Letters

37

Katana's POV

"Appa I'm gonna win." Jordan says as she and my dog have a staring contest on the bus.

"Appa's a GOAT at staring contests." I say as I run my hands through both of my dogs' fur. "I don't think he's ever lost."

"Well he's about to." Jordan says as I see her eyes twitch.

"Appa Advance." I say then Appa puts his nose on Jordan's nose

Seconds later Jordan blinks causing Appa to yip then he licks Jordan's face before he returns to me.

I chuckle at my dog winning another staring contest then I get handed the line-up for our fourth Champions League match of the season which is against Real Madrid.

1-Katana Solo
2-Ashley Lawerence
3-Lotte Wubben-Moy
12-Tierna Davidson
15-Katie McCabe
17-Jessie Fleming
8-Jordan Nobbs(C)
7-Jackie Groenen
14-Talia Martin
9-Marie-Antoinette Katoto
11-Lieke Martens

After I look at the line-up, I pass it to Talia then I relax with my Doggies.

Once at the Alfredo Di Stéfano 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 Jordan 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 Jordan 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, Jordan 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 hurry this up." I mumble as I get to my goal. "I got a girlfriend to get back too."

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Mikaela's POV

"You all know more about football than me so can I ask you all something?" I ask as I sit down in-between Sahara and Aurora on the couch in Emma and Jessie's chill room across from their penthouse.

Myself, Sahara, Aurora, Emma, Hazel, Kingsley, Shadow, Leah, Axel, Lanie, Zaire, Kaia, and Skye are watching Arsenal play Real Madrid in the Champions League.

The games in Madrid so we didn't go.

Mainly because the Madrid people didn't allow any away fans to have tickets.

"Sure." Leah says.

"Is it normal for one team to beat all the other teams in a season?" I ask.

Arsenal hasn't lost or tied a game yet.

"For the best club teams in the world it's a decent possibility." Leah says.

"What about not giving up a goal?" I ask.

Katana hasn't let in a single goal for club and country since the September 1st friendly against Brazil.

"That's not so normal." Emma says. "Katana's just that good."

"Oh." I say as my girlfriend is shown running to her goal before the game starts.

Katana's so fucking sexy in her kit.

I mean she's sexy in anything she wears, but you get my point.

"So how are you feeling about Katana's Secret Project?" Sahara asks as the game kicks off.

Everyone in the room knows about Katana's Secret Project.

"I'm excited." I say. "And nervous."

"Nervous?" Aurora asks as I eat some of my food.

"Well you all know how everyone sees Katana." I say. "She gets so much shit for following her dreams."

"I don't know how she hasn't gone off on more people." Sahara says.

"Yeah." I say. "Hopefully the general public react well to it."

"I think they will." Leah says. "They've liked all of her stuff before so I don't see why this will be different."

"Has she finished with it?" Emma asks.

"Not yet." I say as my girl makes an insane save. "Geez."

"She's too good." Sahara says as I eat some of my food.

"I'm glad she's on our national team." Emma says.

"Who do you think she would have played for if Emma was still playing?" Skye asks

"Probably Ukraine." Sahara says.

"Or Congo." Aurora says.

"Oh." Skye says.

"Is Katana gonna be able to go to all your races?" Emma asks.

"I don't think so." I say. "Some are on the days she has a game, but she's gonna try and be at every race."

"We should probably get flight plans going." Sahara says as she look at Aurora.

"Probably." Aurora says as Talia scores.

"Mama." Axel says with a smile.

Aww.

"She's insane as well." I say.

"That she is Mikaela." Emma says. "That she is."