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A/N: Let's be interactive! i will try to ask a question after every chapter and answer it myself. Youre all welcome to answer it in the comments and to send me more questions to ask!!!!

When Elle woke up on Saturday morning, she felt better than she had in a long time. She had had a very restful night, had slept completely through the night, which was very rare, and was really looking forward to today, even though she still had to evaluate what felt like countless data.

Joe had been with her for over an hour yesterday, listening with great interest as she explained what she was doing, and had stayed after her explanation to watch her work, since by his own admission he couldn't imagine how this mess of numbers could become a training plan.

He had made the whole thing a little more bearable and had always tried to slip in some joke to get Elle to laugh. Every once in a while, though, his statements would sound so raunchy that they'd both just stare at each other for a few seconds before bursting out laughing.

After the long day in front of the screen, Elle had then decided to go to the gym after work and had gone through her strength exercises again after a successful time on the treadmill.

After a cold shower and a small dinner, she had ended the evening in front of the TV, receiving a message from Celine.

"You and me, tomorrow night, girls night, no argument! I'll pick you up at eight"

Elle had just grinned. She hadn't been out in a long time, but felt it was about time again and a girls night with her best friend sounded quite promising.

After breakfast and two cups of coffee, she sat down in front of the laptop again. If Celine would pick her up at eight, that meant she had to be done with the analyses by seven at the latest.

Countless coffees, a short lunch break and endless curses later, she was really done with all the data, analyses and training plans at just before seven. She quickly sent everything to Paul and closed the laptop. From now on she had her weekend off!

The anticipation of later put her in a really good mood. She finally managed to wash all the dishes from her sink and put them in the cupboards, cleaned up the laundry that was piling up in her room, and still had time to get ready in peace afterwards.

At eight on the dot, her doorbell rang. No sooner had she opened it than Celine fell squealing around her neck. "Hey baby, I'm here" she greeted Elle and hugged her tightly.  Elle just laughed.

"And ready for girls night?" Celine asked as she let go of Elle. Elle nodded. "Just shoes and bag left, then we're good to go" she said slipping into her strappy black heeled sandals.

"woah, woah, what's wrong with you?" Celine asked in surprise, eyeing Elle up and down. "What's supposed to be wrong? You don't like my outfit?" Elle asked confused. "No....I mean, since when do YOU get SO dressed up when we go out? Usually it's just shorts and jeans."

Celine pointed to Elle's outfit, which consisted of a dark coral colored belly top with elongated sleeves, down to the middle of the forearm, but which opened up at the elbow and became more like puff sleeves, and black high-waist pants. With it she wore a silver necklace that had white tear-shaped pearls at the neckline and her creoles.

"I'm feeling especially good today, so I thought I'd make myself pretty" Elle shrugged with a smile. "You look stunning, just insanely attractive" Celine complimented her and once again Elle understood why quite a few thought they were a lesbian couple.

"But you look incredible too, well, just like always" Elle returned the compliment while Celine smiled her thanks in her olive green tight leather skirt that reached her mid thigh and in which was a black long sleeved top, also with puff sleeves, that presented everything Celine had to offer through its neckline that went to the middle of Celine's torso and that was not less. She wore almost the same shoes as Elle, creoles were also hanging from her ears, but they were covered with white pearls. Her choker was made of small golden circles.

"Oh, this is going to be a great night. Just you and me and lots of drinks" when Elle had her shoes on and everything important packed in her bag, she pulled the door shut behind her while Celine hooked up with her and marched to the elevator with a huge grin on her face.

"Here's to us" arriving at their trusted bar, they immediately ordered two glasses of champagne. They had always been to the Secret Saloon during their time at university and Celine had even met Javier here. No wonder they still liked coming here after all this time, because by now every single waiter knew them by name.

"So, what happened to put you in such a good mood today and dress so hot?" Celine asked after taking a big sip of her champagne. "You act like I usually look like a homeless person" Elle laughed. "Well, usually you look so normal, unremarkable. Today there isn't a guy whose gaze doesn't linger on you. I've seen at least five already"

"You sure they're not looking there first?" Elle asked, pointing at Celine's cleavage. Celine shrugged her shoulders. "Possibly" she took another sip from her glass.

"But honestly now, what's going on? Anything at work?" Celine checked. Elle groaned. "Celine, it's my weekend, so don't get me started on my work. Paul made me do desk work on Friday because apparently I'm an analysis specialist"

"Aren't you a specialist in everything about your job? Anyway, that means you got pulled from training with that quarterback? Javier totally freaked out when I told him about it".

Elle nodded. "Yeah, I got pulled from it, but Joe is trying to get me to coach him again starting Monday" "wait, Joe? The quarterback wants you to do his workouts again?" Celine asked and a big grin spread across her face.

"Yeah, he said he felt I was more capable of getting him back on the field in time than Michael, who replaced me. He'd be too harmless compared to me" Elle explained with a laugh. Celine's grin turned mischievous. "Too harmless, then. And when did he tell you all this?" she raised her eyebrow questioningly.

"When he brought me coffee after lunch" Elle shrugged. Celine stared at her in surprise. "Wait, he brought you coffee, just like that?" Elle nodded. "And then? Did he leave again?"

"No, he was there for over an hour, wanting to know how it worked with the analysis and all" Celine moaned in exasperation. "Eleanor, you know I love you, but you are such a blind idiot! What kind of person likes to listen to a lecture on something so boring?"

"It's not boring, it's my work" Elle interrupted her indignantly. "Yeah ok, who but weird people like you listen to that voluntarily? Elle, this guy is one hundred percent interested in you. He didn't want to know what you needed to do, he clearly wanted to spend time with you!"

"He didn't want to spend time with me, Celine. Actually, he just came by to see if I was feeling better and well, stayed then" Elle disputed Celine's interpretation. "Whether you're feeling better, why? What happened?" Celine asked confused.

"Had another bad night and I apparently looked so exhausted that Joe even called Nick because he was worried" Celine stared at her again in surprise.

"actually I'd be mad at you because once again you didn't mention anything about feeling bad, but oh my god Elle, Joe really wants something from you. He was worried, called Nick, and came to see you the next day specifically, with coffee of course, to make sure you were feeling better? You can't tell me he's doing all this just to be nice, not a chance!" Celine squealed in delight, while Elle sighed.

"Celine, we only have a friendly working relationship, you just worry sometimes. And even if you're right, which I highly doubt, nothing should or would go on between us anyway."

"Keep telling yourself that, my dear, we'll see what time brings" Celine grinned mischievously, which only made Elle roll her eyes.

Question: do you watch football or do you just started to watch/ are a fan because of Joe?

My answer: My first football match I saw was the wild card game where the Bengals won against the Raiders. Where I'm from (no, im not from the US and English isn't my first language 😅) football isn't quite as popular so I absolutely had no idea what was going on. I then started to watch videos and read articles to understand the concept and the rules and watched the next game, the Bengals against the Titans in the Divisional Round, to do some kind of learning by doing well by watching and yeah, that's the game I discovered Joe and started to have a crush. So I'm not only watching football because of Joe but he's one of the reasons I watch.

Comment your answer and maybe some other questions for the next chapter 😊

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