Prompts.

Erin wasn’t much of a partier, but to be honest she was pretty pissed about losing to Illinois so she didn’t bother to fight it when Carm started dragging her out to a post game party.

“You need to loosen up buddy, it’s not your fault we lost, that girl… whatever her name is has one of the best records out there, her shots are nearly impossible to stop.”

“I know I know, I had it though, I tipped it, and her name is Ella Masar, top scorer in the country at the moment.” Erin grumbled as the two friends walked across campus to where the party was.

“I know you did buddy, but this is what drinking is for, to forget things and put you in a better mood.”

“Carm you know I hate drinking.”

“I’m not saying you have to get blackout drunk Erin just have some fun, find a cute girl to bring a drink to.” Carm winked with a suggestive smirk.
“And don’t expect me back in our room tonight if you know what I’m saying.”

“I wish I didn’t.” Erin shook her head.

After a couple drinks and a few short conversations with teammates, Erin was about to leave when she bumped into someone, causing them to lose their balance and drop their drink. She quickly reached out and grabbed onto the stranger's arm to keep her steady.

“I am so sorry, I didn’t see you there.” The keeper spoke quickly, looking up and meeting with the softest blue eyes she’d ever seen.

“It’s okay really, at least the cup wasn’t glass.” The stranger spoke cheerfully in a slightly raspy voice.

Erin stuttered as she looked over the girl, she was a little shorter than the keeper and had long blonde hair flowing over her right shoulder. When Erin met the girls eyes again she realised she had seen those eyes before from a distance. They looked straight into hers after scoring the lone goal in the game earlier that day.

“So are you going to offer to get me a new drink or not?” The blonde girl smirked oblivious to the keeper’s thoughts. Erin could tell the girl was a few drinks in already.

“You think I’m going to get a drink for the girl who scored on me today?” Erin challenged, finally releasing the girl's arm.

“I actually don’t go by ‘girl’ my name is E-”

“Ella. I know who you are, I’m a keeper it’s my job to know about the best goal scorer in the country.”

“Interesting, because it happens to be my job as a striker to know about the best goalkeeper which would be you Erin.”

“Well now that we’ve gotten introductions out of the way I was just leaving.” Erin went to turn around when she was pulled back.

“You know, a nice person would get a drink for someone who’s drink they spilled.”

“I don’t recall saying I was nice.” Erin smirked as she looked into the strikers eyes again. Damn were they ever blue.

Erin did end up getting Ella a drink. In fact she got her many drinks as the night went on the two fell into easy conversation. Neither girl was drunk but both were definitely on the verge of that.

And after a couple more drinks Ella pulled Erin up to dance. After a couple minutes a slower song came on and Erin pulled the striker in close. The two swayed slowly in their own world, with Ella’s arms around the keeper’s neck playing with a few stray hairs while Erin’s hands were planted firmly on the strikers hips.

“You have beautiful eyes.” Erin whispered with her lips almost pressed flush against Ella’s ear.

The striker’s cheeks flushed as she look down at her feet.

Erin was quick to pull her chin up, bringing Ella’s face within an each of her own.

To the keeper’s surprise Ella closed the distance, placing a quick kiss to Erin’s soft lips. She started to back away but Erin pressed her palm into Ella’s lower back pulling her in and capturing her lips in a much more passionate kiss.
Ella gasped and the keeper took the opportunity to deepen the kiss.
Neither girl knew how long they were there but after what seemed like hours and only seconds Erin pulled back momentarily and took Ella’s hand and began to lead her out of the now almost empty room.

Ella was on a high from their kiss and there was nothing she wanted more than to have her lips on the keepers again. Her mind was foggy from the alcohol and she wasn’t thinking about anything or anyone else.

Erin woke up with Ella on top of her, there was no way for her to move without waking the forward she she wrapped her arms around the smaller girl and watched her sleep.
Erin’s mind was a little foggy from all the alcohol but the memories of last night were prominent in the keeper’s head. Her night with Ella felt like so much more than a hook up, she barely knew the girl but she knew that she didn’t want this to be a one time thing.

About an hour later Ella began to wake up, she snuggled closer into Erin if that were even possible.

“Morning sleepy head.” Erin whispered. Ella was adorable when she was all tired.

“G’morning.” She mumbled out, rubbing her face.

After a moment, Ella looked up at Erin when something clicked in her head. She immediately panicked and quickly got up to find her clothes.

“I’m sorry I have to go.”

“Ella wait.” Erin sat up quickly ignoring her headache.

“I am so sorry Erin.” Ella’s eyes met the keeper’s as she rushed out the door tears streaming down her cheeks, and the look she saw was one that she’d never forget.

Erin sat in her bed staring at the door in disbelief.

“Okay seriously, you two have been dancing around each other for weeks! What the hell is going on between you guys!” Carm shouted, she was tired of the nervous energy radiating around the apartment between her best friend, and the girl who was quickly becoming like a sister to her.

Ella looked from Carm to Erin anxiously, she wantrd to talk to the keeper but she wouldn't even look at her.

"Don't worry about it Carm." Erin spoke harshly and stood from the couch.

"No seriously what could have possibly-
Oh my god." Carm's eyes went wide as something clicked in her head.

"Ella is the girl. The one who has pretty much stopped you from living your life the last five years." Carm looked between Erin and the forward waiting for someone to speak up.
"One of you please tell me I'm wrong. Seriously Ella tell me you are not the reason that my bestfriend hasn't gone on a single second date in five years."

Ignoring Carm's question, Ella stood, grabbing Erin’s hand and pulled her down the hall to her room much to Erin’s protest.

“What the hell are you doing?” Erin almost shouted.

“We need to talk about this.”

“Really? You want to talk now? Because I’m pretty sure you had five years to say something and you never did so…”

“Erin please let me explain.” The striker pleaded, her eyes were watery as she begged Erin to hear her out.

“Thirteen times…” Erin spoke in almost a whisper.

“What?”

“We played each other thirteen more times in our college careers after that night.” The keeper let out a shaky breath almost laughing with a sad smile across her face. “Thirteen times and you never so much as looked me in the eyes.”

“Erin I…”

“You had thirteen chances! Now you want to explain yourself? After all these years, of me wondering what I did to deserve that. I get that that we were drunk and sure maybe people don’t often stick around after a hookup so maybe I was stupid to think it meant more than that but I guess I just really thought you felt the same thing I did… Apparently I was mistaken.”

“I felt it too.” The forward whispered lowly with a shaky breath.

“What?”

“You weren’t wrong, that night was so much more than a one night stand to me, and I have never once thought of it that way. And when I say I’ve thought about it I mean it. It hasn’t left my head since that day five years ago.”

“How the hell can you say that? How can you sit here and tell me that it meant something when you ran out like that on me without any reason at all.”

Ella took a deep breath as she spoke the truth. “I had a boyfriend.”

Erin’s jaw dropped. “You… Are you serious?”

“Erin I don’t know what happened, but the moment I looked into your eyes that night I knew that you were someone special. Something clicked inside of me and inside I knew that it was wrong but when I kissed you I just went with it. As the night went on and we drank more I couldn’t even remember why I shouldn’t be doing what I was doing. When I woke up and was hit with reality again I panicked. I realized what I had done but the problem was that what I felt guilty for wasn’t that I had cheated on my partner, it was that I knew I had to go because I didn’t deserve you. I hated myself for cheating and to this day I haven’t forgiven myself. When I got back to school I told him immediately. He tried to tell me it was okay that it was just a drunken hookup and he could get over it… that we could get past it. But I told him no. I told him that it wasn’t just some hookup and that it wouldn’t be fair of me to stay with him knowing how I felt about you, and about what we did. I broke his heart… he was such a great guy and to this day I hate that I hurt him but what I really hated was that never once did I regret our night. I felt bad for the people who it hurt but I have never been able to bring myself to regret it.”

Ella closed her eyes momentarily, trying to collect herself before continuing. While Erin tried to take in everything that she was hearing.

“It’s been five years and I’ve never so much as gone on a date with someone. Any time I would meet someone who seemed to like me, I couldn’t bring myself to say yes to a date. I didn’t think I deserved to be happy after what I did, and honestly I would just think of you and how I’d rather it be you asking me out. I never reached out to you though… because as much as I wanted to tell you all of this five years ago I didn’t believe that I could ever deserve you after walking out on you like I did, and honestly I didn’t think you would answer if I called.”

“Can I stop you right there…?” Erin interrupted, trying to blink away her tears.
Ella nodded.
“I would have answered no matter when you called me. Whether it was the day after, or during senior year. Hell I would have gotten on a plane and flew to you if that’s what you wanted. That one night changed me and I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t tried to be with other people because I have. Probably mostly because of Carm forcing me to go out but in the end none of them were you. None of them had you deep blue eyes, they didn’t have your soft hands or your little wrinkles you get around your eyes when you smile. None of them could make me feel the way you did. And Ella don’t ever say that you don’t deserve me because you deserve the world. I know you think you are a terrible person for cheating but we all do things that we shouldn’t and that we can’t take back.”

“I am so sorry Erin. I really am.”

“I believe you.”

“Do you… Do you think that maybe I could get another chance someday?” Ella started out, fully prepared to be shut down by the keeper.

Erin answered by leaning over and pressing her lips gently against the forwards.

“Is uh… Is that a yes?” Ella blushed, playing with Erin’s fingers.

“Yes.”