Wilder Dreams

Chapter 4

I fell asleep on the plane ride to Portland. I woke up just in time to see the sign to put our belts on flashed on. The said we would be landing shortly. After our plane lands, people start to get up and grab there extra luggage from the compartments. I leave just before it started getting chaotic in there.

I take my phone out and turn off Airplane Mode , and I instantly get notifications and messages. A few from my siblings, and one from Carli. I open Carli's first, it read "Don't call a cab!". I was confused, how else am I suppose to leave this airport?

I text her back "Why?" There's a time change so I'm sure I won't get a text back immediately.  I put my phone in my pocket and head down to luggage claim.

I bump into someone causing them to drop their phone. I apologize instantly and bend down to grab there phone and as I lift my head up, we have a head collision. "Crap I'm so sorry" I tell them finally looking up to see them. They chuckle and say "You must be Sage Wilder!" Holy crap.. Its Tobin Heath.

"Uh yeah, by the way I'm sorry about your head and oh God is your phone cracked?!" And she chuckles and brushes it off. "Carli texted me and asked if I could pick you up and have you crash with me until you got your apartment" she tells me showing me her famous Tobin smile.

"She's always looking out for me, thank you Tobin" I say holding out my hand to shake hers. Shes shakes back and grabs my luggage "I'll take this for you" she says. "Oh no it's okay, it's not much, I can take it" I tell her grabbing the luggage. "Hmm nah" she chuckles and grabs it from me anyway. I guess I might not hate Portland after all.

We head to her car as we make small talk. She opens her trunk and puts my luggage in. I get inside her car and she follows after  "I actually couch surf, so we'll be staying at my friends house if that's okay with you" she tells me as she puts her belt on. "I mean if it's fine with them?" I tell her back kind of questioning. She backs out the car and tells me "she's fine with it, she's part of the team also by the way", I nod back to her response.

I never fall asleep with a stranger in the car, it's always been like that but the ride to her friends house. I slept and I wasn't uncomfortable. Tobin seems pretty chill and calm. We get to her friends house and she helps me inside.
She offers me the couch, and she'll sleep on the floor. I decline her answer. " Just sleep on the bed with me" I tell her. The couch turns into a bed, that's a plus. I'll need to get one for my apartment just in case. She smiles back " Are you sure? You just met me?", I look at her with a reassuring smile "Dude your my teammate, not a mass murder, yes I'm very sure!" I tell her laughing. She takes my offer and gets under the covers. We sleep on each others sides, and we fall asleep.

I wake up to the sound of pans crashing with one another. I slightly get up, and I notice Tobin has her arm around me. She really looks deep in sleep, I try to wiggle my way out of her grasp and lightly get off the bed not wanting to wake her up. She must be a hugger.

I walk to the kitchen and see Meghan Klingberg. She has her back to me. Not wanting to scare her I speak up, "hey" and she jumps a little and turns back " Holy crap you scared me!, you must be Sage!" She comes over and greets me with a hug. She has a huge smile on her face. Wow she seems energetic. "Yes indeed I am, do you need any help with breakfast or?" I question her. She looks at her pans and thinks for a while, "Nah I think I'm good, just go make yourself at home and I'll let you guys know when it's ready". I nod my head and walk over to the couch bed.

I look at Tobin, who is still sleeping. I go back towards the kitchen and ask Meghan "where's your bathroom?" And she points the hall "First door on your right", I thank her and reach the bathroom. I carried my bag with me. I take my brush out, and brush my teeth. I get my routine down and change into some decent clothes.

Just sweats and a white T shirt and my white Nike Air Max 95 sneakers. I walk out and see Tobin finally awake. "You don't look like a morning person" she hums and gives me a small smile. Knowing I'm correct, I let her be her, and I just fix the bed and turn it back into a couch as she walks to the bathroom. I walk over to Meghan and help her out with taking out the dishes and placing them on the table.

Once it's all done, I wait until Meghan serves herself and I go after. I grab a glass to pour water in. I make way to the table and Tobin comes into the kitchen. She grabs her dish and heads over to the pan. I sit next to Meghan "hey thank you for letting me crash her until I get my apartment" I tell her. She smiles

"Nah it's fine,  I get a chance to meet someone new. I think I spend to much of my time with cranky over here" she nods towards Tobin laughing. Tobin chuckles and sits down across from me. "When do you guys have practice?" I ask them both. "This afternoon actually, you'll finally meet the whole team! It'll be great trust me, you'll love them. We're all pretty chill"

Meghan said to me as shes already finishing her food. "Sweet! I can't wait, also hey this meal was pretty good!" I compliment Meghan. "Aw thanks finally someone who appreciates my cooking!" She laughs hinting at Tobin. Tobin looks behind her looking confused and points to herself "who? Me?" She chuckles and gets back to eating.

We laugh and share a couple jokes here and there. I offer to wash the dishes and Meghan tries to debate but I'm already grabbing the sponge. Once we've all cleaned up. I take some gear out of my suitcase. I grab the extra gym bag I packed. I put my stuff inside and just wait for the girls to get ready.

Once they are done, we leave and get in Meghan's car. I make sure to pay attention to every street, so when I drive on my own I don't get completely lost. Once we get to the stadium. We grab our stuff and head inside. I follow them, since they know their way out and in. Time to meet the Portland Thorns, my new team.