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𝐉𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐃 Lillian to get up early as he had said that he had a surprise for her.

And that was how she and Luke found themselves in the older Hughes brothers car on the thirty minute drive.

"You sure you can't tell me?" Lillian asked as she cocked her head hating the surprises,

She had been trying to crack him since she got into the car and each attempt had been unsuccessful.

"We will be there in a minute," Jack smiled as he shook his head not letting up on where they were going,

"Athletic fields?" The blonde read the sign as they drove past it,

"Are you trying to get me to run off last nights meal?" She added as she dramatically placed her hand on her chest,

"No," the brunette laughed as he found a place to park,

"We are here," he added as he readjusted his cap on his head,

"What are we doing?" The soccer player looked down to the athletic gear that Jack told her to wear,

"We are playing soccer with the boys," the hockey player explained as he smiled,

Lillian sat there as her jaw dropped only allowing her to let out a hushed, "what?"

"You said that you'd give me some pointers," Jack explained as he recalled the day in Michigan when he learnt about her favourite sport,

"And here is how we are gonna do it," he added as he opened his door,

"Unless you don't want to that is," the boy was quick to turn back to her with wide eyes as he realised that she might not have wanted to play.

"Nah you kidding," the blonde almost didn't believe that they were going to play,

The soccer team was meant to start their spring training three days after they got back from spring break, so she hadn't played since early November (late October if you count her suspension for tackling Kiara)

"Let's fucking do this," she added as she let out an excited near squeal.

Luke who had fallen asleep in the back of the car mumbled as he yawned, "what's going on?"

"We're playing soccer today," Lillian explained as she motioned to the boy to hurry up as she got out of the car,

"Nice of you three to finally join us," Dawson teased as he saw the trio finally walk over,

Jack scoffed as he motioned to the younger duo, "these two love their sleep too much,"

"Hey we didn't know what was going on until now!" Lillian scoffed as she shook her head sending him a glare,

"And if we knew that we were needed this early we wouldn't have stayed up watching Netflix," Luke added as he yawned wanting to be back in his bed,

The best friends had spent the evening watching their favourite series practically until the sun came up.

"I told you two to go to bed," the older Hughes brother had told the duo to go to bed shortly after he did as he knew that they would be tired this morning,

Lillian was just so excited that she wasn't feeling her lack of sleep anymore.

"And you think we listened?" The blonde shot back as she smiled surprised that Jack didn't hear the way that the duo giggled at two in the morning.

Jack thought about it for a second before he responded, "touché,"

The game had gone on as they created two five aside teams and Lillian managed to score two goals,

And also causing three of the guys to fall flat on their ass on more than one occasion.

"You didn't tell us she was that good!" Nico groaned as Lillian held her hand out to help him up,

"I literally play at college," Lillian spoke in a duh tone as she furrowed her eyebrows,

"I guess I might have failed to mention that part too," Jack smiled as he had picked the girl to be on his team,

"Jack!" The blondes mouth fell agape as she hit the boys arm,

The brunette looked like a mischievous kid as he shrugged sending her a "what?"

"You think that I was really going to reveal my secret weapon?" He added as he let out a snort as though the girl was on some kind of drug,

"Secret weapon?" The soccer player repeated his phrase as though there was a foreign language that she was hearing for the first time,

"First time I've been called that," she confessed as she pulled at her necklace,

"Really?" The hockey player couldn't believe it when the girl said that,

He almost wanted to be mad at Ethan for not calling the girl something along those lines before as he knew that the duo had been friends for years. So how was it that he couldn't hand her a compliment of that calibre in all those years.

He had lost his filter causing him to blurt out, "that's surprising,"

"Now you're just making me blush," Lillian sucked at her teeth as she tried to stop her cheeks from turning into the human equivalent of a tomato,

"I only speak the truth," Jack smiled as he ran his fingers through his now sweaty hair as he contemplated getting it cut soon,

"Stop flirting with her Jack!" Nico groaned as he turned around to see that the duo hadn't moved,

"Don't worry Nico I don't have eyes for your boyfriend!" Lillian shot back as she smiled,

"We should get back," she added as she began walking towards the group as she jumped on Luke's back causing the guys to laugh.

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The trio came back to the apartment to see that there were already people waiting for them,

"Where were you three?" Quinn asked as he cocked his head,

"We went to play soccer," Lillian smiled as she motioned to the soccer ball that she was holding,

Nico signed the ball for a fan who ended up running off and as a result he gave it to the blonde who now owned a soccer ball that all nine devils players signatures. Apparently it felt too weird for any of the boys to keep the ball.

They were also warned her that their friendship with the girl would end if she actually ever tried to play with the ball.

"Explains why you three stink," Trevor let out a chuckle as the trio scoffed,

"I do not stink," Lillian furrowed her eyebrows as she shook her head,

"Okay maybe I do," she added as she realised that she was still somewhat sweaty,

"What are you two doing here?" Luke asked as he crossed his arms,

Somehow the duo had flights that were leaving within minutes of each other, "we came to say goodbye,"

"Wait you two are going back?" The blonde let out a gasp as she pushed her lips into a frown,

"Dang," she added as it was also a reminder that she was leaving that evening.

"Well it's been good Lilly," Trevor smiled as he sent the girl a salute, an action that he began doing as he had seen the blonde do it multiple times.

"Shut up and come here," Lillian scoffed as she held her arms out wanting to give the boy a hug,

The ducks player wrapped his arms around her waist now choosing to ignore the smell of the girl, "if you ever come to Anaheim I can promise you a bed,"

"What is it with you guys and kicking your teammates out of their rooms for me?" The blonde let out a laugh as she knew that he was sharing a two bed apartment with his teammate Jamie.

"I guess we like you enough," Trevor shrugged as he dropped his hands from her body,

"Bye Z," Lillian knew that it was stupid but over the last two weeks she had become friends with him,

She was actually going to miss him.

"You better not have forgotten about me," Quinn warned as he walked up to the girl,

"How could I?" The soccer player asked as she hugged him,

"If the next Canadian NHL game you go to is not a Canucks one I will kill you," the Canucks player's warning came out in a muffled tone.

"And you better score then when I'm there!" Lillian shot back as she nodded,

"You got yourself a deal Fraser," Quinn held his hand out for her to shake,

"Bye Quinny boy," the blonde smiled as she watched the boy go back to his suitcase,

"I'm dropping them off at the airport," Jack explained as he swung his keys around his fingers,

"We will see you when you get back," Luke waved at the boys as he threw his arm around the girl,

"You didn't want to go with them?" Lillian asked as she watched the door shut,

The brunette shook his head as he popped his lips, "nope,"

"Why not?" The blonde cocked her head as she remembered how much the boy missed

"I wanted my best friend to myself for the first time in like a week," the hockey player explained as he smiled,

"We literally binged suits together last night," the soccer player laughed as she took note of the boys clinginess,

It was cute to her.

"Yeah but that doesn't count." Luke shook his head as he spoke in a duh tone,

"What would you like to do then?" Lillian asked as she crossed her arms curious to hear what he had to say,

"Honestly?" The brunette scratched his chin as he began to think about it,

"Go get lunch," he added as his stomach rumbled,

He hadn't eaten breakfast yet and it was starting to catch up with him.

The blonde placed her hand on her chest as she dramatically spoke, "you're a man who truly gets me."

"Shut up," the hockey player placed his hand on the girls back as he softly pushed her out of the door.

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The boys were stood in the airport as they were flying back a day earlier than their friend.

"Is it wrong for me to say that I actually miss her?" Dylan let out a sigh as he stared at the streak's picture that the girl had sent him,

It was of her and Luke in the bathroom as they brushed their teeth.

"Nah bro I do too," Mark nodded in agreement as he chewed at the inside of his cheek.

Whilst he had spent the two weeks being what felt like Ethan's therapist Mark realised that his own feelings for the blonde had only grown stronger, to the point that he actually considered telling her.

"You good dude?" Dylan turned his attention to the Canadian who sat beside him,

"Yeah," Ethan nodded as he readjusted his necklace as he realised why the girl enjoyed fiddling with hers as much as she did,

"Just thinking," he added as he forced his lips that were once in a thin line to now curve upwards,

"About?" The oldest of the three boys motioned to him to continue,

"What if she's changed her mind?" The Canadian had stayed up during the previous evening letting his doubts cloud his thoughts,

"Then you two weren't right for each other," Dylan shrugged as he was always going to be the most honest friend about the topic,

"Look she went back to you once," he added as he still couldn't believe that Ethan rejected her the first time she came back to him,

"After she dumped me," Ethan pointed out as he furrowed his eyebrows picking up on the surprised tone in his friends voice,

"Just go talk to her," Mark blurted out from in between the boys as he was now sick of the conversation,

"Like literally that's the only way you're gonna know if she gives a shit or not," he added as he rolled his eyes before he put his AirPods into his ears causing the duo on other side of him to just look at each other in surprise,

Marks strength in hiding this secret was starting to wear thin.

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Lillian wanted to cry again as she as in the airport,

"Thanks for a great break boys," Lillian smiled as she looked at the Hughes boys who stood in front of her,

"You can come back any time," Jack offered as he pulled her into a hug taking note of the fact that this was going to be the last time that he was going to smell her flowery perfume for the foreseeable future.

The blonde was quick to tap her hand on the boys back as she mumbled "thanks Jack,"

"I'll see you soon?" She added as she looked over to Luke,

"Please we both know I'll be in Michigan in like a month," Luke spoke in a duh tone as he smiled now having it be his turn to hug her,

"Then I better be the first person who knows when you're back," the soccer player warned as she felt her body squeeze together in the bone crushing hug,

The younger Hughes brother let go of her as he placed his cap on her head causing her to laugh at the difference in head sizes that they had, "I wouldn't have it be any other way."

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AN: her time in Jersey was probably one of my favourite things to write but she had to go back, cause then it means that we are one chapter closer to getting Ethan and Lillian back on better terms!

Now the rest of this authors note has NOTHING to do with the book (here is your warning lmao)

So Cole has blessed us with more content from their weekend at F1 and I showed this picture to my dad

And he said that he pictures Alonso explaining something to them and they all end up like really confused but when Lance explains the same thing to them they actually understand. BUT it's fine cause Alonso doesn't understand the trio anyways and now I can't see it any other way 😭

But moving on from that, to those of you who are F1 fans (cause I've learnt that there are a lot more of you that are also hockey fans than I first thought) what teams/drivers do you support??