An analysis from afar

by Whavey

We had it all, we thought... It was shortly after my promotion when my feelings popped up. It was her that made me feel reborn, warm, safe and most of all, alive. In a period where homophobia was a thing, I wanted her more than I wanted anything. But was the team going to suffer too? (repost from my Wattpad story An Analysis From Afar, account name also Whavey)

2. Prologue

Lizzy

We just had one of the best splits ever. Every game we won, only losing one against misfits, and then proceeded to take on Elements. It is promotion tournament spring 2016. The standing for Elements was 2-0 at this point in our favour. I talked to the guys. "Ezzie, get your Ziggs out. Joe, I think it is time to show them how annoying Rek'Sai top is. Bot, go somewhat more defensive. I am getting out my one trick pony." I say in the chat after they banned away Xin Zhao, Soraka and Lissandra. We all know who their bans are focussed on. Catching top, mid and jungle out. Ezra frowns. "Are you sure?" He asks and I nod. "It is time to pull out the Dragon." I say.

An advantage the red side has, was the picks. When they locked in Graves, we knew we needed Rek'sai. Suddenly Erik and Aiden were heard. "Lock in Poppy for Erik. He wants to show what he is made of." Aidan says as I lock in Poppy. "Keep my jungle open." I say and Erik hums that he understood it. I look at my screen as Elements locks in Nautilus and Ezreal. "Vayne." I say immediately and Aiden gasps. "Against them? Doubt it." He says and I shake my head. "It's perfect. Do it." I say and he locks in as Ezra locks in Ziggs. At this moment we are waiting for their mid and jungle. Ryze pops up and is locked in and I wait for their last one. It's Nidalee. Erik turns at me with a questioning look. "Lock her in." I say and it's locked in.

45 minutes later I stare in complete shock at the bright blue screen, with golden letters. Erik and Aiden are hugging each other, and Ezra pulls me in a deep hug. "Victory for DMF and they go the the Summer LCS split." Someone says and I give Ezra a hug and soon we are engulfed by the rest. I get out and walk to Elements, shaking their hands. "GG" I mutter after I pass everyone of them. Ezra and Aidan are pulled out for an interview as we get our Keyboards and walk backstage. Backstage I pull Erik in a hug. "Who thought social misfits could make it to here?" I whisper in his ear and he smiles. "I did." I hear him mutter and I smirk. His Poppy plays made this game intense. He gave Aidan an early first blood, always useful on Vayne, and knew when to engage. He saved my life and got me my 2v5 pentakill by preventing that we were closed in. He was brilliant this game. Then Joe comes up to me and pulls me in a tight hug. "I am staying here in Berlin with you and Ezzie. My mother told me she wasn't home so I am going to help you find an apartment here in Berlin for us." He says and I smile at him. "Thanks." I mutter and he smiles.

As Ezra and Aidan returned, we went to Elements to say our goodbye to them and thank them. As I hugged Gilius, he smiled at me. "You are gonna go far kid. I never seen anyone so focussed and calculated as you in the jungle. Santorin, Svenskeren, Reignover, all very good and very talented, but they all rely on their team to carry. You don't need it, you need a good leash and you are in." He says and I blush. "You don't say this because I am a girl, do you?" I ask and he grins. "I don't. I say it because I mean it. I never have seen anyone as talented as you are." he says and I nod. We walk out to the hotel and there is where I see her for the first time. My eyes are focussed on her as Erik nudges me. "If you don't want anyone to notice, quit it now." He says, hinting to lesbian side. I nod in a grateful way and walk on.

In the hotel, we start looking for apartments. Ezra's father offered his help since he is a craftsman and works for himself, and we were happy with that. As we were all scrolling pages, I found this perfect house in our budget. "Guys, come!" I call and they come. It is an house, not too far from the LCS stadium and it is pretty spacious. It has three floors and 7 rooms. "Then we can have a new manager and coach too." I hear Ezra say and I nod. I look at the price and turn to them. "It it cheap. Shall I just ask if we can visit it?" I ask and they nod.

An hour later we walk towards the address. As we stop, and look to the garden, an old lady opens. "Lizzy Janssen?" I hear her ask and I walk to her. "Hello miss, that's me." I say and she nods. A big man appears and I smile at him. "Good evening sir. I came here to check out the house. My friends and I are very interested in buying it." I say and he nods. "Come mama, let me show them around." He says and I smile as the elderly woman goes to the living room. We follow the man and are undoing our shoes as the man stops. "You can keep them on. My name is Jeronimo. My mother used to have a babysit here but now she is too old. So we are kind of selling it now." He explains and I nod. He starts with the top floors, both floors have three rooms. "The last one is downstairs." He explains and we nod, following him. The living room is two areas. One connected to the kitchen, where the dinner area is, and one where we could make our scrims area. The kitchen is pretty huge and there is a bathroom too, complete with shower and bath. Then he leads us to the garden. "There is one last bedroom, and we made it only accessible through the staircase cabinet." Jeronimo tells us and we follow him. It is beautiful and two huge windows give us view on the garden. "This is so a room for Lizzy. Her little hide out." I hear Erik say as I look around. I turn to the guys. "What do you guys think?" I ask and they smile. "We will do it." I say as their happy faces appear.