The Rising Star - Alexia Putellas

Part 111

A/N: Surprise! I'm back! Missed me? Anyway, how have you all been? Enjoy the chapter!

After an eight and a half hour flight, a pit stop in Philly and another two hour flight, I finally reached my destination. Because I knew I was one of the last ones to arrive I had told Jill I would take a taxi to the hotel myself. She was reluctant at first but after a lot of convincing she eventually gave in.

Once I'd retrieved all of my bags, I hailed a cab and gave him the address to the hotel. The driver was an older gentleman, a nice guy who loved to talk about his grandchildren. When we arrived, he even helped me with my bags.

I wheeled in my bags on one of the carts and made my way up to the front desk. Behind it was a black haired woman who must have been in her forties with a friendly smile on her face.

"Hey, welcome to Hyatt Centric. How may I help you?" The lady behind the marble desk said politely.

"Hey, I'm Eleanore Queen. I'm with the US women's national team." I introduced myself. The lady seemed to recognize me immediately and started typing away on her computer.

"Right, Miss Queen. You can drop your bags over there with the rest of your teammates and staff and then you can follow me to the area you'll be dining at." She finished her computer work and pointed at all the bags that were not so neatly placed against the wall of the lobby.

I placed my bags beside the other ones and followed the nice lady to the room that held all of my teammates. She politely said her goodbyes once we got there and I entered the room.

"Aye! The Queen has arrived!" Ash was the first one to notice me. The goalie jumped up from her seat, scaring Chris, Tobin and Ali in the process and ran up to me, wrapping me up in a big bear hug.

"What's up Ash? Long time no see." I chuckled at the goalie.

"Yeah who's fault is that. I'm not Miss 'I'm kicking ass in Europe'." She let go of me and ruffled up my hair, making me groan.

"Ash leave the kid alone." Ali scolded her fiance who immediately retreated and took a step back in which Ali took her place.

"If it isn't the party girl! Congrats on your 100 caps. You deserve it." I hugged one of my dearest friends.

In a couple of days we will play our first game of this camp against Korea. Not only will it be the second to last game for Jill, it was also Ali's 100th cap and of course that needed celebrating.

"You're not too far out for that milestone with your seventy one caps." Ali chuckled and reciprocated the hug but the peace and quiet soon got disturbed.

"Did anyone say Queen?!" Sonnett yelled, bursting through the door.

Her and the small group she was part of scanned the room. Her eyes fell on me and I sheepishly waved at the blonde, who's grin grew impossibly big. Without another word or without a warning the girl sprinted towards me.

"Queenie!" Sonnett yelled and jumped into my awaited arms.

"Sup Sonny?" I laughed and tightened the hug savoring every moment of being reunited with my friends again.

"I'm good! How about you? You're killing it over there!" Sonny enthusiastically said.

I greeted the rest of my friends, receiving a lot of pats on the back for my achievements overseas. My teammates apparently followed me up from close by which warmed my heart.

After I had greeted all of my friends again and caught up a bit, I slowly retreated from the crowded room and sat down on the much quieter hallway. I fished my phone out of my pocket and sent a FaceTime request for Ale. It only took her seconds to pick up her phone.