They come in dreams

Part 13

Tierna gets up and packs her bag for practice. She leans down a kisses me on the cheek. I smile up at her trying to reassure her as she looks down at me worried.

"Are you sure you're gonna be okay?" She ask me.

"Yes, I'll probably sleep the whole time you're gone anyway." She looks hesitant. "T, this is national team camp. I could be on fucking deaths door and I'd make you go to practice. Im gonna be fine." She nods knowing what I'm saying is true even if she doesn't like it.

"Ok. Ok. But call me if you need me. Dawn is leaving one of the trainers at the hotel and she will come check on you in about an hour and run your testing for the day." I nod.

"Okay now go kick ass at practice. No worrying I promise I'll be fine." I smile and she nods squeezing my hand before leaving the room. I turn over and sure enough I fall asleep basically immediately.

A knock on the door wakes me up. I move to get up stoping for a second on the edge of the bed to wait for the world to stop spinning. I open the door and find the trainer waiting on the other side.

"Hi Dani I'm Ally I am one of the trainers for the U-20 team. May I come in?" I nod and let her in closing the door behind us. She starts by replacing my bandaid and cleaning my cut. She lets me know that I'll be able to shower starting tomorrow if my cut continues to heal. She asks me all the same questions as Dawn letting me know my score has actually gone up to an 81. This is bordering on concerning and they will be checking in again in the morning. If my symptoms continue to progress I will have to go get a brain scan to ensure there is no brain bleed. I nod along and answer her questions.

"Thank you," I say as she leaves the room. I lay back down in bed overwhelmed by all the stimulation of the last hour. Falling back asleep quickly.

I wake up to a great smell in the room. I turn over in bed and see Tierna setting food down on the desk.

"Hi, I got us Thai food," She says pointing to it. My appetite seems to have returned at the smell of it.

"Holy shit thank you." I sit up and she brings it over to the bed. Sitting down next to me we both dig in. "How was practice?" I ask as I finish my first mouthful.

"Pretty good, we mostly did one on ones and I stopped Carli a lot more than I expected." She smiles proudly.

"That's amazing. I bet the coaches were very impressed," I say nudging her. She smiles taking another bite.

"How were you?"

"I slept the whole time. Well except when the trainer came in."

"What did she say?"

"My score was worse today and if it goes up again tomorrow I have to go to the doctor," I say with a frown.

"Shit, I thought you seemed a bit better now?"

"I actually am feeling better now but I wasn't earlier when she came by." Tierna nods and we eat some more.

"I have weight lifting at 4 and then we have dinner at 7 and team bonding after. What do you want to do?" I consider it.

"I'm worried if I keep up how I'm going I'll sleep all day and stay awake all night so maybe I should try to come to dinner and team bonding?"

"Ok I'll come back after weight training and if you're still feeling up to it we can go to dinner with the team. We can always call a car back if its to much." I nod and we finish our lunch. "I've got an hour before I have to leave for training. Mind if I take a nap?" I shake my head laying down with her. A bit more napping can't hurt.