Phoenix's POV
"Did you mean to send this to me Phoenix?" Kiyana asks as she shows me something on her phone.
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"I did not." I say as I look at the list of video games downloaded onto my PS5. "I didn't even know I sent it to you."
"Thought so." Kiyana says as our food arrives so everyone in our table sits in silence as we wait for our food.
We're in Berlin now and the entire national team and their significant others are eating at a fancy restaurant.
Leah couldn't be here because her next game is in Dortmund, but Jessie's here since her next game is in Berlin too.
"Thank you." All of us say after we have our food then the waiter leaves.
"So Phoenix did you do any other sports beside track?" Jessie asks.
We've been talking about this for the last few minutes so this isn't random.
"Uh I was a cheerleader for my high school." I say. "But the type of cheerleading I did wasn't the sport type so I guess not."
"Ooh." Sarah says making me chuckle then I lean into Sarah.
"FYI I still have my cheer uniform." I whisper in Sarah's ear.
"Good to know." Sarah whispers then she squeezes my leg.
I chuckle then I pull away from Sarah and eat some food.
As I'm eating, I see my least favorite people come into the restaurant.
"Can we go?" I ask.
"What?" Sarah asks.
"Can we go?" I question.
"Hi Phoenix." Megan Rapinoe says.
"Fuck." I mumble then I look up at my cousin and her whole family. "What do you want?"
"What's with all this hostility?" Megan Rapinoe's twin. "We just came to say hi."
"You can't be that stupid." I hear Isobel say.
"Well let's see." I say. "You blamed me for my mother dying in childbirth when she died because of a doctor error."
Why did these cunts have to come to this restaurant?
"You all then blamed me for my whole life for my Mama dying and the two times when I needed family support the most you were nowhere to be seen."
"It's been three years since your rape." One of my Aunts says. "Get over it Phoenix.
"Get over it?" I question. "How can you even say that?"
"It's been almost 3 years Phoenix." Some dude I've never met before says. "Nobody even remembers it."
I've only ever met Megan Rapinoe and her immediate family and my uncle that's not Megan's dad.
"EVERYBODY REMEMBERS IT." I shout causing everyone to look at me. "IT WAS FUCKING BROADCASTED TO THE WHOLE GOD DAMN WORLD."
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Four Lions
FanfictionThe loneliest people are the kindest. The saddest people smile the brightest. The most damaged people are the wisest. All because they do not wish to see anyone else suffer the way they do.
