The Morgan Crew

Chapter 2

I can not believe the thorns lost to the devil team tonight i literally want to die

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"Im gonna talk to them first and you can go shoot or something but just be good and be relatively quiet okay? And i'm sure they'll let you jump in for some drills." She told her. Finley nodded and let her Mom lead her to where the club team had gathered for a water break, panting slightly.

"Wow, they look tired all ready an' you haven't even practiced them at all." Finn whispered loudly into her Mothers ear. Alex laughed, catching the attention of the girls who turned, eyes wide as the superstar approached them.

"Hey guys." Alex waved and smiled slightly at their shocked faces. "Tired already?" Alex introduced herself to the girls "So I'm Alex, thats my daughter Finn by the way." She then got started with them, talking about teamwork and how it was necessary to be successful in anything.

Finley had already darted off and picked up a ball at the other end of the field and was firing balls at the net. Alex talked to the girls for about fifteen minutes before starting her own practice with them. She had them start with some simple one touch passing and then went on to shooting technique, her specialty.

"Hey Finn, come be my helper." She called over to her daughter who she could see was desperate to join in, but was waiting patiently on the sideline. She sprinted over to her Mom. "I need you to just serve the ball to me okay." Finley nodded and took a step back from the ball. She severed it up and her Mom volleyed it into the back of the net. She had Finn serve all of the girls balls and told what they were doing right and wrong. She included Finn in a few more drills but the 6 year old was pretty tired after thirty minutes of serving ball after ball. She sat on the side for half of the 30 minutes left of practice. "Alright were gonna scrimmage. Go full out and don't be afraid to slide tackle my six year old."

Finn was put up top with one of the 13 year olds and she held her own against the much older girls. By the time the clubs practice was over the 6 year old was sweaty and completely exhausted. Finley passed out during the car ride home and had to be woken up be Alex to get inside. She woke up to go inside but fell asleep on the couch as soon as she laid down on it.

"Finn wake up baby, its time for dinner." The groggy 6 year old trudged to the table. A plate of spaghetti was slid in front of her and she picked up her fork like it was the heaviest thing in the world. "So Mom told me you got two first place ribbons?" Servando asked his daughter. Finley yawned and nodded. "Was it fun?" Another nod. "You gonna talk at all or just nod?"

"Nod." Servando chuckled and turned to his wife.

"You tire her out today at that clubs practice?" Alex laughed and nodded.

"Yeah, she did a good job. Those girls really liked you Finn." The girl gave her a tired smile. "Hey after dinner I want you to go and pick out some outfits for Rio okay. I want to be packed by tomorrow because the teams leaving the airport really, really early on Tuesday alright." Another nod.

When Alex made her way to her daughters bedroom she found a showered Finley, dead asleep, with a stack of clothes on the floor next to her bed. Alex shuffled through them and chuckled. Her daughter had carefully stacked all of her jerseys (She had gotten one from each of the girls) in numerical order with another number of us soccer shirts on top. She put them by Finns suitcase and pulled the covers over her. "Night Finn, I love you." She whispered, placing a kiss on her daughters forehead.

"Nigh' Mommy." Finn mumbled, half asleep.

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"Mom can we get ice cream?" Finley begged as they passed their local ice cream shop. The family of three were on a walk the evening before the girls flew to France the next morning, one week before the world cup began. "Please Mom? All your gonna be eating for the next month is leaves anyway!" Alex and Servando laughed as their daughter pleaded her case.

"Sure Finn, but not to much." Alex warned. Finn practically danced over to the shops window, her parents and Blue following behind. Alex managed to control the damage slightly, Finley walking away with a medium chocolate cone instead of the large one she begged for.

The family walked along the path of their neighborhood park, heading back home when the sun started to go down.

Finley changed into her pajamas and was in bed when Alex walked into her room.

"Hey what're you wearing tomorrow?" She asked her. Finn pointed the the small pile of clothes. Alex found a childs pair of nike sweatpants, a USA warmup jacket and a... Tobin Heath players shirt. "Finn, your gonna wear Tobins shirt instead of mine?" Alex pouted.

"Yeah but I wear your stuff all the time Mommy. Plus Aunt Toby's my favorite." Finn informed her.

"I thought Aunt Ash was your favorite."

"I gotta lot of favorites. I promise ill wear your shirt the next day." Finn told her. Alex smiled and sat down on her bed to tuck her in.

"Night Finn, love you."

"Love you more!"

"Hm... I don't think so." Alex flicked the light off and shut the door.

Alex was almost asleep when her and Servandos bedroom door creaked open and a small figure climbed under the cover next to Alex.

"Mommy?" Finn whispered.

"Yeah Finn." Alex whispered back.

'Can we sit next to Aunt Toby on the plane?" Alex sighed but couldn't help but laugh.

"Im sure we can sit next to Tobin tomorrow. Go to sleep babe."

"Okay. Nigh' mommy." Finn snuggled into Alex side. Alex was sure she was asleep and was almost asleep herself when her little voice sounded again.

"Hey Mommy."

"Hmh."

"I hope you win."

"Me too Finn, go to sleep."

"Okay. I love you."

"Love you too."

The house was silent after that.