As Long as I Got You

ch.31

Bella woke up to the soft rays of sunlight filtering through her apartment window, signaling the start of another busy day in her New York day to day. Everything felt like back to routine before she met gracie, early call times for practices with soph and lauren, late nights studying, early morning business calls, late mid day adventures for food spots with soph and lauren. except now every single night she had someone to call, someone who cared to hear about the little things in her day.

Each day for bella felt like a stepping stone toward her dreams now that she had constant team updates and meetings about where she was at for the start of olympic training, so on and so forth, but also another day without being with Gracie.

What bella didn't know was that Gracie being an opener for the eras tour had a short week break in LA coming up, which is where Olympic training was being held. So on the backend of the scenes Audrey decided it would be fun to scheme her way into finding out bella's schedule. Which wasn't very hard over hearing Gracie just talk to bella everyday and eventually bella would talk about training camp days and the schedule of olympics coming up.
therefore once Audrey found out Bella would already be in California she texted and made calls with Sophia and lauren to discuss the matter of the surprise. Gracie was of course out of the loop with this one, menawhile audrey was making sure everything was falling into place the way she wanted. She was over joyed just to be able to have the opportunity to plan this for gracie her lifelong friend.
She knew gracie was a physical touch person and loved being connected to her person when she had one. So for Audrey to be able to do this for her was special she loved being able to make her bestie happy even tho gracie didn't even know yet, which would mean only one month to go before she Gracie would be able to  see her long distance girlfriend.

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meanwhile After a quick breakfast of oatmeal topped with fresh fruit and a dash of honey, Bella threw on her burks and put her cleats in her bag and headed out for her morning soccer practice at Columbia with sophia and Lauren. The crisp autumn air filled her lungs as she jogged toward the field, where the familiar sounds of her teammates echoed in the distance. Practice was intense but invigorating, a blend of drills that tested her endurance and skill and just the usual routine of their morning practices

Coach Thompson pushed them hard, reminding everyone of the upcoming college season, which made Bella's competitive spirit burn even brighter. Following practice, she hit the gym for her weight training routine, focusing on building strength for the season ahead. Bella loved the rhythm of the weights clanking and the satisfying feeling of muscles workin.

Bella was a focused player always trying to improve but also and all around great teamate, she had a big personality joking all the time outburst of singing and hyping up her teamates on and off the field. She naturally was a leader and her teammates loved her energy, although she challenged them also to be at their A game all the time. bella's fitness regime was as much a part of her routine as her studies; balancing her academics with her athletic pursuits had become second nature to her after her freshman year.

After class, Bella met up with Sophia and Lauren at their favorite coffee shop—one of Bella's business ventures. As they sipped their drinks, the trio chatted about the upcoming season, new classes, and plans for a weekend getaway. Sophia gushed about her latest fling, while Lauren playfully complained about still being single. Naturally, they asked Bella for updates on Gracie, all while secretly plotting her surprise with Gracie and Audrey.