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She’s a doctor. It’s still funny for Lucy to say that, but she likes the idea, to be honest. She’s pretty honored and this distinction made her think back about the woman she was at that time. She was so far away to imagine where she would be more than ten years later.
Not here in the English Camp, looking at Tooney and Alessia giggling about something she doesn’t want to know. But here like having be able to live so many things with football. She has won the Women’s Euro in 2022 and almost won World Cup in 2023 with England. And she won almost everything with Barcelona those last past years too.
And she can say that she never has been so happy as she is right now. And not only because of football, even if she met the woman she loves deeply thanks to football and their mutual friends.
She sighs softly when she reads one more time Ona’s last message, saying how sorry she is for not being able to come to the ceremony in Leeds University. Lucy wasn’t expecting her to be able to come to be honest, Ona is with her national team somewhere in Spain, training for the Olympics.
She would have love to see her again though. She misses her girlfriend, like crazy. They had a long discussion in Cuba about Lucy’s future and their relationship when they learn that Barça hasn’t accepted Lucy’s wishes. They knew it would be difficult to be separate again, but it was only for several months until Lucy will finish her career and come back in Barcelona to Ona.
That’s their project. Lucy joked about opening a bar, but she really thinks she would love it now. She hasn’t talk about it to Ona, scared that the younger one will make fun of her.
“Lucy, get your ass here right now or you will be late for fuck’s sake!”
Lucy groans when she hears her brother screaming in their parents’ house. It’s the day where she was supposed to received her distinction and she really needs to leave right now. But she really wanted to hear Ona’s voice before leaving and her girlfriend doesn’t seem to want to answer for now.
Lucy’s frowning when she comes down the stairs and when she goes in her brother’s car. Their parents’ left before them with Sophie, Lucy’s little sister, but the footballer can’t help and try to call Ona again.
“What the hell is she doing?” Lucy groans in a low voice.
“Maybe she’s tired of you. Maybe she realizes how easier it’s to live without you” Jorge teases her sister.
The slap he received after that echoes inside the car.
“Oy!”
“Shut up your face, will you?”
He rolls his eyes playfully, but Lucy’s reaction makes him realizes that maybe it isn’t the right place to joke. They never really talk about their respective feelings and love life to each other. But Jorge likes Ona, and he likes his sister with the Spaniard.
“Sorry if it was a bad choice for jokes” he says after a moment of silence.
Lucy groans for any answer, busy to write to Ona. She frowns again seeing that her messages are being delivered but not read.
“She’s not answering at anything” Lucy mumbles.
“I’m sur she’s fine, Luce. Maybe she has some tactical class or something?”
“Yeah. Maybe.”
She’s not scared anymore like she was last year when Ona wasn’t answering her phone quickly. It happened from time to time for Vilda being the reason of Ona’s silence. Vilda isn’t here anymore, and things got a little better since, even if it’s not the best conditions. But it’s the evening and they usually are free.
Jorge looks at his sister, briefly leaving the road with his eyes.
“You are going to be alright; you know? Ona and you.”
“How can you know?” Lucy asks after a moment of hesitation.
“I just know. That girl is really in love with you, and I can say you are too. It’s different from your other relationship, I can say it. And everyone who knows you can say it, you are like two parts of the same orange. It’s like all the things who could separate you aren’t and make you both even stronger.”
Lucy stays silence several seconds, really touched by her brother’s words. She’s sure that Ona is the love of her life, but she’s not sure that she’s Ona’s one. She will probably never be, never taking the girl for granted.
“It’s going to be so hard to be away from her” Lucy points softly.
“I never said it will be easy. But you will survive this.”
Lucy smiles for real this time. She never thought that Jorge’s words would one day make her feel better about her love life and her choices.
Ona still hasn’t answer to her when she faces the outfit she’s supposed to wear for the ceremony.
She would have love to see Ona sitting next to her mother in the crowd, but she’s not mad or even disappointed. Just a little bit sad to have a reminder of what their life will be for now. She will miss having Ona dead asleep next to her every morning when they were supposed to gets up for training. Or a koala-Ona begging her not to leave the bed.
After her speech, she got lost a little bit in her thoughts, but managed to smile at the right time and give right answers to what is addressed to her. They talk to some people around them for several times before Lucy’s father grab her arm.
“Come on, let’s go to the restaurant now” mumble Lucy’s father, probably tired of all this protocol.
Lucy smiles when Jorge snorts and follow her family, taking a look at her phone again. She got several notifications, but still nothing from Ona and she’s writing to Mariona when they pass the doors of the building.
“Hola, Doctor Bronze.”
Lucy almost misses a stair step. She knows that voice by heart and would be able to recognize it between thousands of other voices. But that voice isn’t supposed to be here, she’s supposed to be training in Spain.
But when she raises her eyes, Ona is really in front of her. With her freckles, her chocolate doe eyes and a slight cocky smile.
Lucy doesn’t speak, she breaks the distance to Ona in three great steps, before taking the youngest girl in her arms, in an embrace probably able to break her two or three ribs. But Ona doesn’t complain, in fact she puts her arms around Lucy’s shoulders and hide her face in her neck.
“You are here” Lucy whispers in Ona’s hair, making the Spaniard smiles.
“Of course I am” she whispers back.
“Don’t break your opponent’s back, Luce” Jorge shout from afar.
They both can hear Diane shoving Jorge and the others away, making the couple smile again.
“How are you here?” Lucy asks, looking at her girlfriend.
“Your parents came to take me from the airport. I explained to Tome what was happening, and she said I can come” Ona explains softly, stroking Lucy’s face with her fingers. “It’s just today and tomorrow though.”
“I take it” Lucy smiles.
And now that her family is gone, she puts her lips on Ona’s. She can feel her smile under her lips and she kind of regrets not to be alone with Ona to deepen the kiss.
“So, this is where you studied?” Ona asks, looking around.
Lucy hums, unable to stop looking at Ona. She got a tan from her training in Spain, and she definitively has more freckles. Lucy resists to the envy to kiss every single one of them, choosing to kiss her jaw instead.
“You want me to show you around?”
“Mh deepens. Will there be secret places where you took other girls to kiss?”
“No” Lucy laughs. “Come on.”
Without any hesitation, Ona takes the hand Lucy is reaching out, interlacing their fingers. Like she proposed, Lucy shows the places where she studied, even if she took a lot of classes online too, to be honest. But she likes to have her girlfriend for herself before actually going to the restaurant with her family.
They managed not to cross the path of a lot of people. They know that there is people around and probably photographers. Everyone has a smartphone to take a picture now anyway.
“Oh. There is one more place I want to show you” Lucy says while they were going back to the car. “Come.”
Ona happily follows her girlfriend, not letting her hand go a single second. Lucy turns behind an old building before stopping suddenly. Ona doesn’t really understand what happened, but soon she’s trapped between a wall and her girlfriend, who is smirking at her.
“ Now , I have a place here where I kissed a girl on this campus.”
The rest of the night went well. They finally went to the restaurant where Lucy’s family was waiting for them and had a wonderful time. The food was delicious and even if they were with the others Bronze, Lucy never let Ona’s hand go. She played with her fingers during all the time they were sitting. Ona always got along pretty great with the others Bronze, much to her relief. Lucy didn’t have the least concern about it.
Then they finally went to the hotel where Ona took a room, happy to finally be alone. They couldn’t keep their hands away from each other as soon as Ona closes the door behind them.
After several hours and a long shower taking together, they are in bed, facing each other. Their legs are interlinked, and Lucy is stroking Ona’s hip while looking at her.
“I love you so much” Lucy says softly. “I can explain how happy I am to have you here.”
“I love you too. And my girlfriend is a Doctor, I couldn’t miss that, right? Doctor Bronze” Ona teases.
“Why is it so hot when you say it?”
Ona laughs this time and Lucy can only smiles, loving to hear that sound. Ona rolls on her back to stretch, but it’s not Lucy’s taste to see her walk away from her, even if it’s only a few centimeters. She passes her arms around Ona’s body to drag her against her.
“What if I sequester you and I take you to a secret place known only to me?”
“Would you stay with me?”
“Of course”
Ona smiles hearing Lucy’s evidence in her tone.
“Then it wouldn’t be a kidnapping, because I’d be entirely consenting.”
Lucy hums, passing one leg on both of Ona and hide her face in Ona’s neck. She misses her smell too. Lucy’s breath makes the younger shiver, but Ona doesn’t move, only playing with Lucy’s hair.
“What are you thinking about?” Ona asks, realizing that Lucy’s eyes are wide open.
“Barcelona” Lucy mumbles. “The places I love, the places we went together and the one I want to go the next time I’m back.”
“What’s your favorite place?” Ona asks curiously.
“Our home.”
It’s sappy, but Ona loves it. She passes her arms around Lucy to feel her better against her. It's only been several days but she can't express how much she missed her touch.
“You know how we talk about me coming back to Barcelona at the end of my career?” Lucy asks.
“Yeah?”
Ona’s voice is as calm as possible, but she can’t help but be scared that Lucy already change her mind. England is where she grew up, where her family is. It would be almost normal to want to come back here. Just like she herself wanted to go back to Barcelona.
“We never really talked about what I would do at this time.”
“What would you like to do?”
Ona watch as Lucy rolls on her stomach, so almost completely lying on Ona. But the English Woman just wants to be able to see Ona’s face.
“I know it was just a joke with Mapi in the beginning, but I think I would love to have my own bar. Just somewhere where people can come to drink something and watch sport on TV.”
Lucy is looking at Ona with a lot of attention, almost waiting for the Spaniard to laugh at her face. But Ona never does it, instead she looks thoughtfully at her girlfriend.
“If that’s what makes you happy Luce, just do it” Ona smiles softly.
“ You make me happy.”
Ona rolls her eyes with a smile but happily let Lucy kiss her lovingly. The Spaniard missed her girlfriend as much as Lucy missed her. It wasn’t easy for her to let Lucy go in London, but her girlfriend’s happiness is what she cherishes the most.
“But during Barca Femeni’s and Spain women’s games, I’ll have to close the place to come watch you play” Lucy adds soon after.
“Will you wear my jersey?” Ona ask with a smile.
“Mh… Maybe”
“Hot” smirks Ona.
Lucy laughs softly, letting her finger run on Ona’s face. She seems to have more in mind, but Ona knows better than push her to know what’s going on in her mind. Just when she turns her face to kiss Lucy’s wrist, the latter talk again.
“Maybe our children will wear it too?”
“What, a Spanish jersey or a Batlle one?” Ona smirks.
They talked already about having children together, but not really about what team they could play. if they want to play, of course. Lucy is surprised by Ona question, she never thought about it to be honest. But if they stick to their plans, they will be living in Barcelona, so it will be logical for them to play for Spain.
“We will let them chose” Lucy answers wisely.
“Sure, Dr. Bronze” Ona chuckles.