Astrid Taylor's dream was to one day play for Arsenal, but that was a long way away. First she had to start her footballing journey which would hopefully lead to that moment. A forward and striker with a strong kick, she might get there fast, but cr...
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The next Matildas camp came around a few weeks later and this time it was in London, making Astrid very excited as she had never had the chance to visit before. But even though she was excited to do some minimal sightseeing, she was more excited to be playing for the Matildas again and continuing to show the coaches how much she was improving while at Hammarby. Though she really didn't have anything to prove in regards to her footballing skills, the recent score sheets of their games showed just how hard she was working.
Between the last international break and this one, Hammarby had played 5 games and won 3 of them, thanks to goals by Astrid and Kyra. Astrid had started and scored in all games, proving her to be a consistent player who was able to help out the team in both halves of the game, scoring in either the first or last few minutes.
"ASTRID!" Kyra pounded on Astrid's front door, Courtney standing behind her watching the time. The door finally swings open to reveal a dishevelled, panting Astrid.
"Will you shut up? It is five o'clock in the morning for fuck's sake." Astrid hissed at the older girl before walking back through her small apartment, Kyra and Courtney shuffling in behind with their suitcases.
"Well I wouldn't have to be that loud if you had just been ready 15 minutes ago when we told you to be." Kyra argued back, crossing her arms over her chest as she watched Astrid disappear into her bedroom.
"We do have to be at the airport by seven and it takes an hour and forty minutes on a good day." Courtney nodded from her place beside Kyra, looking around at the small messes that had accumulated throughout Astrid's place.
"I know that. I slept in and needed to finish packing, okay? Can we move on and get going then?" Astrid reappears with her bags and a large coat now covering her body, preparing for the cool weather of London when they arrive.
"Let's go." Courtney nodded at the pair, interrupting before more arguing would begin and she would have to listen to them bicker on the whole drive and probably the whole flight. Luckily because it was still so early, all three girls had fallen back to sleep on the plane and woke up a little more civil than before they arrived in London.
It was 10:30am when they landed in London and the girls had taken a bus straight from the airport to the team hotel to settle into their rooms, while the rest of the team had begun day one of training. Because of their flight times and recent playing schedules, players had been trickling in since last night, a few more still to arrive tomorrow or the next day, still leaving a few days to train as a whole group before their match against South Africa.
Astrid and Kyra had been given their shared room number and headed straight up, wanting to get rid of their bags as soon as they could.
"Mine!" Astrid once again snagged the window bed first, leaving Kyra the one closer to the door, sighing as she watched Astrid flop onto it. "I could do with a nap to be honest." Astrid mumbled with her eyes closed.
