Wilder Dreams

Chapter 22

After dinner, I'm hanging in my room waiting for Tobin. I hear a small knock from my door. As I get closer I hear whistling. Yeah that's definitely Tobin. I open the door to let her in

"What movie should we watch" I ask her walking to the TV.

"We should see what's on TV first" she tells me jumping into my bed.

After a while we ended up watching Terminator on FX
Most of the time we weren't watching. We just kept talking about our past.
My phone starts to ring.
I look at who's calling.
My dad.

"Hey dad" I tell him. I haven't heard his voice in a month. I just realized they don't know where I am.

"Honey how are you?" He asks me
"I'm doing fine, how about you pops?" I ask him back. Tobin just chilling next to me.

"I'm doing good, how's Portland?" He asks me. I guess I'll just have to tell him
"I'm not in Portland, I'm in California-" I was telling him

"Wait so- why are you in California?" He asks me.
"I didn't tell you guys this because I just didn't want to get my hopes up, Dad I'm in California training with the Womens National Team" I tell him. As soon as I said that. He yells of excitement. I can hear someone in the background.

"Oh my gosh honey, that's amazing! I'm so proud of you" he tells me excitedly,

"Honey, Sage just told me some news!" He yells in the background, I'm assuming it's to my mom.

I can hear the background clearer, he must have put me on speaker.

"Hey baby, we're so proud of you!" My mom tells me.

"Thank you mama!" I tell her.

"Where's Mykayla and Scott?" I ask them. Normally I would hear ruckus in the background.

"They're sleeping, it's been a long day for both of them" she tells me. I'm still planning on surprising my sister.

"When's Mykayla State game?" I ask my parents.
"In 2 weeks, on Friday. She's so excited and nervous. Honey remember when you were the same way!" My dad reminds me. I was always anxious about states.
"Tell her I'll be rooting for her from here!" I tell them. After a while, Dad tells me about work. My mom tells me about new recipes she's tried out and I'll have to come by and try sometime. I miss them. We eventually say goodbye and hang up. I look over at Tobin and she's already looking at me.

"Your parents sound awesome" Tobin tells me smiling. I know she's very close to her parents. Actually she's close to her family in general.

"Yeah I guess they are, I'm glad they're invested in my siblings lives. They help them out, something I didn't get to do as an older sister." I tell her, I look back to when my sister was 5, and I remember that day she cried when I left for college. Her and I, I had my moments with her. She always wanted to spend time with me. She wanted everything I wanted. Thinking about this is going to make me emotional. I hate this.

"Are you okay?" Tobin asks me putting her hand on my shoulder.

"Yeah sorry, it just sucks. I was the person my sister looked up to and I didn't even give her the time of day.. I feel so horrible about it" I tell her tears running down my face. She rubs my back. I put my head on her shoulder.

"Just so you know, this tradition doesn't include crying" I tell her jokingly. She chuckles, and I wipe my tears. I inhale very big, and exhale out.

"I'm better, let's just finish this movie" I tell her lifting my head from my shoulder.

"I'm sorry I don't know what to say about it, I'm never really been able to show someone how I care" she tells me with a sad tone.

"It's okay, you were listening to me and you were here. That's enough for me to know you care" I tell her. She gives me a warm smile and a nod. When the movies over, we turn off the TV. We just lay next to each other, looking up at the ceiling. We start to talk about what UEFA teams are better. We get carried away with conversations. We end up falling asleep.

I wake up, and I notice someone's arms are around me. I forgot Tobin and I fell asleep last night. I grab my phone and I see I missed my morning run. I shake Tobin.

"Toby we gotta be ready soon" I tell her lightly shaking her. She moves to the other side and hugs a pillow. This is going to be a while. I get out of bed and I look for my suitcase. I change into simple clothes. I put my slides on. I walk over to Tobin. I shake her shoulder, nothing. I'll just have to get on her nerves. I climb on the bed and I start jumping on it.

"Tobin! Wake up!" I keep yelling and jumping. I feel someone grab my ankles. Next thing I know I'm face down on the bed.

"You're being annoying!" Grumpy Tobin tells me. She's starting to get up.

"Eh as long as it woke you up" I tell her getting up. I grab my phone and key card. I walk out the door. She'll be ready in 10, but I'm hungry. I also have to go work on those tests with Dawn. Fun!