A letter is never ill-timed; it never interrupts.
Instead it waits for us to find the opportune minute, the quiet moment to savor the message.
There is an element of timelessness about letter writing.
-Lois Wyse
After Tobin and I look at the line-up, I pass it behind me then I relax with my dogs.
Once at Emirates Stadium, 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.
Once my stuff is in my locker, my teammates and I 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, I take out my nose ring, I take off my necklaces, earrings, bracelet, watch, and my rings, put my jewelry in it's safe then I put my jewelry safe and AirPods in my bag.
Once I'm jewelry free I take off my tracksuit and put my dark brown locs up in a ponytail then I put on my short sleeve lime green undershirt, my warm up top, and I put on 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 tape my wrists, hands, and fingers then I put on my red keeper gloves before I head onto the field with the other keepers.
When I get on the pitch I run through my warm ups with the keepers for a while then head back to the locker room.
Once in the locker room I change out of the training top and change into my lime green keeper jersey while Amaka does her last minute talks.
When the last minute talks end, we are told to head to the tunnel so I grab my towel and water bottle then Appa, Socks, and I do as told.
Once in the tunnel, I line-up right behind Talia then I wait for us to be called out.
Minutes later we are told to head out onto the field for the prematch stuff so I follow Talia out onto the field.
Once on the field we stand in line for a few seconds then we shake hands with the Madrid players.
After we shake hands, we take a starting XI picture, Talia does the coin toss, we do our team huddle, then I lead Appa and Socks to the bench.
"Stay here pups." I say
Appa and Socks yip and smile at me so I scratch their heads then I jog to my position on the field.
Once I'm at my goal, I hang my towel up on the net, put my water in the net then Lotte and Tierna come over and fist bump me before they head to their spots.
"LET'S GO GIRLS." I hear Jordan Nobbs shout from the bench. "LET'S GO."
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"See you next game." I say then the woman I swapped shirts with and myself depart.
I swapped shirts with Tessa Wullaert.
After I leave Tessa Wullaert, I walk over to my favorite forward then I pick her up.
"What are you doing?" Talia asks as she chuckles.
"Protecting your golden feet." I say. "Mrs. Hat trick hero."
We won 3-0.
"Katana put me down." Talia says.
"Fine." I playfully groan then I set Talia down.
Once Talia's sat down, we're joined by my pups then the four of us head down the tunnel and into our locker room.
"Ooh first one's here." I say.
"Well let's hurry and shower." Talia says then the two of us do just that.
After my shower, I dry off, put on my arsenal track suit, and my jewelry then I pack up my locker while Talia does the same.
Eventually Talia and I are finish doing everything we have to do before we get to leave and head up to the banquet room.
Once we're done, Talia and I grab our bags then the two of us and my dogs head up to the banquet room where we're meeting our friends and family who came to the game for dinner.
When we get to the banquet room, we search for our friends and family.
"Of course." I say when I see my girlfriend holding Talia's youngest twins while talking to the people at her table. "Leave it to my girlfriend to be with the babies."
Talia chuckles then we head over to the table Leah and Mikaela are at.
"Mikaela you better not have kidnapped those two." I tease causing Mikaela to stick her tongue out at me as I sit down next to her.
When Kaia and Zaire see their Mama, they smile.
"Aww." Talia says as Mikaela passes the twins to her. "Did you two miss Mama?"
After Talia takes her kids, I lean into my girlfriend and wrap my arms around.
"Hey Beautiful." My girlfriend says as she takes my locs out of the ponytail they we're in from the game then she kisses my head.
"Hello." I mumble. "You're holding me tonight."
"Sweet." Mikaela says then she rests her head on mine. "You okay?"
"Tired." I say.
"Well you played very well so I'm not surprised."
"I can't wait for Leah to be back playing." I whisper.
Lotte's a decent center-back, but a center-back partnership of Leah and Tierna will be so much better.
"That might be a while." Mikaela says.
"Yeah." I say. "I know."
"Have you talked to Emma, Talia, Sahara, and Aurora about the project yet?"
"No." I say then I look at the four ladies. "Can I talk to you four in private real quick?"
Emma, Talia, Sahara, and Aurora nod then we get up from the table and walk off to a corner of the room.
"You can tell your partners about this once you're home." I say.
"Alright." Sahara says.
"So what do you need to talk to us about?" Emma asks.
