Back From the Game

The five glitches who had spent the afternoon at the football all returned to the mansion together. Apart from Melanie, they looked like they had a great day out.

"How did it go?" Chelsea called out.

"It was fun! We lost though" Barbie replied.

"No, we won 2-1!!" Lucy corrected her, rolling her eyes.

"Speak for yourself! I'm a Crystal Palace fan now. Their players were super lovely, and some of them were pretty hot too. The showers after the game got quite steamy! Anyway, I'm going back to their dressing room for the home match against Man City next Saturday."

"What about you, Cass?" Liv enquired.

"Oh, she won't be invited" Barbie laughed "She was literally chanting about her own team in their dressing room!"

"Arsenal 'til I die, I'm Arsenal 'til I die!" Cassie sang unapologetically as she raised her arms in the air proudly.

"Answer me honestly" Mel had made her way quietly over to James amid the excitement "Was I shown on TV a lot?"

"Yeah, you were" James had to admit as he gave his girlfriend a consoling cuddle "You looked so fucking beautiful though"

"How did you like it, Chantelle?" Jenny called out.

"I'm glad I went" she answered "I don't really get the appeal of the sport, but the atmosphere was incredible. The Chelsea players were really nice too. One of them even slipped me his number"

"Oh yeah, which one?" Anna asked with interest.

Chantelle pulled a scrap of paper from her purse and read it "Wayne Bradbury?"

The British girls, in unison, started to go into meltdown.

"Wayne Bradbury?" Laura shouted out "You have Wayne Bradbury's actual phone number?"

"Yeah, why? Is he a big deal?"

"He's one of the best players in the world!" James explained "He plays left wing for Chelsea and England. He's a generational talent"

"Nah, he's an overrated prima donna who wouldn't even make the Arsenal bench" Cassie disagreed.

"I follow the soccer, and he's a superstar" Tina chimed in "He's fucking hot too"

"Isn't he dating Dua Lipa though?" Chelsea wondered.

"No, they split up ages ago. I think he was with Emma Raducanu last, but that ended too because they couldn't make their schedules work" Anna, who liked to keep abreast of the latest celebrity gossip, informed her friends.

"Okay, maybe I'll give him a call" Chantelle eyed the number with interest "Maybe.."

"Oh God, imagine if Chantelle becomes a WAG!" Chelsea giggled "She can hang out with Colleen Rooney and Posh Spice!"

"Okay, so not to be a party pooper, but what happened with Tania?" Mel asked, already tired of the football talk.

"She's on the coffee table, Lexie paid some guy ten thousand quid for her" Chelsea explained.

"Please don't remind me of that" Lexie shook her head.

"Okay" Melanie walked over to the statue "Lets see if I can fix this"

She waved her hands over the toad which turned from grey to a greenish brown colour and began to move about.

"Shit, I think that's all I can manage for today. I feel really drained" Mel sighed.

"What? You can't leave me like this! I'm hideous!" the toad complained in a raspier, croakier version of Tania's normal speaking voice.

"I should be able to get you back to normal tomorrow. I'm sorry, today has been incredibly hard for me" Mel apologised "In the meantime, Lexie, you should look after Tania"

"What? Why me?"

"Because you're the reason she's a toad. And I feel like you two need to talk and clear the air" Mel explained "Now, if nobody has anything else they need from me I'm going to take a shower. You coming, James?"