My Cure - Mallory Pugh/USWNT (Sequel to Attached)

Chapter 18

June 25th, 2022

Sophia's POV

So I might have messed up big time by letting that slip with Lindsey, but it happened, it's over, I told her everything, then I ran to my room and hid under the covers. 

I ran in, slammed the door shut, ran to my bed and threw the blankets over my head. I saw Ashley and Trinity sitting in her bed watching whatever was on TV. 

"What's this about?" Trinity said, walking over to me and touching the top of my head. 

"I f-ed up." I said quietly. 

"Care to explain?" 

"Not really." 

"Please?" 

"Fine." I said, and she took the covers off my head. "I told Lindsey about Mal and Morg and I thought maybe she knew because she's close with Mal but she didn't and I told her their whole story from beginning to now." 

"Who knew I'd be playing therpist on the day I'm suppost to be making my USWNT debut?" She sighed. 

"But I really messed up." I said. 

"I know. And there's really nothing you can do about it. But I trust Lindsey. Do you trust her? I think you do. So everything will be fine." 

"I'm gonna tell them." 

"You're gonna tell MAL. Not Morgana. Not right now at least." 

"What if Mal tells her after?" 

"Then that's her problem, not yours." 

"True." 

"Now I need to figure out what I'm going to do for poor Morgana. She's not going to be able to play tonight. Did she tell Vlatko?" Trinity asked me. 

"That's what I'm concerned about. Her playing through this. She played through everything else just fine. I don't know. I don't want her to play through this pain. It's not important. It's just a friendly. I'd rather her go home or deal with this however she has to before qualifiers." 

"True." 

"Let's just take the rest of today as it comes. Trin, I'm sorry your first cap day is like this." 

"I don't care. I just care about Morgana." 

"Oh guys? Don't remind Morgana that it's Trin's first cap day because then she'll feel worse." Ashley said. 

"True." I said. 

"That poor girl." Said Trinity. 

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No One's POV

Word about Morgana's sister spread like wildfire throughout the team. 

"Shit. I wonder if she'll play tonight." Kelley said to Alex Morgan. 

"She's Morgana. No one knows what the heck goes through her head." Replied Alex. 

"Listen. If it were up to me, I'd sit her out and put her on a plane back home to Colorado tonight. But it's not so she'll do what she wants." Rose Lavelle said. 

"No one here knows Morgana quite like me, and let me tell you something. You can tell her not to play tonight, tell her to go home and be with her family, tell her that she's going to be a wreck if she tries to play. She won't listen. She's going to play this game because it's who she is. She will feel like she let herself down if she doesn't. Trust me." Said Kelley, grabbing her water bottle and getting up from the table.