Wosounited 3.0

It was a cold December day and Arsenal were playing their final game of the season before the Winter break against Chelsea. You, your mum, dad, Jacob and Luke had all decided to go to the game taking place in the Emirates today, to support the girls. It was the first game you were going to see Alessia play in as your girlfriend, so all of your sister’s whining this morning was still not going to get you into her Arsenal jersey.

You’d only seen Alessia play for England before today and you barely knew her back then. You were sitting happily in Alessia’s jersey with Russo 23 on the back. Luke was wearing a Catley 12 one, Jacob and your dad in Williamson 6 jerseys and your mum in a Wälti 13. Your mum decided to be a full on Lia supporter so everyone had someone.

All four of them were in the starting line up and you, Luke and Jacob got comfortable beside each other as they warmed up. It’d been years since the three of you actually watched a game in person together. Luke and Jacob were similar to Luke and Leah in the sense that they were like siblings. Luke was just always around, even sometimes when you weren’t.

You spotted Alessia’s family in the box next to you and excused yourself for a few minutes to go and say hello. You were immediately pulled into a hug by Mario, Alessia’s dad.

“Oh, she didn’t tell us you were coming today” Mario laughed, passing you from Russo to Russo.

You’d met them three more times since the day Alessia first introduced you, and they were quite fond of you. Alessia’s mum had started listening to your music when she’d go for a drive to the shop or be cooking in the kitchen.

“She doesn’t exactly know yet” you chuckled. “My parents are just over-” you turned to point, but the Russo family saw that as an invitation.

When you came back with the Russo family, you introduced the four of them to your parents, Luke and Jacob. Her parents sat with yours and her brothers were now sitting with you, Jacob and Luke. The families knew of each other of course, with the girls playing for Arsenal and England and Alessia and Leah living together, but had never properly sat down and chatted.

The game was electric, Alessia scored the opening goal from a shot outside the box. She looked up to her box only to find it empty. She frowned and tried to jog back into position, but a few of the girls pushed her towards the fans to celebrate. Steph has assisted the goal so you and Luke were going crazy in the Williamson’s box, which caught her attention all the way down on the pitch.

“Lessi” Steph shouted as she grabbed the girl by the arm who looked annoyed, even though she’d just scored. “Y/n is here” Steph said pointing towards you.

“Is that our parents together?” Leah squinted, looking towards the box.

It was only then that she saw you, her parents and her brothers all in the box with your family and Luke. She waved up to you as you and Luke both waved back and she turned away with a giggle.

When the game eventually finished, Arsenal had won 3-0, with Leah and Lia both getting an assist to their names. When the team had finished signing autographs, Alessia gestured that she would be ten minutes and then would be up to see you. Luke pulled you inside quickly, away from the crowds looking up towards you, all of them trying to get your attention. Everyone was still out in the box as he pulled the curtains closed.

“Swap shirts with me” he laughed, taking his jersey off. You grabbed Steph’s from his hand, took yours off and threw it to him. You walked back out in fits of laughter as you now had on a Catley jersey.

All four girls made their way up to the box when they’d finished changing and showering. Alessia greeted her family before making her way over to you, but you already had Steph wrapped up, her back pressed against you with your arms around her waist.

“Sorry, you’ve been replaced” you smirked as Steph laughed, finding the situation hilarious.

“Is that so?” Alessia giggled.

“Oh hi Lessi baby, you played great” Luke teased wrapping his arms around her shoulders and pulling her against him.

“Does single life sound good to both of you?” Steph asked.

“Sounds good to me” Alessia smiled cheekily at her teammate, as they walked off into the room together while you and Luke began quickly running in after them.

“No, no we’re sorry” you and Luke begged, making the girls laugh.

“Can you put my jersey back on so we can take a picture please?” Alessia smiled as she wrapped her hands around your neck and kissed you gently. You could never say no to her when she smiled.

-

Y/n_Williamson posted on their story

“Did you just soft launch me?” Alessia laughed, tucked up in bed beside you.

“I just love Arsenal” you smirked, leaning over to kiss her.

-

It was a busy day for London retailers, the buzz of Christmas was most certainly in the air. You and Luke had made the decision to delay the album by three months so that there would be less new music and Christmas songs to compete with in the charts. Anna eventually signed off on the decision, after so much persuading by you that she felt like her head was going to burst. You’d made the point that it was your first Christmas at home in over 5 years and wanted to spend it with your family and not having to do press for the new album.

You, Luke, Jacob and Leah had headed into central London to do some shopping. Although, you all didn’t have that much left to buy. You’d split a holiday for your parents four ways after way too many arguments that you would just pay for the entire thing and say it was from the four of you.

“So we’re all agreed? We’re meeting back here at 4pm?” Leah asked as you all nodded.

“Are you sure you’re okay going alone?” Jacob asked as you rolled your eyes and shooed them away.

You really didn’t give a breeze about the concept of wandering around alone. As well as that, you weren’t actually going to be alone. You were meeting Steph to help her get a present for Luke. In fact, you’d all organised secret meetings. Jacob was meeting Lia, Alessia was meeting Leah and Luke was meeting Anna. They had planned to meet up to discuss press for the New Year before she flew back to New York tomorrow. You met Steph at a coffee shop, deciding to grab a quick cup before you started shopping.

“I just wanted to let you know before we go out, there’s usually a lot of cameras and people and it can get intense. Just, if at any stage you want to leave or-” you rambled.

“It’s totally fine” Steph smiled, cutting you off.

You both grabbed your takeaway cups and set off on your day of shopping together. You’d been stopped countless times to take photos and sign autographs, while many people also tried filming you as you simply walked by. Steph was great, she took photos for people and signed a few autographs herself when football fans spotted her.

“You were not joking” Steph chuckled as you shook your head.

“You sure you’re okay?” You asked as you placed your hand on her back for a quarter of a second and she nodded at you.

You both got presents for Luke, and you also both ended up buying other bits for different people. You got one of Leah and Jacob’s presents picked as well as picking up something small for Lia and Steph, when she wasn’t looking.

“Have you much left to get?” You asked Steph as you walked back to her car, both of your hands full of bags.

“Not much. My family were meant to come but there was a change of plans so we’re doing Christmas in January” she told you.

“Is everything alright?” You asked as she nodded.

“Just really expensive this time of year” she shrugged. “It’s frustrating, I had it planned for them to meet Luke and do Christmas Day at my house. Luke has only ever talked to them over FaceTime” Steph explained.

You really liked Steph, she made Luke really happy. Just before you could say anything, she stopped and unlocked her car.

“Thank you for today” she smiled, loading the bags into the back.

“Sorry about-” you began as she hugged you and stopped you in your tracks.

“It’s honestly fine. Don’t worry your A-List little head about it” she giggled.

You met back with the group shortly after that and made your way home once everyone had gotten to the car. You were driving, with Leah in the front and the boys in the back.

“What did you get for Alessia?” Leah asked, as if she hadn’t spent the entire day with your girlfriend.

“I didn’t get it today” you laughed. “I got her a new car. What did you get for-” you tried to ask.

“A car?” Leah shouted.

“Yeah, she was giving out about her car a few weeks ago and I thought that was a subtle hint to-” you tried explaining.

“That doesn’t mean she wants you to buy her a car” Jacob huffed.

“How would you even think that meant she wanted a car?” Luke asked as you shrugged.

It was clear to the three of them then that Mel had rightly fucked you up. Whenever Mel would say she liked something or wanted something, the expectation would have been that you not only bought it, but you had to buy it.

When you got to your mum’s house, you thought the conversation was over, but instead it continued, with your mum also getting involved.

“I just thought she meant that she wanted a new car” you huffed to your mum, with all three tattle tales standing beside her while you sat on the sofa.

“What have we talked about?” Your mum snapped.

“That I have more money than sense” you shrugged.

“Use your money for something actually worth it. Not for buying whatever girl you are with a new car” she sighed as she left the room.

“Thanks for that” you gave the three of them a sarcastic thumbs up before heading out into your car and heading home. On the drive home, your mum’s words played on your mind so you instructed Siri to call Anna.

“Hello” Anna shouted over the car’s stereo system.

“I need a favour” you said.

“Anything, superstar” Anna put the phone between her shoulder and ear and sat down at the laptop, ready to get to work.

-

When it got to Christmas Eve, you and Leah were helping your mum to set up for dinner tomorrow. Helping was probably a strong word. Leah was helping, while you had your head pressed against the table, half asleep listening to them rambling on.

“I need final numbers for tomorrow. Dad, me, Jacob, Y/n, Leah, Lia, Alessia” your mum rattled off.

“Alessia isn’t coming” you shook your head as she lifted a placemat up with a huff.

“Luke, Steph” she continued.

“Not coming” you said as she groaned and picked up their placemats too. She started listing off your cousins and other family members as you began to doze off again.

“Aren’t you meeting Alessia?” Leah asked as you opened your eyes and checked your watch.

“Shit” you shot up from your seat and rushed out the door. You weren’t actually meeting Alessia, not until later on, but you had something to take care of.

“She’s been acting really weird the past few days” Leah whispered to your mum.

“Probably just stressed about Christmas” your mum shrugged.

“Have you seen the latest rumours?” Leah chuckled and your mum frowned and shook her head.

She showed your mum the countless tweets and TikTok edits with photos and videos of you and Steph. There was ones with you two out shopping, someone managed to get a photo of when you placed your hand on her back for less than a second. There was more of you at the Arsenal game with a Catley jersey on and hugging Steph after the game, when you were pretending to be a couple to annoy Alessia.

“How does Alessia feel about all that?” Your mum asked.

“She finds it hilarious” Leah laughed.

You got to Alessia’s house just after 4pm. You’d both agreed to do presents on Christmas Eve as you were spending Christmas Day with your own families.

“Okay, I won’t lie, picking your presents was extremely stressful” Alessia giggled.

You’d both decided to just get a few small presents and then one big present, amounting to no more than a couple hundred pounds. You’d both gone way past that. She’d gotten you a retro Arsenal jersey, a mug with a picture of you and her on it, a brand new coffee machine that you kept saying you wanted, and a new guitar that you knew was very expensive.

“Less” you sighed when you opened it. “I know this cost a fortune” you shook your head.

“But now you can play for me, whenever I want” she smirked as you fully unwrapped it and began to tune it up.

“Okay, but not until you open yours” you laughed, putting the guitar down carefully beside you. You’d gotten her the hoodie you’d given her all those months ago now in 2 different colours, a holiday for just after New Years and a set of keys.

“What is with your obsession of giving me keys?” She giggled as she swung them around her finger.

“Come on” you smirked, reaching for her hand. You took her outside, where you’d parked up a brand new car with a bow on the front.

“You did not” Alessia gasped.

“I thought when you said the other week about your car being shit that meant you wanted a new one, so-” you rambled as she pulled you in for a kiss.

“I didn’t mean go and buy me one” she replied when she let you go.

“I realise that now” you laughed. “But it’s yours” you smiled.

You headed back into the couch, telling her about the holiday the six of you were going on. You were cuddled up on the couch, barely watching the TV as you were drifting in and out and she was scrolling on her phone.

“Aw, did you see Steph’s story?” She asked as you woke up a bit.

“Hmm?” You mumbled.

“Steph’s family surprised her for Christmas” Alessia shoved the phone in your face. “She was so upset the other day at training. She said they were coming over in January but it was when we were back training so she wouldn’t have gotten to see them much” Alessia rambled.

“That’s nice. At least Luke will get to meet them properly, I know he was looking forward to it” you smiled before drifting back off.

It was just before 10pm when you left Alessia’s and headed back to your parent’s for the night. You drove Alessia to her parent’s house and stopped in quickly to wish them a Happy Christmas. You had gotten them small gifts which you told Alessia to leave under the tree.

“What she get you then?” Luca smirked when you’d left and Alessia couldn’t help but laugh.

“Just some clothes and we’re going on holiday in the New Year before camp” she smiled.

“That it?” Luca laughed.

“Luca” Mario frowned.

“They are lovely presents” Carol piped up.

“She bought me a car” Alessia whispered.

“What kind of car?” Giorgio asked as Alessia turned her phone around to show him a picture.

“Jesus Christ” he gasped, grabbing the phone from her hand.

“Is that an expensive car?” She asked.

“What did you get her?” Luca questioned, staring at the phone in Giorgio’s hand.

“A guitar, a coffee machine, a jersey and a mug” she listed. “Why?”

“That car is worth about 70k, easily” Giorgio said.

“She got you presents too” Alessia gulped.

Luca made a beeline for the Christmas tree, ripping his present open straight away.

“Holy shit” he shouted, as the rest of the Russo’s raised their eyebrows and rushed inside. You’d gotten Luca a PlayStation 5, Giorgio a travelling voucher worth an ungodly amount. You’d gotten Carol expensive jewellery and Mario an expensive watch.

“Alessia, that girl can’t be spending this much on us” her mum frowned.

“Mum, be quiet and grateful” Luca moaned, running up the stairs to get his PlayStation set up. Giorgio had went to the laptop to look up where he could go with his voucher and Mario had followed him in, putting on his new watch.

“Alessia” Carol said again, in a warning tone.

“I know mum” Alessia nodded. “I’ll talk to her”

Leah, Lia and Jacob were all also staying in your parents house. Leah and Lia had taken the guest room, while you and Jacob took the couches.

“It’s annoying that you’re flying home before the New Year. You could have came on holiday with us” you mumbled from the opposite couch.

“And be the 7th wheel? No thank you” he laughed.

Your phone buzzed as he began to ramble on about what his schedule looked like when he got back to Australia. You quickly checked the message, still half listening.

Steph

My mom just told me you are the cause of them being here 🤔

Y/n

Don’t know what she’s talking about 🤷🏼‍♀️

On a totally opposite note, your mum is a lovely person

Steph

Thank you so much

I will pay you back whatever it cost

Y/n

It’s not an issue

Anna sorted the whole thing anyway

I don’t need the money, just make sure Luke stays less annoying 😂

Steph

I would rather pay you back than have that burden 😅

Of course when your mum told you to put your money to good use, the first thing that sprung to mind was the conversation you had with Steph. It was difficult to do it without asking anybody who knew Steph, because you didn’t want anybody to know. But if there was one person to track down a family and fly them to the opposite side of the world on 5 days notice, it was Anna.

“Are you listening to me?” Jacob asked.

“Yeah, yeah, sorry” you grumbled, placing your phone back into your pocket.

“Here I am, pouring my heart out and telling you I miss you when we're separated and you're too busy texting your girlfriend" he chuckled, you weren't too bothered correcting him.

"I miss you too Jacob" you mumbled. "I promise I'll get out to you more and when I go back on tour I'll start there" you smiled.

"Deal" he nodded. "Game of Fifa?" he asked and you nodded.

-

Y/n/n 💙

Happy Christmas mi amor. Sorry we're not spending it together, but will see you soon x

Less 🤍

Merry Christmas. I love you x

-

Christmas came and went quickly. Soon enough you were bidding Jacob farewell at the airport, only to be packing to head there yourself a few days later. As a collective Christmas present, you booked a holiday for Alessia, Lia, Leah, Steph, Luke and you to go away before they were due in Portugal for their pre year camp.

Rumours had been spreading since you had let the world know you were with someone, of who that certain someone was. You were finding it hilarious that people thought that it was Steph after you were spotted Christmas shopping together. You made the rumours worse when you posted a story of her in the airport

Y/n_Williamson posted to their story

Steph, however, while she found the situation funny, wasn’t overly fond of the abuse she was getting online. You didn’t really use social media, so you were oblivious to it, and Steph hadn’t mentioned it to you. She had only told Luke as it was starting to really affect her.

You took Alessia out for a meal in a restaurant close to the villa while everyone else also seemed to be doing their own thing.

“Am I going crazy or have Steph and Luke been ignoring me the past two days?” You asked Alessia. The first two days had been great, but from the 3rd day, it may as well have been as though you were just there with Alessia.

“I think they’re just enjoying time on their own” Alessia smiled. “Like we are” she teased.

You’d barely seen Leah since the 3rd day too, she was opting to just spend time with Lia. You paid the bill before taking a stroll back to the villa you’d booked for the six of you. Lia and Leah were already asleep in bed and while Steph was in bed, she was still awake. Luke was sitting in the kitchen when you got into the villa and Alessia slipped up the stairs as you went into the kitchen to grab you both glasses of water.

“Alright mate?” You asked as he shrugged. “What’s your deal?” You asked, slumping against the couch.

“Is there something going on with you and Steph?” He asked.

“What?” you frowned.

“You heard me” he muttered, a bit aggressively. It was really difficult for both of you to have this conversation as you’d never had a singular argument before. But you both knew this was about to be the moment it happened.

“Why would you think there was something going on with me and Steph?”

“You flew her whole family home for Christmas”

“Yeah, to meet you” you snapped.

“You’re happy enough to be pictured with her and post about her, just feeding rumours” he tutted. “You don’t give a shit about how people are speaking to her”.

“I didn’t know anybody was saying-” you stuttered but he cut you off.

“You don’t post anything about Alessia to protect her from it” he huffed.

“I didn’t know there was anything to protect Steph from” you snapped back.

“Is that them?” Alessia asked Steph as she came into her room and Steph nodded. The pair sat together listening to the two of you arguing, but couldn’t make out exactly what was being said.

“What’s going on?” Leah grunted as her and Lia came into the room that Alessia and Steph were in. Lia slumped onto the bed beside Steph, it was clear both of them had been asleep.

“They are arguing” Steph whispered, starting to fidget nervously with Lia’s hair.

“Y/n and Luke?” Leah frowned as Alessia nodded, leaning against the wardrobe.

“You can’t be fucking serious” you shouted, your words becoming a bit more clear to the four upstairs now that both your voices were raised.

“Well it wouldn’t be fucking shocking, would it?” He snapped.

“What is that suppose to mean?” you scoffed.

“You have a history of it” he tutted. “You cheated on Mel with Alessia, clearly. What would stop you cheating on Alessia with Steph?”

“Excuse me?” you said, bluntly.

“Stop playing the victim” he shouted.

“Leah” Alessia said sternly as Leah picked up that Alessia meant to go and break it up. She quickly jogged down the stairs and towards the kitchen.

“Clearly Mel cheated on you because you are so self absorbed it’s ridiculous” he shouted again.

“Okay, that’s enough” Leah said, grabbing your shoulders and trying to pull you out of the room.

“Get the fuck off me” you huffed, going out the back door and slamming it behind you.

“Luke, that was bang out of order” Leah huffed as he plastered his eyes to the ground. “Just go to bed” she sighed and pointed towards the stairs. Lia had made her way back into her and Leah’s room, while Alessia made her way downstairs to get you.

“Lessi” Luke mumbled with a guilty tone as they passed by eachother on the staircase. She kept walking, as he watched her go further downstairs without speaking to him.

“Where is she?” Alessia asked your sister, who nodded her head towards the back door and pushed Luke further up the stairs.

Alessia found you sitting by the pool of the villa, smoking a cigarette. She didn’t know you sometimes smoked when you got stressed, or that you were stressed all the time.

“Are you okay?” She asked as you put the smoke out and nodded. You weren’t fine, but you didn’t want her to worry. It was silent for a minute or so, almost like she was thinking about the conversation she’d just overheard.

“You and Mel, you were fully broken up before we-” she began.

“Obviously” you sighed. “You were there” you reminded her.

“He just seemed so convinced” she muttered as you looked up from the ground but didn’t dare to speak. You were in a state of shock that the person who had watched you breakdown was actually believing this nonsense.

“I think we need to take a step back” Alessia mumbled.

“If that’s what you want” you shrugged. You were used to conversations with a partner where they would tell you what they wanted and you would just do it, even if it wasn’t what you wanted.

“Maybe just while I’m away and you’ll be off doing promotion” she suggested.

“Okay” you got up from the side of the pool, leaving her seated alone and walked back towards the door. You didn’t know how to feel as you walked away from her, but you found a new sense of confidence to defend yourself.

“For the record” you said as you stopped and turned to face her. “I didn’t cheat on Mel with you. I was cheated on, multiple times, and I probably would have stayed with Mel despite that. But when I realised I had feelings for you, I ended it”. With that, you turned on your heels and walked back into the house.

You slept on the couch in the living room and woke early in the morning with a call from Anna.

“Hello” you groaned.

“Sorry to wake you” she sighed. “The label are piling on the pressure to start promotion. They are already angry at the three month delay but it’s been like a month and you’ve done nothing since the Spotify event” she huffed.

“What do they want?” you grunted.

“I know you’re away, but I need you and Luke on a flight here first thing”

“Does he need to come?” You asked.

“Not necessarily” she shook her head.

“What airport?” You asked.

“JFK. Oliver will pick you up and a hotel is booked for you” Anna stated as you stood up. You gently pushed the door open, finding Alessia soundly asleep. You grabbed your stuff, threw them into your suitcase, grabbed your passport and headed towards Leah’s room.

“Hey Lee” you whispered and gently nudged her, cautious not to wake Lia.

“Everything okay?” She whispered back, reaching out to grab your arm.

“I have to go” you replied as she now realised you were fully dressed.

“What? Why? Please don’t leave just because-” she huffed. You settled her back down, still conscious Lia was sleeping right next to her.

“Anna needs me in New York right now or the label are going to kill me, or her” you shrugged.

“Can’t it wait? We’re going home in 3 days” Leah frowned as you shook your head. “Come on then” she groaned as she carefully got out of bed and went downstairs with you.

You had a chat before your taxi arrived and she saw you off at the door before she wandered into the living room when you had gone. She lay down on the couch she felt something uncomfortable underneath her and fiddled around to pull it out.

When Alessia woke, she didn’t take much notice that all your stuff was gone. She trudged down to the kitchen to make a coffee before she went to wake you. She realised last night was stupid and she wanted to apologise to you. Only, she found Leah sitting at the table in the kitchen with a coffee in hand staring out the glass backdoor. Alessia noticed the ashtray in the kitchen had a few smoke butts in it, and with 4 professional athletes in the house, and a boy she knew definitely didn’t smoke, she landed on only one person who could have put them there. Leah didn’t care much that you smoked, or vaped or drank, you were just her perfect little sister in her eyes.

“Morning” Alessia mumbled to which she was not greeted back. It was only when Alessia grabbed two mugs that Leah spoke.

“She’s gone” Leah sighed and Alessia nearly smashed the cups in her hand.

“What do you mean gone?” Alessia asked, slamming the mugs on the counter.

“She woke me this morning saying Anna needed her in New York for album promotion, but left this here” Leah huffed, sliding your phone across the table, which you’d left behind accidentally. You weren’t too bothered that you’d left it behind. Now Alessia wanted to take a break and Luke hated you, who had you left to text?

“You know, my bedroom is right above the pool” Leah said as Alessia looked at her.

“I was going to tell her this morning I was being an idiot” Alessia mumbled.

“You watched her life crash and burn when that happened” Leah huffed as Alessia was on the verge of tears, but she quickly brushed them off her face when she heard a ruffle at the kitchen door.

“Luke said Anna will message him when she arrives” Steph told your sister who thanked her.

Alessia and Steph made awkward eye contact before she left the room and went back upstairs. You had explained to Leah this morning the reason for the argument, how Luke thought there was something going on with you and Steph, even though he’d practically watched you fall in love with Alessia over the past year. When Leah explained that to Alessia, your girlfriend, or whatever she was, felt her heart sink a little that she’d let doubts cross her mind.

“Why would he think that?” Alessia shook her head.

“She paid for Steph’s family to come over when Steph explained they couldn’t afford it” Leah mumbled. “And the day me and you went shopping at Christmas, her and Steph went out and rumours spread” Leah explained.

“But he knows she would never-” Alessia sighed.

“Luke is just-” Leah sighed. “It’s a long story” Leah added with a sigh.

Luke hadn’t got the best family life, hence why your family had practically adopted him. His sister had moved to Canada when she was 18, to get as far away from their parents as possible. He kept in touch with her, but not his parents. They had no idea he lived in central London now or even that he was working with you.

You’d just touched down in New York after mostly sleeping on the plane, due to your lack of a phone and having no interest in watching or reading anything. You met Oliver at the usual spot and he drove you to the hotel that Anna had booked for you, which of course was a nice big fancy room that you didn’t need. You barely spoke to him for the duration of the drive, but he knew when not to pester and that’s why you liked having him around.

Anna sent a text to Luke once you’d gotten to the hotel who then told Steph, who then told Leah, who then told Alessia. The villa did not have a nice atmosphere today.

You’d met Anna and ran through the schedule of what you’d be up to in New York for the next two weeks before going to L.A and then back to London. You had a few small events to do and had to show your face at other events just to get media attention up. Anna came with you to all the events, due to you having nobody with you. She had tried to get Holly to come to try and lighten the mood, but she was busy with a vacation.

She kept a low profile, letting you mingle freely, but you didn’t care in the slightest. You hadn’t spoken to anybody outside of work since you’d left the villa except for Oliver and Anna, and you’d been in New York for five days now. Alessia, Leah, Lia and Steph were set to fly tomorrow to Portugal with the team. You’d had no contact with any of them.

“Hey superstar, I need you to go alone this afternoon, okay?” Anna said as you were getting ready in your hotel room.

“Fine, but I’m not staying for the full thing and I’m taking full advantage of the open bar” you stated.

“London has turned you into a diva” she smirked as she left you to get ready in peace.

You arrived at the event, and posed for a few photos before taking a seat. It wasn’t a fashion show, per se, but it was similar. When you noticed the models you probably should have used your brain to realise she was here, but with the amount of alcohol in your system, your brain definitely wasn’t working correctly.

“Look who it is” Mel smirked with her arms folded from behind you.

“Piss off” you huffed, rolling your eyes at your ex girlfriend.

“Have you gotten even more British since we broke up?” She giggled.

“I’m just out of America awhile, and my accent gets stronger when I’m home” you shrugged.

You couldn’t help but let your eyes wander, to take in her outfit. She was dressed in a very revealing, lacy black body suit for the show you hadn’t even bothered watching, too busy necking back drinks at the bar.

“I remember” she smiled weakly

“Are you here with someone?” You asked. “Where’s your girlfriend?” You practically spat out. You noticed she was looking at you how you’d looked at her just a few seconds ago.

“Yeah, we broke up” she sighed. “It wasn’t the same as- Where’s yours?” She asked, looking around.

“We’re on a bit of a pause” you explained.

“So you’re single?” Mel smirked as you nodded, a bit too frantically to convince someone that you were fully over her.

“Do you maybe want to get out of here?” Mel asked. Maybe it was the alcohol, maybe it was because she was showing traits of the Mel you met at the beginning and fell in love with, maybe it was because she looked so fit.

“Yeah” You nodded, her fingertips grazed against your hand, and when she felt no resistance, she slotted her fingers between yours and pulled you outside.

You headed to a bar that you had frequented when you were living in New York together and when you both eventually turned 21. You ordered two drinks and brought them back to the booth where she was sitting.

Back at the event, and in the taxi, you were tempted to ask Mel to come back to your hotel. She was tempted to invite you back to her place. You both knew you could have each other if you wanted it. But when you got to the bar, the conversation shifted to a much more serious one, rather than one that probably would have helped you get over your fight with Alessia.

“How have you been?” She asked, taking a sip from her drink.

“Up until I came to New York, I was actually great” you shrugged. “How are you?”

“Not great” she smiled wearily. The conversation was awkward, as it was always going to be. “I’m sorry for how things ended between us” she began as you cut her off straight away.

“It’s fine” you shrugged.

“No, just listen” she insisted as you sat back against the booth more comfortably. “I know the way I treated you was disgusting. I’m really embarrassed because you were nothing but lovely to me from the day we met” she wiped a tear from her eye and you actually felt bad for her.

“Mel, it’s okay” you reached for her hand but she didn’t let you take it.

“I just want to be honest with you now that I have a chance to be. There was a few people I cheated on you with, which I know you already kind of know. But they all meant nothing, I just knew you would never break up with me and it was selfish of me but I was stupid”. You tried to interrupt again but she stopped you.

“Then, it had stopped for a little while until I seen you with Alessia and, I don’t know, I got jealous and slept with someone because I thought you were doing the same thing” she explained.

“I never got with Alessia while we were together” you huffed and hadn’t really realised what you’d admitted.

“I know that now, but I saw the way you looked at her anytime she was in a room. You’d forget I existed the second she came in”

“Well, like you said, I knew you were cheating on me and I stayed with you regardless because I loved you. But when I realised I was starting to like her more than just friends, I knew I couldn’t do that to you” you mumbled.

“So, you’re together now?” Mel asked

“We were. I’m not sure we still are” you shrugged.

“Explain” Mel took another swig of her drink.

“We were actually doing great and then Luke thought I was sleeping with his girlfriend and shit hit the fan. He basically told me the reason you cheated on me was because of me being a horrible person”

“I never liked him” Mel sharply said.

“You both hated each other” you laughed. “You hated all my friends and all my family and they hated you back”. She couldn’t help but laugh.

“I guess I could have been nicer” she smirked.

“I just wish you would have been yourself around them. You’re actually a nice person, Melly” you smiled as she smiled back. You felt the phone Anna had given you, so she could contact you, buzz in your pocket.

“I better go, duty calls” you showed her Anna’a contact on the phone.

“The woman still never gives you a break I see” she smirked as you both made your way outside. “It was lovely to see you and I’m happy for you, whatever happens with Alessia and the new album” she smiled and hugged you tightly before she walked off in the opposite direction.

You felt guilty in that moment that you were about to release an album that was going to tell the world she cheated on you, but you couldn’t change it now. Anna texted you to let you know she was waiting at the hotel for you so you flagged down a taxi and headed back.

“How did tonight go?” Anna asked.

“Yeah, fine” you sighed.

“Sorry I couldn’t make it, I had a family thing” she explained.

“All okay?” You asked as she nodded and smiled.

“Get up to anything interesting?” She asked as you debated telling her, but instead opted to shake your head.

She walked you through things you had to do while still in the States. Album promotion was a strange one, because you weren’t actually promoting the album, you were promoting yourself.

Alessia had your actual phone on her bedside table the last few days, ignoring it anytime it buzzed. She was packing for Portugal tomorrow when a different type of message tone set off your phone.

Mel 🌍

Tonight was nice x

Lovely to see you again ❤️

Mel didn’t know the phone you had with you wasn’t your one. She meant no harm by the messages, but to your current girlfriend? That was different. Alessia couldn’t help but frown at the messages and picked up her phone to search your name and get the latest news on you. The perks and downfalls of dating a celebrity who had paparazzi on their heels every second of the day.

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celebnews: Y/N Williamson & Ross Lynch to star in Troye Sivan’s new music video for “One Of Your Girls”. The video will be released next Friday at 12am.

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@CelebNews: Y/N Williamson is set to perform with not one but TWO major celebs this week while she’s in New York. With Harry Styles and Taylor Swift in town, what songs would you love to see her perform with the duo?

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celebnews: Was it ever going to be anything but End Game for these two? Y/n Williamson and Mel Cooke spotted leaving an event early tonight and heading out together to their favourite NYC bar.

Is it all over between Y/N and Arsenal defender, Steph Catley? Or was it Mel all along?

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Alessia dropped to the ground, letting a sob slipped passed her lips and let her back press against her bed.

“Lessi?” Lia whispered against the door and pushed it open. She was quick to Alessia’s side, trying to work out what was wrong.

“Leah” she shouted for her girlfriend, who waltzed into the room whistling to herself.

“What’s going on?” Leah asked, stopping abruptly when she saw both girls on the ground.

Alessia turned her phone to show both of them the photo, before picking up your phone and showing them the texts. The two of them stared blankly at the screens in front of them. Leah couldn’t grasp that it was you, she didn’t know who you were anymore or how you could do this to Alessia. When the next message came in, none of them even saw it.

Mel 🌍

I appreciate you hearing me out.

I hope you and Alessia work it out. I know by you that you love her.