Invisible String [T.S-E.S BOOK ONE]

8

July 27th, 2012

"Let's go out tonight!" Alex sat up quickly, knocking Kelley off of their shared bed.

The two had been very close and touchy since Kelley made her announcement and Eleanor wanted to stab her eye out. It was painful watching them be so oblivious to their obvious feelings. She ignored her own hypocrisy.

"Aren't we like, not allowed to drink. Especially with our first game being Tuesday." Eleanor asked her blue eyed teammate.

She didn't mind going out, but she wasn't really an avid drinker. They had been tough on her at UNC so she never really go the chance to go passed one or two beers and the same was true while in season with the Storm. Two drinks seemed to be her limit. Which was fine considering her mom's laundry list of addictions that could've been passed to her.

"But that's why we should!" Alex begged the younger girl.

Eleanor shook her head. "If you want to be killed by the veterans, be my guest. Plus Maisy gets in tomorrow."

"Ah, the elusive Maisy." Kelley joked, nudging her shoulder. Eleanor's blood ran cold. Even if she had her suspicions of Kelley and Alex, she was not ready to confirm nor deny anything about herself.

Eleanor plastered on a fake smile as she stood up from her bed, searching for her shorts and tank top for recovery. "Yep. My good friend and goalie." She said, rushing into the bathroom.

Inside the bathroom, she leaned against the door, pressing her palm to her chest. This anxiety was really starting to eat away at her. It wasn't even that big of a deal either, plenty of soccer players were coming out. Abby was out, Pinoe had just come out, why was she so nervous about it.

She could tell her parents. She could tell her little sister and brother. Her older brother made sure she knew how supportive they'd all be of her. She'd even told Taylor like it was no big deal. Coming out couldn't have been the issue. So why was she being eaten alive from the inside.

She wished she could take the edge off, but Pat would kill her.

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Taylor was sitting in her apartment, waiting for an appropriate time to leave for her flight. It was way too early, but she was anxious to get to London. The prospect of seeing Eleanor was making her stomach churn, keeping her awake. Meredith was also meowing at her and rubbing up against her legs, showing a rare sign of affection. She must have sensed Taylor was leaving, or maybe she was just hungry.

Pain In My Ass
you're probably asleep but guess what

Taylor laughed to herself as she read the message from the girl who was keeping her awake. She was going to respond, but Meredith continued to yell at her, urging the singer to instead focus on feeding the angry cat, so the blonde obliged. Eleanor was still typing anyway.

Pain In My Ass
Alex has control of the playlist for recovery today and she's playing Enchanted haha
obviously she has no idea what it means because she only knows that we're friends
we can laugh about this right?
like I love the song and think it's cool i inspired it

Taylor's heart jumped to her throat as she read the string of texts from the athlete. She loved that Eleanor had been so cool about finding out her part in inspiring some of Speak Now, especially since a couple of the songs on her new album had been inspired by her. She had already had the songs completely written, she just added a few lines inspired by the brunette to make them as good as they had become. But she didn't necessarily want to laugh about it. She wanted Eleanor to understand Taylor's true feelings. But laughing was as good as anything. She'd tell Eleanor when she got to London.