Saved By Carli

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Sage's POV

Yesterday the team flew into North Carolina and it was uneventful thanks to Ash and Ali never leaving my side.

I'm glad they are in my life.

Today the girls have training so I'm bringing my laptop and headphones with me to work on things. On the bus I sit with Mal and she lays her head on me and we sit there in silence until the bus arrives at the training ground.

Once we get to the training ground the team starts their training while I work on college work for a little bit, but I was farther along on the assignment I was doing so I just sat around for awhile after finishing it and I am really bored so I decide to workout since I haven't in awhile.

"Hey Dawn?" I ask.

"Yes Sage."

"Am I allowed to run around the field during practice?"

"Yeah. Just watch out for stray passes and crosses."

And with that I just smile and go put on my headphones and listen to music and start my run. Weirdly I missed working out. In my old house we only had weights, a bench press apparatus, and a treadmill so my workouts only consisted of running on the treadmill, bench press, squats, and dips.

After running for the last 45 minutes of practice the team is ready to leave so I walk with Mom and talk to her about my date tomorrow.

"Hey Mom?" I ask.

"Yes Sage."

"Um if I have a panic attack tomorrow what do I do since you won't be there?"

Mom furrows her eyebrows and thinks for a minute before speaking.

"I will talk to Mal about what to do."

"Okay. I'll sit with Christen on the bus so you two can talk." I say and we part to go to our respective seats.

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Carli's POV

"Hey Mal sit with me on the bus I need to talk to you about something." I say walking up to Mal.

"O-Okay."

"Relax Mal its nothing bad." I say as we get on the bus and get to our seat.

"So what did you need to talk to me about?" Mal asks.

"Well since I won't be with you and Sage on your date tomorrow I need to tell you what to do if she has a panic attack and what they may look like."

"Oh okay."

"Okay so she will start breathing really fast, she may tear up, and she will abruptly grab your hand. If this happens just hug her and let her listen to you breathing or to your heartbeat. It helps her calm down and feel safe. And if that doesn't work call me and I will come help out."

"Okay." Mal looks toward Sage. "Hopefully she wont have one."

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Sage's POV

Once on the bus I sit down with Christen and talk to her.

"Hey Christen" I say with a smile.

She smiles back.

"Hi Sage."

Mom and Mal then walk by and I look at Mal and smile and she smiles back. Turning back around to Christen I catch her staring at Mom.

"So Christen how long have you had feelings for my Mom?"

Her eyes widen." Wh-What do you mean Sage?"