Chapter 1
Ash is nervous. This is her first time at camp. Her college friends told her that she will be fine. They promised the team will love her. She is nervous and she doesn't know why. She has been going to national team camps since she was 13. But this is her first senior national team camp. And Ash knows that "she" will be there.
Ali Krieger. Ash have seen her in photos and has heard many many stories. Ashlyn tries not to ask to many questions about her when she gets brought up in stories. Ash doesn't know why she care so much about her. But every time Ash sees a picture of her Ashlyn loses her breath.
Ali is supposed to be at this camp but her commitments to her German team could stop her from being there. Which Ashlyn doesn't know if that fact makes her happy or not.
Ashlyn finishes packing. And thinks she is as good as she is going to get. Checking her boarding pass she heads to the airport to start the journey that she has always seen yourself taking.
The first person Ash see when your plane lands in LA is your best friend Whit. They hug each other like they both forgot that they had seen each other just two weeks ago. They were both together when they got the calls to come to camp. Which lead to a wild celebration at the bars that night.
When Whit finally releases the hug. She smiles and started talking about the van protocol at camp. " there should be a van here in about 15mins to pick us up and take us back the the hotel" she say with her arm still around Ash's shoulder. Ash smiles, happy she will get to rest a bit before camp starts tomorrow.
The van arrives exactly when Whit said it would. They piled their stuff in the back. Ash gets in and takes the back seat so no one would have to climb over her to get a seat.
Whit who is still outside the van peaks her head in and says" we are just waiting for Krieger and then we are good to go".…
Ash starts to panic she just said Krieger. She's not ready to meet Ali yet. Being a mess after sitting on a long flight. Ash probably smells like the fat guy she had to sit next to the whole flight. Ashlyn quickly grabs a piece of gum and a SnapBack from her backpack. Throwing the gum in her mouth to try and hide my stale coffee breath and put on the hat to hide the messiness that had become her hair.
She can hear Whit greet someone outside the van. " Ali, how are you? How is Germany? We missed you so much at the last camp." After breaking from their embrace and Ashlyn can hear Ali respond but can't really make out what she is saying.