Journey

9

Jucinara's POV

"Thank you." I say as the waitress sets down the people I'm having dinner with and I's drinks.

"Welcome." The waitress says then she sets some bread down and leaves.

Once the waitress leaves, I sip on my virgin strawberry daiquiri.

"Ah." I say. "That taste nice."

"Dork." Alex mumbles.

"Sydney, Alex's is being mean." I say.

"Children." Syd warms.

"Fine." I say then I grab a piece of bread, put butter on it, then eat it.

"So what did you two do while we were at training?" Moe asks as she looks at Megan, i.e. Cairo's wife, and Nova.

It's the end of June and we're in London ahead of our friendly with England.

Myself, Crystal, Alex, Julie, Moe, Sarah, Syd, Kristie, Megan, and Nova are eating dinner together tonight.

Earlier today we all looked for restaurant around our hotel and the 10 of us thought this place looked good so we decided to come to a place called HIDE.

"We did some shopping then took Katara to a movie she's been wanting to see." Megan says.

"Fun." Moe says.

"I can't wait for our off day tomorrow." Alex says then everyone says what they're gonna do tomorrow on our off day.

"What about you Juice?" Sarah asks.

"Well in the morning I'll do what I normally do and do some BJJ training, but after that I don't really know."

"BJJ?" Kristie questions.

"Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu." I say.

"Oh." My former teammate says.

I've decided I'm not gonna play for the Pride.

Right now I'm between playing for Inter New York, San Diego United, or Atlético Los Angeles.

Inter would be cool to play for because I'll be with Talia, Moe, and Sarah.

San Diego would be cool to play for because I'll be playing for Cairo's team and I'll be with Julie.

Atlético Los Angeles would be cool to play for because I'll be with my favorite person on earth, Christen.

"What belt are you in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?" Syd asks.

"I'm a second degree Black belt." I say.

"Wow." Syd says then Julie quickly turns towards me.

"Don't look." Julie whispers. "Just stay looking ahead."

"What's going on?" I ask.

"Your ex is here." Megan says causing the girls I'm sitting with to stand up and shield me.

"Who's she with?" I ask.

"I'll give you one guess." Nova says.

"Oh." I say.

"I don't know how Laura's with her." Alex says.

"Alright they've gone downstairs." Moe says then everyone sits back down.

"Thanks." I mumble then I focus on eating some bread.

"Jucinara you have nothing to be ashamed of." Crystal says then everyone agrees.

I shrug then I eat some more bread.

"How did you get away from Raven?" Julie asks after I've swallowed my bread.