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Chapter Three

After a few hours, Kelley and Hope stepped back into the apartment.

"We're baaack!" Kelley yelled. Tobin and Alex, who had been fast asleep and cuddled together, opened their eyes slowly.

"How long...Lunchtime...What time is it?" Alex sat up slowly as Tobin looked around.

"We left like four hours ago. It's six o'clock." Hope replied. "Do you guys want to go get dinner in a little while?"

Alex looked at Tobin, who nodded. "Sure. I can't sit here for the rest of my life."

The four girls got ready to go and drove to a nearby Italian restaurant.

They sat down and ordered their food, and Tobin got up to use the restroom.

As soon as Tobin left the table, Hope nudged Alex. "So, when are you gonna tell her?"

"Tell her what?" Alex asked.

"You know, like, how you feel..." Hope said quietly. Kelley's eyes nearly popped out of her head.

"Wait, you like TOBIN!?" She gasped.

"Kelley! Shh! And no, I don't like her... I'm in love with her." Alex looked down at the table.

"That's great! That's- This is perfect!" Kelley jumped up. "She, she feels the same way! You have to tell her!"

At that moment, Tobin returned and sat down. The three other girls at the table quickly closed their mouths.

"Hey guys... You alright?" She chuckled.

"Oh, us? Totally fine. All good. Perfecto. One hundred perce-" Kelley was cut off.

"Kelley. Shut. Up." Hope kicked her girlfriend under the table and Kelley stopped talking.

"Okay then..." Tobin shrugged.

The food arrived and they ate, making small conversations and laughing about memories during the world cup.

"Look! It's Syd and Dom! Hope, let's go say hi! Now!" Kelley grabbed Hope's arm and pulled her up, and they walked away. Tobin and Alex remained at the table.

"Listen, Lex, we need to talk. I have to tell you something." Tobin looked up into the forward's sparkling blue eyes.

Alex nodded. "I... I have to tell you something too. But you go first."

Tobin took a deep breath. "Alex, we've known each other for what feels like forever, and no matter what happens, you're always there for me. You've been there all along, and I know this may sound weird, but I love you. And we say it all the time, but when I say it, it's different. I love you, and I am in love with you. I've been in love with you for a long time. I didn't know how to tell you, because I don't know if you feel the same way... But I need you to know. When we lay together on the couch for hours and how we work so well together on the field... I feel something with you that I haven't felt with anyone else. I love you."

Alex got up out of her seat and slowly walked to the other side of the table. She sat down on the table across from Tobin and looked into her deep brown eyes, with tears streaming down her cheeks out of her own ice blue eyes. They leaned in and kissed for about ten seconds. They stopped, looked at each other, giggled, and leaned in again.

"Alex?" A voice spoke. Alex looked up, confused, until she realized who she was staring into the eyes of.

"Servando..."