USWNT - High School

Chapter 29

Morgan's POV

"Breakfast's ready." JJ's cheerful voice woke me up with a bit of s shock, and I looked confused around the room for a second before I realized where I was.

"JJ, calm down." Horan let out a grunt next to me on the bed, covering her head with the covers in the process. JJ sighed, still smiling like always, and simply jumped on the bed to wake us up further.

"Why are you up and awake at this hour?" I asked, trying to locate my phone. Horan tried her best to stay hidden, but Julie was putting up a fight to keep her awake.
"And why so cheerful, it's practically in the middle of the night." Horan added, now defeated as she tried squeezing some tiredness out of her eyes as she spoke.

"It's 9am, and it's a lovely day outside." JJ said unharmed by our words, and I let out a sigh before sitting up in the bed.
"This whole overly happy girlfriend thing is getting exhausting." I joked, smirking at her as she blushes lightly from my use of words.

"She's not my-" She started, but let her words fade out. She knew we wouldn't even bother to listen to that. No matter what they call each other or how official it may or may not be, they act like girlfriends and it's only a matter of time anyways. I'm really happy for her.

"We'll be down in a second." Horan now sat up herself, looking slightly more alive than what she did a minute ago. JJ smiled happily to herself and headed downstairs again.

I located my phone on the floor next to the bed, and saw what I feared I would see. Nothing. No new messages, calls, just nothing. I sighed, putting it back down again.

"You should just text her." Horan spoke up, and looked over at her to see she was referring to my distracted longing at the phone. I shook my head slowly, knowing I shouldn't do that.
"I don't think it's a good idea. She was with Hope all of yesterday and I mean, what if she's-" I let the sentence die out, not wanting to finish it up. I didn't want to go there.

"But she's home alone now probably, don't you wanna know what happened? You deserve some answers." Horan spoke the truth as always, and I found myself now strongly debating the situation.
"It's eating you alive, Moe. Just do it." She added, before giving me a pale smile and walking up and I to the bathroom. I let out yet another sigh, before picking up my phone.

'How are you?' It seemed stupid, but I also didn't know what else to say. I pressed send before I could overthink it too much.
I quickly locked my phone and put it away again, not sharing to know her answer until I had enjoyed a good breakfast with my friends.

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"Don't take long, we're going for a road trip today, remember?" Horan yelled after me as I ran up the stairs after breakfast. I gave her a thumbs up before I disappeared up the stairs.

I entered the room and nervous looked over at my phone. It was silence. I moved rather slowly over to the edge of the bed, and picked it up as I sat down on the far side. Nothing. She hadn't replied, probably not even opened the message for all I knew. I was afraid to check that though, I'm fear of her just opening and still not replying. Then all hope was gone.

I was about to put it down, when the phone buzzed in my hand. I froze, then slowly turned it around to reveal Kelley's name on the caller ID. I found myself not breathing for a brief second, before I decided to get it together. This is ridiculous, I need to answer.

"Hello?" I tried my best to sound confident, but it wasn't all that easy at the moment.
"Moe, hi." She spoke on the other end, and just hearing her voice made me both happy and sad all at the same time.
"I- uh, saw your message and wanted to call you. How are you?" She sounded nervous, almost more so than me at this point. It frightened me slightly to think why.
"I'm- okay, good. How are you?" I lied, I wasn't good, and I wasn't even okay. But I still knew I would be eventually.

Kelley paused on the other end, leaving a silent moment over the phone. I took my time to breath deeply to try and calm my nerves.

"Morgan, I know this whole thing is so fucked up and I'm sorry I brought you into this mess to begin with." Kelley spoke up sudden and in a rush with her words. I didn't like where this was going, not at all. I was beyond relieved she couldn't see my heartbroken face right now.

"Hope remembers again, and I can't deny the fact that I have feelings for her. But then she told me she wanted me back, and you'd think it was like a dream come true." She paused again, sounding more sad as she spoke each word.
"But it wasn't." She breathed out the words, barley hearable thought the speaks of the phone. I was beyond confused at this point.

Hope wanted her back. All hope must be out then, I suppose. If this seemingly known force between them has anything to say.

"It wasn't a dream come true because I knew I was hurting you and I didn't want to do that. A part of me never wants to see you hurt, and I like you Morgan. I'm honestly just so confused about the whole situation, but I mean I've really only known you for a couple of weeks and I'm already questioning everything I've thought the last year. It's crazy. You make me crazy." Kelley seemed to have lost all control of her words at this point, as they all just fell out of her mouth. I was in shock, unable to breath in fear of me waking up and this being over.

I had no words. I didn't know what to say to that. Kelley was questioning something between her and Hope, the one everyone swore she was hopelessly devoted to no matter what. She was doubting the force, because of me.

"Say something." She suddenly spoke up again, and I tried to shake my head into the right mindset for this. I tried finding words.

"I like you." Something fell out and I wasn't sure if it was the right thing to say.
"But I don't know if that's enough. It's enough for me to explore things further, but Hope and I, we're like night and day, Kelley. You need to figure out what you want, who you want to be with. No one can tell you that but yourself." Simple words of wisdom came from me next, and I was even surprised at my own words. I believed every word I said and it seemed as if she did too. I want to be with her, I'm not gonna pretend I don't, hit honestly just knowing she even just considered me over Hope, even just for a second, it made the whole things asked for me. She cared. No matter what happens, I know trust she cared. I wasn't just something she played with, even though it may have started out that way.

"You're too good to me." She let out a few more words, admiration almost in her voice. For reason I suddenly felt mature, and like we were all adults in the situation. We're communicating and talking, that's far better than most grown ups ever do.

"I'll talk to you soon, okay? Maybe we can meet up later?" Kelley now sounded more calm, and I couldn't help but smile at what she suggested. Even if it was just to say goodbye.

"Sure. Just let me know." I said simple, giving her the control she needed.

"And Moe? Thank you." She ended.