Left behind

Hate to leave

Renamed the chapter, I think this fits better.

Jordyn's POV

As we made our way off of the pitch for recovery I strike up a conversation with Caitlin. "So, camp is treating you good?" She asks. I nod. "Yeah, I didn't expect everybody to be so... friendly I guess," I respond. Caitlin smiles as we make our way inside. "The girls can be a bit much, especially the other youngsters, but they'll always be loyal to each other, as long as you are," she says opening the door. "Now cmon, it's ice bath time," she says. Making somebody groan behind us.

I laugh with Caitlin as we walk into the recovery room. I make my way towards the ice bath, removing my shirt in the process earning a whistle from somebody. "Damn! The Professor is fit!" Alanna calls. I laugh turning around. "You know you want some of this!"

Turning around, I walk towards the edge of the pool not expecting to be pushed into it, but I am. I let out a scream as I fall in. What the fuck? I surface quickly and look up to see both Ellie and Hayley laughing as the others in the team look on. "What the fuck!" I scream, making them burst out laughing.

The thing is, the two don't realize that I'm not freaking out from the water. "Wait, is it not cold Jordyn?" Alanna asks. I shake my head. "Nope." The two look at us now. "Well, I guess it won't hurt if I do this," Hayley says pushing Ellie into the pool.

Ellie screams as she falls making me and the others laugh. When she resurfaces you can see one thing, she's freezing. "It's so-o fucking cold! You liar!" She exclaims holding her arms up to her chest. "Wait, so if it's cold, how do you not feel it?" Sam asks walking over getting ready to make her way in. "Apparently my brain is fucked up slightly, meaning that I can't feel temperature," I say catching them off guard. "So, you can't feel how hot it is?" I shake my head. "I can't feel heat, but I get hot, which is why they usually monitor me during training, because if I were to get too hot, I wouldn't know," I respond. "That's a little scary." Ellie says. "Yeah, I've passed out a few times during training at Barca." I say remembering the first time, how I'd scared the team by not telling them about the issue. The staff knew, but I guess they didn't expect it to happen that day? I'm not sure.

"That sucks," Caitlin says stepping into the pool, flinching slightly at how cold it is. Ellie snakes her arm around my shoulder. "Well, we won't let anything happen to you during training," she says making everybody in the room agree. "Thanks guys," I smile. "Your our teammate, your basically family." Alanna says, Hayley quickly agreeing. "And plus, your the newbie, can't have you leave now."

I smile at the girls, this is definitely a family group.
- - -

I collapse onto my bed, exhausted from how the day went. Me and girls went out to find something to eat after training, and we stopped at a cute little cafe, the coffee I got was some of the best I've had in a long time. But did it help me wake up? Nope.

As I lay on the bed I hear my phone ringing, groaning I pick it up to see a call from Mapi. I answer knowing she'll just call again if I don't. "Mapi," I mumble. "That's not what I expected to hear," She says. "Well, I'm fucking tired, and isn't it like 5 there?" Mapi chuckles. "Yes, but I wanted to check in on you. How's camp?" She asks. "It was great, until you called," I answer. "That's rude I'm hanging up now. "Good," I say. "Love you too..." Mapi says before hanging up. I put my phone down and decide to take a nap.
- - -
"Jordyn, wake up."

I feel someone shake me as I slowly start to wake up, letting a groan out in the process. "What?" I ask groggily trying to shove my head into my pillow. "We have bonding in 5 minutes," Hayley says. "Noo... sleep," I mumble. She sighs. "Ok."

I fall back asleep but am awaken soon when a bunch of voices fill the room. Groaning I lift my head up to see the entire team inside our 'large' room. "What the fuck?" I mumble. Hayley stands there looking at me, as do the rest of them. "Bonding is in our room... sorry," she says. I groan and fall face first onto my pillow. "Fucking hellllllllllll..." I draw out earning a chuckle from some of the girls.

I feel the bed dip next to me as someone sits on it, looking over I see none other than Ellie. "It's time to wake up Jordyn," she says setting a hand on my shoulder. "No," I respond. Ellie smiles. "Well, your stuck with me then," she says laying down next to me. "Yay..." I mumble. Ellie fakes being sad about it. "But I'm great!" I groan. "Exactly."
- - -

"Jordyn, if you could go anywhere in the world where would it be?" Katrina asks. I think where would I go? I think Switzerland or Norway would be cool, but so would Iceland. Hell, maybe even Japan. "Uh, I don't know, I would like to visit a lot of places," I say.
Katrina tilts her head slightly. "Name a few," she asks. "Ok, uh, Switzerland, Norway, maybe Iceland, and Japan," I answer. "Why them?" Ellie asks me. "Well, I've already been to Switzerland, but only a small part, and that was to go skiing, which was amazing. Um, Iceland and Norway because they seem like cool countries, and Japan for food, and the culture," I answer.

Conversation flows smoothly, questions being asked around the group until I am asked again. "Jordyn, celebrity crush?" Emily asks. I smile immediately knowing the answer. "Taylor Swift..." I answer trying to hide my face, because I know I've said too much. "So, not only are you gay, but Taylor Swift, that's unexpected," Sam says. "Well, I didn't know who else, and I was like 'she looks good,' and thought nothing of it," I respond shaking my head. "Hey that's fair.

After a while of talking I let out a big yawn, looking at my watch I notice that it's 22:05. "Jesus it's late," I say making everybody look at me. "Holy shit it is!" Ellie exclaims sitting up. "I think it's time to head back to our rooms," she says. The squad leave quickly, all trying to get back so they can sleep well.

Hayley and I go through our nightly routine, it's been the same since they started camp, but it works.

"That was fun," Hayley said from her bed. I smile. "It was, I like being around the girls." Hayley smiles from her bed. "Would you say it's like having another family?" She asks. I gasp surprised that she would say that, but after thinking about it, it really does seem like that. "I do."
- - -
The last few days of camp quickly go by, and I'm amazed at not only the skill of the people here, but the sense of belonging.

It always feels like somebody is there to help you, no matter what. "Ellie! Stop!" I  as she holds me down accompanied by Hayley and Teagan. "No! You pushed me into the pool!"She says. "You pushed me first!" I retort. Ellie smiles and Teagan and Hayley life me up. "Well, that's not my problem," she says before running off. Hayley and Teagan laugh as she runs away, making me glare at them. "Why did you help her?" I ask. Teagan shrugs. "We thought it would be fun, and easy, but it wasn't easy," she says, Hayley nodding in agreement. I sigh, what the fuck. I poke Teagan in the shoulder. "Five bucks, take her ice cream." I say pointing at Ellie. Teagan smirks. "Do I get to eat it?" She asks. I nod. "Cool," she says running over, and stealing it right before Ellie takes a bite. Me and Hayley burst out laughing at the scene informs of us.

Ellie watches as Teagan runs over to us, taking a bite from Ellie's ice cream. "This is good," she says, mouth full. Ellie looks over at us with her arms crossed like she's a toddler.

It makes us laugh, and I realize how much I'm actually going to miss all of these girls. They're quickly becoming so important to me, and it's only been a week and a half.

-Ok, long overdue but I NEED your help.

-first of all, sadness for Canada, yay for Sweden and the Netherlands.

-second, I originally planned for this to be a love story involving Ellie Carpenter, but I might change that. So if you can think of any players in 2023 that are like, 20 to 25 (in 2023), please name them!

It helps me so much to see what you all want, and what I can do better, it makes me write better, and motivates me to keep writing.

And...

who's winning the World Cup?