Four Lions

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Phoenix's POV

"Kiyana." I whisper as we watch Angel City play Portland in Portland.

The Diamond League finals are tomorrow so we're in Portland watching Angel City play the Thorns.

Yesterday we watched Atlético Los Angeles beat FC Seattle 3-0

"What?" Kiyana whispers.

"Why don't you take Isobel out of here." I whisper then I use my eyes to motion to Kristie Mewis.

Kiyana nods then she looks at Isobel. 

"Izzy." Kiyana whines.

"Yes Key?"

"Can you go with me to the bathroom?" Kiyana says.

"Yes Key." Isobel says with a smile then she and Kiyana get up and head to the bathroom inside our suite.

Once the suite door is closed, I focus on the game on the field.

"Kristie what's going on with you?" I ask. "And don't play dumb cause everyone can see it."

"Only reason Isobel can't see it is cause she's blinded by love." Yasmijn says.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Kristie says.

"Well you didn't move in like the other girlfriend's did and you won't even sit by Isobel." I say. "Also your glued to your fucking phone texting some bitch who's not Isobel or your family so who the fuck are you texting so much that makes you ignore Isobel and break her heart?"

"We all know who it is." Yasmijn says then I look at Kristie.

"Kristie you need to figure out what you want." I say. "And you better figure out fast."

"But Izzy." I hear Kiyana say.

"No Buts Key." Isobel says as she and Kiyana come back out to our seats.

"What's she want now?" Yasmijn asks as Isobel and Kiyana sit on either side of me.

"She wants another ice cream, but that would be her third one today and we're about to be in the car for a couple hours and I don't need a car filled with..."

"Shush you." Kiyana says

Isobel chuckles then she leans into me.

"Did you talk to Kristie?" Isobel whispers.

"Mhmm." I say

"Thank you." Isobel says.

"She breaks your heart and I'm gonna ruin her." I mumble.

"Yeah." Isobel says. "I know."

- - - - -

"So why don't you and the other Four Lions run indoor track?" Sarah asks as she joins me in bed here in our Eugene, Oregon Airbnb.

Angel City won 4-0 and after the game we drove down to Eugene where our Airbnb is and where tomorrow's Diamond League Final is.

"We never did it when we were growing up." I say. "The distances are weird and the track sucks."

"So all of you worked in the summer?" Sarah says as she rests her head on my right boob.

"Yeah." I say as I watch the late night college football game. "I worked on my Dad's crab boat in Baltimore, Isobel worked at a family friends surf shop in LA, Yasmijn worked at her Dads boat shop in Seattle, and Kiyana worked at her parents Jamaican restaurant in Atlanta."

"Ah." Sarah says then she looks up at me. "Did you talk with Kristie?"

"Yasmijn and I did and we told her to figure out what she wants cause she's gonna lose a lot of friends and family." I say. "And like I told Isobel, if Kristie breaks my friends heart then I'm gonna ruin her."