22.1.23

"don't lose hope mate" Jude tells his mate over the phone

"no but its been a whole week, did i say anything wrong" Jadon says in a sad tone

"no, you didn't Jadon, she's probably busy bro, give her time"

"its been a week, i don't think she's going to reply"

"Jadon calm down"

"why am i so upset" he cries "im heartbroken over a girl ive never met Jude, i don't bloody know her name for goodness sake, im actually a hopeless romantic aren't i?"

"don't say that Jadon, you're not"

"Jude, dont lie to make me feel better, its only for the worse"

"okay ill be truthful Jadon, your being a bit overdramatic, i don't even get why your so attached to this girl, yes i get that she bloody sent you messages through a book, thats cute and everything, but you really shouldn't be this upset, go out take a walk and breathe, you have a game in a couple hours"

the boy nods as he ends the call and begins to get ready to head to get to training ground for the matchday

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idiotlilhana

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↳ idiotlilhana u dont even watch footie😭

gneville2 will be nice to see you again Hana!

↳ idiotlilhana yep, and hopefully no bad arguments tonight gary hehe

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"3-2, wow, i really thought United were going to win today, your thoughts Gary?" Hana says

"yeah me too, i think they just got a bit tired towards the end, the defensive line though they were done at the 90th minute, but Eddie Nketiah clearly thought different"

"its a shame how they was so close to actually getting a result here, keep in mind this is again Arsenal who are top of the league right now, and away, even as a Liverpool fan, this is a very very good effort from United"

"yes it was great, but it definitely wasn't enough, i think he shouldn't have subsituted Wan-Bissaka off for Jadon Sancho, i think he was trying to try and get a winner, but it clearly backfired, and even then i wouldn't substitute Wan-Bissaka, the defence today was poor but he was probably the best out of them all, should have been Luke Shaw off for Lindelof, or if he really wanted an attacker, should have brought Garnacho on much earlier"

"i agree actually Gary, Garnacho should have come on for Weghorst or Antony, Weghorst was incredibly poor, but i don't think we can ignore Jadon Sancho's performance, there was no reason Ten-Hag should have put him on the pitch today, i know i sound harsh but he's just come back from his personal training in Holland, and you'd think he's in the right mindset, but from what we saw tonight, that was not great at all"

"Jadon Sancho just said in his post-match interview just now actually that he wasn't in the right mindset, i don't know what this is because i thought he was in holland to sort out his mindset, but what is he doing, his body is on the pitch, but his head is in a completely different place! that was an abysmal performance. he's such a good player and whatever is causing this mess in his head really needs to be fixed, or i think maybe United just isnt the right place for him to be"

"as you said it could be Erik Ten-Hags new playing style not fitting Jadon, but i think he came in a bit too quick, he's clearly not in the right headspace, and that combined with Ten-Hag's new style that he isn't used to, is causing what we saw today, and i really really hope he can get over this, like you said, he is such a good player but he can't focus at the moment, but i believe when he does focus properly, he will be incredible"

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Jadon gets onto the coach back to Manchester

the mood on the bus wasn't bad, but his clearly was

Marcus comes and sits next to him

"hey" he smiles to Jadon

"hi"

"oi Jadon, you can't be upset you know, we all have bad games, and your only just back from holland, were playing a completely different style of football from before christmas, nobody expects you to be perfect already"

"well Gary Neville clearly does" he says as he shows marcus the headline that was all over his twitter timeline

he hadn't clicked on the article but the headline hurt enough

'HIS BODY IS ON THE PITCH, BUT HIS HEAD IS IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PLACE!' Gary Neville SLAMS Jadon Sancho's 'ABYSMAL' performance against Arsenal | DAILY MAIL

"jadon fuck gary neville and fuck the daily mail, don't bloody listen to them"

"he isn't wrong tho"

"Jadon is this about?-"

"every thought leads back to her Marcus-"

"look, why don't you check on the book one more time, if its not there why don't you ask the librarian who she is, she might know" he shrugs as Jadon nods to his mate who pats his back in reassurance

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23.1.23

the book

thats all she can think of as she rises from her sleep

Hana had woken up from a dream, but the only thing she could remember from the whole thing was the book

she had completely forgotten about the book for a whole week and she instantly felt so bad, because she went from thinking about it every day to completely forgetting about J

but you couldn't blame her, in a week, her best friend got stabbed, came home, she saw her cousin for the first time in 2 months, went on 2 dates, and covered a completely new show on sky sports

and god things have been crazy for Hana, of course she forgot her friend from the book even existed

she got up and changed and hopped into her car, driving herself to Oldham library

she asks for the book to which Suzan smiles and hands it to her

she begins to read the note J had written for her and she inscribes a new one after

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he shows up at the library

one last time he thinks to himself

one

last

time

he'd become obsessed with the mysteriousness of the girl he spoke to through the book

every note intruiged him and made him come back to check for a new one every day

and every time the book was empty, he felt even more drained and hoped he'd see a message the next day

this had been the longest time the two hadn't spoken to each other and Jadon had lost hope

as he sees the paper drop to the floor his face lights up brighter than it had lit up in the last month

he begins to read

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oh my gosh

J i am so so so so so sorry that i forgot

life has been so hectic that i completely forgot about so many things, i literaly haven't eaten properly in a week

i really hope you haven't given up on the book

i would tell you exactly what happened, but just in case you've had a bad day, i dont want to make it worse

and please tell Jude to be my therapist i seriously need one lmfao

the girl though

j honestly i wish i could give you a really big hug right now, i think we both need one right now

some people in this world are such shits mate, you know i wish so badly that i could stay mad at people, theres so many people i wish i gave them what they deserved but i just can't not forgive someone, it doesn't feel right to say no to someone or to like get mad at people, idk why but yeah

and you cheeky little J

i saw what you did with the little 'yet' implying u want to meet up

tut tut tut

i hope we meet though one day, it would be loads fun to have a conversation with you without having to wait at least 2 days for a reply hehe

i think we'll know when its right, but i guess until the time comes, we speak here :)

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his face was 50 shades brighter than when he walked in, almost as if he was now glowing. he'd pushed his thoughts about the game to the back of his mind, it was the least of his concerns now, and all he wanted to do was know everything about this girl

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its nice to hear from you H

i cant lie to you, i was a bit worried i scared you off or something, your on my mind quite a bit i can't lie

i can't wait for the day i can just walk up to you in person and hug you, but its a waiting game that were playing here, but i still enjoy every milisecond of this

i mean jude's not with me

actually he's gone to germany, he lives there

but i can be your therapist, i seriously don't mind :)

so go on tell me everything

i wanna know

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