Ghost of You

Laps

"Emily close her down!" I try to close Tobin who's running at me but ultimately she gets past me and scores. "Snap out of it Sonnett!" Our coach shouts at me.

I sigh and try to reset waiting for the next ball. People have been getting past me all day. I've been a slump for a bit but what do you expect when you lose your passion for the game.

Or your reason to play.

Thank god it's only preseason. I've been off my game and everyone has noticed. And while the team are worried the coaches are more pissed.

"Okay that's it for today. Sonnett I want 2 more laps off you before you go!" Our coach shouts before retreating to his office.

I can see the team glance at me with pity but I ignore them and just set off on my laps. I remember it used to be a lot easier to do these laps back when she was here to keep me company.

(Flashback)
"Ball!" Tori shouts as Lindsey looks around for a pass. Lindsey looks up and plays a through ball to Tori. She runs onto the ball and megs Ellie before sinking it into the back of the net.

"Goalassoooo" Tori chants before doing her goal celebration. She does a back flip and then does the mbappe pose before Lindsey jumps on her back.

I chuckle at my girlfriend's antics not exactly sure which one of us is more childish at this point. Our eyes meet and she winks at me before jogging back to her position.

Practice continues just like that, Tori absolutely killing the other team and our team winning. It was after training and Caitlin was whining how the teams were unfair.

"How was that fair? You had 4 Us international players on your team. Two of who have the nicknames the nutmeg queen and the ghost" Caitlin groans pointing at us four.

It was true most of the match we had Tobin dancing around the other team nutmegging them as she went living up to her title of nutmeg queen. While we had Tori who had this incredible ability to dribble past players like they weren't even there which had earned her the title of Ghost off our fans.

I shrug, "Not our fault we're that awesome". "Your just saying that because you got to stare at your girlfriends ass the whole scrimmage" Caitlin retorts while Ellie laughs and nods.

I narrow my eyes at the two before throwing my water at them causing them to squeal as it soaks their shirts. I cackle at the two before I hear Mark shout at me, "2 laps Sonnett!".

I groan and pout before picking myself up from the ground. I walk towards the edge of the field before I hear two screams and turn around. I see Tori which a wicked grin and a empty bucket and Caitlin and Ellie soaked to the bone.

"Young join Sonnett do laps" he shouts before he tells the rest of the team to tidy up and head home. I wait by the side of the pitch for Tori to catch up. When she's beside me we start jogging around the field.

"Why did you suddenly decide to treat our Aussie friends to a shower?" I ask while we continue our jog. "Well I couldn't just let you run by yourself could I?" She joked.

I looked at her, "Wait so you got in trouble just so you could run laps with me?" "Of course. I would do anything for you Em. It was just an added bonus I got to dump water on those two" she smirks.

We just came to the last stretch of our laps and before I could say anything, she takes off ahead of me, "Last one has to cook dinner!". I laugh as I sprint after her but she obviously wins. Even without the headstart she would have won anyway.

She throws her hands up in celebration as she stops at the halfway line. When I catch up to her I wrap my arms around her waist and start spinning her around. "Emily!" She squeals and holds onto my arms as if worried I would drop her.

I spin her around a few times before landing her back on her feet still having my arms wrapped around her waist. She twists around in my arms and slips her arms around my neck.

She just stay they for a bit swaying from side to side as I rest my forehead against hers, "Thanks for running laps with me". "Haven't you caught on by now that we're a package deal? Besides I have a sick set of abs I want to keep" she jokes.

We both chuckle while I kiss her forehead  due to her being slightly smaller than me. When your giggles finally cease I look into her cerulean eyes. The eyes I fall in love with more and more each day.

"I love you" I whisper staring feel into her eyes. Her smile widens to show off her perfect smile. It's no wonder why her and Alex are the poster girls for the team, not only is she extremely talented, she had the good looks to match.

"I love you too Em" she whispers back before leaning up on her tippy toes and pressing her lips against mine. I smile into the kiss and return it. Every time I kiss her it feels just like the first time.

When we pull away she just has a smile on her face as she takes my hand and entwine our fingers, pulling me in the direction of the locker room, "Cmon loser, you have to made me dinner tonight".

(Present)
I shake my head as I finish my laps. I silently grab my stuff and head to the locker room. I just change into my street clothes deciding to just shower when I get home.

I head out to my car to see Tobin and Lindsey waiting by it. I sigh and pull out my keys, "What you guys doing?" "Waiting for you" Lindsey smiles. "Why?" I sigh throwing my bag in the trunk. "We were wondering if you wanted to get dinner with us. We were thinking picking up take out and watching a movie or something" Tobin explains.

I sigh and roll my shoulders, "I don't think so. I just want to go home and shower right now". "Cmon it will be fun" Lindsey attempts. "Guys.." I start. "Look we haven't hung out in a while. Come one it will be fun" Tobin persuades.

I sigh and relent, "Okay fine". They two cheer and pump their fists in the air. "Just let me go home and shower first then I'll be over okay?" Tobin nods, "Okay we'll pick up the food and bring it home".

I headed home and showered and made myself look somewhat presentable. When I finally dragged myself to Tobin's apartment she was there to open the door, "Hey Em! Cmon we got pizza".

The rest of the night was fine. Just like old times. We are pizza joked around watched the men's game and made critiques about certain players. It was fine.

At one point at half time, we all got notifications on our phones. I clicked on it and opened it up. "It's just the roster for camp in a few weeks" Lindsey shrugs.

"Oh shit" i hear Tobin whisper but tries to cover it up. "What is it?" Lindsey asks. I freeze when I see what Tobin's talking about. Right there as I scroll down to the forwards.

Victoria Young

Hey guys!! So move insight into Emily and Tori's past. But how will they react seeing each other for the first time since the split? Hoped you enjoyed. Until next time, bye!