Don't Fight It.

Chapter Thirty

Chapter 30:

"How the hell did all those reporters know we were together?" Alex panicked.

Tobin ran her hand through her hair. "I don't...fuck. We were at a public restaurant, anyone in there could have tipped them off. I'm such an idiot. I'm so sorry, Lex."

"Well what do we do? Cause tomorrow every big gossip magazine will have those pictures on the cover!" She said pacing back in forth in the lobby.

"We could always deny it, say it wasn't a date. Or we could just not answer any questions until after the World Cup." Tobin said, grabbing Alex's hand to stop her from pacing. "We will get through this, Alex."

"I know. I know." Alex sighed. "I'm okay with us being out, that's not what I'm worried about. I'm worried about the negative media that is going to bring to the team. We need to make sure the team stays out of this."

"What does the team need to stay out of?" Jill asked behind them. "And you two do know it's an hour till curfew."

"Yes coach of course. And..." Tobin looked over to Alex who nodded signaling her to tell their coach what's happening. "Well since today was our day off, we went on a date and someone tipped off a bunch of reporters so we got back here, we were bombarded with pictures and questions. So we know tomorrow it will be over the gossip magazines and we don't want it to bring any negative press to the team. We are very sorry that this happened, coach, but we don't know what to do to keep this from spreading into something bigger than it needs to be."

Jill nodded "Thank you for being honest with me and I suggest you two avoid doing any press conferences or interviews unless it is right before or after a game. If you get asked a question about it, don't answer it. I will fill in the rest of the team tomorrow at breakfast. Now go to bed and get some sleep."

"Yes, coach." The couple mumbled before heading to the elevator.

Tobin pulled Alex into a hug. "It will be okay. I promise."

"I know. I love you."

"I love you, too."

"ALEX MORGAN AND TOBIN HEATH, GET YOUR ASSES UP!" Carli yelled through the door.

"Carli calm down." Christie quietly said.

Tobin jumped up at the sound of Carli's voice and looked at the clock that read 6:30 am.

"Oh shit. Alex wake up." Tobin said shaking her awake before going to the door and opening it, revealing every veteran.

Abby gave a small smile. "We need to talk."

"This early in the morning?" Tobin questioned letting them in and by now, Alex was sitting up on the edge of the bed.

Carli just gave her a glare and Hope shrugged her shoulders.

"Yeah we need to talk about this." Carli said throwing down two gossip magazines with them on the front cover. "You two do know we are currently in the World Cup, in the knock round, and the last thing we need is reporters asking questions about your guys' relationship."

"We all are okay with this relationship but this could easily bring us unwanted attention." Christie said giving them a motherly look.

"We know." Tobin and Alex replied at the same time.

Abby looked at them. "You should have came and talked to us last night about it."

"We didn't feel the need to because-" Tobin started but Carli cut her off.

"Didn't feel the need?! This affects all of us."

Tobin groaned at Carli's yelling. "Relax! I was going to say we didn't feel the need to because we ran into Jill when we got back and explained the situation to her. She was gonna tell the team at breakfast but you guys felt like barging in here two hours before that."

Carli flushed with a little bit of embarrassment. "Well okay so what is she doing about it?"

"She told us not to talk to reporters unless it is before or after a game, not to answer any questions involving our relationship, and she also doesn't want you guys to answer any questions involving us either."

"So basically just ignore it until after the World Cup?" Boxxy asked.

Tobin shook her head yes. "Yeah. And trust us, we feel terrible for letting this happen because it affects the whole team."

"It's somewhat fine. We will talk again if this explodes into something bigger." Carli said with a small smile. "Sorry for waking you up so early."

The veterans left, leaving Tobin and Alex alone once again.

"Why did I feel like Carli was going to rip our head off?" Alex groaned, falling back onto the bed.

Tobin laughed. "I think we should be glad that Hope is in a relationship with Kelley because if not, she probably would had been with Carli wanting to rip our heads off."

"Are we really going to be okay, Tobin? I know this isn't the worst thing to happen to to us but still..." Alex said, looking up at her girlfriend with pleading eyes.

Tobin sighed and laid back down, cuddling close to her. "I stand by what I said last night, I want to marry you, Lex. I'll admit I'm not ready to make a public statement about us but I'm looking at this thing as a something that will if anything strengthen our relationship. We can handle the reporters and backlash from fans as long as we got each other. I love you and we will get through this."

Alex smiled at her words before picking up the magazines that Carli left.

"Alex don't read those. They will just get you mad." Tobin warned.

She rolled her eyes. "I'm not gonna read the whole thing, I just want to see how they made this into a story."

Alex flipped open the magazine to the story about them headlined "Secret Soccer Romance on the USWNT?"

"They really need a better title." Alex scoffed before reading part of the article aloud. "U.S. Women's National Team members Alex Morgan and Tobin Heath were caught out on a romantic dinner last night. A waiter from the restaurant sent in a call saying how the two superstar players were alone with no other team member in sight and that Tobin Heath, starting midfielder, paid the entire bill which was close to $70. The teammates arrived back to the hotel holding hands (see picture left) which-"

Tobin yanked the magazine from her hand and tossed it into the trash can next to the bed.

"I'm not letting you read that crappy reporting. It doesn't matter what other people say about us right now cause they don't even know the whole story. Let's just try to get some more sleep before breakfast and hope the rest of the team understand."

Alex agreed and shut off the light but suddenly another knock came.

"YOU TWO OPEN THE DOOR!" Kelley yelled while pounding on the door.

Tobin groaned loudly and saw that the clock read 7:30 this time.

"Well I guess we have to explain this all again." Alex mumbled into the sheets.

"Why can't our teammates just wait till breakfast?"