𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗲
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𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐎 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐍 sat crossed legged on the older girls bed as they caught up about their trips,

"Did you curl your hair when you were home?" Lillian asked as she cocked her head staring at the purple mark that sat on the girls neck,

"No why?" Indigo shook her head as she pulled her hair over her neck,

"What's their name!" The blonde let out a gasp as she let out an excited squeal,

"Who?" The brunette furrowed her eyebrows,

"The owner of the lips that gave you that hickey," the younger girl laughed as she excitedly hit her knees,

"Mikyla," the older girl announced,

Mikyla was a girl that went to school with Indigo and Lillian had learnt that she was the first girl that the brunette actually had a crush on.

"I told you that she wasn't straight!" Lillian clapped her hands together as she smiled,

"She actually wants to come and visit next month." Indigo nodded as she fiddled with her ring,

It was nice for the striker to be open to romance again,

"So you are just flirting?" The blonde asked as she tucked her hair behind her ear,

"We're fuck buddies," the brunette explained with a smirk,

They spent every evening of those two weeks in bed together.

"But like the kind where feelings are involved," she added as she genuinely started falling for the girl,

"I'm so happy for you!" The defender cheered as she wrapped her arms around the girl pushing them both back onto the bed,

"But you better warn her that I will be testing her," she added in a more serious tone causing both of them to break out into a laugh,

"About what?" The striker asked as the duo remained in a hug,

They would sometimes just cuddle when they spoke and this was one of those times.

"You," Lillian looked at the girl who was underneath her,

"I ain't letting no bitch wife you up again," she added in a duh tone,

"I'll give her the heads up," Indigo let out a snort as she threw her head back laughing.

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If Lillian had to guess what hell on earth left like she would say that sitting next to your boyfriend after a fight that neither one of you seem to want to bring up, was a close second.

"Hey," Ethan smiled as he looked at the girl,

She was wearing a new crop top that she had picked up in New Jersey,

"I got you this," he added as he held out an iced latte for the girl to grab,

"Thanks," Lillian locked eyes with him as she noticed that he had let his facial hair grow whilst he was on holiday,

As she clenched her thighs together as she pushed her thoughts down before she matched his smile, "you look nice today,"

"Got a tan in Vegas," she added feeling almost jealous of his new golden glow that he was sporting,

"Thanks," the brunette nodded as he ran his fingers through his hair,

"Ayo bro what's up?" Matthew or at least that's what Lillian thought his name was smiled as he sat in front of the hockey player causing them to catch up in a conversation that was far more lively than the one that she had been in,

And that was the end of Ethan and Lillian's conversation.

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The roommates walked back from the gym as they did a little happy dance with excitement that their fitness test had gone well enough to avoid the lecture from Coach Klein that the players got when they were slower than the expectation.

"He will want to talk to you eventually." Indigo wrapped her hand around her shoulders,

"But what if he doesn't?" Lillian sighed as her head dropped,

"Then it's his loss," the brunette placed a chaste kiss on the girls temple as she comforted her,

"Trust me I'm doing everything in my willpower right now to not go kill him," she added in a mumble as she was beyond irritated with him,

"Thanks Indigo," the blonde laughed as she smiled before she heard her phone repeatedly vibrate,

"Yes you can check the message," the striker nodded as she motioned to the girl to look at her phone,

𝐄 🤍 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 !

𝐄 🤍
Meet me in the arena in fifteen minutes

𝐄 🤍
Bring your skates

𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 🤍
See you there

"What did he want?" Indigo didn't need to ask to know that it was Ethan who messaged her,

The smile on the defenders face gave it away.

"I guess he finally wants to talk?" Lillian shrugged as they continued to make their way back to their room as the blonde needed to get her ice skates.

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Lillian walked into the arena as all of the lights were off only have the sun that was still hitting the windows brighten the room.

"Hello?" Lillian called out as she couldn't find anyone stood around,

"Hey," Ethan got up from the bench as he turned to see the girl stood there,

"What are we doing here?" The blonde asked as she sat on the bench,

"We are having a deep conversation skate," the brunette explained as he had decided on the way he wanted to talk to her,

It felt like the rink made the most sense for them.

"Really?" The soccer players eyes went wide as she began to undo the laces on her skates,

"Yeah," the hockey player nodded as he kneeled down on the ground in front of her as he wanted to look at her,

He also hoped that she would finally lock her eyes with his.

"I just gotta put these on really fast," Lillian slipped her slides off as she grabbed one of her skates,

"Let me help you," Ethan nodded in as he grabbed the other one,

"Thanks E," the blonde mumbled as she felt his hand wrap around her ankle,

The duo sat there in silence until the boy tapped her shoes, a tradition he always did before she went skating.

"How was Jersey?" The hockey player asked as he stood on the ice holding his hands out for her to grab.

The soccer player intertwined her hands with his as she took a breath before asking, "do you really think that I could ever actually cheat on you?"

"No," Ethan felt his heart break at her hurt look,

"Then why the fuck did you say that?" Lillian furrowed her eyebrows as she grew irritated thinking about it all over again.

"The boys said some stupid things-" the brunette began but was quickly cut off,

"You let your single friends give you relationship advice?" The blonde couldn't help but laugh as she thought he had just said the stupidest thing ever,

His single friends. The ones who didn't even want to keep more than a one night stand with someone.

"That sounds way worse out loud," the hockey player felt his cheeks turn red,

"Who is that girl you were with?" The soccer player asked as they made it round a bend,

"Chloe?" Ethan cocked his head as he had actually forgotten about her.

"She even sounds like a bitch," Lillian mumbled as she rolled her eyes,

"Why didn't you tell me you were with her?" She added as she remembered his secretive cancellation after date night,

"Because she was teaching me Italian and it was meant to be this whole big surprise," the brunette sighed as he was finally letting her in on what he had been doing since they came back from the winter break,

Lillian and her entire family had learnt Italian over the years as they spent at least two weeks a year with Francesca's family in Tuscany.

"You were learning Italian?" The blonde felt her heart melt at the gesture,

The couple were going to visit her moms family for a few days when they did their summer trip to Europe.

"Yeah," the hockey player nodded as he smiled,

"That doesn't explain the whole hand on thigh thing," the soccer player watched as the boy spun her around on the ice,

"She wanted to make some guy jealous," Ethan confessed as Chloe's ex had walked into the cafe with the girl who the golf star had actually cheated on her with,

"And did you forget that you had a girlfriend along the way?" As much as Lillian thought it was sweet that he helped the girl out,

There were a lot more other ways that it could have been done.

"I thought that it would be good giving you a taste of what I thought was your own medicine." The brunette stopped skating as his back hit a board,

"You can be friends with whoever the fuck you want." He added as he took a loose strand from the girls hair and tucked it behind her ear.

"Anyone?" The blonde smirked as she as she placed her hand on top of his,

"Maybe not killers or rapists or those kinds of people," the hockey player shook his head as chuckled,

"Where is this going?" The soccer player asked as her hands went to his waist,

"Look I love you to the point where I don't see myself with another person like ever and that's terrifying." Ethan confessed as he watched the girls eyes widen,

"You love me like that?" Lillian was surprised by the confession.

Throughout their lives knowing each other Lillian was always the one to say things first, she was the one who asked to be friends, best friends too, she told him she loved him. Point was that this was the first time that Ethan had said something big first.

"Yeah so I'm sorry if I get jealous when I see how guys look at you." The brunette knew that he should just take that as a compliment because it meant that he picked a good girl,

But he didn't like to share and that was the big thing that let him see green.

"I love you like that too," the blonde moved her hands to his shoulders as she smiled,

"You do?" The hockey player supporter a grin as he watched her nod,

"But you ever pull that shit ever again and I will make sure that you can never have children." The soccer player warned as she sent him a serious look,

"There's the Lillian I know and love," Ethan laughed as he locked his fingers into the belt hoops of her jeans,

"And Indigo said she'd help me bury your body," Lillian watched as the boys eyes went wide at the threat from the girls roommate,

He knew that it was a serious one.

"Maybe next year you can pick a less scary roommate?" The brunette proposed as he cocked his head,

The blonde giggled as she kissed his lips missing the feeling of them before she pulled away shaking her head, "not a chance."

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AN: they're finally back together!

And with F1 being over I promise I'll now behave ☺️

But in honour of it being a month since this book came out and there only being 11 chapters left I figured that I'd finally tell you who is getting the next book, and that man is...

TREVOR ZEGRAS!

(For all of you Jack lovers don't you worry, his book is coming but it just made more sense to me having it be for next season)