Under the Circumstances

First Goodbye

Alex's POV:

"Wake up guys! Your flights leave in 3 hours!" Dawn knocked repeated on our door before walking down the hall to wake up others.

I rolled over and checked the time, 7:12 am. Sighing, I leaned back on my pillow and looked at Tobin, who was still sound asleep in the other bed. She was snoring lightly and had the sheets pulled up all the way to under her chin.

Not wanting to wake her up, I got out of bed and walked into the bathroom. After a few minutes I heard the tv go on so I knew she must be awake.

"Are we gonna get breakfast first?" Tobin asked as I walked out of the bathroom with a toothbrush hanging out of my mouth.

"Are they even serving breakfast?"

"I don't know. We can check." Tobin replied before smiling at me and laughing slightly.

"What?"

"Nothing."

"Tell me."

"Nothing, you're just cute lookin'." Tobin said and then blushed. "Because, you know, you got toothpaste all over your mouth."

I smiled at her and turned around to spit out the toothpaste. "Get ready, we'll go get breakfast in 10 minutes."

~

"Seriously? If I miss my flight because of you two I'll be pissed." Carli, who was going to New Jersey like Tobin, snapped as we walked back up to the hotel.

"What? We got breakfast?" Tobin responded nonchalantly.

"Mhmm, well this car leaves in 10 minutes, lovebirds. Whether you're here or not." Carli hopped into the back of a black towncar.

"What is up with her?" I asked as we reached our room.

"I don't know, probably anxious to get home." Tobin said while sitting down on her bed. "Or maybe she's mad because Pia subbed her out for you."

"You think that's it?"

"No, I was just joking." Tobin laughed slightly, raising her hands in defense.

~

We got to the airport about an hour before our flights were departing.

"Well here I am." Tobin mentioned as we stopped infront of Gate B16.

"Flight 1193 to Trenton, New Jersey boarding now."

"Yeah, you should go." I said as a line formed infront of the gate.

"It was cool meeting you, Alex. Glad you're part of the National team now." Tobin smiled at me and we stood there for a moment.

"Um, yeah... thanks for dealing with me for the past week, see you soon." I awkwardly replied and internally palmed myself in the face. What the fuck, Alex? Seriously?

"What, no hug?" Tobin pouted as I started to walk away and I smiled.

I walked back and wrapped her in a tight hug. "I thought you weren't much of a hugger."

"I'm not." Tobin responded quietly and we broke off the hug after a few more moments. "See you soon, superstar."

"Bye, Tobs."

End of Chapter 10
Sorry for the short, shitty goodbye chapter, but I just needed to end this awkward first-encounter phase.
The next chapter will start as a jump-forward in time - past the 2011 World Cup to the 2012 Olympics, where all the good shit happens ;)