#almuthschult

“Nope, my car is waiting over there.” She answers and I leads me to a black car. 

We get to the stadium in less then an hour, the German womens national team is playing the last qualification game for the World Cup next year, against Bulgaria tonight. 

We stop at a small flower shop and I get a bouquet of red and white roses. 

I feel excitement run through my body as we stop at the stadium but I’m also really nervous. 

Excitement, because I’m able to see my girlfriend again, nervous because I plan on proposing to her, tonight, after the game. 

I’ve been in Mali as a soldier for the last eight months, I love my job but its really hard when I only get to see my girl over FaceTime. 

Angela leads me through the locker room and to a door that leads into the stadium, I see the national team of both countries and Martina standing on the side of the field. 

“I’m gonna tell her that your here, but you may wanna stay here so nobody sees you yet.” Angela says and I nod, my eyes glued to the field, searching for my girlfriend. 

Angela walks outside and I hear the cheering of the fans, she says something to Martina who turns around and gives me a smile before focusing back on the game. 

I asked her if its okay if I come to surprise my girl today and when the idea with proposing to her crossed my mind I also asked Martina if its okay. 

“She says, welcome home and good luck.” Angela says as she comes back into the room. 

I lay my hand over my pocket, feeling the small box in it. 

The more the time went bay, the more terrified I get. I was deeply calm when I sat in the plane back home and even on the way here but now....

Everyone I know told me she said yes, her brother, her dad, I even asked one of her team mates. 

“Three more minutes.” Angela says, I almost forgot that she's here.

I take a deep breath as we watch the last minutes, when the referee blows her whistle three times, the games over. 

“Germany wins eight to zero.” the stadium speaker, the fans cheering and screaming loud, the players from the bench run onto the field celebrating their team mates. 

I see Martina following them but she turn back towards me, giving me a thumbs up. 

“I think that's your moment.” Angela says, giving me the flower bucket we got before heading here. 

“Thank you.” I say and check myself in the reflection of the glass door before walking outside. 

“WORLD CUP. WORLD CUP. WORLD CUP.” I hear fans, players and stuff members screaming. 

I’m not even on the field when I see that one of her team members noticed me, and is now looking at me like I’m a ghost.

“Oh my god.” I hear someone else saying as I walk towards them. 

“You look like you saw a ghost.” I remember this voice within a second, my girlfriend, Alexandra Popp. 

“I think I do.” Lena Oberdorf answers, stopping in the middle of her celebration move, one arm around Lea Schüller the other one in the air. 

“Is that...-” Almuth Schult trails off, and finally Poppi turns around. 

Her jaw drops and now she looks like she just saw a ghost. 

I smile at her and after a couple of seconds, she realizes that I’m really there and she runs towards me. 

She almost nocks me over, as her arms wrap around my neck and she holds onto me like her life depends on it. I pull her closer as she presses her face into my shoulder. 

We pull back but only met again in a soft but loving kiss, the fans cheer even more around us and suddenly I feel the strength and courage to do it. 

“Hey.” I say we brake apart, her blue eyes looking with mine. 

“Hi.” she answers “I didn't knew that you were coming home today.” 

“I wanted to surprise you.” I explain, her smile gets wider. 

“I love that surprise.” 

“Well I hope you like the next one too.” I see and get a step back, as I pull the tiny ring box out of my pocket and go down on one knee. 

I feel like the whole stadium goes silent, trying to hear my words. 

“Alex, I love you from the bottom of my heart, you’re my favorite person and the love of my life, your the first one I think about in the morning, the last thing in the night and a million times in between.” 

I take another deep breath and see tears running down her face. 

“I’m very lucky that I get to call you mine for the last four years but I want to spend the rest of my life with you, so will you marry me?” 

Probably every human being within a one mile radius hold their breath, waiting for an answer.

“Yes.” 

I get up and as I slight the ring onto her finger the stadium literally explodes, everyone, fans of both sides, referees, trainers and even the Bulgarian team cheers and screams as I wrap my arms around her. 

“A thousand times yes.” Alex whispers against my ear, holding me as close as possible. 

Her team jumps around us and pulls us into a group hug, screaming “Welcome Home”s and “Congrats.” 

“Oh and congrats that you're going to the World Cup.” I say, remembering that they won the game. 

“Can we marry before that?” she asks and pulls back, looking at me with pure love in her eyes. 

“I would marry you in ten minutes if you asked me to.” I answer and cup her cheek with my hand. 

“Okay you two I know you just got engaged but stop being so cute, I want to hug the Capitan.” Almuth says, pulling me away from Alex. 

I got the nickname “The Capitan.”, because when we startet dating, Alex only talked about me by using my army rang. 

I let Almuth pull me into a hug while the rest of the team, hugs my fiancé. 

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After more of celebration and some media stuff I wait outside the locker room, while they shower and change. 

Not even ten minutes after they went in there, Alex is already back, her hair still wet but she looks happy. 

“Hey, beautiful.” I say as she wraps her arms around me. 

She looks around if anyone is near us before showing me the ring on her finger. 

“We’re engaged.” I remind her and she smiles at me. 

“One of us has to change the name on their cloths.” she says, looking down at the name badge on my uniform jacket. 

“How does Y/N Popp sound?”