Don't Fight It.

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter 28:

The next morning came and the team went down for breakfast where they would also have a team meeting.

"Hey Hope and Kelley, how was that bet?" Alex said throwing a wink at them.

"Amazing. Thanks for asking." Kelley smirked which caused half the team to groan.

"Ladies, listen up!" Jill said, turning the presentation on. "We have three days until we play Nigeria. Today is a hard day with weightlifting and training, tomorrow will be just training, and then it's game day! So let's get going!"

They ate breakfast quickly then headed off to weights which sucked like always but it came and went pretty fast. Training wasn't the best but it didn't worry the team. The night past with nothing eventful happening and the next day came and went. It was now game day and nerves were high because if they won, they would win the group.

"Ready, babe?" Alex said cuddling closer to Tobin.

"Yep. I'm confident that we will win." She smiled placing a kiss on top her head.

Alex sighed and kissed her collarbone. "Why can't I have your confidence?"

"You do have my confidence, you just need to learn not to doubt yourself because you are amazing." Tobin said. "Now let's get ready."

"Morning guys." Ali mumbled out when her and Ashlyn met up with the rest of team for breakfast.

"Morning." Half of them grumbled back.

"Why is everyone so sleepy?!" Pinoe shouted excitedly, walking into the room. "It's game day!"

"Doesn't mean we still can't be sleepy in the morning...we have like seven hours until we have to be fully awake." Kelley groaned.

"Well I'm going on my run. So if you guys can please wake up by the time I get back that would be great." Carli complained before leaving the hotel.

"Who runs on game days? Like seriously." HAO joked.

Becky laughed. "It's Carli. Who knows what goes through that girl's head."

"Well I'm leaving for my walk so I'll be back." Christen said standing up.

Julie stood up also. "Let me go with you."

"Okay." Was all Christen said before grabbing her hand.

The pair left and some more players funneled out of the room.

"That's cute. They are already changing their Pregame rituals to be together longer." Tobin joked.

Ashlyn rolled her eyes. "Oh shut up. You didn't have to change yours because you and Alex already did everything together."

"Me and Ashlyn didn't really change our rituals when we got together. We just get coffee together in the morning, that's the only thing we changed." Ali stated.

Alex shrugged. "Okay okay good point. Now let's go get ready for the game."

Julie and Christen walked to a local park and sat on the swings.

Julie looked over at her girlfriend. "Are you sure you're okay with me coming on these walks with you? I know they mean a lot to you."

"You mean a lot to me now also." She smiled while grabbing Julie's hand. "So I don't mind sharing this with you."

"Come with me." Julie said pulling Christen up with her.

She laughed. "Where are we going?"

"Just follow me."