Chapter 1
Jessie had given up on unpacking her last box and was laying face down on a bed when someone burst through the door.
“Shit!” The mid fielder rolled over a little too quickly and fell face first onto the floor.
“Shit I’m sorry mate! I didn’t mean to scare you, didn’t know you were here yet.
“No no it’s fine really, I’m good.”
“I’m Teagan, you must be Jessie?”
“That’s me, welcome to the foreigner’s room, as coach called it.”
“Ah yes I love what you’ve done to the place.” The Aussie winked referring to the one single picture that Jessie had hung up before retiring to her bed.
“Thank you, I thought it was a nice touch, also I didn’t want to get too much organized before asking what bed you wanted.”
“Damn, you are a better person than I, you were here first though so you should choose.”
“Nah it’s fine really, I don’t have a preference.”
“Alright whatever you say, well I’m gonna take this one because it’s all of a half step closer to the bathroom.” Teagan joked throwing her bag a top the empty bed.
Jessie had turned to continue unpacking, and when she turned back around Teagan was lifting her hoodie over her head, revealing her perfectly toned abs.
Jessie couldn’t help but look, unfortunately for her she looked a little too long.
“Oh hey sorry, it’s toasty in here.” Teagan smiled, blushing a little under the Canadians gaze as she pulled a cut-off on in place of her sweatshirt.
“Oh uh no you’re it’s fine you look good. I mean you’re good! I uh” A flustered Jessie turned back to her things, quickly rearranging them to keep herself busy and try to get her mind off that awkward exchange.
((Did I seriously just tell her she looked good?! What the hell Jessie. I mean she has nice abs but still-shit what I’m I doing I don’t even like girls like that… Do I?))
//Did she just say I looked good? No it was just a slip of the tongue, I don’t even think she’s gay… She looks good too though... Shit calm down Teagan, she’s your roommate don’t make it weird.//
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Hey kid what’s up?
“Hey Mel, I um, I need to ask you something.” Jessie spoke quietly, Teagan was taking a shower before their team meeting and she didn’t know how long she’d be.
“What’s going on Jess?”
“Well um… how did you uh… how did you know that you were um… gay?”
“Shut up! No! No way do you like a girl?? Awe J!”
“Mellll.”
“Okay okay sorry, but really, do you?”
“I don’t know! I think I might, but I just, I don’t know. It’s my roommate, I’ve never thought about another girl like this before, and you know I’ve never had a boyfriend or anything but I don’t know it never really crossed my mind and now it’s all over my mind and I’m confused and I don’t know what to do!”
“Okay breath J, look you know it’s perfectly okay to have those feelings right? Whether they mean you’re gay or not, there is nothing wrong with thinking a girl is cute. You’re an athlete, you are constantly surrounded by girls, there are bound to be some you find attractive whether it’s in that way or not.”
“How do I figure out if she feel’s the same way though?”
“Well considering she is your roommate I’m assuming you just met her ya?”
“Yeah.”
“Ok then just talk to her, get to know her and see what happens, if it seems like she is feeling the same way then make a move!”
“What move? I don’t have any moves!” You said it yourself last month I’m like a helpless little puppy!”
“That was referring to your inability to make your bed.”
“Yeah well now it’s referring to this!”
“Jess I’m telling you, you don’t need to freak out, just take it slow, get to know the girl and take it from there ok?”
“Okay…”
“And I expect daily updates, however please do remember that I am currently in Sweden and next time maybe plan your call accordingly.”
“Oh my god it’s 3am there I’m so sorry I totally forgot! Why the hell did you answer?”
“I had some choice words for you when I heard my phone ringing trust me, but I can’t help it, when you are in distress my motherly instincts kick in.”
“But you’re not a mother, and I am not distressed! I just-” Before Jessie could finish her sentence Teagan stepped out of the bathroom.
“You are very much distressed and ya know kid when you get to a certain age you have motherly instincts whether you have kids or not, especially when I work with children like you for a living.”
“Hey Jess we should probably get going for the meeting, wouldn’t want to be late to the first one.” Teagan smiled at her roommate, who was blushing, just having been talking about the keeper a moment ago.
“Yeah, right okay, Mel I gotta go I’ll talk to you later! … I miss you too. … Ya ya love you too, bye.”
“Okay let’s go!” Jessie grabbed her key and followed Teagan out the door.
“So was that your boyfriend?
“What? No! No that was Melissa Tancredi from the national team, I don’t have a boyfriend… or girlfriend.” ((Shit why did I say that, she didn’t ask.))
Jessie could have sworn she saw the taller girl smile at her comment, but she wasn’t going to get her hopes up.
“Good to know.” Teagan smiled a dimpled grin and kept walking.
After the team meeting, the girls were told to head back to their rooms as they had an early morning practice the next day.
“Hey Jess do you want to stop and grab something to eat before we head back? I’m still running on Aussie time which means I should be eating breakfast right about now.”
“Yeah sounds good, I’m starving.”
“Perfect I think I saw a pizza place right around the corner from our dorms.”
“Yeah pizza sounds like a good plan before that 6am practice.” The Canadian joked, nudging the taller girl.
“Hey pizza can be healthy… sorta… Now come on I’m hungry!” Teagan grabbed the smaller girl’s hand and pulled her in the direction of the pizza shop.
Jessie smiled at the warm feeling she got in her stomach from the touch of her roommate.
((This is gonna be an interesting year.))