Wilder Dreams

Chapter 6

I wake up and I hear talking from the kitchen. I reach the table by the couch to grab my phone. I have a few messages from my siblings, which I rarely reply too. I don't talk about them much because we've never been close.
My little sister Mykayla is 16 years old, she's a sophomore in high school. Plays goalie for her high school and club team. I was 11 when she was born and right after she was born. 2 years after, our little brother was born. Scott, he's 14 , and he really enjoys playing baseball more then anything. My parents always athletic so I guess we are too. They still are.

I haven't talked to them in so long. They get busy and so do I. We have our moments though. The person I've always been close to was my dad. Whenever I would practice at home, he would always stay up with me all night practicing. He played soccer for his college. He also played a forward. He is my #1 fan, he usually calls me to congratulate me after a game. Lately he hasn't been. It upsets me but maybe he has a good reason for it.

I text my sister back and my brother, who were just checking up on me. I remind them to have good grades and keep practicing, and that I can't wait to see them soon. I sit on the edge of the bed, taking everything in. My phone starts vibrating in my hand. I
look at the caller ID, it's Carli.

"Hey what's up?"
"Wanted to know how you were, liking Portland?"
"I like it so far, made a few friends here"
"I'm guessing there my National teammates?" I can her chuckle a little
"Yeah they're pretty great!"
"I'm happy to hear that, I can't wait to play against you!" I can picture her smiling as she says that
"We'll beat you Carlos" I tell her as I laugh. I hear shuffling from behind me

"Did you just call Carli, Carlos?!" Meghan yells from behind me, I looked back at her and she looked pretty shocked.
"Was that Kling?" I hear from the other line
I laugh, " yes that was kling"
"Dude Carli nearly ripped my head off when I called her Carlos, but she lets you? That's not fair!, Tobin tell her it's not fair!" She yells towards Tobin. Tobin laughs and shakes her head and walks back into the kitchen. Followed by Meghan.

"When are you getting your apartment?" Carli asks me
"Today hopefully, the furniture movers are only a few hours away. They'll be here pretty soon. Which reminds me, I have to head out and find the main office" I tell her

"I'll let you get to that, keep me updated!" She yells from the other line before she hangs up. I head to the kitchen and see that they had the food ready. I grab a dish and serve myself. I sit next to Meghan. I notice Meghan is already almost done with her food, "Do you want some more? I'll serve you" I tell her. She looks up at me and smiles "Yeah sure, thanks!" As she hands me her plate. I go back to the stove and serve a good amount.

I walk back and place it in front of her. She smiles at me. "Are you guys doing anything today?" I ask them both.
"Um other then practice, no why?" Tobin asks me.
" I was asking cause I wanted to ask you one of you if you let me use your car, I have to get to my apartment" I ask not to anyone specifically.
They both almost jump out their seats and they each grab their keys and at the same time hand it to me "Of course!" They say at the same time. Great I thought to myself.

I grab Meghan's car keys, and Tobin frowns a little and walks to the counter to put her keys up. "Thank you Meghan" I look over to her
"Hey you can call me Kling for now on!" She tells me. After we all finish, I grab my phone and wallet and head outside. I walk to her car, and pulled out my phone.
I Google the address I was sent, for my apartment. I head to the main office. I was given my keys and I give them first months rent. I never like to be behind. The furniture movers text me and let me know they'll be here in 1 hour. In the mean time, I check out my apartment. It's not small nor big either. Like the perfect size for one person. I thought about getting a couch bed, in case a friend wanted to crash here for a game or something.

So I google nearby furniture stores. I head to the closest one. I get off and make my way in. "Hi welcome to American Freight Furniture, anything particular your looking for?", I walk over to them " Hi yes, I'm looking for a sofa bed" I tell the sales man, I look at his name tag, Todd. " We got some in yesterday, your just in time. Follow me I'll show you" I follow Todd to the back of the store, I see a grey sofa bed and a black one, followed by L shaped couches. "We have these two right now, we have more arriving if you don't like what we have right now" he tells me.

"No its fine, I'll take the grey one please" I tell him as I feel the couch a little to see if its comfy. My curtains are grey and so is my other small couch, I think it'll fit the color scheme perfectly. I take care of all the warranty and I pay for it. I ask if I can come tomorrow and pick it up. He says its fine and I'll just have to check in first desk. I leave the store and drive back to my new place. I see the furniture movers arrived, just as I was pulling up. Great timing.

They help put my furniture inside and place them where I want them. I pay them and offer to buy them water. They politely decline. They pack up their equipment and leave. I unpack my dishes and silverware. I unpack my box full of clothes. I'm too tired to unpack everything all in one day. I head to my room and lay on my mattress, Feels so good to lay on my own bed.

I get up knowing practice is in 1 hour. I put covers on my bed. I grab the car keys and head back to Meghans apartment. I see Tobin's car is still here, so I know they are too. I knock on the door even though I have keys to the door. I just don't feel like I'm there yet, you feel me?

Tobin opens the door and let's me in. I walk over to the couch and sit down. "Finally got your apartment?" Tobin asks me, walking over to the couch and sits by me with he phone in her hand.

"It's pretty nice, I have a lot of room" I tell her, she seems occupied by her phone.

"Yeah that's good" she tells me, sounding almost uninterested in our conversation. So I decided to drop it. I got a text from the team, they pushed practice up. I have an hour and 30 mins to just rest. My body is still on jet lag. I ended up falling asleep.

I feel someone tap my shoulder twice, I wake up and see Meghan. "Hey I hope your ready, practice starts in 20, come on" she gently shakes me.

I close my eyes for a second, and then decide I have to get up. I grab my Gym bag. I follow Meghan out the door and I see Tobin is already in the car. I sit in the backseat. Meghan plays music on the way to the stadium.
When we get there, we head inside. I enter the locker room, seeing as mostly everyone is already here. I greet players as I walk to my new locker. I put on my kit, and tie my cleats and adjust my shin guards.

"Hey Sage, Meghan tells me you finally got your apartment. We should have a get together at your place." Allie comes up to me.
"Yeah sure, tomorrow night? I'm still kind of unpacking" I tell her.
"Yeah dude no rush!" She tells me as she puts her hair in a ponytail. We all get ready and head out. We practice, and we're also separated into our positions. Each group doing specific drills and runs. We even do 2vs2 scrimmage.
Followed by 11vs11 scrimmage. Coach calls it in. We talk tactics and things we have to work on. We have a game in 2 days against Orlando Pride. After coach is done, we headto the locker room and change out of our kits. I grab my gear, putting in my gym bag.

I walk out towards meghans car. I lean against it, and take my phone out and I clink into my instragram. I look at what people are up too. I hear someone clear there throat. I look up to my right

"Your leaning against my door" Tobin says with a straight face, not even looking at me. I wonder what her problem is. I push myself off and let her get in. Meghan gives me a warm smile as she walks over to her side. She opens the trunk, and we put out stuff in. I hop inside. "Can you stop by your house on our way to my apartment?" I ask Meghan. She nods her head " We can, I can't wait to see how your apartment looks!" She says excitedly.

Who should Sage get closer to in the team?
Tobin and Sage, or Sage and kling?

I'm open to suggestions. I may or may not listen, who knows.

Sobin?
Tage?

Sling?
Kage?