Journey

58

Jucinara's POV

"And why are you so pouty?" Christen asks with a smile.

"Cause I wasn't in your arms when I woke up from my nap" I mumble.

"I was talking to the twins" Christen says.

For APL away games, the twins always stay in LA with either Christen or I's parents.

For APL home games, the twins come to the game with either Christen or I's parents, Christen's sisters, or with Alex, Tobin, and Charlie.

For national team games the twins always come with us, but Megan and Nova bring them to the stadium with the other kids.

"I tried to get you up, but you were dead to the world."

"Aww." I mumble.

"Here lovebirds." Pernille says as she hands us the line-up for tonight's match against the Portland Thorns.

"Thanks P." I say then my wife and I look at the line-up.

1-Alana
2-Isabel
4-Jucinara
12-Tierna Davidson
6-Magdalena Eriksson
3-Adriana
7-Daniëlle van de Donk
14-Jackie Groenen
23-Christen Press(C)
21-Ada Hegerberg
10-Pernille Harder

After Christen and I look at the line-up, I pass it behind me to Adriana and Jackie then I rest my head on Christen's shoulder and relax as we drive to the stadium.

Once at Providence Park, the bus parks then everyone gets off and heads to the locker room.

When we get to the locker room everyone puts their stuff down in their respective lockers then we head outside for the pitch inspection.

After we've inspected the pitch, my teammates and I head back to the locker room.

When I get to my locker I take my AirPods out, take out my nose ring, take off my necklaces and my rings, then I put my jewelry and AirPods in my bag.

Once I'm jewelry free I take off my tracksuit then I put on my warm up top and my game shorts.

I then sit down in my locker and put on my socks, my shin pads and my red boots.

After my boots are on I head to Christen's locker then sit down on the floor in-between her legs.

"Hey Nara." Christen says then she starts running her fingers through my hair.

"Hi Christen." I say then I face forward and let Christen do her thing.

Christen runs her fingers through my hair for a little bit then she puts my hair into a pony tail just like I like it.

"Thanks." I say then I hug one of Christen's legs.

"No problem." Christen says then she tilts my head back and pecks my lips.

After our kiss, I get up, walk out of the locker room, and head onto the field with the outfield players

When I get on the pitch I run through my warm ups with the starters for a while then we head back to the locker room.

Once in the locker room I change out of the training top and change into my white jersey while the coaches do their last minute talks.

When the last minute talks end, we are told to head to the tunnel so Nalu and I do as told.

Once in the tunnel, I line-up right behind my sister Alana then I wait for us to be called out.

Right before we head onto the pitch, I step out of line, walk to the front then I stand in front of the captain and face her.

"Hey Nara." Christen says with a smile.

"Hi." I say then I hug the tattoo'd forward.

Christen and I hug for a few seconds then I get back in line behind Alana and Christen.

Minutes later we are told to head out onto the field for the prematch stuff so I follow Alana and Christen out onto the field.

Once on the field we stand in line for a few seconds then we shake hands with the all of the thorns players except I don't shake Lindsey's hand.

After we shake hands, we take a starting XI picture, Christen does the coin toss, then I lead Nalu to the bench.

"Stay here." I say

Nalu yips and smiles at me so I scratch her head then jog to my position on the field.

"You ready?" Isabel asks.

"To beat the fuck out of the Thorns?" I question.

"Mhmm."

"You're damn right I am."

- - - - -

"ADA BALL." I shout as I jog towards the corner flag.

Ada hears my shout then she plays the ball out to me.

Once I have the ball, I smirk as a few of the thorns players come then I notice we only have a few minutes left.

As the Thorn ladies get to me I start dancing with the ball and do a fuck ton of tricks and skills to waste time.

We're up 6-0, but I wanna show off.

Christen, Pernille, and Ada all have 2 goals a piece.

"FUCK'S SAKE." I hear Lindsey shout then she charges into me which earns a whistle.

"LINDSEY WHY?" Sophia shouts.

"AGAIN LINDSEY?" Meghan Klingenberg shouts as I roll over and smirk at Lindsey. "USE YOUR FUCKING HEAD."

I chuckle then I watch as the ref shows Lindsey a yellow card followed by a red.

Earlier in the game Lindsey got a yellow for fouling me after I stripped the ball from her.

After Lindsey is shown a red, my sisters come over and help me up then they talk shit on Lindsey in Portuguese.

Once I'm on my feet, I look at the ref.

"Don't you dare blow your whistle." I say as I grab the ball.

Once I have the ball I set it down on the spot I was fouled then I wait for the ref to blow her whistle.

"You okay?" Tierna asks as she comes over.

"I'm gonna score here." I say.

"From this angle?" Tierna says.

"There's a very small angle for me to score if I shoot towards the far post." I say with my mouth covered.

"Well okay then." Tierna says then she walks away.

Once everyone has walked away, I line up my shot then I wait.

A minute later the ref blows her whistle so I take a deep breath then I run to the ball.

When I get to the ball, I plant my foot, swing my leg back, then I rifle the ball up and over the wall and into the back of the net making the score 7-0.

Once the ball hits the net, I turn around, look up into the owners box then flip off the owner.

I don't know how the owner of the thorns is still the Owner.

Dude's a piece of shit and needs to be forced to sell.

Better yet I wish he would be stripped of his teams.

"I think he gets it." My wife says so I stop.

After I stop, I hug my teammates then I get shown a yellow.

"Oh well." I say then the ref blows for full time. "Well that scoreline's embarrassing."

"That it is Juice." Christen says. "That it is."