Wilder Dreams

Chapter 18

Christen and I do a catch up on our lives after my talk with her about Tobin. She seems just as chill and sweet, from 8 years ago.
"So uh, why do you have a beard and a Madonna freckle, and number 25 on your forehead?" She asks me with curiosity as she holds her laugh in.
"I wanted to take you serious from our talk, and trust me I did but I've been holding off until we got in a good spot in our conversation" she tells me.

"Kling and Pinoe drew on my face while I was asleep" I tell her as I pull out my phone to see my face.

"Sounds like them, it's their way of saying welcome to the team. They will pull pranks a lot" she tells me. She gets up and walks to the bathroom. Coming back with a wash cloth. I pull the desk chair close to her as she wipes my face with face cloth. I was about to grab it from her so I can do it, while she holds my phone up to my face. Until the door opens, and I see Tobin.
She looks at me with such anger. I was confused. Then I look at Christen. Crap. She thinks that we must have did something. I was pretty close to Christen. I pull back. I get up from my chair slowly.
"Uh I'm go, it was nice talking to you Christen" I walk towards the door. Tobin was beside it "Tobin" I lightly say, as I walk away. I close the door behind me. It's only 9:30pm. I walk to my hotel room, take my key card out. I walk in, Alex is on my bed.

"Hey cutie, what you doing here" I tell her. Taking my phone out of my pocket and my key card. I take my shoes off and jump on the bed.

"Tobin texted me, and told me she caught you having a moment with Christen" Alex tells me with a blank expression.

"I'm sure Christen is explaining to her right now what really happened. Alex she was helping me take off the drawings off my face. Tobin walked in at the wrong time." I explain to Alex honestly. She looks at me with a smile. She believes me.

"Thank God, anyway why were you there baby?" She asks me.

"I was there to give her a talk, I wanted to know what her intentions were with Tobin" I tell her truthfully. She scoots closer to me

"I think it's sweet that you went over there to talk to her, you really care about Tobin" she tells me and I give a small nod.

"We have so much to do tomorrow, I'm so not ready" she says laying her head on the pillow. I'm not ready either, although I'm very good at drills and practices. I thrive to be better then I was a week ago, or a year ago. I need to be better, for the team. I was told Kelly is the best one on the beep test, not for long. I love competition.

"I honestly can't wait, not for the drills but to even play with this team" I tell her smiling. I've been wanting this for so long, and I'm finally here.

"I always remembered you being on Jill's list, but once camp would come along. Everyone was here except the new player. We would ask Jill why, and she said that unfortunately you got hurt. I couldn't imagine what you had to go through, but you're here now. I think you should be proud of yourself. Not many of us know what the hell we would do if that happened to us" Alex tells me looking into my eyes. I know she means everything she says. I felt like a failure, like I wasn't enough. The thing about failure, is that it's okay to fail. It's about how you respond to it. Will you learn from it? Or let it determine who you are?

"This is my one chance to prove why I'm meant to be here. I've had chances that were revoked. I'm not taking this for granted, I'm going to make the best of this" I tell her with confident. She moves a strand of my hair and grabs my cheek.

"And you will, I have faith in you. I remember all those times we would play against your team. You've always been a beast on the field." She compliments me.

"You too Alex Alex Morgan, you are an amazing player. Your practically the face of Women's soccer here in the US." I tell her kissing her forehead, as I get up to change. I look through my suitcase to find some shorts and a muscle tee. I take off my shirt, and I hear a throat being cleared. I look at Alex. She's staring at my body. I'm not insecure, I've learned to love my body.
"Like what you see?" I tell her smirking at her. She takes her eyes off my body and looks at me blushing.

(That's how toned^^)

"You have a built body, you might have the most build body in our team" she says getting off the bed and walking over to me. She puts her hand on my stomach. She gives me a kiss. Let's say things were getting heated. We were interrupted. By something falling. We look over our shoulders to see Kelly holding 2 bags of chips and one that fell on the floor. She looks at us surprised.
"Uh I'll just be next door" she says backing out the room.

"No it's okay, we just got a little to carried away with a kiss. I was changing" I explain to her. She stops and comes back in. She looks at my body too. She's nudged by Alex and Alex gives her a glare.

"What? Dude how can I not look?" She's freakin' toned" Kelly explains herself. She walks up to me, I look down at her. She looks at my abs and then lifts her shirt up trying to compare.

"We'll see who's stronger tomorrow" she tells me. She's definitely challenging me.

Alex laughs and walks up to me and hugs me. I love her comfort. She's so warm. This feels right. I really want to take her out. I want to make her laugh, feel good. I want to make her happy. We hug for a while. Still shirtless but that's okay.

"I'm go to bed, I need be very awake for it. You need to sleep also, I know you were up late last night" she tells me. We let go.

"How would you know?" I ask her with a raise eyebrow.
"Kling told me, she said you guys were texting all night." Alex says.

"What a snitch" I say, I laugh it out though.

"You need to sleep love, have a goodnight and have sweet dreams beautiful" she tells me. I feel myself blush. She goes on her tippy toes and kisses my cheek. I grab her face and give her a kiss on the forehead (they are so underrated). She gives me a small smile. She walks out the door, and I follow her out. She waves goodbye and heads down to her room. I watch until she's finally in. I walk to my bed. I guess I'll sleep shirtless tonight. I change into some shorts. I go under the covers and sleep takes over.