Sunday Candy

Training

TW: Abuse

"Alright ladies, 10 minutes and I want to see you guys on the bus!" One of the team's trainers yelled into the dining hall. We were currently finishing up our breakfast before morning training. Due to all the covid restrictions, the entire team is divided into smaller tables to eat. I was sitting with Kelley and Alex, I, of course, had a cup of coffee with some scrambled eggs, fruit, and almonds.

With my headphones in my ears, I chew my food quietly, kind've avoiding the conversation Alex and Kelley are having. After getting back to my room last night, a lot has been on my mind. From the insane loss to Sweden to my confused stance with Jace and even to whatever situation is happening with Tobin, I genuinely had no time to even think about other things. Not to mention, this is definitely not the time for my mind to be anywhere else other than the Olympics.

I finish my plate quickly, seeing that Kelley was waving her hand in front of me, "Hellooooo, earth to munchy? Why are you so quiet?" Kelley laughs, popping one of my almonds in her mouth.

"Kells, it's 5 in the morning. Why do you think I'm tired?" I grumble , frown on my face. As she responds, a loud laugh fills the room. Everyone in the near proximity turns their head to the table in the corner.

Christen continues to laugh loudly, face slightly turning red as she noticed everyone in the room looked to the commotion. Tobin sits beside her silently giggling at the scene. Tobin soon notices the room, quickly tapping Christen's hand in front of her. She points around to the room, Christen bursting out into another laughing spree.

I watch quietly, my eyes not able to leave the tan New Jersey native across the room.

Tobin's eyes meet mine for a moment, her grin slowly fading away.

"Not to break you're very gay, heartfelt stare but wanna give your best friend some attention? Not like I'm sitting next to you or anything." Kelley jokes around next to me. My gaze turns over to Kelley who now has an orange peel slice in her mouth. I giggle poking her cheek.

"Munch, you're the gay one here. And I wasn't staring" She raises her eyebrows, mockingly, "I was just assessing the situation" My shoulders shrug as I glance over one more time.

"Oh please, I know a gay when I see one"

Before I get to respond, the same trainer from earlier walks back into the dining hall, "Alright ladies, let's go"

I just have a great feeling this first morning training is going to be rough.

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Training went exceptionally well all things consider. Coach decided to work on Tobin and I's pairing a little more today, testing out the dynamic. Tobin and I have been teammates for over ten years by now, I feel like we've already tried it all but coach has had a few good ideas so far.  And surprisingly, this duo coach decided to try out was working really good. Our passes were effortless, our finishes were near perfect and our  drills together went so much better than expected. Tobin barely spoke or joked around with me throughout the entire practice. Part of me feels like it was due to the intense vibes from the practice but also possibly cause there was no time to joke around whatsoever. We had a few days before our next game and we had no time waste.

Currently, we were on our way back to the hotel for about an hour to rest before our lifting session.  I was sitting next to Kelley, who was on her phone, headphones in her ear. I was roaming through instagram and Twitter catching up on everything from the past few days.

"Reign, Kelley, Sonnet, Rose , Horan, Tobin and Mewis sisters! When we get back to the hotel, we're filming a video for a YouTube video. You all need to be there" One of the staff from the fronts yells out. Kelley and look at each other confused but shrug our shoulders not really caring.