The Wait Is Over

Fun and Games, National Team Edition

Wednesday night at National Team camp is the one night of the week where the players let their hair down a little and indulge in some naughty embarrassment of one another. Horett, Jandi, Taylor and Jaelene, Presston, and the substitute McMewis partnership are gathered in Sam and Steph's room for a couples' version of Truth or Dare, while Christina, Rose, Savannah, Katelyn, Cari, Ashley, and Danny have joined Mal in her and Christen's room for a cutthroat version of Never Have I Ever. (A/N: I will fill in the blanks if you want to know the whos and whats of the answers)

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Steph: Since I am hosting, I will ask the first question. Emily, truth or dare?

Emily: Truth.

Steph: Outside of Lindsey, have you slept with any other player at camp?

Emily: Yes. Julie, truth or dare?

Julie: Truth.

Emily: When is the last time you and Zach had sex?

Julie: Beginning of March. Sam, truth or dare?

Sam: Dare.

Julie: I dare you to take your get-out-of-jail-free person into the closet and have your way with her.

Sam covers her face, remembering that Julie asked her that question during the Truth or Dare game in Orlando and knows who it is. She gets up and grabs Lindsey's hand, dragging her to the closet and shutting the door.

Sam: I don't feel comfortable doing this with Abby not here. How about we fake them out with some noise and screaming? Text Emily and let her know about it, so that she doesn't get concerned when things start happening.

Lindsey: OK. It'd be weird having you womanhandle me in here with my soon-to-be-wife sitting out there.

Lindsey texts Emily their plan and then the two of them start banging on the walls, with Lindsey moaning and breathing heavily before shouting Sam's name as she fakes an orgasm. The pair muss each other's hair up a bit before exiting the closet to a round of applause from those gathered.

Sam: Christen, truth or dare?

Christen: Truth.

Sam: I know that Julie has been juggling you and Zach, but have you been with anyone outside of her since you've gotten together?

Christen thinks about that, then remembers one night in camp a couple of years ago when she and another player had a one-night exploration and teaching session.

Christen: Yes.

A few other questions are asked and dares done before Taylor decides to call on Andi.

Taylor: Andi, truth or dare?

Andi: Dare.

Taylor: I dare you to do a lap dance on Jane.

Andi thinks this is a rather tame one and easily sways her bottom across her girlfriend's crotch while nuzzling into her neck.

Andi: Steph, truth or dare?

Steph: Truth.

Andi: Have you ever been so drunk that you ended up in someone else's bed?

Steph remembers back to a night over the past off-season where she and Sam went out and got blitzed. When they got home, Sam ended up sleeping on the couch and Steph got disoriented, ending up in Sam and Abby's room instead of hers and Kristie's.

Steph: Yes. Last question. Lindsey, truth or dare?

Lindsey: Truth.

Steph: Name one national teamer, past or present, that you'd want to sleep with aside from Emily.

Lindsey: This might sound cliche, but I think a night with Lauren would be a delight.

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Rose: The rules for Cutthroat Never Have I Ever are the same as normal, but the purpose is to be the last player standing by eliminating the rest of the players. How do you get eliminated? By being the only person to have done the act that is called out. Once we get down to three players, the acts will come from the eliminated players.

Rose passes out mini-American flags to the other players, which are to be used to signal if one has done the action described.

Rose: Never Have I Ever been traded.

Christina, Katelyn, and Cari raise their flags.

Katelyn: Never Have I Ever played a national team match in my home town.

Rose and Mal raise their flags.

Mal: Never have I ever slept with a teammate.

Christina and Danny are caught on that one and signal as such.

Danny: Never Have I Ever participated in a three-way.

Christina and Ashley are guilty of this and let the others know that.

Christina: Never Have I Ever had braces.

Ashley is the only one for whom this is true, and she is eliminated.

Savannah: Never Have I Ever lived in New York.

Cari gets tripped up by this one and is knocked out as the only native New Yorker in the group.

Rose: Never Have I Ever played overseas.

Danny and Savannah raise their flags.

After a few more questions and responses, we are down to three remaining: Rose, Katelyn, and Christina. At this point, the five eliminated players come up with the actions.

Ashley: Never Have I Ever watched lesbian porn.

No one answers for that, thus no elimination.

Danny: Never Have I Ever won an Olympic medal.

Rose picked up gold at the 2020 games and is eliminated as the other two players are reasonably new to the national team set-up.

Mal: Never Have I Ever played in the College Cup.

Both Katelyn and Christina raise their standards, forcing another round.

Savannah: Never Have I Ever been to National Team camp before this one.

Savannah thought she was going to trip up Katelyn on this one, but it is Christina that is the only one of the two who has been to camp before, winning a couple of call-ups after her 2017 Rookie of the Year campaign. With that, the game ends with Katelyn as the last player standing.