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Chapter 33 - Decisions

(Third person pov)

"Hello Mike, im right outside Goodison Park stadium, and you can see Everton fans are celebrating their victory over Liverpool" said Samara, she had BBC mic in her hand.

The camera panned towards the crowd which cheered and danced around her.

"How do you feel about tonights Victory?" She asked moving her mic towards a fan.

He was young wearing Everton jearsy, eyes little red as he leaned into the mic, "Absolutely ecstatic!" He said showing his fist.

"What do you think about the tackle Jamie Carraghar did on Matthew Delevigne?" She asked, she wanted reactions.

The whole mood of the young fan turn 180, "Stay away from Everton fans Jamie. He almost ended lad's career! He should be banned from playing football! That was an assault, he couldn't stop him so he just booted him off the field" his eyes blazing as he ranted in the mic.

"I'll punch him If I see him" said a fan walking with his kid both wearing number 10 jersy.

"Don't say that bastards name here!" Exclaimed one fan.

"The people are showing their hate towards Jamie Carraghar, it seems he is officially not welcomed at this part of the town" said Samara, she run fingers through her hair as she spotted someone wearing Liverpool shirt.

"Excuse me, how do you feel about the loss?" She asked to a Man, he was wearing red on top, looked a little flustered when she arrived.

"You almost gave me a heart attack" he said heaving.

"Easy there" she said a little apologetic.

"I feel devastated, and sad. Carraghar had done us dirty, shit defending then injuring a kid, that's unacceptable, we don't support his behaviour" he said a little angry, he had heard a lot of slurs and profanities because of that damned tackle.

"Are you disappointed with your team?" She asked with glee.

"Absolutely! Gerrard and Torres couldn't get pass Phil Neville? Their shots were everywhere but on target. Check their eyes, cause theirs are faulty" he said walking away, he wanted to be out of this place as soon as possible.

"Even Liverpool fans are not happy by Carraghar behaviour, and wants action taken against him. This was Samara Knight, BBC sports" she said signing off, this was the last shoot, now finally her job was finished.

The cameraman gave her a thumbs-up and she handed him the mic.

[Into the studio]

"Liverpool 0 - 3 Everton, as Delevigne left the game in the half time. People seems to have to strong feelings against Jamie Carraghar?" Said Mike, they had just watched Samara's interviews.

"I don't blame Carraghar, sometimes you overcommit into tackles, it's part of the game. Premier league and its physicality makes the matches more intense" said Simon Brotherton, he hadn't seen the match, he was a highlight presenter.

"There's a line between a tackle and just hitting somebody Simon, and Carraghar crossed it" said Alan, he too was a little upset because of the tackle.

"C'mon Alan, his spikes just grazed his skin, and he played 20 minutes after that" said Simon with a chuckle.

"Through shin guards.. his spikes went through them. Now imagine if they weren't there. It could have ended his career." Said Mike, his eyes sharp at the cameras.

"Now, we'll look at the stats, Everton still unbeaten, will play Newcastle next.

Delevigne - 9 goals leading the chart, behind him is his bestfriend, Wilshere - 5.

Both teenagers are leading scorers of their teams" said Alan.

"Lets not forget the assists, Delevigne has 6, he's contributed to every goal scored by Everton till now. I want to see how they play without him against Newcastle" said Simon.

"We've seen few UEFA league matches and they've yet to score a single goal. They're more focused on Premier league." Said Mike.

"Delevigne has taken the ball, it's his 3rd one since his debut, and what a player." Said Alan.

"We still haven't interviewed him? manager David Moyes has still not allowed him to talk to Media?" Said Simon.

"It'll be interesting to hear him speak, the last interview he gave was about his movie, since then he has refused to talk to Media" said Alan, he had seen few of Matt's interviews online.

"There's also Arsenal vs Everton up next just after Newcastle, wonder if he'll be fit to play against his youth club" said Simon.

"I hope so, it'll be amazing to watch him again Arsenal with Wilshere and Henry." Mused Mike.

"And he got everything to prove to Wenger, I can't wait for the game" said Alan with a laugh.

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"No we can't tolerate that, there should be a heavy fine, that boy is essential for the team I am building, and he almost got crippled!" Exclaimed a man on the phone.

"I don't care, write an official letter to Liverpool right now. I'll talk to the board tomorrow evening" he said putting down the phone.

He had worked hard to make sure Matt grows into a fine player and one day play for English national team.

All his hopes were almost crushed by a washed player with that tackle, but by some miracle the boys was fine .

"I'll send few FA physios and doctors at his home to look at the injury" said Trevor to himself before again dialing few numbers.

(Pov end)

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(Matt's pov)

"Does it hurt?" Asked mom worridly over the phone.

"It doesn't mom, Sofia has fixed my leg, nothing serious" I said trying to ease her worry.

"Eat well, and don't let water near it. I'm going to an Emergency, but I'll be there tomorrow!" She said hanging up the phone.

That's done, now on to the next one.

"Hey" I said to which he just sighed.

"How's the leg" asked Zahavi.

"It's good, I'll be out for two weeks, it's just few cuts nothing major"

"You're going to miss Newcastle then, but will be fit to play Arsenal at Emirates?" He said with a laugh.

"Yes, I'm going to play Arsenal at Emirates" I said with little ferociousness, which surprised me a little.

"Good, I'll be there. Play 90 minutes this time"

"I'm going to", I was reckless in the Derby, it was at Goodison park so I thought I can afford that.

"You're still not going to report it?" He asked.

"No, things happened on the field, stays on the field" I said.

There's no point in that, even though he had malicious intent, the case could easily be brushed off, there's no solid proof, FA will be on his ass anyways.

"Maintain this from, you'll be sold for 100 million next season"

"We'll see" I said not really committing to the idea. I was planning on staying for 2 seasons at Everton, it would help me develop my body to peak condition.

We talk for few more things before hanging up the call, Zahavi had been a good support, he blocks off all the noise that comes from playing football and let's me focus on my job.

There's so many papers and reporters that had asked me for my interview, some had asked mom and dad, followed them with big cameras to their work.

I had to hire security for mom just to go do her job, these guys are mental.

"What should I do now? I've got a lot of free time this week.." I said to myself, I looked around the room.

I saw my guitar laying around on a chair.. lets open a YouTube channel.

(Pov end)

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(04-10-2008)

(Third person pov)

"Hello guys this is Matthew Delevigne, welcome to my YouTube channel, some of you might have seen my video with my bro Jack.

I love making music, here's my first album, enjoy." Said Matt.

He had uploaded 7 songs on his YouTube channel, it took him total 4 days to record and edit the video.

The music videos were just clips recorded by Eva or Pandora.

There were few videos of vacations they had taken.

Atlas, was the Album's name, he created a playlist and uploaded it as it is.

Gangnam Style – PSY.

The music videos for Gangnam style was the boys, dancing in Korea, the video was a collection of places they had visited in the last day they had in Seoul.

Lost in Japan – Shawn Mendes

This video was also from Seoul's hotel room where Matt just stood at the window shirtless looking outside.

Shinonuga e wa – Fujii Kaze

The video was in black and white, Matt playing with Bexie (Grandma's golden retriever), and running around the garden.

I like me better– Lauv

Similar to Seoul, the video was about Matt visiting places in New york.

Love Yourself – Justin Bieber

Now this song's video was the one he shot, he sat on a chair and played the song looking at the cameras.

Golden Hour – JVKE

The video starts with a 11 year old Matt playing golden hour in piano, then transition to now.

Car's Outside – James Arthur

This one was just a photo of a car with its gate open and luggage on its side, he had synced lyrics. The most time spent on editing the video was this one.

He watched them upload one by one, and couldn't help but felt a little guilty for stealing something from artists.

Shaking his head he turned off the laptop, he had been quite busy last week, the leg has begining to heal, still there was some pain whenever he ran.

Slowly the wound was closing, his mom had given him some meds which thank God he didn't take.

There was a protocol for him to follow, he couldn't fail the doping tests, so he refused to take the medicine which contained the listed chemicals by UEFA and FA.

Uploading this music was his last lifes wish, he wanted to create music that people loved, he didn't feel great doing it, but there was still some satisfaction in his heart.

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(05-10-2008)

"Thankyou so much" cried Sofia, she clutched her chain necklace as she wiped her eyes.

"Its okay, he's going to be kicked out. Why didn't you report to anybody that he was harrassing you" asked Matt, they sat on the sofa of the lounge at the Everton training academy.

There were only groundsmen and few other people were present, today was Everton vs Newcastle at Goodison park.

"I couldn't... He had kids and it was already hard for them.. I didn't wanted anything bad to happen to them" she said sobbing.

Matt went silent for a second, he hadn't thought about the kids, he just wanted a bad man behind bars.

"Put yourself in those kids position. Would you want to be raised by a man like that?" Asked Matt.

"Cause, I would rather have a dead father than a rapist as father. It's better for them if people like him stay as far away as possible." said Matt, he wanted to feel less guilty so he quickly thought of a reason.

"Hmmn, you're right" she said nodding.

'am I though?' he asked himself.

"Don't feel bad, I'll set something up. They won't have to worry about anything" said Matt.

"Hmm" she didn't said anything, just nodded.

"You should go now, the game begins in half an hour, I'll be stretching and doing some light mobility training" said Matt, he stood up.

"Again, thankyou Matt" she said suddenly hugging Matt.

"No problem Sof" he said with a smile, she was a charming woman, it's a shame she was too old for him.

(Pov end)

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