A Different Time and Place - A Collection of WoSo one shots.

Not Part of the Plan (Morgan/O'Hara/Heath)

Alex Morgan never considered herself to be overly superstitious, she just had a routine and plan that she needed to complete in the same precise manner every day. She got up every morning at the same time, when for a run, showered, got dressed in clothes she laid out the night previous, ate and was out the door and off to work at exactly the same time every day. All of that changed one afternoon when she was called into her boss' office and informed that they no longer required her services. She was told she had two weeks of employment left and then she would be done.

She headed home that day and went about her same routine as always. The two weeks soon passed and on Friday, she found herself being escorted out of the building by the security guard.

Monday morning, Alex's alarm went off like always and she got up, went for her run, showered, got dressed, ate and after looking at the clock started to collect what she needed for work, only to realize that she was no longer employed. Never one to sit idly by, Alex didn't know what to do with herself. She called her best friend, Kelley who she assumed would be up by now and getting ready for training with her professional soccer team.

RING, RING

Alex hears a voice answer the phone that she knows isn't Kelley's, she assumes it her friend's latest conquest.

"Can I speak with Kelley, please?"

"She's in the shower, can I take a message?"

"Can you please tell her that Alex Morgan called and ask her to return my call."

"Morgan got it."

"Not, Morgan. Alex Morgan."

"Oh, sorry, I'll give her the message, bye."

The woman hangs up on her. Alex thinks about how very different her and her friends' standards are with regards to relationships and bed partners. Not that Alex is really one to talk, as she hasn't even been out on a date in over 6 months. But she is pretty sure whoever she just spoke with wasn't exactly a date for her friend either.

While she is waiting to see if Kelley will, in fact, return her call, Alex keeps herself busy by cleaning and dusting her already immaculate apartment. Eventually, her phone begins ringing the ringtone specifically set aside for her friend and she answers it.

"Hello."

"Hey, what's up?"

"Took you long enough to call me back KO."

"Yeah, sorry about that, Jill? Janice? Jamie? Whatever her name was didn't want to leave, and she told me to call Morgan, so I called Morgan first and she had no clue why I was calling her. Put two and two together and figured it was you that called."

"Wow, I didn't know you could add Kel, does your brain hurt from all that thinking?"

"Funny, so what's new with you? Shouldn't you be in your fancy office, making bank right now?"

"I lost my job Kel, they deemed my position to be surplus and eliminated it."

"Shit, that sucks Al, what are you going to do now?"

"I've sent out some applications and resumes but haven't heard back from anyone yet. It's really screwing up my 20-year plan, I don't know what to do with myself."

"You've been saying for years that you wanted to do a bit of travelling, why don't plan a trip?"

"I don't have anyone to go with and I don't want to go alone."

"Okay, next plan, why don't you come to New Jersey and visit me, you could break the drive up into a couple of days and take in some sights on the way."