Star Girl - Jude Bellingham (part 3).
Summary: reader is the biggest talent for the lionesses and is always shipped my the media with Englandâs golden boy. Jude and the reader bump into each other at the pool before everyone wakes up.
A/n : part 2 wouldnât show in tags so please show this chapter some love.
The rest of the day flew by, the summer evening air calming you to the point you fell asleep early again.
Given this, you decided to wake up slightly earlier than usual and head to the gym.
Your alarm woke you up at 5:00am, so you (difficulty) pulled yourself out of bed and went to the bathroom to wash your face and clean your teeth.
Once done, you placed your tied your hair up and got changed into some gym clothes you had bought from home.
You preferred your own clothes for private gym sessions given the England training fits were slightly scratchy.
You filled your water bottle up with ice and water from the fountain outside your room in between the rows and rows of rooms.
You ran back to your room, grabbed your headphones and a towel and locked up.
You walked through the labyrinth of hallways at Saint Georgeâs park to get down to the gym.
Once there, you settled on starting with some cardio.
First, choosing to run on the treadmill for half an hour, 15 minutes on the stair-master and a following 10 ok the bike machine.
In the final 5 minutes of the hour you allocated for yourself this morning, you decided to do some stretches with a weight on a yoga mat.
When you finished, you were covered with sweat and burning up from head to toe.
You checked the clock on the wall of the gym and decided you had enough time to go for a quick swim to cool yourself off before you head upstairs for a shower before breakfast.
You closed the door to the gym behind you and began the short walk to the pool room.
Once there, you opened the door to the swimming pool and stepped inside.
To your surprise, someone was already in there swimming laps.
You stood there, frozen, for a few seconds before you decided to walk over and place your towel on once of the benches surrounding the perimeter of the pool.
You placed it down along with your water bottle and your headphones.
âMorningâ a gruff voice said from behind you.
You turned around to see Jude leant against the side of the pool closest to you, his head resting on his crossed arms held up my the poolside.
You couldnât help but stare as water droplets pooled in the curves of his muscles laced upon his broad shoulders.
âY/n?â Jude called your name, his voice laced with tiredness.
Your eyes shot back up to meet his to see him with a small smirk tugging at his lips. You wouldnât have notice it had you not had been focusing so intently on his face.
âYeah, good morning.â You said brightly, still out of breath from the gym.
âJust had a quick morning workout?â He asked you, pushing himself up and out of the pool as the muscles in his arms convulsed and rippled against his skin.
He sat on the side watching you and waiting for a reply, his legs still moving in the water gently.
You instantly remembered the state you looked, hair going curly around the edge of your face due to the sweat, a red flush forcing itself onto your skin.
âUm yeah. Something like thatâ you said, coming your hair behind your ear with your fingers in an attempt to look better.
Jude smiled at your efforts before looking down.
âCouldnât you sleep?â He asks you, his voice soft, almost concerned as he keeps his gaze away from you.
âThe opposite actuallyâ you say sighing before continuing, âI fall asleep so easily and early that I decided I was getting enough sleep and that i should spend my time bettering myself.â
Jude nodded, prodding the surface of the water with his finger and watching it ripple before he looked back up to you.
âYou coming in?â He asks you, a laugh tumbling out his mouth, âor are you just going to stand there and watch?â He smirks now.
You feel your cheeks grow even hotter, embarrassment consuming you knowing for definite he caught you staring at him.
âIâm coming in, donât you worry. I know you want me toâ you say, teasing him back with a small smirk on your face.
You take off a jumper you had placed on your head to leave you in your sports bra and shorts.
Once the jumper is over your head, you throw it to the side with the rest of your stuff before returning your gaze to Jude.
âWhoâs looking now, Bellingham?â You wink at him before you saunter past him and walk down the steps of the pool.
The chlorinated liquid cools you instantly, goosebumps forming on your skin.
You sigh as you push off the steps as the water consumes the rest of your body.
You quickly swim under the water allowing your hair to get wet as you pull it out of the hair band.
It flows around your face as you push yourself up from the bottom, wiping the hair back and out your face as you break surface.
You turn back around to face Jude to see him swimming closer and closer to you.
You see him reach his hand out from the bottom of the pool and watch as he touches the back of your knee tickling you slightly.
You gasp as he comes to the surface despite you expecting it, giggling as he shakes his head like a dog before watching as he wipes a hand down his face to get the water off his eyes.
He smiles at the sound of your giggles, an unfamiliar, warm feeling spreading throughout his heart.
âI have an ideaâ he says to you excitedly as your giggles quiet down.
âOh yeah?â You say, a smirk pulling your mouth into a smile.
âMhm. Letâs raceâ he says from his position a few metres away from you.
You stare at him with a surprised expression as he stands there treading water waiting for your reply.
âFineâ you say and watch as he smacks his hand on the surface of the pool in celebration, some of the splash landing on you.
âYou are so going down Bellinghamâ you say to him.
âIf you drown me, I can sue you, Y/L/Nâ he says with a fake shocked expression.
You laugh at his sarcastic interpretation of your comment, feeling slightly embarrassed at the pun you unintentionally made.
âYou ready?â He says as you both hold onto the side of the pool furthest away from the entrance.
âFirst to the other end of the pool wins, yeah?â You say, an idea forming in your head.
He nods before counting to three.
Once at three, he launches off and you pull yourself out of the pool, running along the edge.
You jump back in a few metres from the other side before swimming.
âYes! I won!â You said as you touched the side, the water rippling around you.
âWhat? How?â He says as he, too, breaks the surface of the water.
âIâm just a really good swimmerâ you said, a very poor wink being send the older boys way.
He gets distracted laughing at your failed wink before he falls silent as he realises what you said.
âYou cheated?â He questions you.
You stay silent, biting your lip to hide the smile.
âYou cheated.â He says more shocked this time.
âOh youâre gonna get it!â He shouts as you start laughing.
He launches himself off the side as you begin swimming away from him as fast as you can.
He launches waves of water at you from the side making you scream.
You tried swimming as fast as you can but he caught up.
His hands cupped your waist as he launched you above the water, you falling in about two metres away.
You screamed the whole time you were in the air, his laughs filling your sense.
âIâm sorry. Iâm sorryâ you say, holding your hands up as you come back to the surface.
âYou should beâ he says as he swims closer to you.
Your gazes never falling from each others.
You feel nervous as he looks at you, his eyes intense but deep and beautiful, like honey and melted chocolate.
The both do you are less than an arms length away from each other as you keep eye contact.
You notice he is standing up in the deep end, contrast to you wiggling your legs in an attempt to keep yourself up.
He reaches his hand out to help stable you before a voice breaks you both out of your trance.
âY/n, there you are. Breakfast starts in five minutesâ your best friend Georgia Stanway calls from the door as it opens.
She smirks at the two of you as you swim away from Jude quickly and he clears his throat.
You look at the clock and swear under your breath.
You quickly pull yourself out of the water and wrap your towel around you as you grab your stuff.
Just before you leave the room, you turn to face Jude as you bid him goodbye.
âSee you laterâ you say with a warm smile.
âI hope soâ he returns one as you leave the room.
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