Chapter One:

Juliet leaned against the brick wall of a shop as she watched her brother pound the call button to flat two. His shoulder's pulled back and she could see his free hand starting to ball up in anger.

"He's not bloody home!" Roy spoke gruffly and with narrowed eyes as he stared at the buzzer for Ted Lasso's flat.

"Well he's American yeah? Is there a pub near by? Probably popped out for a brew."

Roy stepped back from the door and started walking back in the direction they had come from. "Why are you here again?"

"Because I'm your sister, and unfortunately I can tell when you are in a mood so figure you shouldn't be left alone in whatever adventure you are embarking on." Juliet spoke as she walked quickly to catch up to Roy. She shoved her hands into the pockets of her dark green leather jacket and pulled in her shoulders to ward off the cold as she walked.

"No, Juliet. Why are you here, in Richmond?"

"I'm here because I miss you Roy."

This caused him to finally stop walking and look at her, his shoulders letting out some of the tightness they were holding.

"I saw there was an opening for a physiotherapist for next season and applied because I miss my sister, I miss my niece, and I miss my big brother. I'm sure Ms. Welton only hired me because I'm your sister, but I don't care. I'm here now, so let's go find your Yankee."

"He's from Kansas."

"And that's suppose to mean something to me?"

Roy just rolled his eyes and turned and began to walk once again. "Fuuuuck." He whispered as he watched Ted setting down a pint glass and walking towards the street, the opposite direction of his home. "I'll be right back."

Juliet watched as Roy jogged towards a man with short slicked back hair and a backpack. Sticking his arm out to stop the man before he got taken out by a car. They chatted for a moment before they both turned and started walking towards where Juliet was standing. The two said nothing as they walked past her and back towards the flat they had once been standing at.

Once the door was unlocked and open Ted and Roy entered and Juliet followed timidly after, closing and locking the door behind her. It took until they were all standing in the sitting room before Ted took notice of her. "Oh, hello! How did I miss you?"

"Ted, Juliet." Roy muttered as he waved a hand between the two. "Juliet, Ted."

"Juliet, well now that is a pretty name. Your last name wouldn't be Capulet now would it?"

Juliet let out a little laugh before Roy let out a low growl. "No it's Kent, so don't get any ideas."

"Oh, are you Phoebe's mom? I tell you the stuff that that girl comes up with, she's a smart one." Asked Ted as removed his backpack and sat it to the floor at his feet.

"I will be sure to pass along that praise to my sister when I see her."

"Juliet only just graduated from Uni. She doesn't even have a boyfriend." Roy let out a laugh and while his tone was the same as anything else he ever said it still have across as patronizing.

Folding her arms across her chest Juliet narrowed her eyes at Roy. "Thanks big bro."

Ted may have had a few beers in quick succession but he still knew best to diffuse the situation. "Well come on now, take your jackets off and stay awhile."

Juliet slipped her jacket from her shoulders and made to drape it across her arm when Ted held out a hand for it. Handing it over he gently laid it on the back of the couch for her before he took off his own jacket and did the same.

"Come sit down Roy, I'm glad you're here." Ted moved through the kitchen and grabbed an open jar of peanut butter from the counter, sticking his finger in and scooping out some, he plopped it in his mouth before offering the jar to Roy.

"I'm good."

"You got a nut allergy?" Asked Ted as he pulled the jar away swiftly pointing it in Juliet's direction.

"I got a finger allergy." Said Roy.

Juliet on the other hand shrugged her shoulders and stuck a finger in, scraping the side of the jar. "I adore peanut butter."

Ted gave her a smile and Juliet smiled back before sticking the tip of her finger in her mouth. The young woman did not miss that Ted's eyes seemed to follow the motion of her finger, and she watched as his adam's apple moved up and then back down. The air in the room suddenly becoming quite hot and she was sure that the heat she felt on her cheeks meant that she was blushing as much as Ted. It only took a moment before he noticed his stare because quickly he put the jar to the counter, cleared his thought and looked to Roy. "What else have I got to offer here, red wine? We got tea."

Moving about the kitchen Ted avoided making eye contact with Juliet and instead focused on a pot on the stove. Lifting it he checked inside and then motioned with his head. "Two-day-old pasta water?"

Roy pushed out a chair with his foot, looked Juliet in the eyes and pointed for her to sit. "Tea's fine."

Juliet sat herself across from Roy as Ted moved to fill a kettle with water. "Look, I'm sorry I told you to go fuck yourself."

"Eh, la-di-da." Ted spoke with a shrug of his shoulders.

"I'm usually better at hiding my anger."

A snort left Juliet and Roy gave her a kick from under the table. Ted seemed to as well be in disbelief. "You think so, huh? Know thyself. Rest in peace, Socrates." Ted saluted the sky and gave his chest a thump and once again Juliet had to try and contain herself as she looked eyed her brother.

The atmosphere in the room was cozy, considering Juliet knew that Roy was not one to discuss his feelings. Feelings of which he had been discussing all night with her prior to coming here.

"Tea?" Asked Ted as he pulled a cup from a nearby cabinet and looked to Juliet.

"Please."

Roy sighed and shoved his hands into the pockets of his jacket as he diverted his gaze to the ceiling. "Told my niece I might not be playing. She asked if we could go get ice cream. Wanted to see her aunt Juliet now that she's in town again."

"Well, hey, at least you had someone you could talk to, right? How was the ice cream?"

"Good. It's fucking ice cream." Roy spoke matter of fact.

"Yeah, right? Ice cream's the best. It's kind of like seeing Billy Joel preform live, you know? It never disappoints." Ted glanced back at Roy as he set three mugs on the counter, and dropped a tea bag in each. "It does give me the toots though." Ted looked at Juliet with a smile. "The ice cream, not Billy Joel."

"Hey living in an ice cream world is better than living in a white bread world." Juliet gave Ted a wink as she spoke.

Ted's eye grew large and his smile reached his eyes as he stared at Juliet. "Ooo, Uptown girl!"

"Fuck, there's two of them." Roy ground out as he put his elbows to the table top. "Oi, I came here to pour my heart out, can you two stop fucking flirting for two minutes."

Both Ted and Juliet's faces dropped their smiles, and Ted cleared his throat and went back to watching the kettle. "Sorry Roy, continue."

"I asked Phoebe if she was still gonna watch the match if I wasn't playing. Little shit said yes. Didn't even blink. Just straight into my face."

Ted turned and his hair flopped in front of his face. "Well, hey. That's showbiz, ain't it? I promised myself I was never gonna watch Fresh Prince again when the swapped out Aunt Viv's. But truth be told, as long as they let Carlton do his thing, I was always gonna take a minute and just sit right there. Sidebar, Alfonso Riberio the greatest physical comedian of the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first century. Case in point right here." Ted then began to kick his legs out and swing his arms with a snap of his fingers. "Iconic, yeah?"

A laugh left Juliet's lips as she pushed her chair back and out of the range of Ted's swinging arms.

Roy on the other hand just raised an eyebrow. "I never know how to react when a grown man does the Carlton in front of me."

Ted's head started to swing to an invisible beat. "You could see a silhouette doing this, you know exactly what it is, you know exactly who's doing it. It is the one, the only, Alfonso..." Ted's voice had started to get louder as he went and the response to it was a pounding from above them.

"KNOCK IT OFF!"

Cupping his hands around his mouth Ted stopped dancing and pointed his lips towards the ceiling. "Sorry, Ms. Shipley!" Then he looked back to Juliet and clenched his face in apology. "It has been a whole thing this last week."

The kettle began to whistle and Ted turned himself to pouring the hot water into cups. "Anyway. You know what we could do? You've been hurt off and on all season. Why don't we just say you're injured you can't play. No shame in that."

"That would help protect my stock if I wanna move next season. Maybe to a club that actually wants to start me."

Ted turned back to Roy. "Come on."

"What if, God forbid, I end up having to play in fucking America, where I'd dominate, by the way. They'd be like, 'Oh, is this football then?'"

"Well, obviously, my preference would be to have you there. At practice tomorrow and the game. But hey, you gotta do what's right for you." Ted placed the kettle back down and handed a steaming cup of tea to Juliet.

"Can I think about it?" Roy asked as Ted moved back to grab the remaining two cups. He handed one across to Roy.

"I'd call you a big dummy, poo-poo face if you didn't."

Roy groaned while Juliet tried not to snort into her cup.

"be honest with me." Ted asked as he sat down in the remaining chair and looked from Roy to Juliet and back again. "It's a prank, right? The tea. Like, when us tourist folk aren't around? y'all know this tastes like garbage."

"No. I love it." Roy looked over his cup at Ted with a smirk.

"You don't love it. It's pigeon sweat." Ted took a sniff of his cup and wrinkled his nose.

Taking a swig from his cup Roy looked at Ted and gave a large audible sigh of delite.

Juliet watched as Ted took a sip from his cup before quickly setting it down on the table in discust. "Horrible. Horrible."

"Coffee is the superior hot brown morning potion." Said Juliet as she took a sip from her own mug.

"The Dragon Prince!" Ted cheered out with a point of his finger to Juliet. "Oh, I like you Capulet."

"You too Montague." Juliet replied as she gave a salute to Ted.

"Fuuuuuuuck. This is gonna be a thing now, isn't it? I'm gonna have to listen to this all the bloody time at the club house aren't I?"

"Well, to hear it at the club house, Juliet would have to work there... wait now a gosh darn minute! Are you working for AFC Richmond?"

Juliet placed her cup down on the table, and ran a finger across the lip. "I start my introduction to the club tomorrow, and officaly take over a as lead physiotheripst next season."

"Well hot dog!" Placing his elbows on the table Ted balled up his fists and rested his chin on them. "Promise me that you'll let me give you the tour?"

"FUCK NO!" Roy yelled as she stood up from his seat.

"KEEP IT THE FUCK DOWN!"

Roy rolled his eyes and looked up to the ceiling. "Sorry Ms. Shipley." Looking back at the table he stared at Ted. "You stay the fuck away from my sister, and you." Roy turned to look at Juliet. "Stay away from my manager. Time to go."

Picking up her cup Juliet took a large gulp of her now cool tea and stood from her seat. Setting the mug back down she looked at Ted with a smile. "It was a pleasure to meet you Ted."

"The pleasure was all mine Juliet." Ted replied as he too stood and placed his hands into the pockets of his kahkis.

Moving toward the living room, Juliet grabbed her jacket and slipped it on, pulling at her long black hair to free it from beneath the leather. Ted walked them to the door and once they had left he locked his door with a smile on his face, something he was sure he was not going to end the day with.