The Wait Is Over

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Season ticket holders and their guests are steadily entering the Abbey Room at the Boston Public Library for tonight's "Meet The Breakers" preseason event. Ryan Wood, the club's communications director, is taking pictures and video of the event for later publication on the team's website as well as their Instagram and YouTube pages.

Meagan and Patrick arrive and Patrick quickly notices Abby near the right side of the room with Sam. He and Meagan walk over to mingle with them.

Patrick: Abby, I never thought I'd say this, but you clean up REALLY WELL!

Abby: Thanks, Patrick. You're not looking that bad yourself.

Meagan (to Abby): So you're the insider who helped me get my tryout.

Abby: You're Meagan, then. Actually, I didn't talk to John or Yael about you since I'm not at the training facility that often due to therapy. It was my fiancee, Sam, who brought your name up with them.

Patrick: Is your fiance coming tonight?

Abby: She's already here. Sam, meet my trainer from the Cantu Center, Patrick.

Patrick: I didn't realize.....

Sam: No worries. If people don't know both of us, one can easily get confused. Nice to meet you, Patrick.

Meagan: I hope I'm not underdressed. It looks like some of you went all-out for this.

Abby: You're fine. The club doesn't require us to go to the nines, but some of us like reusing outfits from other occasions, like weddings or graduations, because they're doing little more than gathering dust in our closets.

Meagan: Makes sense.

Morgan and Megan walk over to join this group. Patrick tenses up slightly, thinking about what he might want to say to his "crush". Abby sees this and takes care of the introductions.

Abby: Patrick, this is Megan Oyster, the third part of our UCLA triangle on the Breakers. I can't believe we're back together after playing for different teams since the three of us joined the league in 2015. And I'm sure you know who the other person is.

Patrick: I sure do. I'd know her anywhere. Ten years of following her career, from New England to Notre Dame to USC to the Breakers. Morgan, my name is Patrick Sobrero and I have to say that I am a very big fan of yours.

Morgan extends her hand to Patrick, which he shakes. "Nice to meet you, Patrick. So you've been watching my games all that time?"

Patrick: Some of it was video, some by web-based play-by-play through CSTV, PrestoSports, or Stretch Internet.

Morgan: That's dedication, I'd say.

Patrick: I got into women's soccer as a result of my aunt and found out about you from some people at Our Game Magazine.

Morgan: So you're in the know, in other words.

Patrick: You can say that.

Meagan and Megan see that the other four are deep in conversation with each other, so they shuffle off to one of the bar kiosks in the room.

Bryan Nichols (bartender): What can I get you, ladies?

Megan: Cosmo.

Meagan: Just water with a slice of lemon.

Bryan makes the drinks and hands them to the two women.

Meagan (to Megan): How do you do it, having your two closest friends dating each other and now engaged to one another?