CHASING GOLD: World Cup

Chapter 16

The USA won 4-0. Tobin scored once off of a pass from Alex. When Tobin scored, Tobin and Alex ran over to Andy who was standing on the side lines with the subs and the two gave their daughter a big hug. Alex scored twice and Carli scored once. Back in the locker room, the team got undressed and redressed. Jill spoke up before anyone could leave to get on the bus. "Ok ladies. Get yourselves ready and then head out to the bus. We'll be heading back to the hotel and then tomorrow you all have your respective flights home." Jill said. "Amazing job today. Well done girls." Tobin and Alex got finished and helped Andy up and the little family walked together to the bus.

The team got back to the hotel and unloaded. Tobin, Alex and Andy went up to their room and got ready for bed. Tobin walked over to her daughter in her bed. "Hey mom." Andy said as Tobin approached her. "Awesome job tonight." Tobin smiled at her daughters compliment.

"Thanks baby girl." Tobin said.

"Hey babe. I'm going to take a shower." Alex said. Tobin turned around to look at her girlfriend. She smiled and nodded. Alex smiled and grabbed some clothes and went into the bathroom to shower.

Tobin turned around to her daughter. "So. Can I ask you something?" Tobin asked her daughter. Andy nodded. "What would you think, if at the end of the World Cup, whether we win or not, I asked Alex to marry me?" Tobin asked. Andy's eyes went wide and a bright smile crept onto her face.

"I think that is an amazing idea mom." Andy said. Tobin smiled at her daughter. "Can I help you pick out the ring?" Andy asked. Tobin grinned like a mad man.

"Yes. I would love that more than anything." Tobin said. "Goodnight kiddo." Tobin leaned down and kissed her daughter's forehead.

"Goodnight mom." Andy said. "I love you." Andy whispered. Tobin smiled brightly.

"I love you too Anderson Levi Heath." Tobin whispered.

"Some day, hopefully soon, I want to be Anderson Levi Morgan-Heath." Andy said, as Alex entered the room.

"Wait you want my last name too?" Alex said from behind the mother and daughter duo. Tobin and Andy looked towards Alex. Alex was smiling. Andy nodded.

"Yeah. I want to be Anderson Levi Morgan-Heath someday." Andy said. Alex smiled and walked up to her daughter. Still not used to considering you my daughter. Alex thought. She gave Andy a hug. "That means a lot to me. That you want to have my name too." Alex said.

"Well I've always thought, before I met you guys, if you ever got together and got married, you should hyphenate your names. After all 'Morgan-Heath' sounds pretty fucking cool." Andy explained. Tobin and Alex smiled. After a few moments of silence Andy spoke up again. "Well. I am going to go to bed moms." Andy said with a yawn. Tobin and Alex nodded. The two kissed their daughters head. "Goodnight mom. Goodnight mama." Andy said.

"Goodnight kiddo." Tobin said.

"Goodnight Mini Heath." Alex said. With that, Andy fell asleep as Alex got into bed.

"I'm going to take a shower baby." Tobin said to Alex.

"Ok babe." Alex said with a soft smile. "I love you Toby."

"I love you Lex." Tobin said, grabbing clothes and walking into the bathroom to shower.

*****

Sunday
The three said goodbye to the team and Andy said goodbye to her best friend and her little siblings.

Tobin and Alex loaded all of the luggage into the Uber. Andy "crutched" over to the car and Alex opened the door for her and helped her get in. Soon after Andy got in the car, Alex slid in next to her, Tobin getting in the front.

The car ride was only about 20 minutes to the airport. When the car stopped, Tobin got out and opened the door for her girls. Alex and Tobin helped Andy get out of the car. Tobin hoped that no one at the airport was a reporter and would ask about Andy. She didn't want her daughter to have to deal with the questions yet and didn't want to answer any questions about why a girl was with her and Alex. She simply didn't know what to say. She didn't know how to tell people Andy was her daughter. Obviously though, nothing would go the way she wanted it to right now. Barely getting the luggage out of the car and beginning to walk with Alex and their daughter into the airport, people began asking questions. "Who is this mystery girl with you?" "Do you have a daughter?" "Who is this girl?" "Is she just trying to get famous?" "Did you and Alex get secretly married?" "Are you and Alex together?" And so on. Tobin didn't say anything as she guided Alex and Andy into the airport. Tobin looked at Alex as if asking her to grab Andy's hand to calm her down sensing her daughter starting to panic.

"Sorry about that kiddo." Tobin said to her daughter as they got into the airport and away from the reporters.

"No worries mom." Andy whispered, feeling like she could breathe again. She smiled at her mom to reassure her. The three checked in and got their luggage taken care of and headed over to security. They were given a security guard who brought them through security. Security checked Andy's brace as it beeped in the machine and soon the three were headed towards their gate. They were able to get a cart  for Andy so she didn't have to walk the long way to their gate. They got to the gate and waited for boarding to start. Tobin noticed that Andy was looking out at the plane with an uneasy expression. Andy bounced her good leg, nervously.

"Hey kiddo. You ok?" Tobin asked softly so only Andy and Alex could hear. Andy looked at her moms who both sported concerned expressions. Andy rubbed her hands together attempting to wipe the sweat away.

"Yeah. Yeah. It's just that...I've never been on a plane before." Andy explained. Alex and Tobin shared a look.

"Hey. You'll be ok." Tobin said, grabbing Andy's hand. "Luckily, this is a big plane so both of us can be on each side of you if you want. We won't be split up." Tobin explained. "We'll be with you the whole time kid. We'll keep you safe." Tobin said. Alex nodded, offering a gentle smile.

"Thank you. That actually helps a lot." Andy said. Tobin and Alex nodded.

Soon after their conversation, boarding began. The three were aloud to board early as Andy was considered 'disabled' with her knee injury. The three got settled in their seats and waited for the plane to take off. Andy grabbed Alex and Tobin's hands as the plane began to taxi down the runway.

Andy closed her eyes as the plane lifted into the air. Andy was leaving the state she's lived in her whole life. She knew she was from New Jersey and knew that was her home state as her most promising foster family moved them from New Jersey but then abandoned her soon after, but she grew up in Ohio. She was more or less 'raised' there. Now she was going to where her moms played. A place she didn't know. Without Theo. But she was going to one of the best places there was to play soccer.

She was going to Portland.