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Andorra didn't get a lot of sleep, the mix of excitement and nervosity getting to her as she had been preparing for the match. She had always been filled with excitement and nervosity before matches because she always loved to be able to step on to the field and show everyone what she got but tomorrow would be special. Tomorrow she would have cameras on her again and she knew it, but tomorrow it would be because of a match at the grandest stage of them all. The media would talk about the game and the performances again and be finally less focused on all of the drama that had been happening within the team. That's what she had been hoping for at least.

When Alexia groaned and woke up from her alarm blaring into her ear besides her, she slowly sat up, slightly surprised to see the young keeper already up and packing her game day bag. Alexia raised an eyebrow and looked at her. "Did you even sleep?"

Andorra briefly stopped with packing her stuff and looked up to look at the tired looking Alexia. "Yeah, I slept for 4 hours, which is how much I usually sleep on a match day. I will be fine until after the match, will definitely be asleep early tonight."

Alexia nodded her head and let her head fall back into the pillow, reading her messages and notifications on her phone in the meantime while Andorra went into the bathroom to get her morning routine going. When Andorra came out of the bathroom again, her hair was up in a tight ponytail, her hair slightly glistening due to the hairspray that she had put in her hair and a light layer of make-up on her face. She was ready for game day.

"Hey, I will be going downstairs already, can I get you a coffee?"

Alexia smiled kindly at the offer but shook her head. "Thank you for the offer but I think that by the time that I will be ready, the coffee will be cold. Thank you again though."

Andorra smiled at her captain and then grabbed her bag to leave for the day, heading downstairs and to the restaurant area of the hotel where she got herself two croissants and some coffee and then joined the table with the early birds, containing Ona who was on a face time with Mapi, Salma and Olga. the keeper sat down and took a sip from her coffee. What she forgot however, was to blow to cool the hot liquid down, causing her to burn her tongue and her face contorted in pain. Olga chuckled. "Is it really that early to forget that coffee is hot?"

Andorra rolled her eyes. "Yes. Obviously. Anyway, what are all of you already doing here so early and also, hola Mapi."

Mapi greeted her back and Salma looked at the keeper. "We're always early at the restaurant on game day. What are you doing here so early?"

Andorra shrugged her shoulders and took a bite from her croissant. "Couldn't sleep well so I just decided to get ready earlier than usual because I was scrolling too much on social media. Did you all know that they are talking about our upcoming game now for the first time since the incident happened? I can't wait to be on the field again!"

Olga, Ona and Salma all chuckled as they looked at the excited keeper. "you truly love football, don't you?"

Andorra smiled softly at that question, sparks in her eyes. "Yeah. I wouldn't know what to do without it. I'm just excited that the media is focusing on that today instead of the drama that has happened. I mean, I get that they had put their focus on that and that they wanted all of the ins and outs but I honestly just want to feel like a footballer again instead of a victim." She stopped talking when she saw everyone, including Mapi smiling at her. She raised one eyebrow. "What?"

Mapi smiled at her. "No one has ever seen you talk that much."

Andorra playfully rolled her eyes and finished eating her croissants. "Don't get too used to it."

Everyone chuckled at that. "And she's back."

Andorra snorted as the rest of the team slowly strolled into the restaurant, most of them happy to see the smile on Andorra's face. Over the past few weeks, all of them had been very worried about the young keeper but no one mentioned it directly towards her because they didn't want to put any pressure or anything on her but it was good to see her smile again. Aitana was also happy with it, even though she wasn't the reason for that smile. She had gotten another text the night before, yet another anonymous number. 'I see and hear that you have been keeping your distance. If you want the both of you to stay safe, keep it that way. you have no idea of what I'm capable of.' And thus, with that message in the back of her mind, Aitana wiped the fond smile off of her face and got to the breakfast section, grabbing herself some bread with spread, a coffee and a bowl of yoghurt before sitting down at the table with Alexia, Jenni and Mariona and sat down after greeting the girls.

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