Attached - Mallory Pugh/USWNT

Chapter 4

April 2nd, 2022 6:30 pm

I'm not saying I liked her anymore after this, but when Mallory came out of the bathroom dressed up (barely even) with her hair and makeup done, she looked so pretty. 

I wasn't about to tell her that, obviously. She's trying too hard to make me like her. I's kinda funny how desperate she is. "Ready to go?" She asked, grabbing her purse. 

"Yep." I grabbed mine and followed her out the door. 

We met Lindsey Horan and Rose Lavelle down in the lobby where they were waiting for us. 

"So where is this place?" Mal asked Lindsey as we got in her rental car. 

I was completely exhausted already, but I was too excited to go out with the two older players to feel it. 

"Kelley and both Ashley's are joining us too." Rose said as we all buckled up. 

I had known Ashley Sanchez for a while. We played on the youth teams together and were always close after being roommates at our very first camp. I was grateful that she was there, one of the few girls I knew (and didn't hate).

When we all got to the restaurant, I felt a bit left out before Kelley and the Ashley's got there. It's not that the others weren't nice to me, it was just hard because they had all known each other for years and were clearly close. 

We all did talk about the upcoming games a bit before they got there too. We were playing three teams, all were supposed to be pretty tough. The first team we were going to play was France, then we were going to play Australia and then England. 

"Hey guys!" Kelley said as they all finally arrived. 

"Kel!" Lindsey said. "What took you guys so long?" 

"They gave her this old car that takes a year and a half to start." Said Ashley Hatch, sitting down. 

"Yeah. And she started yelling at it. Then in yelling in French. I blame you for teaching her those words, Morgana." Ashley Sanchez said, sitting down to my left.  

"The queen of French curse words." Mallory said, rolling her eyes.

As soon as they got there, I felt a lot more in place, even though I spent a majority of the time talking to Sanchez. 

"Lindsey you picked a great place." Said Rose. "I want to order another whole chicken parm." 

"I wish I could but I'm so broke." I said, eating the last of my fries. 

"A salad and fries is a very interesting combo." Laughed Ash Hatch. 

"Right?" Kelley said. 

"Hey, I still need to eat healthy. But I like fries." I replied. "It was either get my own or eat all of Sanchez's." 

"Thanks for getting your own." She laughed. 

It was about 10:15 by the time we were finally ready to leave. I was beyond exhausted by then, but then stupid Mallory Pugh made us take pictures. 

"It's like -5 degrees out there. Absolutely not." I said. "I'm wearing a thin flannel." 

"And who's fault is that?" She asked me. 

"I asked YOU if it was a good outfit and you said-" 

"But who was the one that didn't bring any good clothes? Who's fault is that?" Pugh yelled back. 

I yelled curse word in French, and Kelley looked at me shocked, but then laughed her ass off. 

"Alright, Morg. We're gonna calm down now..." Ashley Sanchez grabbed my arm and pulled me about 10 feet away from the rest of them. Then she whispered: "You have to calm down. Please. We don't need a huge scene in public right now. I have no idea where that came from."