Chapter 2
Chapter 2
The plane landed, and the girls went to go pick up their luggage. Christen was smiling at Tobin who was rapidly telling her all about the team.
“So, yeah. And then our forwards are Mallory, Crystal and Alex. They’re all really good, but I think you’ll fit right in! I mean, I’ve seen you play and you’re finishing skills are superb. That goal where you cruyffed it in?! That was amazing! Our forwards will have a lot to compete with.”
Christen blushed. “Well, it was a great serve from my teammate-”
Tobin shook her head and rolled her eyes. “What?! It was!!” Christen said.
“So, you’re one of those girls that denies every compliment someone gives her?”
Christen raised her eyebrows. “What if I am?”
“Then I guess I’m going to have to make you realize how amazing you are. Even a blind person can see it.”
Christen smiled. “Thank you Tobin. You’re sweet.”
Tobin beamed like a little girl who had just gotten a new doll, and Christen giggled. They picked up their bags, and called an Uber to pick them up and bring them to the hotel. The ride was fun, their driver played great music, and both girls jammed out. When they got to the hotel, they were the first ones there. The girls unpacked their things, and laid out on their beds, exhausted. Christen scrolled through instagram, while Tobin slowly fell asleep. Christen was minding her own business, when there was a knock at the door.
She opened it up, and 5 or 6 girls were outside, with a surprised look on their faces.
“Uh, Hi. I’m Christen, do you guys need something?”
“Oh! So you’re the new girl!! You’re so pretty! How’d you get cheekbones like that? And those eyes! Guys I’m pretty sure our new teammate is a goddess!”
Christen blushed, and another girl spoke up.
“Sorry Christen, that’s Kelly she’s kind of nuts. I’m Ali, this is Ashlyn, Allie, Crystal, and Alex. Nice to meet you!”
Ali looked like a strong brunette who you do not want to mess with, and Ashlyn was incredibly sexy, with short brown hair. Taller than the rest of the group, she assumed Ashlyn was a keeper. Allie was a stunning blonde who looked like a model , and Crystal was a short girl that looked incredibly feisty and badass at the same time. Alex was a very pretty brunette that had the figure of an angel.
“Uh, Hi. Let me guess, are you guys looking for Tobin?”
They nodded.
“Well she’s actually sleeping right now, but I’ll tell her you guys came by.”
They all looked a little disappointed, but seemed to understand. Christen was left with “Bye!” and “See you at practice” by a couple of girls, and kind smiles from the rest. Ashlyn was the only one that stayed behind.
“So, Christen. Just wanted to welcome you to the team, everyone’s really friendly as you can tell.”
They both laughed. “Yeah, I can tell. I really like your jacket by the way.” Christen pointed to Ashlyn’s leather jacket.
“Oh! This thing? It’s actually Tobin’s. I stayed behind to drop it off actually.” She handed it to Christen.
“Thanks, I’ll give it to her.”
“Okay. This might be a little forward, but do you want to maybe go swim for a bit? It’s really nice, and I need to get away from my friends. I mean, I love them, but they get on my nerves.”
Christen laughed. “Sure! Let me leave a note for Tobin, do you care if she comes when she wakes up?”
Ashlyn smiled. “No problem. Let me go change and I’ll meet you at the elevator?”
“For sure.”
Christen wrote a quick note to Tobin, letting her know where she was going to be.
Hey Tobin,
Heading to the pool with Ashlyn. Yes, I’ve made another friend. No, I’m not ditching you, I want you to come! Throw a suit on, and meet us down there if you want.
:) -Christen
Satisfied, Christen threw on her black one piece, and headed to the elevator. Ashlyn was already there, and was wearing a sports bra and trunks. The great thing about this was, Christen didn’t feel uncomfortable, and Ashlyn was just as calm and happy as she was. They got to the pool and started to tan.
“Lets play 20 questions. You go first.” Ashlyn challenged, wanting to get to know more about Christen.
“Okay, closest friend on the team.”
“Ali. For sure.”
“For sure?” Christen asked a smirk on her face. She could tell the two were ‘more than close’ when they showed up to the door holding hands.
“Well, we’re kinda dating so, she is my closest friend on the team.” Ashlyn said.
Christen smiled. “You guys are so cute! I love it.”
Ashlyn smiled and continued. “Out of the people you have met so far, who would you date?
Christen looked shocked, “Well uh, I-”
Just then, Tobin came out. She was wearing a black bikini exposing her defined abs, and back muscles and Christen couldn’t help but stare. She was caught out of her trance when Tobin cleared her throat.
“My eyes are up here, Chris.” Ashlyn stifled in a laugh and Tobin smirked.
“Uh, right. So, you got my note?”
“Yeah, thanks for that, it was sweet of you.”
“I really wanted to hang you with you this afternoon, this morning wasn’t enough.”
"It wasn't enough?! You guys spent all morning together!" Ashlyn spat out.
Tobin ignored her. “I know, I missed you a little.”
“A little?”
“No, a lot. I really missed you.” The two girls stared at each other intently, a smile forming on Christen’s face, while Tobin’s face filled with desire.
Ashlyn cleared her throat. “Ahem, well Ali just texted me actually, I have to run. But see you guys later!”
Ashlyn casually strolled out, and on her way out she leaned down to Christen.
“Your answer was Tobin, wasn’t it.”
Christen nodded her head and Ashlyn smirked.
A few minutes after Ashlyn left, Tobin broke the silence.
“Wanna jump in?”
Christen nodded.
They swam for a while, splashing water on each other, and having races to see who could swim the fastest. They grabbed a ball and did headers in the pool, and tried to dunk it into the basketball hoop. After a while, they hopped onto a huge float together and laid out, the sun consuming their naiveness. Every time Christen looked at Tobin her eyes wandered to places they shouldn’t be, and she resisted the temptation to tell Tobin how sexy she looked, just laying there. Just being Tobin. She felt Tobin’s eyes skim her own body, and she saw Tobin staring at her face out of the corner of her eye. Tobin ‘accidentally' brushed her hand against Christen’s. Christen bit her lip. They got braver, every time they looked at each other, and Christen couldn’t take it anymore.
“Tobin?”
“Mhm.” Tobin said in that raspy, low voice of hers.
“Can I tell you something?”
“Anything, Chris.”
Christen took a deep breath. “You are incredibly se-”
Just then, Ashlyn stormed outside, yelling to the pair, “GUYS TEAM DINNER IS IN 10, HURRY UP!”
The girls scrambled off their float, dyed off, and ran up to their room to change. They threw on some team gear, and Christen put a little bit of mascara on herself and Tobin, and they were ready to go. They ran downstairs just as fast as they came up, and made it to dinner just in time. Ashlyn had saved them 2 seats, side by side, at the table with herself, Ali, Kling, Allie, JJ, Moe and Alex.
“Glad you guys made it, I was afraid you got a little distracted.” Ashlyn said with a grin, and Ali punched her on the arm.
“Christen, this is morgan, we call her moe, and meghan, and we call her kling. Finally, this is JJ.” Ali said.
“Hi!! Nice to meet you Christen.” JJ said with a smile, and Kling and Moe gave her a smile and wave before they got back into their argument about whether or not tomatoes are fruits or not.
Coach Ellis quieted the room, and told everyone the schedule for the week long camp in Portland. She also introduced Christen to the team.
“So, girls, we have a new addition to our team, Christen Press. Can we give her a warm welcome?”
There were cheers and smiles and waves throughout the conference room, and everyone was friendly and kind.
“Christen, why don’t you tell everyone about yourself?”
Christen smiled nervously. Tobin gave her a reassuring squeeze on the upper thigh underneath the table, (and underneath her shorts,) and Christen took a sharp breath in, alarmed but definetly wasn't mad about the touch.
“Well, I’m Christen, and last year I played for Stanford. Um, I play forward, and I’m obsessed with my two dogs and yoga. I’m really excited to be on this team, and hopefully I stay!”
That caused the whole room to giggle and Christen immediately felt relaxed. She sat back down satisfied. They rest of the room got back into conversation, when Tobin leaned over and whispered in her ear,
“What were you saying earlier?” Her husky voice gave Christen shiver, and bite her lip.
“N-nothing. No big deal.”
Tobin shrugged. “Tell me later then.” She rubbed Christen’s leg in reassurance, and started to eat her dinner again.
Christen immediately regretted saying that, and quietly moaned at the loss of touch on her leg. Tobin heard it, and smirked. Christen was frustrated. Really frustrated.
How could she do that? Tobin was normal and relaxed earlier, what happened to that Tobin? Why does she make me feel like this? God help me.
Christen finished her dinner, and waited for Tobin to finish her own, before dragging her up to their own room.
“What was that for?” Christen half-yelled at Tobin.
“What?”
“You know exactly what I’m talking about Tobin.”
Tobin smirked. “I really don’t, remind me?”
Christen groaned. “God, Tobin. You’re so frustrating. You can’t just get me all, you know, riled up like that, and then just leave!”
“I did that?”
“Come on Tobin, you knew exactly what you did to me. You heard me-”
“Oh right. So you’re sexually frustrated.”
Christen gasped. “No! Well yes, but not really, you just-”
“Calm down Christen. Just tell me what you were saying earlier, and I won’t do it again.”
“Swear?”
Tobin gave her a reassuring smile. “Swear.”
Christen looked down at the floor as mumbled nervously, “Well, I was just saying, I think you’re incredibly sexy.”
Tobin came closer to Christen, and whispered, “Look at me. Say it again.”
She looked up, into Tobin’s hazel eyes. They were sparkling. “I think you're so damn sexy Tobin.”
Tobin had a straight face. “It’s taking all of my self control not to kiss you right now. You know that Christen?”
Christen gulped and nodded. Their faces were inches away now. Tobin leaned close to Christen’s ear, and huskily whispered, “You’re impossible not to touch Christen. You’re that sexy. I could do so much right now,”
Tobin pulled away. “But I can’t, you know that right? I just met you. And we’re teammates. I’m not saying this won’t work, we just need to give it time. We’re friends right now.”
Christen nodded. “It was dumb of me to think you wanted this right now. I get it.”
“There’s not a doubt in my mind that I want this right now, it wouldn’t hurt me. But it could hurt you. There’s so much more to me than you know Christen, and your career is on the line. Let’s just be close, close, close friends, okay?”
That make Christen laugh. “I hope you will touch me at some point.”
“I will, just not right now. Don’t you worry.”
Both girls climbed in their beds, and turned out the light.
“Goodnight Tobin.”
“Goodnight Christen. I said something to you on the plane, but I don’t know if you heard me, so I’m going to say it now. I’m so glad you’re here.”
Christen beamed. “Me too, I’m so lucky you're with me.”
"Always." Tobin said, half asleep, and both girls hugged their pillows.