Soccer Twins

Ch.7

Cora's POV
    Today we have very light training. Just some light exercises and drills to get us loose and ready. This morning I took some time with Dawn and the training staff. I decided to tell them about my foot because I noticed a bump starting to form. Turns out it's just a ganglion cyst so nothing major. They put a steroid shot in it and said it would be gone in 2 days.
      With all my foot issues im finally able to focus on the up coming game. Everyone is getting into game mode. Most everyone is recovering today and getting massages, ice baths, and the big legs. Alie and I can't use the big legs just yet because we are too small and it wouldn't be able to do quite what it's supposed to.
      I go into Alie and Lindsey's room because before game days, me and Alie ALWAYS sleep together. When I go in Rose and Sonnett are in there as well. We all hang out for a while and have a ton of laughs and Rose and Sonnett even showed us a dance they've put together. I don't think I've ever laughed so hard.
       Eventually it gets late and the duo leave and we all get into bed. Alie rests her head on my shoulder while I rest mine on her head. Alie and I have obviously always been very close but I feel like we haven't been hanging out lately because of all these new friends we have so it was nice to have a moment like this with her.
      In the morning I go back to my room to change for the team breakfast.
When I walk in I see Hope and she says, "Where were you last night?" "I slept with Alie." I reply. She nods, breathes in and finally says, "Do you not like me? Because it always seems like you are trying to avoid me." "Well if I'm being 100% honest, I'm just a little intimidated. I've always watched you and the girls on the television, I'm still getting used to being with y'all in real life."
    She smiles and nods understandably. We then head down to breakfast and I sit with Alie, Alex, Kelley, and Allie. I eat some eggs and toast with some fruit as well. Afterwards we all get ready to head to the stadium. We are going to play Canada which should be a very physical game
*Skip to game time*
     The starting 11 are Hope in goal, Kelley Becky Abby and Crystal are our defenders, Sam Rose and Julie are our Mids, and Tobin Alex and Megan are our forwards.
       The game begins and as I expected, the game was very physical. Lots of fouls were given. It was a very tight game and by halftime it was still 0-0.
        Jill told us who the subs were. She was gonna sub me and Alie in, in the 60th minute. Everyone was very supportive and happy for us. Time went by quickly and it was time for us to go in. First they held up the board with Alie's number, 28, in green, and Kelley's number, 5, in red. Kelley ran over and hugged Alie as she ran out and preceded to hug me and tell me how good I was gonna do.
   Then, finally, the moment came. I saw my number, 27, in green and Tobins number, 17, in red. I hugged Tobin as she was coming out and was finally running onto the field. It felt so surreal. I got a couple of touches but nothing big happened.
      In about the 75th minute Canada got a corner kick and I positioned myself by the near post. All I could think was ' Don't let the ball go in the goal.' They took it long and I jumped up and so did one of the Canadian players. As we both went for the ball with our heads we made contact and both went to the ground immediately.
     I laid on my stomach in pain. The ref stopped the play. I saw people rush over and I felt someone put their hand on my head. I knew immediately it was hope because she's the only one with a glove. The trainers came over and got me on my feet. And did some tests.
Alie's POV
    As I saw my sister crumble to the ground my heart broke. I immediately ran over to her along with other teammates. The trainers came over and Alex pulled the rest of us in a huddle to talk.
      I looked over to see Cora standing and looking like she was gonna play again. I ran over to her because I'll know for sure if she's alright or not. I guess you could call it twin instinct. I grabbed her shoulders and took a good look at her. She was okay. In that moment I could finally breathe again.
      The game went on and we ended up winning 1-0 with a goal by Alex, assisted by Pinoe. When the final whistle was blown all the girls on the bench came onto the field. Kelley went straight to me and hugged me. I put my arms around her waist and listened to her tell me how good I played.
       I was pretty content but soon let go and hugged all the other girls. In the locker room Jill congratulated us for our first cap. They gave us the game ball signed by all the girls and it was truly the best moment of my life. Cora and I went through another round of hugs and then we headed back to the hotel. I immediately went to bed because of how tired I was but I definitely went to bed smiling and I'm sure Cora did too.
(A/N I hope you guys like this story. It has definitely come a long way. I'm trying to keep up with updating it but I get caught up sometimes. I'll try to continue to update.)