They come in dreams

Part 8

A/N:I honestly couldn't be bothered to edit this at all but enjoy!

I follow Morgan out of the bus toward the restaurant. We enter the restaurant to find two long tables reserved for us. One table is labeled Youth Team and the other is labeled National Team.

"Awww" Morgan grabs my arm. "I want to keep my little player" she pouts. Kelly walks past grabbing Morgans arm as she goes.

"Come on Mo. We will be reunited soon." Morgan looks over her shoulder at me holding out her hand dramatically as Kelly drags her away. I laugh turning towards my table suddenly nervous. I spent most of the last day interacting with Morgan and her friends and I don't really know where to sit with the youth group. The friendly group from earlier is already preoccupied with their own conversation at the end of the table. Karina sits a bit farther down the table with her own group but they don't look particularly inviting. Down near the end of the table where I stand another player seems to be having the same crisis. She also looks like she might be younger than the other players.

"Hi, I'm Dani" I say shyly tapping her on the shoulder. She turns around with a start.

"Oh hi I'm Tierna," she responds briefly making eye contact with me before looking down nervously.

"Wanna sit?" I gesture towards the empty spots at the end of the table. She nods gratefully and we take our seats across from each other.

"Sorry I'm really nervous," she admits. "I think I'm the youngest one here."

"Really?" I ask surprised. "How old are you?"

"16"

"Well I've got good or bad news depending on how you look at it." She tilts her head quizzically. "I'm 15" I explain.

"Oh" she lets out a sigh of relief. "Actually makes me feel way better. We can be in it together" I smile and nod. "So where are you from?" I ask. She opens her mouth to answer but is cut off by our coach at the head of the table nearest us.

"Alright everyone! Hope everyone had a good first day of training. Make sure to order a big dinner and fuel up for tomorrow. After dinner we will have a movie night. Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan have agreed to let everyone crowd in their room for tonight."

"Agreed is a strong word" Megan shouts from the other table. Alex slaps her in the arm.

"Anyway" says the coach shaking his head, "We will meet in the lobby after breakfast at 9am tomorrow so I would suggest waking up before 7:30." He sits down and the waiters start coming around. I look back across at Tierna with a smile.

"California" she answers my earlier question. "Menlo Park near San Francisco. What about you?"

"Washington, Tacoma. Its near Seattle." Tierna and I chat some more while we order and eat our food. I try to avoid asking any questions that may lead to one I don't want in return. I'd like to get to know her a bit more before Tierna finds out that I've been completely fucked up.

"Do you have any siblings?" She asks. She's getting dangerously close to the topic I want to avoid.

"Nope only child." I answer. "What about you?"

"Older brother" she responds. Then after a quick pause.

"That was you girlfriend then?" She asks not making eye contact. I'm confused trying to understand what she means. She sees my confusion. "The girl who you carried in" she explains.

"Ohhhh," I finally understand. "No. No. No. That's my best friend. I don't have a sister but she's the closest you can get to being one otherwise."

"Oh cool!" She says. "My best friend just moved up to Oregon so I'm very jealous." Im relived we are moving away from the topic of family. We chat together for the rest of the meal not really interacting with anyone else. We get up and head towards the bus. I'm kinda hoping I can sit next to her on the bus. Right as I think that I feel Morgan crash into my back with a hug.