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Abby walks in to the hotel lobby and scans the area looking for her parents. Seeing them standing off to the side chatting with Sam and her parents, she makes her way over towards them.

"Hey, Abs; still no word from Sarah?"

Abby shakes her head, "No."

Sam's face lights up as she looks over Abby's shoulder towards the door and sees her friend's wife walk through the sliding glass doors.

Sarah and Sam lock eyes and Sam nods before backing up. "You might want to turn around."

Abby looks at her and then turns around, bursting out laughing as she finds her wife decked out in full US gear.

"Hey there beautiful, miss me?" They wrap their arms around one another and kiss each other's cheek, because it's all they can do in the public space.

"So much. How are you feeling, Babe?"

Sarah smiles, "Much better. I got a call before I left to let me know that the sample, they took was fine and showed no signs of being cancerous. I'm sorry I didn't message and let you know, but I just wanted to get here and tell you in person and be able to watch the game and eat solid food again! Forgive me?"

Abby smiles and nods, before squeezing her tightly, "Of course. Oh my God, this is the best news ever!"

Hearing Abby sniffling, Sarah knows her wife is on the verge of shedding tears. "Baby, no tears. This is celebration worthy news, and that's exactly what we're going to do after you guys win your game and advance to the final."

Abby chuckles, "Count on it, superstar. I'm so happy for you. Did they give you anymore information?"

"Nothing more than I already had sent after the appointment. It was good to get home and look after a few loose ends while I was there."

Abby chuckles, "I noticed that you allowed yourself to get photographed."

"More like went out of my way to ensure that I kept my name or, well, Selena Dagger's name relevant. Tanner leaked information that I'd be at the women's shelter passing out stuff, so that's why the paps were there. It was good exposure and allowed me to do something that I'd normally be doing anyway."

Abby smiles, "I love you."

"Love you. Ready to kick some Mexican ass tonight? Wait, that's probably not very politically correct of me to say, is it?"

Abby chuckles and shakes her head. "To answer the question, I am now that you're here. I missed you."

Sarah smiles, "Missed you too. There's a public washroom around the corner, fancy joining me in there for a few minutes?"

"Only a few, the bus will be here soon."

Sam can't help but chuckle as she watches the two women walk quickly away from the growing crowd and around the corner.

Susan Dahlkemper looks around the area and then turns to Sam, "Where did Abby disappear to? We wanted to wish her good luck before the game."

"I have a feeling that that's exactly what Sarah is doing at the moment."

"Sarah's here? We didn't see her."

"That was exactly the point; she's gotten extremely good at blending in with her surroundings, you know, like a chameleon. I'm sure they'll be back in a few minutes."

Almost as if on cue, Abby chuckles as she makes the walk back around the corner and over towards where Sam and her parents are, followed closely behind by Sarah decked out from head to toe in her best red, white and blue ensemble.