Smitten Tobin
Tobin stares at the laughing forward standing few feet in front of her. She smiles when something Whit said made the Christen laugh harder.
“Are you even listening to me Tobin? Hey!” Alex snap her fingers.
“Leave it Al, she's too gone already. Let’s go.” Kelley pulled Alex away from the midfielder who keep staring dreamily at the forward.
When Christen turn to look back and their eyes met, Tobin quickly stoop down to pick her gear to cover her obvious staring.
When she stood back up Christen already walking towards the locker with Whit. "Shit.." Tobin slow jog towards the pair to catch up.
“Erm…Hey Chris.”
“Hey Tobin!” Christen greets back smiling happily.
She loves it when Christen smile at her like that. It literally brighten up her face altogether. Tobin also noticed how Christen slow down her pace to match hers.
“So..beep test sucks huh?” She starts.
“Well if you must know I like beep test.” Christen replied back still smiling.
“Owh yeah..I like it too..just messing with you there.” Christen let out a small chuckle.
“I know. For someone who doesn’t like beep test so much your record today shows differently. Congrats for beating Kelley’s record by the way.”
Tobin can feel her cheek get warm signaling her blush from the compliment.
“You are not so bad yourself. So..erm what’s your plan this afternoon?”
“Nothing much. Maybe read some book or join Whit and Meg for some card games I guess.” Christen just shrugs off her shoulder.
“So you want to go with me and Kelley to scout gift for Alex?” Tobin asks eagerly.
“Hmm..Sorry, Tobin. I’m a bit tired from the beep test. Maybe you should just go with Kelley. She totally can help you out more. I may end up choosing something that Alex won’t like.”
“Well you can still totally join us? I’m sure it’s more exciting than playing some card games with Whit and Meg. Come on.” Tobin urged the forward.
“I'll think about it, okay?” Christen said non-committedly.
“Okay just text me. We plan to go around 2 and maybe grab some lunch first.”
“Yeah okay.”
They both walked into the locker room and go separately to their assigned locker.
Tobin stares jealously as Christen walk to Ali and started to converse with her animatedly. Oh she really will give anything to be at the defender's place right now. She hardly had any conversation with the forward and the few times they even chat with each other is only on the field and she knew it was all her fault.
Whenever she was within the forward's presence, she felt a sudden pull on heartstring. Something that she never felt before. To avoid becoming too creepy, she distance herself further. But after few months of doing so without any change in her feeling, she just thought maybe it’s time she do something about it.
She told Kelley about her feeling for the forward. After Kelley gave her the 3rd degree and made her swear to never hurt her Stanford alumni (she threaten to sic Hope on her if she does), the defender gave her approval.
She was really surprise that Christen even spare her a glance today given the fact that they hardly talk to each other before. Suddenly she felt a nudge on her shoulder.
“Please stop staring at my girl Toby. I know Ali’s pretty but please stop staring. I really don’t want to hurt you.” Ashlyn said from behind her.
Tobin doesn’t know whether Ashlyn is serious or just joking around. But knowing Ash's prone to jealousy she choose to turn away from the pair and make her way into the shower stall.
In her rush, she didn’t notice the green eyes staring at her retreating form from across the room.