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1 year later.

"I can't do this!" Alyssa throws her hands up in the air and exhales sharply as I stare at her through the screen.

"Yes you can babe. I believe in you, the team believes in you and so do the fans. You got this." I state trying to hype up my girlfriend.

"But what if I fuck it up."

"You won't. I believe in you."

"So how do you think Chase McCool is going to do at worlds?"

A proud smile paints my face as I've been wrestling with him since 2012. He was my original prodigy. "He's gonna do great. Hey babe I have a surprise for you."

"Ohh What?"

"It'll arrive tomorrow around 7:30 if USPS doesn't mess it up." I say knowing that my plan will arrive at 6:45 if everything works out how it's supposed to.

"Okay well I'll be waiting for it. How's the high school going?"

"It's good. Now since I only do back office for my gym it's freed up a lot of my time. Those kids are great. 3 out of the 4 seniors have division 1 offers from schools like Iowa, Michigan, and Stanford."

"That's great."

"How's the team been?"

"Well I meet up with the national team in two weeks. So I'll be happy to meet up with all of them. The red stars are doing good. Sammy is tearing up the league. We are on track for a good year this season."

"Awesome. Do you have an away game anytime in the next two weeks?"

"No surprisingly we are playing all home games until I go away for national team camp."

"Okay. Well I have to head out. I Love you and I will talk to you soon."

"Love you too K." I hang up and head home. I start packing for my trip. I do two loads of laundry so I have everything ready. And lastly I pack the ring. After a little over a year of dating and racking up thousands of miles on Southwest Airlines. I think I'm ready to settle down with her.

I don't want to propose next year because of the World Cup. I can't distract her from that so I'm proposing now. Also because someone put in a really expensive offer for the gym. Like a 6 digit check that starts with the number 7. 

And nothing is tying me down here anymore. Me and Alyssa have been talking about me moving in with each other for the past 3 months especially as my shoulder has started to worsen.

I have started to developer these weird tremors in my hands. I have gone to the doctors and they all just say it's from my slap tear but I've never had it happen before it's only started to flare up in the last 4 months.

I make myself dinner and try to eat it. Only for it to get progressive harder to swallow it. I tried cutting it into smaller chunks only to find the same if not more difficulty in the action.

I give up on eating and just head to bed.

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The next morning I wake early and head to the airport. I get on the plane and fall asleep only to be awoken by a salesman next to me. I thank him and exit the plane. I have 1 hour before I have to show up at Alyssa's door.

I grab my luggage and meet with Sam and Nikki who were picking me up. Once in the comfort of their car I address them.

"So I sorta need you guys help tomorrow?"

"With what?"

"I'm proposing to Alyssa tomorrow and I need your help."

"Wait seriously?"