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
"So which clothes are we wearing today?" Mikaela asks as she comes out of the bathroom.
"This one." I say and show Mikaela a picture of the clothes we're wearing today.
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"So you may have to fight some people online when we post the pictures." I say.
After we posted the pictures Mikaela and I took after I won the Ballon d'Or, Mikaela got some shit from certain black people online.
Very quickly Mikaela proved she knew the history behind the Ankara fabrics we were wearing which shut everyone up.
Also I am still on social media, but I have the comments turned to the setting where only people who I follow can comment on my stuff.
I do follow fans so if they seem nice then I'll follow them and they can comment.
I have seen a lot of other fans bitch and moan about my limited comments, but they're just proving my point.
"That's fine." Mikaela says then I squat down and kiss her growing stomach.
"Hi babies." I say. "You two be nice to Mommy today."
"They're always nice." Mikaela says.
"Good." I say as I stand up then I kiss my wife before we get dressed.
Once my wife and I are dressed, I harness up my pups then my wife and I grab our stuff and meet my teammates and their ladies in the living room of our Airbnb.
The national team and I are in D.C. to meet the president before we head up to Connecticut for Alyssa's retirement game.
"Aww." I hear Aurora say as Mikaela, the pups, and I reach the living room. "Your doggies are wearing matching ties."
Appa and Socks are wearing bowties with the same Ankara pattern that Mikaela and I are wearing.
"Well they have to look good for pictures." I say.
Aurora smiles then she takes some pictures of Mikaela, the pups, and I.
"Am I the only one who doesn't really want to meet the president?" I ask.
Biden's better than the last president, but he's still not doing a good job.
"You're definitely not." Emma says.
"Just check the Black Girl Magic group chat." Talia says.
"So I guess we're gonna take a note from the penguins from Madagascar and smile and wave?" I ask.
"Yep." Talia and Emma say.
"Good to know." I say.
"Now." I hear Christen says. "Solo sisters go stand over there."
"For what?" I ask as I go stand with my sisters.
"I wanna take pictures." Christen says.
"When'd you get so picture crazy." I say which earns a glare from Christen. "I'll shut up."
"Smart." Tobin and Sahara say then I pose with Sahara and Aurora.
After I pose with my sisters, someone knocks on our door and tells us it's time to go so all of us in the house grab our things, then we leave our house, lock the door to the house, and head out to the bus waiting for us.
Once at the bus we all get on then chat while heading to the white house.
After we arrive at the white house, we get off the bus, walk through security, then we get a tour of the white house.
"Did you come here back in 2015?" Mikaela asks.
"Mhmm." I say. "It was kinda forced, but I just hung with Emma the whole time so it was nice."
"Forced?" Mikaela asks as we follow the group.
"Our mother wanted us to keep up the façade that we were one big happy family." I say.
"Oh." Mikaela says as we reach the oval office.
When we get to the oval office, a door opens then we're lead in.
"Welcome ladies." I hear the President of the United States say.
"Here we go." I mumble then I put on my media smile, shake hands with President Biden, and talk to him when I have to.
After we've met the president, we take a team picture with him, then we're led to a big room with a lot of reporters.
"See you in a second." Mikaela says then she pecks my lips before she joins the other spouses in the large room while us footballers and the staff of the team wait outside.
"Katana you and Talia will need to give this to Biden when instructed." Someone from the staff says.
"Yeah that's not happening." Talia says.
"Hey Alex." I say then Alex Morgan turns around.
"Yeah?" Alex says then I throw her the jersey we're supposed to give Biden. "You two don't wanna do it?"
"No thank you." Talia and I say.
"Alright." Alex says then we all wait to be called in.
"Ladies and Gentlemen." I hear someone say. "Please welcome the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup winning United States Women's National Team."
Once we're introduced, my teammates, the staff, and I all walk into and up to the front of the room as everyone in the room claps.
When we get to the front of the room, my teammates, the staff, and I stand where we're supposed to stand.
I'm standing with Emma and Talia while Appa, Socks, and Shadow sit in-front of us.
Once we're where we need to be, the president walks out and does a speech, then Alex and Julie present the presidents jersey to him and we take a picture.
After the ceremony ends, we're ushered to a big room with tables and food then we all get seated with our respective families.
Emma, Jessie, Hazel, Kingsley, Shadow, Talia, Leah, Axel, Lanie, Zaire, Kaia, Mikaela, Appa, Socks, and myself are sat at a table together.
"Psst." I say to Emma.
"What?" Emma whispers.
"I saw that look in your eyes the past hour." I say. "If you wanna be the president one day then you need to know I will shit talk you if you fuck up."
"Wouldn't want it any other way." Emma says with a smile.
"Good." I say.
"Also if we could have s-e-x in the oval office with our ladies, that would be great too." Talia says.
"Ooh yeah that too." I say causing everyone to laugh.
"We'll see you two." Emma says with a smile. "We will see."
