It happened when I was at dinner with Tobin. I was sitting in a wooden booth with purple cushions, my best friend and future bridesmaid across from me. I felt my phone buzz. All day I had been waiting for this call, the call that would change my life. The call that would prove that if you work hard and believe in yourself, you can achieve your dreams. I pulled my phone out of my pocket and read the name on the screen. Jill Ellis.
"Hey tobs I'll be right back I'm gonna go take this call" I announce to Harry.
"Alright" she replies.
I walk out the door and sit on a bench right outside the restaurant. My hands, trembling as I anxiously wait for the answer I've been waiting for, am I going to Rio, press the accept button.
"Hello Allie, how are you?" Jill says.
"I'm great how are you?" I reply dying to know my answer.
"I'm great, thank you." She replies. I am internally dying, waiting for her to just tell me the outcome of my summer. Would I be watching the games on tv, calling Tobin everyday? Or would I be living the moment with her?
My thoughts were cut short as I heard jills voice again. "Well Allie, I appreciate how much you have worked to get an opportunity at Rio. You are the fittest you have ever been and at the top of your game. Allie, congratulations you're going to Rio." Those words, "you're going to Rio" have been what I have been waiting to hear all off season, ever since the World Cup roster was announced and I wasn't apart of it. This is what I worked for, strived to achieve. And I had done it.
"Jill thank you so much for this opportunity and I can't wait to get there!" I say as tears streamed down my face. Happy tears of course.
"I'm happy for you Allie, see you soon"
I sat there for a minute as I soaked in what just happened. My dream just came true.
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After a few moments my thoughts were once again interrupted. This time it was Tobin. She saw my face in my hands and after I had been gone for 15 minutes she assumed something was wrong. She lifted my head out of my hands and looked me in the eye.
"Allie are you okay? What happened?"
I just looked at my best friend and smiled. The thought of standing on that podium with a gold medal around my neck next to my best friend, The one who pushed me and told me I could do it everyday, just made me break down again. I couldn't believe I had done it.
"Allie! What the hell is wrong? You're smiling one second then start bursting in tears another. What the heck happened?" She said kind of laughing. I just laughed and said 4 words I had been longing to say.
"I'm going to Rio"
I watched her face go from confused, to excited, to proud, to bursting with happiness.
"OH MY GOD ALLIE, WE ARE GOING TO RIO TOGETHER!" She shouted as she jumped up and hugged me. She spun me around and didn't let go. When she finally let go of her hug of death she looked me in the eye, held my shoulders and said,
"I can't wait to win gold with my best friend" she pulled me in for another hug, this time not as deathly.
"I can't wait" I said quietly.
Then I noticed a fat man walking over to us.
"Hey I hate to ruin whatever moment you're having, but um, your food is getting cold." He said.
"Oh right, food, thanks." Tobin said.
The fat man walked back inside and we burst out in laughter. We followed him back inside and back to our booth.
As I sat back in my seat that I had sat in just 30 minutes ago as I waited for Jill to call me I realize, it's crazy how your life can change in such a short amount of time. How 4 words can instantly change your life and future.
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Sorry this is so short I didn't know what else to write😂 give me some more suggestions and if I like the idea maybe I'll write it!
