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David Abraham + Disneyland

David Abraham + Disneyland

There is a knock on the door, and his name is almost yelled. Difficult for an alarm clock, especially since it was part of his break before the start of the season... Adi has his ears blocked and his eyes still asleep as he gets up slowly and silently to go and open, finding his boxers on the ground and putting it on. He doesn't want to explain what has happened during the night. His reflection in the glasses of the person at the door makes him understand that he won't go back to bed, Adi doesn't even know what time it is but he internally blames the few rays of the sun that sting his eyes still narrowed by this sudden awakening. Damn Fredi.

''What's the problem?'' Adi gradually finds some of his clothes and puts them on to hide his half-pale half-tanned skin (ah Salzburg!), Fredi coming in his room with a scowl. Not good.

"The players are not in their rooms."

''All of them? Maybe at breakfast?''

''Already searched, didn't see them. They are no longer there. We need to find them Adi.''

"Maybe they just went for a walk to wake up?"

"Don't think so, I went to ask at the reception, they didn't see them go out, nor come back last night by the way."

"Oh lord... Give me time to prepare and we'll go get them."

"One minute Adi, is Niko in your bed?"

"Never said I was single my dear Fredi."

"Anyway, when was the last time you saw them?"

''After the meal, I went to my room with Niko, and then David came to see me with his beaten dog eyes asking me on behalf of the whole team if they could return to the park until it closed, to see the night parade, that sort of thing. I accepted because they are responsible, but now I have doubts. ''

"Misery of misery..."

"I made David promise to keep them all together, so they should all be united, I hope..."

Wake up Niko, he's going to look with us."

"Fredi..."

"I know, but we need everyone to find them, I would have sent Jan, but I think he was with the team."

Adi finds himself having to lug Niko with him in the streets of Disneyland in Florida because his players decided to disappear suddenly, and to say that they came here to reward them for their hard preseason work, it won't happen again now... Damn David.

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David hardly swallows the lump in his throat. They're lost, and it's his fault. It was their request to attend the park closure, now it's hell. Yet he managed the team well all day, but there he is unable to bring them back to the hotel, he is completely lost. The hours seem to be passing and no guard seems able to find them. Adi will kill them, and especially him.

David is happy that the nights in summer aren't horrible, it's not cold, and at least everyone is still with everyone. He must still be the worst captain of the club to have lost them in this way, and even more in this particular place. They will sleep under the stars in a green space, as long as there are no insects it won't be the worst place in the world. He really hopes so anyway. Martin comes to sleep next to him, David can't help hugging him, he appreciates him very much, and he's his teammate in defense, so he needs him. David is almost sure that Kevin should do the same with Jan, even if one of them will continue to deny that they like each other. Is he really judging them after losing them in a place where there was no chance they would get lost? David will make sure he sleeps, it will be better for him.

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Adi refrains himself from committing a murder, or several, by seeing them all asleep like morons on a lawn covered by a few trees. The security of the park needs reinforcement with regard to the Bundesliga. Fredi pinches his nose next to him as Niko smiles as if he has just told him the best of the good news. Although, it's good news to have found them: They will be able to do an additional hour of training each morning for a week. All three side by side, they are three completely different feelings: Fredi is exasperated, Niko happy (far too well awake especially), and he's upset. They will spend a bad moment when they will wake up.

David seems to understand very quickly what it means when he opens his eyes and sees them, irritated by their nocturnal adventure. Adi lets him apologize, which he finds it hard to swallow because of his bad wake-up (he just wants coffee). Fredi doesn't seem to hold it against him for very long, but he does, they are all adults for the love of God, at least in European terms and not American. Adi is forced to let go when the excuses of all the other players mingle with those of David. At least that will make things to be said in the future, and the bonds between the team have grown stronger. Something serious could have happened, Adi is well aware of it, but despite everything he must recognize that David did a good job (if he forgets the fact that he got lost).

Adi gives them the day to rest, and enjoy the park, but he asks Fredi not to let them go away without watching them. Meanwhile, he decides to go back to bed with Niko, Adi doesn't forget his priorities.

The End