Alessia Russo Pitch”
Your heart had never felt more full until suddenly, a stampede of children came running towards you asking for selfies and autographs.
“Who is she?” The man asked Alessia.
“Y/n Williamson” Alessia laughed.
“Oh Leah’s sister?” He asked as she rolled her eyes and nodded. How could someone not know who you were?
She dropped you off later that evening, back to your house. You never asked her to come in because you were too busy debating everything that happened. The near kiss, the heavy breathing, the eye contact.
“Enough” you muttered to yourself, starting to become overwhelmed in your thoughts. You slumped on the couch as she made her way back home in her car.
Y/n/n 💙
I should have asked you to come in Send ->
You typed the message 100 times and deleted it just as many. Maybe she didn’t want to be anything more than friends and maybe that’s all you two were meant to be. Friends.
As you went to click out of the app, you accidentally pressed send.
“Fuck” you repeated over and over, springing up off the couch. Your heart was beating the fastest it ever had, but it beat it’s own record when you seen a text come through.
Less 🤍
I would have said yes
Maybe she wanted more. Maybe she did like you, as more than friends.
“Where do we go from here?” Alessia asked while you were both lying in bed, cuddled up like usual. Sure, you’d woken up having done this with her before, but this wasn’t a drunk one night thing, there was so much more to it this time.
“I’m not sure, you’re a bad kisser” you teased as she flicked your cheek and shot her head up off your chest.
“I am not” she gasped with a slight uptick of her lips. She was beginning to realise just how alike to Leah you actually were. She loved how you could be such a windup.
“Oh yeah?” You smirked. “Wanna prove it?” She leaned up and pressed her lips to yours, pulling away after a few seconds, waiting for you to say something.
“Meh” you teased again as she sighed and flopped down beside you.
“Are you going to answer the question?” She asked as you turned to look at her with a smile.
“I guess we’re dating?” You shrugged
“Not if that’s how you’re going to ask me” she giggled at you as you rolled your eyes.
“Will you be my girlfriend then, Less?” You breathed out.
“Yes” she blurted out, straddling you and kissing you again.
You both decided to take it slowly with telling people you had made it official. Alessia hadn’t publicly spoken out about her sexuality and you thought it would be better for things to be further into the relationship before you let the public know about the two of you. When you’d first started dating Mel, you weren’t that well known, so it was fine. But as time progressed, Mel was getting literal invitations to fights with different girls and in extreme cases, death threats.
You were spending a lot more time together, obviously. But as luck would have it, Leah and Luke were too distracted by their own girlfriends to even realise how much closer you had both become. It would mostly be her over at your house because it was easier that way, for privacy for you both. You hadn’t went on a proper date yet, you usually spent your free time just fully engrossed in the other person.
-
You were invited to a Spotify event next month to promote the new album that was coming out later in the year. You flew the band over to London and had spent the last few days in a hotel with them, catching up properly and rehearsing the new songs. You hadn’t seen them since you recorded the album and only some of them were involved in that part. Mostly Holly. The two of you could do the work of 40 people if you really tried.
“Honestly, if you don’t win a Grammy this year you should just retire” Anna laughed, watching over the rehearsal.
You got a free few minutes while the guys were tuning up their instruments and you decided to call Alessia. You’d been dating now for about a month and a half, but had told absolutely nobody. You liked the calmness of it all. It was way easier not having to feel like you were on constant display, like you were with Mel.
Alessia’s phone was buzzing on the kitchen counter, close to where Leah was standing, trying to fix a lightbulb that was positioned under the cabinet. The light helped Alessia see better when she was cooking, and she was refusing to cook until it was fixed. Leah didn’t really have much of a clue what she was doing but was willing to ram the bulb in and hope for the best so she could get Alessia to cook dinner tonight.
“Less, your phone” Leah shouted as she glanced at the picture.
She didn’t take much notice at first but she done a double take when she saw your name, and then realised it was you in the photo. Alessia ran down the stairs, grabbing her phone with a smile as she answered. Leah was just staring at her with her jaw on the ground.
“Hey, baby” she whispered once she was out of earshot of Leah.
“Hi beautiful, you okay?” You asked as she nodded into the phone until she eventually remembered you couldn’t see her and muffled a positive sounding noise.
“Still working?” She frowned.
“Almost done, we’re just doing one more run through of a song and then calling it quits for the night” you smiled.
“How long do you have?” Alessia asked.
“Y/n” Anna shouted.
“Minus 10 seconds” you laughed as she sighed. You’d been so caught up rehearsing that you’d barely spoken to each other in the last few days.
“I miss you” she moped.
“I miss you more, Less” you breathed out. “But listen, I have this event that I’m performing at next month. Are you okay to come? You could bring a friend if you didn’t want to make it look like, you know” you shrugged.
“I’m happy to sit there without anybody” she smiled.
“Well, my parents will be there” you laughed as she froze. “As well as Luke and possibly Steph” you said as she took a deep breath.
“Can you ask Leah to invite Lia?” You said and she agreed. “Okay, I have to go. I’ll call you later darlin’” you smiled as she walked back into the kitchen.
“Okay, okay, I’ll talk to you later” she giggled, walking back into the kitchen. “Yeah, I’ll tell her” she rolled her eyes as you reminded her about asking Leah again, before hanging up. She now looked at Leah who was still stood in a state of shock.
“Leah?” Alessia frowned as she waved her hand in front of her face. “Hello?” Alessia again.
“You and my sister?” She asked as Alessia’s eyes went wide.
“What?” Alessia gulped.
“The picture” Leah said as she pointed to the phone that still in Alessia’s hand. “Are you two-” she tried as she trailed off.
“It’s new” Alessia finally said. “We’ve been dating for just over a month”.
Leah always thought if her friend or team mate ever said that they were dating you or Jacob, that she would be first in line to punch them. But instead, all she could do was smile and pull Alessia into a huge hug.
“Well, I’m glad you both figured that out” she whispered to her blonde house mate.
“Me too” Alessia laughed.
“Is that what you had to tell me?” Leah asked as Alessia was reminded of the conversation you had just had with her on the phone.
“Oh no” Alessia shook her head. “She’s doing an event thing next month to perform the songs from the new album and she wants you and Lia to come” Alessia smiled.
You’d hung up the phone to Alessia and got back to practice, finishing later on in the day and heading back to the hotel room you were sharing with Luke. Life had become so much easier now that he was around all the time for work.
“Leah and Lia are coming, Alessia is coming, just invite Steph man” you laughed at your friend who was starting to become serious with his now girlfriend, Steph.
“Did she go to your last concert?” He asked as you thought back to that night.
“Yeah, I’m almost 100% sure that we spoke” you assured him.
“Okay” he took a deep breath before putting the phone to his ear. “Just needed to make sure she doesn’t find your music as insufferable as I do” he smirked as you stuck your finger up at him.
You walked into the kitchen area of the hotel room to give him some privacy, and you took out your phone that you hadn’t checked since your call with Alessia.
Less 🤍
Okay sooo
Don’t be angry x
But Leah might know
Y/n/n 💙
Thank god
I am so bad at keeping secrets, it was bound to come out eventually 😅
Can I tell Luke then? xx
Less 🤍
That’s a relief 😄
Yes!! x
Miss you 😘 x
Y/n/n 💙
Miss you too ❤️ x
“Okay, she’s coming” Luke said as he left the bedroom with a big grin on his face, but he was quick to notice the smile on your face as you glared at your phone.
“What you smiling at?” He teased as you looked up.
“Nothing” you shrugged.
“Come on, I know something’s got you smiling” he said, peering at your phone. “Or should I say someone?” He chuckled, looking at the messages, but you’d moved your phone away quick enough he didn’t see the name.
“Is it Lessi?” He smirked at you, and you thought it would be funny to annoy him.
“Nah, I gave up on that one” you shrugged. “It’s your sister” you laughed as the smirk wiped off his face.
“It better not be my sister” he frowned, trying to grab your phone as you cried out in laughter.
“I’m joking” you pushed him off you and shook your head at him, still grinning.
“I’ve been seeing Less for just over a month, we just wanted to see how it went before we told anybody”. He didn’t react at first, verbally anyway. He just picked you up and spun you around before he began shouting.
“I’m so fucking happy for both of you” he practically squealed as you tried to loosen out of his hold. “This is so unlike us” he laughed as he let you down, finally.
“What?” You chuckled.
“Both living in the same city, both with girlfriends” he grinned.
“And you like my girlfriend, that’s new” you teased.
“Mel was horrible, you can surely see that now?” He laughed as you rolled your eyes and shrugged.
“This is great though, we can double date” he smiled as you looked at him, expressionless. “What?” He frowned.
“I haven’t actually taken her on a date yet” you chuckled.
“How do you get girls to go out you?” he groaned and shook his head at you.
-
It was looming closer to your pre album release performance, and you realised that you kind of needed to tell your parents that you and Alessia were together. She also came to the realisation that her parents and brothers should probably know about you too.
Neither of you were really one to make a big deal out of anything, so you told them about Alessia in the most subtle and easy-going way possible.
“Family dinner on Thursday” your mum told you when you’d stopped over at the house.
“Now mum, when you say family dinner, what do you mean?” you moaned. She had a bad habit of inviting around 100 people over any chance that she got.
“No love, it’ll just be your sister, Lia, your dad, you and I” she smiled. “Oh do you want to bring Luke and that lovely girl, Steph?” She smiled.
“Would it be alright if Luke sat this one out?” You asked, eyes planted to the ground.
“Oh, are you two fighting?” She frowned as you looked at her like she’d asked a stupid question. You and Luke had never, ever fought.
“No, it’s not that” you shook your head. “I actually wanted to bring someone different if that’s okay?” you smiled.
“Are you seeing someone?” She gasped as your dad slid into the kitchen out of absolutely nowhere.
“Please don’t say it’s the the wicked witch of-” he began.
“Dad” you groaned. “No, uh” you mumbled.
“Who is it?” Your mum squeezed your hands.
“It’s Alessia” you smiled.
“Russo?” Your dad asked
“Leah’s house mate?” Your mum looked shocked.
“No, the other Alessia that all three us know” you laughed as they looked at you as if you were serious.
“Jesus Christ, obviously Alessia Russo, Leah’s House Mate, to use her full name” you sighed.
“That is great news” your dad slapped your shoulder hard making you wince.
“Oh love” your mum almost started crying as she wrapped you into a big hug. “She is such a lovely girl”.
Meanwhile, Alessia was having difficulty explaining things to her parents, but not for the reason you might think.
“You’re going out with Leah?” Alessia’s mum asked as she groaned.
“No mum, for the millionth time” Alessia rolled her eyes.
“Explain it again” her dad grumbled as Alessia stood in front of them, both now sitting looking at her in full concentration.
“I am dating Leah’s sister, Y/n” Alessia drilled into them.
“In your dreams” Luca, Alessia’s brother, laughed from the opposite couch.
“Luca” his dad warned.
“Dad seriously, Y/n is this huge celebrity and Alessia thinks she could pull her” he laughed again.
“She’s my girlfriend” Alessia snapped.
“Invite her around then” Luca smirked.
“What, now?” Alessia laughed.
“Yeah, now” he challenged.
Alessia, without another word, took out her phone and started texting you. Her mum quickly rushed around the house as she began cleaning up now that it had sunk in that a celebrity may or may not be coming to her house.
Less 🤍
Could you collect me from my parents house? x
Y/n/n 💙
Sure, send me the address x
Alessia sent you over the address to her parent’s house, not giving Luca the satisfaction that you were coming. It didn’t take too long for you to pull up outside.
Y/n/n 💙
Here x
Less 🤍
Up for coming in to say hello? x
You walked up to the door and you gently knocked. A very big man opened the door, Alessia’s other brother, Giorgio, who was upstairs when this whole conversation kicked off.
“Hello” he smiled, “Can I help you?” He asked. You liked when people didn’t recognise you. It meant you might be able to have a normal, human conversation for a change.
“I’m looking for Alessia” you smiled back at him.
“Lessi” he shouted, only now hearing the argument in the living room between his two siblings. “Come in” he gestured you inside and you stepped in, closing the door behind you.
“I’m Y/n, by the way” you stuck your hand out and he shook it.
“Giorgio” he smiled, shaking your hand. Luca came stumbling out of the living room as Alessia tumbled out behind him.
“You two are so embarrassing” he rolled his eyes as we went into his parents who were in the kitchen.
“Hi” you smiled at your girlfriend.
“Can you just tell him we’re dating?” Alessia frowned.
“Me and you?” You asked as she gave you such a glare that you knew it was a serious request. “In your dreams” you smirked.
“I like you” Luca smiled as he followed Giorgio into the kitchen.
“Y/n” Alessia groaned while you laughed and placed a kiss on her lips.
“You ready?” You asked.
“Come say hi to my mum and dad” she giggled, practically pulling you by the hand and into the kitchen. You didn’t even get time to be anxious about meeting your girlfriend’s parents for the first time properly.
“Mum, dad, this is Y/n” Alessia smiled.
“Lovely to meet you both” you went to shake their hands but they both pulled you into a hug.
“Would you like a cup of tea, love? Please sit down” her mum gestured you towards the table as Alessia nodded at you to say that you should sit down. You ended up staying at the Russo’s family home for a few hours, getting to know them properly. You’d briefly met in Australia at a family event for the girls, but couldn’t remember even speaking to them.
“We better go” Alessia yawned. You frowned at her yawning at 5pm, but she’d had training earlier in the day.
“It was lovely meeting you all” you smiled.
“Come around again, anytime” Alessia’s dad said. You opened the car door for her as she slipped inside and you made your way to the driver seat.
“Look at that fucking car” Luca shouted.
“Cost a fortune” Giorgio said, googling it quickly to get the exact figure. “Have you seen the house?” He asked, showing his phone to Luca.
“£2.2 million” Luca gasped, taking the phone out of his brother’s hands.
“Hungry?” You asked as the girl nodded. “Want to get something on the way home?”
“What you thinking?” She giggled.
“I would love something like a McDonalds” you shrugged.
“There’s one just up here to the right” she pointed and put her hand down on yours, holding the gear stick.
You pulled in and got out of the car without hesitation, you were so wrapped up with being with her you forgot about the fact you were both actual celebrities and couldn’t just walk in somewhere. You both stood at the kiosk and banged your order into the screen.
“I’m surprised you know how to do this all on your own” Alessia smirked as you punched her arm lightly. You grabbed the receipt as you stood tapping your fingers off your thighs and staring at the screen.
“Excuse me?” A little voice piped up beside Alessia, who whipped her head around. “Are you Y/n Williamson?” She asked, eyes fixated on you. Alessia nudged you briefly as you looked at her.
“She wants to know if you’re Y/n Williamson” she smiled as you looked down at the child standing beside her. You smiled at the little girl and she squealed with excitement at the full realisation that you were in fact, Y/n Williamson.
“I’m so sorry, she was refusing to leave until we agreed she could ask” a woman, who appeared to be her mum, said.
You took a picture with the girl before the mum thanked you and the kid ran off with excitement.
“23” a young guy shouted from behind the counter.
Alessia grabbed the receipt and walked up to the counter, grabbing the food and nudging you out of the fast food chain with her hands full. You drove back to yours and dished out the food. You were at the kitchen table eating some nuggets when the conversation picked up.
“So, you met my family” Alessia giggled as you laughed.
“Yeah, it was weird because I was just coming from telling my parents about you and-” you began.
“You told your parents?” She asked.
“Yeah, is that okay?” You looked at her trying to read her expression.
“I’m sorry, I was just so wrapped up in you meeting mine that I never even asked what you did today” she grabbed your hand.
“Did your family like me?” You asked nervously.
“They loved you” she smiled, jumping over to sit on your lap.
“My mum wants you to come over Thursday for family dinner” you smiled as she kissed you.
“Look at us being all grown up” she giggled as you fell into a deep kiss.
-
When it got to Thursday, you picked up the three girls from their house and drove to your parent’s house. Even though your families and Luke knew you were together, they hadn’t really seen much of how the two of you interacted with one another as a couple. Naturally, Leah was taken aback by how you were both even more cute than when you would just cuddle on the sofa bed in her house all those months ago.
Your mum and dad were dishing out big hugs like always with everyone. They already loved Alessia from what they knew of her living with Leah, but that was solidified after tonight. Your mum called Jacob, like she did at every family dinner. You could only get a brief few words in, telling him about the upcoming event you were going to be performing at. He told you about his last game before the Australia Summer break.
You called and texted him every so often, you were both busy people and time difference certainly didn’t help. Leah was the same, but they talked a little bit more. Maybe if you didn’t leave at 16 you’d be closer to him, and when you finally came to your senses and came home, he was gone.
Alessia and Lia were clearly up to something as both of them began helping your mum with the cleaning up, ignoring her protests. You and Leah followed your dad into the living room so he could rant and rave about the two of them being amazing and good enough for his daughters. You were both just happy they weren’t present for this conversation.
“Amanda?” Lia asked.
“Yes dear?” Your mum replied.
“We were both planning on doing something for Leah and Y/n, but we wanted to make sure it was okay with you first” Alessia whispered.
-
Luke was over in your house putting the final touches to your gig next week, while you were practically zoning him out and setting up the kitchen. You still hadn’t taken Alessia out on a proper first date, but the thoughts of going out somewhere when you couldn’t even run in and out of McDonalds without being recognised was too much to deal with.
“Do you have all that?” Luke asked.
“Yes, every last word” you smiled and he knew you were lying.
“Can you concentrate for 2 minutes?” He huffed. “What are you even doing?”
“I invited Less over for dinner” you explained as his face softened. He liked how loved up you were and he loved Alessia, she was great for you.
“2 minutes and then I’ll help” he suggested as you caved and stopped.
He ran through the event and you actually did take every word in this time. When he was finished, he was true to his word and helped you getting set up. When everything was sorted, all that was left to do was kick Luke out.
“Yeah, yeah I’m going” he chuckled hugging you goodbye and heading off.
“I’ll call you tomorrow” you shouted after him, straightening the cutlery on the table for the 50th time.
He closed the kitchen door behind him and headed down the hallway to the front door. As he opened the door, a smiling blonde was making her way up the driveway.
“Hello stranger” he laughed, giving her a hug.
“Hi” she smiled, melting into the hug. The two had become really close friends since first meeting all those months ago now.
“Did you sort that out then?” He smirked.
“Yes. Her and Leah have no idea but we ran it by Amanda first” Alessia smiled.
“Oh good, Amanda would have killed you” Luke laughed. “I won’t keep you from your girlfriend” he teased.
“Thank you” she giggled. “Tell Steph I said hi” she teased back as they hugged and she stepped inside.
“Y/n?” Alessia shouted from the hallway as you appeared from behind the kitchen door. She walked towards you and placed a kiss to your lips.
“Hi darlin’” you smiled.
“What smells so nice?” She asked.
“I made dinner” you replied as she looked around the room. Candles were burning and music was playing at a low hum.
“I realised that I haven’t taken you out on a date yet, and I will. I just thought a proper dinner alone might be a good place to start?” You asked as she kissed you again. You caught up on the last few days over dinner. You’d been rehearsing and she had training and had a match.
“You know, we don’t need to do the whole first date thing” she muttered as she played with the food on her plate.
“What do you mean?” You stuttered. You panicked in that moment, thinking she was about to tell you it was over. She sensed your panic, like she always did.
“Oh no, shit no, sorry” she blurted out grabbing your hand. “I meant, first dates are for getting to know the person. But I know you and you know me, so you don’t need to stress about this perfect romantic first date or big romantic gesture. I’m really happy” she smiled as you leaned over to kiss her.
“I’m really happy too” you said as you sat back in your chair.
“So this event next week” she continued.
“Yeah?” You asked as you noticed a smirk on her face.
“Is there any better artists performing or is it just you?” She laughed.
“You’re spending too much time with Leah” you pointed your fork at her.
“I think it’s a different Williamson that I’m spending too much time with” she smirked.
“Oh, is that so?” You laughed as you jumped up from the table and picked her up.
“Let me down” she squealed with laughter before you eventually dropped her to the ground.
She placed a quick peck on your lips before things got intense, very quickly. The food became long forgotten as you both practically sprinted upstairs. You were both happy in your little bubble.
You woke the next morning with a sense of stress, now suddenly realising you were in a very serious relationship with someone you really liked. And the stressful part? You were two days off telling the entire world that you were cheated on but you were in love again. You didn’t see Alessia was already awake when you startled up, but she grabbed your hand and immediately settled your heart beat down to a normal rate.
“Baby, it’s okay” she wrapped you up as your breathing settled. “What’s wrong?” She asked.
“Can I take you somewhere today?” You asked as she nodded. “Okay, be ready in 10” you smirked as you decided to stress her out.
“You can not give me 10 minutes” she scowled. “I have so many questions, where are we going? What is the dress code? Are we eating?”
“I’m joking” you kissed her cheek. “5 minutes” you smirked as you jumped up out of bed.
“Y/n” she grunted. “If I knew you were this much of a wind up I would have said no when you asked me out” she laughed.
“I just need to be there for around 12” you smiled, as she sighed in relief realising it was only 9am. You gave her a quick kiss as you pottered into the bathroom. It was a little while later when you were both ready and had breakfast, that you headed off.
“Are you not telling me where we’re going to purposely annoy me?” She giggled as you shrugged.
“You’ll see when we get there, won’t you?” You laughed.
You pulled up outside the Spotify building in London, where your gig was going to be in a two days time. She turned to look at you as you pulled into the car park, after speaking with security briefly.
“Why are we here?” She asked with her eyebrows raised.
“I have a final sound check today and I wanted you to hear the album before it goes out” you shrugged.
“But you never let anybody hear anything?” She questioned, a bit taken a back.
“You’re not just anybody” you smiled. “I’ve been pretty anxious about the album”
“I’m sure it’s amazing, everything you do is” she smiled.
It wasn’t want you meant, but you appreciated the compliment. You weren’t nervous about people hearing it, you were nervous about her hearing it. You walked in, hand in hand, not really caring who saw as it was just your band. You pointed over towards the seats where Luke and Anna were sitting as she kissed your cheek and walked over.
“She’s letting you hear then?” Luke smirked.
“Apparently so” Alessia giggled.
“Is that her?” Holly asked, nudging you.
“Who?” You winked at her as she rolled her eyes.
“She must be special. Even the wicked witch of the east side wasn’t allowed to listen” she laughed.
“Is this a nickname everyone was aware of but me?” You frowned as she shoved the guitar in your hand with a cheeky grin.
“Okay let’s go right through from the beginning” you explained as the music kicked in.
You played your first three songs:
You’re Gonna Go Far, a song you’d written that about leaving home
Your Bones and then Everywhere, Everything were the two songs you’d written about Mel.
“Are they about Mel?” Alessia asked Luke who didn’t look at her.
“I think so” Luke nodded. “She said it was going to be a bit of a story so I guess it was natural” he added as Alessia nodded.
Was your new girlfriend overly happy that you’d written not one, but two love songs about your ex? No. She wasn’t angry, she was just-
“I fucking hate them two” you groaned, you thought, far enough away from the microphone, but it was heard by everyone in the room.
“They are good songs though” Holly laughed, also heard into the mic. “You know that wicked witch is going to have a field day when she hears them”.
“Let’s just keep going” you suggested as you looked over to a now smiling Alessia who was laughing about something with Luke.
Next up, you played Nice To Meet You.
“This can’t be a chronological story” Alessia giggled.
“Why not?” Luke laughed.
“She’s talking about meeting someone when she was still with Mel” Alessia explained as Luke shrugged.
You played Porch Light, the start of the songs that kicked off heartbreak. It was in this moment you realised you had more heartbreak songs than love ones. But it was the first time you had ever written about being broken hearted.
You were moving around the stage effortlessly, switching instruments between songs. Holly done the same, both of you could play anything. You moved to the piano to play your next one, Maybe
“Anna, we surely can’t let her-” Luke tried but Anna stopped him.
“If she wants to out Mel, leave her be” she tutted. Anna hated Mel, much like Luke did. But Luke was worried about backlash that Anna didn’t see, but Anna saw everything. The boy would learn that.
You stayed at the piano to play your next three, A Little Bit Yours, In The Kitchen and Loud
“So this is chronological?” Alessia asked.
“It seems that way” Luke shrugged.
“Who did she meet when she was still with Mel?” She whispered as he was lost in thought.
You went back to the guitar and played this one, She, on your own, while Holly grabbed a violin and everyone else was taking in some water and a snack.
“Luke, do you think-” Alessia asked but she was quickly shushed by Anna. Alessia had even waited until you’d stopped singing to say something but Anna was getting sick of the constant talking.
You played two back to back. She Calls Me Back you played on guitar and Constellations you played on the piano. Alessia was point blank refusing to take any of this in. You did not write an album and make half of it about her. You couldn’t have, right? You’d written about that night and maybe the multiple nights that followed since you became a couple. You were being vulnerable in your music and while Alessia could have been embarrassed, she embraced it. The song was about her. You loved her.
From that point, when you had 4 songs left, Alessia remained tight lipped and in shock that you were saying these things, that the world was about to know these things and how you felt about her.
You’d laid them out on the album like Sparks, The Only Exception, Beautiful Crazy and Anyone.
“Amazing” Anna stood and clapped. “Simply wonderful, you are a superstar” she headed over to someone on the stage as they began talking.
“You alright?” Luke asked, gripping Alessia’s hand, who was now a sobbing mess. “Oh come on, she wasn’t that bad” he teased as she punched him in the arm.
“Between you, Leah and her, I never get a second away from being wound up” she giggled.
The pair walked up to you as you caught the look of her tear stained eyes. You felt so guilty in that moment for including the songs about Mel.
“Fuck, I knew it was a bad decision” you huffed, shaking your head. Holly immediately picked up what you meant.
“You have other songs, you could switch them” Holly suggested.
“I just wanted it to be like a story but it was so stupid putting them songs on it about her. I’m so sorry, Less” you felt Alessia’s hands grip yours and pull you into a hug.
“Don’t change anything. It was amazing” she smiled against you.
“Are you sure?” You asked as she nodded. You felt a nudge into the back that you knew came from your guitarist.
“This is Holly, by the way” you stepped back to allow them to greet each other and introduced the rest of the band.
“This is my girlfriend, Alessia” you smiled, squeezing her hand a bit tighter. She loved how that word sounded, and even more so it was how you introduced her to people.
“She seems happy?” Anna whispered to Luke, wriggling her eyebrows at him.
“Lessi looks after her. You don’t have to worry about anything with her” Luke smiled.
-
“Less, we have to go” you shouted. You were already running 10 minutes late and London traffic is never the ideal.
“Can I just say, she is the best girl you’ve ever introduced us to” your mum announced loudly.
“So much nicer than the wicked-” your dad added.
“Dad” you huffed, cutting him off.
“He has a point” Leah got involved.
“Leah” your mum warned them both with her eyes.
“We love Alessia, Lia and Steph” Amanda said, squeezing Lia and Steph’s cheeks as the two of them giggled.
“But isn’t Luke not-” Steph tried to say before Leah stopped her.
“Best not to open that can of worms” Leah shook her head and shot Steph a look.
Your parents always had seen Luke as a son, even though he was scared of your dad. He would always be at your house when he ran away from home. Even when he didn’t run away, he was still always in your house. Just another Williamson sibling in the eyes of everyone in your house.
Alessia was stood in your bedroom looking out the window and only moved when she seen the limousine pull up.
“Lia, Steph, can you come help me?” She shouted from the top of the stairs as the two girls proceed to run up.
“Luke” Steph giggled as he smirked and also went with them.
“Why are they acting weird?” Leah frowned.
“It’s you football people” you teased. “Do they not teach you how to be on time at work?” You groaned.
A knock on the door came as you grunted loudly. You weren’t sure how someone was at the door but it had to be someone who knew the code to the gate.
“Don’t answer it, we are already late” you explained as your dad shook his head and headed to the door. He knew who it was, as did your mum. You and Leah had no idea.
“Less, please” you roared up the stairs. “Anna is going to murder me” you sighed, put your hands through your hair and anxiously checked your expensive watch for what felt like the 100th time.
“It’s your girlfriend’s fault” Leah mocked as you shot her a look. Even if it was Alessia’s fault, you weren’t going to admit that.
“Leah, leave your sister alone” your dad tutted as he returned to the room.
“Who was at the door?” You asked.
“Some young boy, wanted to know if Y/n Williamson lived here. He said he needed a place to stay and heard she bought this big, fancy house” your dad laughed as you and Leah looked at him like he had six heads.
“You’re right dad, the guest room closest to the stairs is nicer” Jacob laughed as you and Leah instantly shot to your feet.
“What the fuck?” you shouted.
“Language” your mum tutted.
“How are you here?” Leah gasped as she pulled him into a hug.
“Your girlfriends” he shrugged as the four reappeared behind him while you and Leah exchanged a look.
“Ready to go?” Luke asked, as if nothing was out of the ordinary.
“Did you know about this?” You asked as you were now stood with Jacob’s arm around your shoulder and Leah to his other side.
“Know about what? Aren’t we late already?” He smirked. Your dad and mum pulled Jacob towards the front of the house and out towards the car
“That’s my room by the way, you can’t stay in that” Leah shouted after him, pulling Lia along with her. Steph grabbed Luke’s hand and walked out of the house and all that was left was you and Alessia.
“I hope it’s okay that-” she began
“You’re amazing, do you know that?” You smiled, cutting her off.
“Yes, I do actually” she smirked as she pulled you in for a kiss. “But we are going to be late and Anna is going to murder you” she giggled as she grabbed your hand and pulled you towards the door.
You locked up the house and headed off towards the event. You got in the car, sitting beside Alessia, who was giggling about something you said. Everyone was chatting to each other before people eventually broke off into smaller chats.
“She never mentioned they were together” Jacob whispered to your older sister.
“They haven’t been together that long, they didn’t tell anybody until a few days ago” Leah replied. “But it was brewing” Leah informed him.
“How do you feel about it?” He asked as Leah looked at the pair of you. It actually wasn’t as awkward as was it might seem that you were dating the girl that lived and worked with your sister. Leah had never seen you look happier.
“Look at them” she laughed as he did. “She’s in love with her” she smiled. You were holding her hand rambling on about something that she was finding hilarious and you were definitely not that funny.
“So, what about her and Mel?” He whispered as quietly as possible, although there was a good bit of distance between you and them.
“It was rough” she shook her head. They had spoken about it as it was going on over the phone.
“But there’s been no contact as of recent” Leah got out just as the car pulled up as everyone began to get out before it was just you, Luke and Alessia left.
“There’s paps out there so maybe best you don’t go in together” Luke said and you nodded.
“Good luck” Alessia quickly kissed your cheek before jumping out and caught up to Steph, linking her arm and walking in together.
“Ready to go?” He asked as you nodded.
You got out of the car and could barely see straight with the amount of flashing cameras being put in your face. Luke was basically acting like your security guard trying to get you to the front of the venue.
“There you are” Anna groaned as you got to the door. “You are due on stage in 10 minutes” she handed Luke a clipboard who started reading it out.
The two of them began talking to you about how it was going to play out. There was a conversation piece to go through with the host and then you’d be performing the album. As Anna was talking and you were being mic’d up, you looked up and caught a glimpse of the crowd. There was only a couple of hundred people there, but somehow you met her eyes. They had been seated in a position that they could see you backstage, however, the general audience couldn’t. She smiled and gave you a little wave as you reciprocated the action.
“Focus” Anna snapped as she began to speak again.
“Here’s the questions you’ll be asked in the interview portion” Luke said, handing you a piece of paper. You scanned through them, they were standard interview questions that most people would ask.
“And then you’ll be performing the album in full” Anna inputted again, before stepping off to clear something with the runner about your instruments.
You loved to sing, but there was nothing worse than standing still on stage. You played an instrument to each one of your songs and switched them up to keep yourself entertained. For this performance you needed three different types of guitars, a banjo, which you’d now mastered, and a piano. Luke was running through the last bits of information with you as you heard the host greeting the crowd.
Eventually you were called onto the stage and Anna, Luke and the band stood side stage for this portion of the evening. For a crowd of just a few hundred, it sounded like thousands.
“Thank you so much for joining us this evening” she smiled at you.
“Thanks for having me” you shook her hand and sat down on the arm chair. You waved to the crowd and smiled and it looked like a couple of girls you’d sort-of directed it at were going to collapse.
“How are you?” She asked.
“Yeah, I’m fine. London traffic is definitely still crazy” you laughed. “How are you?”. You’d done a few interviews with the girl before and you definitely felt comfortable talking to her.
“I’m great, thank you” she giggled, trying to remember the last time a celebrity had asked her a genuine question.
She went through the questions that Luke had given you, it was all fairly straight forward. You’d been through extensive media training to know how to answer a question without really answering it.
“Favourite song to perform?”
“London”
“Oh? Why’s that?”
“I guess the answer to that question has changed a lot. But, that song is actually kind of sad in a weird way and sometimes songs can change meanings” you explained. “The last time I played it, to a crowd, was at a really small event and it just had a really nice vibe to it”
“The last time you played it to a crowd? Do you sing your songs around the house?” She laughed.
“I played it for someone a few months ago” you chuckled anxiously and looked towards Alessia .
“Best place you’ve ever played?”
“Madison Square Garden”
“Favourite thing to do in your free time?”
“Watch a match”
“Something you can’t live without?”
“Coffee”
“London or New York?”
“London”
“So, how has moving back to London been?”
That had not been on the list of questions.
“It was difficult at the start, I guess” you shrugged. “I was quite upset leaving the States, you know, but my sister and my friends really dragged me out of a bad patch” you smiled in their direction and then towards side stage where Luke was.
“And is there anybody new on the scene?” She winked as the audience all let out a few cheers and whistles. You laughed before catching Alessia’s eyes and she nodded like she was giving you permission.
“Yeah, I’ve been seeing someone for a little while now” you chuckled. “But we’re enjoying just keeping to ourselves” you smiled as the host nodded.
“So, you’re going to perform the album this evening?” She asked.
“Yeah, I’ve brought the band over and everything. We’ve been rehearsing for a good while now so I really hope you guys like this” you laughed, a little stressed.
The crowd cheered as the band walked out. Holly handed you your guitar as Anna and Luke took their seats beside your family, Alessia, Lia and Steph.
“Now, please be reminded there is a strict no recording policy in place” the host told the crowd as you and the band set up.
“You ready?” Holly asked as you nodded.
“Let’s do this” you smiled, taking your guitar from her.
It was a complete success, the crowd absolutely loved the album. It was such a relief.
“Wasn’t that amazing?” The host announced. “Now if you’ll all stay where you are while we set up the meet and greet”.
You were laughing with Holly about something on stage as both of your head’s whipped around to look at the host. You were sweating and exhausted from performing and now they wanted you to meet every single person here?
“Meet and greet? With everyone?” Holly asked as you looked flabbergasted.
Anna was straight out of her seat and rushing towards the host to see what was going on. She ushered everyone backstage, trying to get to the bottom of why they were expecting you to do a meet and greet for everyone in attendance. It wasn’t that you wouldn’t do it, but with the shock of Jacob home and how tired you felt from the performance, it was the last thing you wanted to do.
“Take it up with whoever marketed this event” one of the Spotify staff huffed as he handed Anna a contract that clearly stated it would be a meet and greet event.
“Luke” she scowled at the guilty looking boy.
“This meet and greet would take hours” Luke explained with a stutter to the staff. “Her brother just got back from Australia” he rambled but he was met with heads shaking.
“Luke, it’s fine” you whispered, pulling him away from the conversation.
“I’m so sorry” he mumbled, frantically shaking his head.
“It’s just a few hundred people, it won’t take too long”. It was the last thing you wanted to do but you smiled and hugged him.
“Can you just make sure Alessia and Jacob get back to the house alright?” You asked as he nodded. “How long do you need to set up?” You asked a staff member.
“About 10/15 minutes” he replied.
“Holly” you shouted as she ran up to you. “Come on” you pulled her back onto stage as the crowd cheered.
“Hello, everyone” you smiled. “The guys just need a few minutes to set up, so we thought we could play something while we waited?” You asked as the crowd agreed with a scream.
“If it’s alright with you, I’m going to play my girlfriend’s two favourite songs” you laughed as a round of “aws” came from the crowd.
You played London and Northern Attitude as you watched her singing every word with Steph.
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You eventually got home after the 2.5 hours it took to get through everyone. Although, you didn’t mind, you liked meeting fans. You slumped on the couch, and it seemed like nobody was home. You presumed Alessia was in her and Leah’s, while Jacob went to your parent’s house when they realised you were going to be awhile. You flicked on your phone to see texts from everyone
Jay 🦘
Staying at mums. Will see you tomorrow, so good tonight. Love you x
Lee 🦁
Great show kid. I’ll swing by tomorrow x
Mum
Amazing as always darling x
Dad
You’re so great baby girl!
Luke 👊🏻
I’m so sorry again. I owe you one
You were great this evening
Steph said thank you x
You noticed that Alessia hadn’t messaged you. You frowned and placed your phone down, trying to gather your thoughts before you moved. You were drained.
“You know” Alessia smirked against the door as your head whipped around. “For a celebrity, you would think you would take more notice of who is in your house”
“Thank god you’re here” you sighed in relief, getting off the couch and pulling her in against you. She noticed how your body practically went lifeless against her.
“Tired?” She asked as you nodded with a yawn. You both headed up towards bed and it wasn’t too long before you fell asleep.
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You got up early the next morning, leaving Alessia tucked in bed and collecting Luke, who owed you one for last night.
“I need you to do me that favour” you said as you handed him your house key. “I just can’t go in myself” you nodded your head towards the shopfront. He was gone for just a few minutes before he returned back to the car.
“I presume it’s for Lessi?” He asked as you shrugged.
“No, it’s for my other girlfriend” you smirked as he laughed. You dropped him home on your way back to your own house, where you found Alessia making breakfast.
“Where’d you go?” She smiled, wrapping her arms around your neck.
“I just needed to pop out for a few” you smiled as you kissed her and began to help her with breakfast. When you both sat at the kitchen table and tucked into food, you finally spoke up.
“I, uh, got something for you” you smiled.
“Oh yeah?” She asked, putting her fork down.
“Here” you handed her a key that you had gotten cut this morning with Luke. “It’s a key to the house” you smiled.
“So, I can stop breaking in?” She smirked as you laughed. “Come here” she said pulling at the collar of your hoodie and pulling you in for a kiss. She pulled your hoodie over your head and threw it away. You picked her up as she sat on the kitchen counter, legs wrapped around your waist.
“Good morning” Leah shouted as she came through the kitchen door with Jacob. “Oh god, my eyes” she groaned as Jacob laughed.
The music was thumping in the club. It was dark, the floor was sticky and you could feel nothing but Alessia pressed against you, dancing to the music that was playing. Arsenal had just beaten Chelsea in the London Derby earlier today. 2 goals scored by Alessia to win the game 2-1 and put them top of the league.
It was decided straight after the win that the team would go out to celebrate as they had a few days off before the international break.
“Invite everybody” Katie shouted, earning a round of cheers around the dressing room. There was murmurs around the room and people began taking out their phones to start texting people tonight’s plans.
“Leah, you should invite your sister” Alessia was too busy taking her boots off that she didn’t see exactly who said it, but her head whipped up none the same, scanning the room.
“Oh and her fit friend” was shouted next, Alessia didn’t even care to look around the room to see who added that part.
Leah laughed it off, but looked straight at Alessia. She could tell Alessia was fuming. Steam could have easily burst from the strikers head at any second. She thought it would be best to defuse the situation, but actually ended up making it worse.
“I don’t think my sister would come if I asked, but maybe if Less asked, she would” Leah smirked towards Alessia. Lia quickly stood in front of the English striker to stop anybody from seeing how red she went in that moment.
You hadn’t told Leah how you felt about Alessia. It was awkward with them working and living together, but if only you’d told her, she would have told you Alessia felt the exact same about you. But all you believed was that Alessia wanted to just be friends, and you were not about to ruin your friendship for some silly feelings that you thought would eventually pass.
“Are you going to invite her?” Lia asked with a smile, Alessia still flustered.
“Should I?” Alessia frowned, but she was only met with a nod and a smile from Lia.
When the room began filtering out and only Alessia, who was showering, Lia, and Leah were left, Lia decided now would be the best moment to give out to Leah for pissing Alessia off.
“I told you to stop meddling, you threw her right into the deep end, love” Lia whisper shouted.
“They are two idiots” Leah huffed, putting her runners on.
“You are acting like an idiot” Lia groaned.
“Yeah, but you love me, don’t you darlin’?” Leah smirked, pulling her girlfriend closer to her by the waist.
“Just get the bags” Lia chuckled, pressing a quick kiss to Leah’s lips, but Leah deepened it. It didn’t take long for Lia to melt into the kiss, hands wrapped around Leah’s neck. Of course, Alessia chose right now to walk out of the shower, instantly regretting it.
“Oh shit, sorry” Alessia shouted, backing herself in towards the showers again.
“Less, it’s fine” Leah shouted back as she re-emerged. “See, when you admit your feelings, you actually get to be with the person sometimes” Leah laughed as Lia rolled her eyes.
“How long?” Alessia asked beginning to get ready.
“It’s been a while” Lia replied.
“I can’t believe Y/n didn’t tell me” Alessia laughed, starting to put her stuff into her bag. She looked back at the pair when they didn’t respond.
“Oh” Alessia breathed out.
“You can’t tell her or anybody” Leah warned as Alessia held her hands up in surrender.
The girls all walked towards Leah’s car as they headed home, making a quick stop to Lia’s apartment so she could grab her outfit. Alessia took her phone out to text you but didn’t know how to word it, she was just tapping her thumbs on the screen without hitting any letters.
“If you look at that phone any longer without using it, the thing is going out the window” Leah huffed from the front of the car.
“Why don’t you call her when we get home?” Lia suggested as Alessia smiled and nodded back at her.
“Be nice” Lia frowned, squeezing Leah’s arm.
“You know I won’t say anything right?” Alessia chirped from the back as the couple in the front nodded.
“I just mean, you can be a couple around me and there’s no judgment. I’m happy for both of you” Alessia smiled as Lia turned around to squeeze the English girl’s knee.
“Go back to staring at your phone” Leah muffled.
You were more than halfway through the album now. You’d written songs about moving away and being in love in New York and the break up. But you didn’t know what you wanted to write about when you came home and then, Alessia.
You were writing down some notes when your phone buzzed. The photo of the two of you that popped up when she called always made you smile. She always made you smile. You’d only over been this smitten with a girl once before which was insane, because thousands of girls were constantly throwing themselves at you.
“Hey” you answered, placing the phone between your shoulder and ear as you scribbled the last thing down you needed to.
“Hi” you could feel her smiling from the tone of her voice. You missed her smile.
“You played unbelievable today, Less” you cooed into the phone.
“Oh, you actually took time to watch one of my matches?” She teased as you rolled your eyes.
She didn’t need to know that you never missed her matches, no matter how busy you got. You actually got really frustrated that this album was getting in the way of you seeing one of her matches in person.
“What you up to?” You asked.
“The team are heading out tonight and I wanted to know if you were free? Maybe you wanted to come?” She asked.
You looked at the pages that definitely did not have enough on them for you to agree to leaving. But how could you resist that voice?
“Can I bring Luke?” You asked as she smiled.
“Leah already invited him” she giggled.
“Then I’m there” you nodded. “Can’t wait to see you” you mumbled after the girl had hung up.
But here you were now, stuffed into an exclusively booked section of the fancy London nightclub. Music was thumping, people were drunk, and sweaty bodies were pressed up against each other. You could tell Luke was kissing someone but, through your blurred vision, you couldn’t make out who. There was too many blonde girls that played for Arsenal.
You hadn’t drank like this in a long time. You were treating alcohol like a stress reliever tonight. You didn’t want to think about the album, and how much work you still had to do. You were slumped on a couch in the corner with Lia and Leah. Alessia was off dancing on the dance floor that was shared with the rest of the club, with Vic and Lotte. Your eyes were glued to her.
“Move over” Emily said to Leah as she squeezed in between you both. You didn’t even notice her as she sat down, you were fixated on the blonde who was dancing around.
You could barely make out what the American girl was saying to you, but it had been going on awhile. Leah and Lia tried to get involved in the conversation but she didn’t seem interested in letting them. Your eyes had shifted from Alessia to the floor. Alessia looked across the bar towards the couches to where Emily had her body pressed against you and was whispering in your ear. Both your hands were wrapped around your glass and you looked heavily uninterested in the conversation.
Leah and Lia had long got up and left you sat alone with her. When you eventually locked eyes with Alessia, you mouthed at her to save you. She giggled at you before coming by your side, pulling you off the seat and bringing you to the dance floor.
“Have you seen Luke?” You asked her as she pulled you against her.
“He’s over there” Alessia smirked, pointing towards him and Steph, who were still kissing.
You laughed as you brought your hands to Alessia’s waist and her fingertips were scraping the back of your head. Both of you were so drunk at this stage, but all that was in your mind was the last time you were in this scenario, she ended up going home with someone else.
You both danced around with each other for a bit, but it got more intimate and sweaty the closer you got to each other. The only time you left the other’s side was to go to the bar to get another drink for both of you. You’d both practically neck your drinks so you could be back with your hands on the other.
You’d gotten back from the bar with two drinks only to find her chatting to a girl that you didn’t recognise. Your heart shattered. You were not about to let her walk out of here with someone other than you. If it took being drunk to realise that you were in love with her, than so be it.
You chugged both drinks as fast as you could, making your way over to her and pulling her waist to have her body pressed against you again.
“You wanna leave?” You asked as she nodded her head against you. “I wanna take you back to mine” you mumbled.
“Do it then” Alessia challenged.
You took her by the hand and led her out of the night club and into a taxi, going straight towards your house. Leah and Lia raised their eyebrows suggestively to eachother at the sight of you two leaving, hand in hand.
“I told you, meddling works” Leah shouted over the music as Lia rolled her eyes.
The taxi was quiet, neither of you knowing what to say to each other. Although, she hadn’t let go of your hand yet. You paid the taxi and opened the door, both of you stepping inside and Alessia kicked it shut.
She wasted no time before connecting her lips with yours. It was a nice kiss, you just wish you were both sober enough to actually enjoy your first kiss. You had Alessia pressed against your front door as her hand had pushed your head towards her neck. Some type of sense came over you to speak again.
“Is this okay?” You asked as she frantically nodded and continued to kiss you.
“Take me to bed” she whispered in your ear, jumping up into your arms as you carried her upstairs.
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You woke the next morning with Alessia wrapped up against you. It wasn’t the first time you’d woken up like that with the blonde, but it was the first time you’d woken and felt different.
You couldn’t get the thought out of your head of what had happened last night. You felt maybe you were getting somewhere with her. Maybe you would both be able to finally tell each other how you felt and give it a real go.
Someone started knocking on the door as you gently untangled yourself from Alessia and made your way downstairs.
“Man, I am so fucked, I think Leah is going to kill me” Luke mumbled as he pushed by you and went straight towards the kitchen. Your best friend looked so stressed but you couldn’t help but laugh at him.
“It’s not funny, I’m dead” he said with his head in his hands.
“Yeah well, join the club” you smirked, walking towards your coffee machine as you began to brew both of your coffees.
“What did you do?” Luke asked, tilting his head.
“Morning” Alessia smiled, coming into the kitchen.
“Hey Lessi” Luke smiled, not catching on that the answer to his question had just walked through the door.
“Morning” you both mouthed at each other with a smile.
“Who the hell was it that you were kissing?” You laughed at him now as he shook his head.
“Could you not see?” Alessia asked as she whispered Steph’s name to you, loud enough that he heard it.
“Alessia” Luke snapped.
He slumped on the chair at the kitchen table as you were sat on the countertop with Alessia’s back leaning against you, both of you laughing at him.
“Leah is going to murder me” Luke whined. “Can one of you do something worse to make it better?” Luke suggested. You and Alessia shared a look, but it was missed by Luke.
“I can try” you smirked, not breaking the eye contact with Alessia, who smiled back at you.
You could just call your sister right now and tell her that you drunkenly slept with her teammate last night. That would certainly solve Luke’s problem straight away. But if you told Leah or anyone what had happened, maybe it wouldn’t happen again.
“You wanna chill for awhile?” You asked and they both agreed. Luke sat on the arm chair while you and Alessia sat on the couch, he didn’t bat an eyelid to how cuddly you two were. He’d become so used to how touchy you were with each other.
It was later in the day when they both left, Luke had agreed to drop Alessia home. You were sort of glad it happened that way so you both didn’t need to have an awkward conversation straight away. But you enjoyed the hug you gave to each other, it felt like something had been cemented that neither of you regretted anything.
You went straight back to working on some songs. You finally wrote one of your final few songs, and you made it clear it was about Alessia. They would always only be about her now.
-
You became hyper focused the next few days, zoned out of life entirely, working on the songs to finish the album. This whole new wave of inspiration hit you since you and Alessia, well, since that night. It left you writing far too many songs for the album. But on top of that, a wave of realisation came over you that since that night with Alessia, two things have happened.
1. You had not spoken to Alessia since
2. You hadn’t thought about Mel for a singular second for the first time.
You left your house, getting straight into the car, speeding to Alessia and Leah’s house. You didn’t care who was there, you were telling Alessia you loved her, even if it ruined everything. It’d been just over a week since that night and although you both hadn’t spoken, you knew you didn’t regret it for a second, and you just knew she didn’t either.
You opened the door with your key, kicking your shoes off, obeying the house rules even in a time like this. You headed straight towards the kitchen, where you would usually find her. Only, Alessia wasn’t there. In fact, she wasn’t even in the house. She was out somewhere, with somebody.
Leah and Lia were in the kitchen though, and you don’t know what shocked you more, the sight of them kissing or the fact you’d been so self absorbed the last few months you’d forgotten to be a real sister to Leah. You and Leah had always been as close as close can get. But now, you were currently hiding the fact you loved someone from her, and clearly, so was she.
“Less, is that you?” Leah shouted eventually, after breaking away from her girlfriend and looking towards the door. It was only open that you could see through a small gap, she couldn’t see you.
“I can’t believe she agreed to a blind date” Lia whispered, but due to you being at the door, you heard it, and it hurt. A date?
“I just can’t believe those two idiots fucked it up. I told you to let me meddle” Leah laughed, before walking towards the door.
“I thought they were fine when they left together” Lia whispered and shrugged with a laugh.
Did Alessia say something to them? Did she make a joke of it? Was it all just a mistake to her? Did you misunderstand her feelings? Was it just because she was drunk? She’s on a date?
Your mind was spiralling but as you heard the footsteps in the kitchen getting closer, you backed up, right to the front door.
“Oh, it’s you” Leah said, looking down the hall, beginning to walk towards you, with a smile.
You needed to pretend like you hadn’t seen her and Lia, and that you hadn’t heard their conversation as to where Alessia was right now. You were just finding it so hard to think of words right now. You, the award winning songwriter.
“I, uh, left something in Alessia’s room. I just needed to grab it” you eventually blurted out, before taking them two steps at a time.
Don’t cry. Don’t panic. Don’t freak out. You repeated it in your head, over and over again. You felt the same numbness in your body as you did the night you confronted Mel. This was stupid, Alessia didn’t owe you anything. You couldn’t be upset about this. One night stands were normal.
You looked around the room for anything that belonged to you. You settled on taking a set of drum sticks that were thrown into the back of the wardrobe, as well as a random hoodie that was yours, before rushing back down the stairs and putting your shoes back on. Leah was pacing at the bottom of the staircase, like she was panicked by how quick you’d came down.
“Less should be home in 20 minutes if you wanted to wait?” Leah asked as you shook your head.
“Well if you wanted to stay anyway, me and Lia were just about to-” she began, but you cut her off.
“I’m busy” you said, before fully slipping your shoes back on and slamming the front door shut.
“That was weird, no?” Lia asked.
Leah just stared blankly at the front door that you’d just slammed in her face. And that was when she realised you’d heard their conversation about Alessia.
You got into your car and began driving home, turning the radio up full blast and trying to breathe normally.
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“Where is it?” Alessia shouted from her room, causing Lia to run in, while Leah’s was in the shower.
“Where is what?” Lia asked, looking at the girl who was pulling her entire room apart.
“Y/n’s hoodie. I hung it up this morning and it’s not here” she sniffled.
Alessia was so close to tears. It was the first thing you’d ever given her that belonged to you, and she loved it. She appreciated it so much that you left it here on purpose when you moved.
“Relax, we will find it” Lia cooed, holding her shoulder briefly as they both began to look before Lia ran down to check the wash basket.
“What’s with all the shouting?” Leah asked, coming into the blonde’s room that looked like it had been hit by a bomb.
“I can’t find Y/n’s hoodie. The one I sleep in” Alessia blurted out. Why did she just admit that to your sister?
“It was here this morning” she pointed at the wardrobe and quickly changed the subject.
“Oh, I think she took it when she was here earlier” Leah shrugged, before leaving the room and headed back to her one.
“She was here?” Alessia asked, standing up and following her.
“For about 20 seconds. She said she needed to grab something and I think she took a hoodie and a pair of drumsticks” Leah informed her.
“Why did you let her in my room?” Alessia snapped.
“It wasn’t a problem when you did it for four months” Leah laughed.
“Why? Afraid she’d see you with your date?” Your sister added as Alessia frowned.
“Oh, how did it go?” Lia asked as she got to the top of the stairs empty handed.
“How did what go?” Alessia asked in a sharp tone.
“Your date” Lia said.
“What date?” Alessia had a look of pure confusion on her face.
“The one Steph set you up on” Leah frowned.
“What are you talking about?” Alessia snapped.
“Steph told me she was setting you up on a date” Lia said, a confused look now forming on her face.
“No, I was setting up Steph on a date with Luke” Alessia frowned.
“Lia” Leah groaned.
“English isn’t my first language” she protested.
“Did you tell Y/n I went on a date?” She asked your sister.
“No, not directly” Leah shook her head.
“We didn’t know she was here” Lia backed her up as Alessia left the hallway and returned to her room, slamming the door on the way in.
“I’m actually sick of them slamming doors in my house” Leah snapped as she went to go and give Alessia a stern talking to.
“Lee, relax love. Let her be angry” Lia whispered, placing her hand on her girlfriend’s chest and closing their bedroom door.
You drove for hours that night, not wanting to go back to Leah’s where there was so many memories with Alessia. Not wanting to go back to your own house where you shared your first kiss. You didn’t want to speak to anybody or do anything. You stopped in somewhere, dawning a baseball cap and sunglasses to cover your face and picking up as much alcohol they would legally sell you and deciding to go home.
It was 3am when you looked at your smartwatch, you had a few missed calls from various people. You’d been in your home studio for hours on end, writing utter rubbish that probably didn’t contain one coherent sentence.
You couldn’t believe you’d allowed yourself to fall for someone that didn’t even like you back. You were Y/n Williamson, you had thousands of girls who wanted you but you wanted the one that didn’t want you back. You took a bottle of whatever you saw first from the fridge, downing the entirety of it before deciding to call Leah.
“Hello?” Leah groaned.
“Hey” you slurred.
“Y/n? It’s past 3am, what’s wrong?” Leah asked, sitting up in bed and rubbing her eyes. The movement woke Lia, but Leah swatted away her hand that moved to hold her arm.
“I thought she liked me” you sobbed.
“What’s the matter?” Leah asked.
“I’m so in love with her, why would she go on a date with someone else after we kissed?” You confessed. Leah moved the phone away from her ear to talk to Lia.
“I need to go over to her, she is drunk” Leah informed her girlfriend. “You okay to stay here?” She asked as the Swiss girl nodded and fell back asleep quickly.
“Listen, I’ll be right over okay? Can you try and get a glass of water?” She asked as you hummed.
Leah tiptoed around the house and slipped out the front door, without waking anybody. It wasn’t long before you felt her arms wrapped around you as you sobbed against her.
“It’s okay” she cooed as she brushed her fingers through your hair.
“I love her” you whispered against her chest.
“I know” she patted your back. “She didn’t go on a date. She set one up for someone else” Leah informed you, opting to leave out that it was for Luke in this moment.
“But, you said-” you began, before she tutted.
“You’ll have to forgive Lia’s lack of English comprehension” Leah laughed as you took a deep breath.
“I’m such a fucking idiot” you sobbed as she pulled you in against her.
“You’re both idiots. I’ve told you both this for months” Leah told you. “You both have told the wrong people about your feelings. Just tell each other” Leah said as you shrugged.
You didn’t want to think about Alessia anymore. She’d consumed your thoughts since the day you met her.
“You and Lia?” You asked as she nodded. “I’m happy for you” you smiled as you hugged her properly now.
“I’m sorry I haven’t been there for you” you sighed as she shook her head.
“You’ve had shit going on” she smiled.
“So have you” you replied as she shrugged.
“When is your album due?” She asked as you checked your watch dramatically.
“About three days ago” you chuckled as she laughed.
“How many more songs?” She sized up, usually you wouldn’t even give her that much.
“I’m done writing. I just ended up writing probably three albums worth” you sighed.
“Are they about her?” Leah asked as you nodded. “Does it feel right?” She probed as you shrugged.
“Well, if you do use them, maybe you should tell her, you know, before you tell the entire world” Leah laughed as you stuck the finger up at her.
“Come on, let’s go to bed” Leah pulled you towards the stairs. She tucked you into bed before starting to head towards the door.
“Lee” you whispered.
“Yeah?”
“Can you stay?” You asked.
“Yeah, I’ll just be in my room” she smiled, but you shook your head.
“Can you stay with me?” You rephrased as she began walking towards you.
“Of course I can” she jumped in beside you as you cuddled into her and both of you fell asleep.
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When Leah woke the next morning, you were nowhere to be found. She could hear the sound of drums coming from two floors down. She stretched before she stood up and headed downstairs, sending Lia a text on her way down.
“Sounds different?” Leah asked with a smirk on her face from the door.
“Hey, get out. You know the rules” you swatted her away.
“You owe me, you woke me at 3am and have now woken me again at 9am to the sound of drums” she laughed.
“Well if you must know, I’m done” you shrugged.
“The album?” She shouted as you nodded. “I’m so proud of you” she ran towards you and picked you up, spinning you around with a struggle. You were far taller than Leah was.
“I thought you had too many songs?” She chuckled as you shrugged.
“I just picked the ones that made the most sense for this album, it’s a bit longer than I planned it to be”
“So you two kissed?” Leah raised an eyebrow as you groaned. “Was it after the Chelsea game?” She asked.
“Yeah” you sighed. “We were both drunk” you explained.
“So, do you regret it?” She raised her eyebrows at you.
“No, god no” you shook your head. “I meant what I said last night. I’m in love with her” your head fell to the floor.
“You know she’s into you too right?” Leah asked.
“I don’t know, I think she just wants to be friends” you shrugged.
“No, she told me months ago she really liked you” Leah laughed.
“You’ve known this for months and you haven’t told me?” You frowned.
“Lia would literally kill me if she knew I was telling you now” Leah said defensively. Lia hated that she was getting so involved with you and Alessia’s relationship.
“Speaking of people who will kill me, I need to call Anna” you said as she nodded.
“I’m gonna head home but text me if you need me” she smiled, hugging you goodbye before she left and headed home. She stopped herself at the front door.
“Would you mind if I took that hoodie back? Alessia was really upset you took it” you stared at her. It took you a few seconds to realise what she was referring to.
“I’ll drop it to her later” you informed her as she nodded.
“Was it just a kiss?” Leah smirked.
“Goodbye Leah” you groaned as her smirk grew wider and she left.
You left it a bit to call Anna, understanding that time difference was a real concept which was lost on some people in your circle.
“My English superstar, how are you?” She hummed.
“I’m finished” you shrugged.
“I listened to it this morning. I love them, all of them” she smiled. “I’ve got you booked in the morning for a recording session and I’ve asked Luke to go with you” she smiled.
“Okay cool, thanks” you said.
“Who is she?” Anna asked as you frowned.
“Who is who?” You asked.
“Come on, the songs are clearly about somebody. Is it that blonde girl?” She asked as you rolled your eyes.
“I pay you to manage me, not to judge me” you smirked.
“Fine, I guess I’ll just ask your marketing manager. I know he will tell me.” she stuck her tongue out at you before hanging up.
You drove to Alessia and Leah’s house later, with the hoodie and all of Alessia’s favourite treats in a bag in the passenger seat. When you got in, you headed up to her room and left everything on the bed. It was disheartening that nobody was in when you called around, but they had jobs and friends and weren’t always free for you. You waited around for a little bit, but after no sign you decided to head off.
It was late when your phone pinged.
Less 🤍
Thank you x
Y/n/n 💙
No problemo
When you free next?
Less 🤍
I’m pretty busy the next while. I’m in camp in a few days for 2 weeks x
Y/n/n 💙
I start recording tomorrow so I’ll be pretty busy 😕
When you come back for camp, would you want to do something? x
Less 🤍
That’s exciting! x
Like what? x
Y/n/n 💙
Something just the two of us x
Less 🤍
I would really love that 😊 xx
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Luke picked you up the next morning and drove you to the studio. Today was mostly about getting the sounding right and your instruments put in.
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You’d told Alessia that you would be off the grid for the next few days. Recording was a super busy and stressful time. On her way to St. George’s Park, she quickly called you.
“Hey Less, I’m so sorry, I literally have two seconds” you rushed out.
“I was calling just to say-” Alessia trailed off.
“Yeah?” You said softly, trying not to rush her but you were in a rush.
“I can’t wait to see you” she said. “I miss you” she added.
“I miss you too” you smiled. “I’ll make sure it’s something nice that we do” you confirmed.
“Good luck with recording” Alessia said.
“Good luck with camp” you nodded.
She was perfect. You had to make this work.
-
You ended up texting each other every single day. Sometimes snapping photos to send to one another, sometime sneaking phone calls in. But it never got overly flirty. You and Alessia really did love being friends and you valued her in your life that way. But it was hard not to miss Alessia’s smile whenever her phone pinged with a message from you.
Specifically by the person who she spent the most time with on camp.
“Hey Leah?” Ella asked. Her and Alessia were best friends and sure, she’d talked to Ella about you, but Ella was in Manchester and didn’t see Alessia as often as she would have when they played for United.
“What’s up, Tooney?” Leah replied, picking up cones from the training session.
“Is Alessia and your sister, like, a thing?” She blurted out.
“Why would you think that?” Leah said with a smirk.
“Don’t play thick with me” Ella laughed.
“They both like each other and I think they got drunk and kissed awhile ago” Leah shrugged.
“Oh I thought they slept- uh anyway” Ella coughed. “Why haven’t you done something?” Ella nudged her.
“I’ve been told not to get involved” Leah smirked.
“If she was still in Manchester, I’d be meddling” Ella shrugged with a chuckle.
“I think they’re figuring it out” Leah informed her as they went quiet and they walked into the changing room.
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When you both returned to normal life, you slipped into that the same comfortable friendly pattern. Now that you both had some free time, it was spent mostly with eachother, Luke, Leah and Lia. Sometimes Steph came along too now that her and Luke had a thing. It was painful watching Lia and Leah and now Luke and Steph be so coupley, when you could hardly even look at Alessia.
You’d never been overly good at putting your feelings out there or acting on how you felt. With Mel it was easy, because she kissed you one night and you fell madly in love.
You never talked about that night after the Chelsea game, or your feelings. You were both far too afraid to ruin the friendship. So you stayed friends, close friends, but just friends. Maybe that was all that was meant for you and Alessia.
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It was just the two of you in your house one evening, Luke in his own apartment with Steph and Leah over at Lia’s. You knew she hated being alone, so you invited her over to spend the night.
“You can’t be serious?” You laughed as she came running from the kitchen.
“I swear, look” she sighed, shoving her phone in your face, showing you the outfit that Ella had picked for her to wear to a team bonding session.
She flopped back on the couch beside you, looking over at your guitar that was propped up on a stand in the corner. You never had instruments laying around the house, they were always downstairs.
“Were you working on something?” She asked, pointing towards the guitar.
“I was just messing around earlier” you shrugged, picking up the remote and starting to flick through movies. She’d gotten to your house quicker than expected so you never got to put it away.
“I liked when you played for me that time” she admitted, eyes shifting back towards the guitar. When you looked at her, her eyes told you everything you needed to know.
“Fine, one song and then we’re watching this” you said, pausing the movie you’d picked and getting up to grab the guitar.
“What song?” You asked as you sat back down and played softly to make sure it was in tune.
“One I haven’t heard” she whispered, head on your shoulder.
“I don’t play new songs” you shrugged.
“Make an exception” she squeezed your arm with a giggle.
You’d never played something that you hadn’t released for someone, apart from members of your team. You’d also never told Alessia after months of feeling like this that you liked her more than friends. So, maybe there was a first time for everything.
“I did write something, but I didn’t finish it” you said as she nodded in approval and you began to play. Your hands were shaking a bit, and your voice trembled slightly.
“Takin’ it slowly, you’re afraid to be lonely
Nobody told me, it’s harder than I thought to tell the truth
It’s gonna leave me in pieces, all alone with my demons
And I know that we need this, but I’ve been too afraid to follow through”
You’d probably never felt more nervous in your life, despite playing for millions of people across your career, this was the most panicked you’d ever felt.
“Hold me close and I won’t leave, cause it hurts when you hurt somebody
So much to say, but I don’t speak, and I hate that I let you stop me
Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody”
You stopped playing but couldn’t even make eye contact with her.
“Yeah, something like that” you shrugged.
“You should finish it” she nudged you in the arm before you stood up to put the guitar back on its stand and jumping back onto the couch.
You pressed play as she leaned her head against your shoulder again to get comfortable. The movie played for just a couple of minutes before she paused it. Luckily, you had managed to stay awake due to your chest beating so fast from playing the song.
“What is that song about?” She asked, staring straight ahead.
You didn’t reply to her at first, you didn’t look in her direction either. You couldn’t.
“I guess, I’ve had some feelings that I haven’t really been too open about” you sighed. There was silence for a long time. You bit the bullet.
“I think- I don’t want to be just friends with you anymore, Less” you whispered.
“I’ve never wanted to just be your friend” she admitted as you turned to look at each other now for the first time.
“Kiss me” she said as you leaned in.
“Are you sure?” You asked quickly, waiting for the slightest of nods before you closed the gap and pressed your lips against hers.
“I want you so badly” Alessia hummed, intensity rising as you kissed harder.
“I haven’t been able to stop thinking about you” you admitted as you kissed the girl’s neck.
“No more talking” Alessia shook her head, placing her finger to your lips. “Let’s go upstairs” she smirked as you both rushed upstairs.
One thing was for sure, you’d never just be friends again.
