Never Have I Ever
"Shit"
"Wakey wakey superstar, 15 minutes until breakfast"
"Do I actually have to get up?"
"Yes, you do. I put some water and Advil on your nightstand. I'll meet you down there in 15, don't be late"
"Ugggh" the forward groaned as she rolled out of bed.
Last night was a mistake. She realized that as soon as she tried to stand up and she felt like the room was spinning. After staggering her way to the bathroom she emptied out all of the substance in her stomach into the toilet. Wiping her mouth she got off her knees and looked at herself in the mirror. "What the fuck Alex?" The forward thought to herself. "Oh god I'm so stupid" She slowly dragged herself into the shower. After taking a shower she quickly got dressed and took her Advil before rushing down stairs.
"Good morning Chris"
"Mmmm good morning Tobs" Christen snuggled closer to Tobin as she looked up at the midfielder.
Tobin looked down to meet emerald green eyes and they stayed like that for a few moments, just enjoying each other's company. Tobin looked at the clock on the nightstand and noticed they had to be ready for breakfast in 30 minutes.
"Pressy we have to get up now" Tobin says while trying to gently remove herself from the forward.
"Mmm tobyyy stay in bed with me" Christen protested not wanting to end this moment with Tobin.
"Chris breakfast is in 30 minutes c'mon lets get ready" Tobin said, removing herself from Christen.
"Ugggh fine" Christen replies as she feels cold from the loss of contact.
Tobin quickly hops in the shower while Christen makes the bed and gets things ready. When Tobin comes out of the bathroom, Christen looks up from making the bed to see the midfielder in a just a towel. This time it's Christen who can't breathe and is at a loss for words. Looking up and down at her tan body she can't help but admire how muscular and fit the midfielder is. She's completely lost in her own thoughts until Tobin snaps her out of it.
"You like what you see Chris?" Tobin jokes noticing how Christen is openly checking her out.
"Oh um sorry I was just day dreaming" Christen tries to recover as her cheeks turn red.
"Day dreaming about what huh?" Tobin teases the adorably red faced forward.
"Nothing nothing. I should probably get in the shower now" Christen says, rushing to to the bathroom to avoid further embarrassment.
When the two are finally ready they walk out of the room together and into the elevator hand in hand. When the get downstairs they walk into the room the same way. It doesn't take long for everyone to notice them holding hands, which earns them a lot of questioning looks and raised eyebrows. Kelley who's known about Press's crush on Tobin makes eye contact with the forward and raises an eyebrow. Press just ignores her. She can tell Kelley later. As Tobin and Christen are about to sit next to each other, Alex rushes into the room. She catches sight of Christen and Tobin holding hands and her heart sinks. She feels like she's on fire and drowning at the same time. She doesn't know whether to feel sad or jealous. She gives the two a death glare and sits down right across from them. Everyone gives each other looks as they feel the tension in the room.
"Hey Tobin" Alex spits out angrily
"Alex" Tobin says cautiously.
"How'd you sleep last night Tobs"
"I slept fine what about you?"
"Oh I slept just great" Alex says anger rising in her voice.
"And you Christen how did you sleep" Alex asks the other forward.
"I slept great Alex" Christen replies slightly confused
"That's great Press" Alex said with venom in her voice.
Tobin squeezes Christen's hand under the table trying to reassure her. Christen squeezes back still skeptical about everything.
"Anyways I hope you're all excited to be starting camp soon ladies" A voice breaks the silence from the other side of the table.
Carli Lloyd interrupts trying to act like a captain and maintain order. She's new to the role and doesn't want to have to deal with any drama. Everyone settles down a little bit as they eat breakfast, but tension still obviously lingers in the air. They finish breakfast with out any other outbursts and make their way to the bus to head over to practice.
"Alex what the fuck??"
"Shut up Tobin I had the perfect opportunity to shoot"
"No you didn't you should've passed to press she would've had an open goal and scored"
"Tobin I know what I'm doing okay leave me alone" Alex and Tobin go at it while everyone watches from the side. A little disagreement about a play turned into a heated argument.
"Okay ladies settle down its just a little disagreement. You just need to work through it" Becky Sauerbrunn, co-captain with Carli interjects trying to diffuse the situation.
"Shut up Becky!!!" Alex yells obviously frustrated now.
"Alright break up!! Alex I'm going to ask you to sit out and settle down. This is not the way you should be acting" Jill steps in taking control.
"Whatever" Alex replies as she walks off the field and sits on the bench.
The practice continues with out Alex and runs as smooth as ever. Tobin and Press show great chemistry on the field, Tobin assisting almost all of Press's many goals she scores during practice.
"Okay that's it for today ladies. Good job out there today, especially Tobin and Christen. You two were phenomenal. I'm loving the chemistry, keep it up ladies. Recovery and then back to hotel. Once you get back to the hotel, the day is yours to do whatever you want" Jill says as the team huddled around her.
After Jill's speech the team walks back into the locker room. Kelley waits for Alex at the back of the group.
"Hey what the fuck dude? What was that out there today?" Kelley questions the blue-eyed forward
"Nothing Kelley I'm just frustrated that's all" Alex says trying to cover up her jealousy.
"Alex listen to me. I know you're jealous of Tobin and Press, but you can't show it out there. Do you want Press to take your starting position? Because by the looks of it, you do"
Alex looks up at Kelley with tears in her eyes and says nothing. Kelley looks at her with sympathy. She pulls the forward in for hug.
"Kelley I just miss her so much" Alex sobs into the girl's shoulder.
"I know baby horse. I know" Kelley rubs Alex's back feeling sorry for her now
*flashback to mid 2014 NWSL season*
"What movie do you wanna watch Toby?" Alex asks as she curls up into Tobin's side on their couch in the living room.
"I don't know lex, you choose whatever" Tobin says not really caring.
"What about Titanic?"
"Babe you know I don't like sappy movies"
"C'mon pleaseeee Toby, for me?" Alex looks at Tobin with big puppy dog eyes.
"Fine" Tobin gives into the forward.
"Yay!!" Alex squeals and kisses Tobin's cheek.
Alex watched the movie excitedly as Tobin just day dreamed, not really paying attention to the movie. She rubbed circles on Alex's shoulder with her thumb as she looked around the room lost in her thoughts. She really liked this girl. She liked the way she smiled in the morning when she woke up next her. She liked the way she melted into her whenever they hugged. She liked the way her eyes light up whenever she sees something she really likes, for example, the titanic. She liked the way she effortlessly went thorough her day like everything she did was easy. She liked her hard work and determination. She also liked the little things about her. How she always has to have coffee in the morning. Or how she rests her head in Tobin's lap whenever she's tired. She liked everything about Alex Morgan. No, she loved everything about Alex Morgan. She loved Alex Morgan. The midfielder looked down at the girl totally entranced in the movie in front of her. She smiled at how adorable she was.
"Mmmm Babe" Tobin slightly nudged the forward to get here attention.
"Yeah?" Alex looked up at Tobin and smiled.
"I love you" Tobin confessed to the younger girl.
"I love you too"
"Tobin stop!!" Christen giggled as Tobin splashed her with water.
"I'm gonna getchu!!!" Tobin yells as runs towards christen and picks her up out of the water.
"Ahh Tobin!! Put me down!!" Christen pounds on Tobin's back as she gets slung over the midfielders shoulder and spun around. Tobin laughs as she puts christen back into the pool. The start splashing each other, having a water fight. They seem to forget everyone else around them and only focus on each other and the water fight going on.
"That doesn't look like recovery to me" Carli interrupts the two.
"Sorry Carli, we'll get back to it" Tobin says now a little embarrassed.
They continue recovery as usual, but steal glances at each other every once in a while, smiling when they make eye contact.
"What'd you think is going on between the two?" Ashlyn says to Ali as they watch the pair from afar.
"I don't know, but whatever it is, it will not end well if Alex has anything to say about it" Ali says quietly to ash as she recalls the event that happened earlier today.
"I think they're pretty cute. At least Tobin has someone to distract her from Alex"
"I don't know...I don't have a good feeling about this" Ali says worriedly.
Syd:Party in my room tonight ladies!!Rookies invited too!! Kelley looks at her phone as she sits in her room watching t.v. She sees the text from Syd and immediately knows this is going to be trouble. Alcohol, Tobin, Christen, and Alex in the same room will not mix well. Whatever happens Kelley knows she needs to be there to make sure things go as smoothly as possible.
Me: I'm in!! Kelley shoots a text to the group chat and hears countless dings as everyone says they're going.
Whatever happens tonight will not be good.
"Tobin!! Christen!! C'mon in!! Almost everyone's here" Syd says excitedly as she opens the door for the two to walk inside the room.
They enter the room and see bottles of everything scattered everywhere. Almost everyone was there except for a few of the young-ins and Alex
"Want me to go grab you a drink?" Tobin asks christen, as the forward sits down.
"Sure why not?"
Tobin grabs the two of them drinks and sits down next to Christen.
"Okay so we're just waiting on Alex,Kelley and a few young-ins" Syd says as everyone sits in a circle.
They all talk to each other casually waiting for everyone to show up. A few minutes later all the young-ins show up, and they're only waiting on Alex and Kelley. Finally they show up 10 minutes later.
"Alright grab a drink you two, we're about to start Never Have I Ever" Syd says when she answers the door.
Alex and Kelley join the circle after grabbing a drink and sit directly across from Tobin and Christen.
"Alright who wants to start?" Pinoe asks, looking around the circle of people.
"I'll go" Hope says. "Never have I ever streaked across campus"
Syd, and Ash both put fingers down and take a shot.
"What the heck babe??" Ali says slapping ash's thigh.
"Oops sorry princess"
"Alright I'm next" pinoe says. "Never have I ever kissed a teammate"
Tobin, Alex, Ash, Ali, Kelley and surprisingly Hope put their fingers down before taking another shot. Everyone looks at Hope and Kelley confused. "Explain" Tobin mouths to Kelley from across the circle. "Later" She mouths back. The game continues with innocent questions and lots of shots until it gets to JJ.
"Okay never have I ever had feelings for my roommate" JJ asks looking directly at Tobin and Christen.
Christen puts a finger down and waits for Tobin to put a finger a down. Tobin sits there and stares at Alex not moving her finger. Christen starts to get worried as Tobin sits there hard as rock. Finally after a few moments Tobin puts her finger down and takes a shot.