Skater Girl - Alex Morgan x Reader
Summary: Childhood friends almost always drift apart but sometimes they find their ways back together. This fic is set in between the 2015 WWC and the 2016 Olympics.
A/N: I was watching a documentary on my favorite skateboarder Andrew Reynolds in which he talked about his battle with addiction and this is what came of it.
Trigger warning: Heavy discussion of drug and alcohol abuse, jokes about sobriety
For as long as you can remember Alex Morgan has been your best friend.
Just like any pair of childhood friends worth their salt, the two of you knew everything about one another.
At least you did from the ages of 3 to 14.
But like all great childhood friendships, you started to drift apart in high school. She had started playing club soccer and was quickly becoming the face of the varsity soccer team and you found that you had more fun hanging out with the skateboarders and stoners than waiting for her to be able to make time for you.
So while she was busy becoming an all-American and a top college prospect, you were rounding up amateur sponsorships for companies like Blind and Independent Trucks.
Then when she was running all over people at Cal, you were dropping out of the photography program at UCLA because you were going pro and collecting sponsors like a child on Halloween.
Overall, you hadn’t spoken to her in nearly 10 years, which is why you’re so shocked to see her standing over you as you lay at the bottom of one of the largest hills in LA, cracked helmet still on your head.
“Oh my god, are you ok,” she asks, bending over to try and look you in the eyes.
“Alex,” you say, still somewhat out of it. “What are you doing here?”
It takes her a moment, but as you sit up and take off your helmet, you can see the realization bloom in her eyes.
“Y/N/N,” she asks, getting a nod in response. “Are you ok, I saw you smash your head into the ground.”
As you go to answer you begin to hear the shouts of the crew you’re filming with as they finally make their way to the bottom of the hill.
“Trips, dude, we thought you just died,” Jay, one of your best friends, shouts as he gets close enough, “Who’s this?”
“This is Alex, my childhood best friend and world-champion soccer player,” you say, “Also, clearly not dead, the brain bucket saved me. Go get the car, I’m ready to call it a day, I’ve got road rash on my entire back.”
Watching for a moment as he runs back to the rest of your friends, you turn back to Alex still staring at you with wide eyes.
“I’m sorry you had to watch me slam like that, you used to hate that.”
“Just found out that I still do, that was one of the scariest things I’ve ever seen,” she says, helping you to your feet, “Your body flew through the air.”
Grimacing a little at the feeling of your shirt against the raw skin on your back, you pick your board up and say, “I’m fine I promise, nothing that a shower, Neosporin, and some sleep can’t fix.”
The two of you stare at each other silently for a few moments and you can feel all the things you felt for her growing up come flooding back.
Fortunately, the sound of Jay laying on the horn of your car breaks you free of the hold she’s always seemed to have on you.
“I, uh, I’ve gotta go,” you say, jerking a thumb over your shoulder.
As you start backing away she reaches out and grabs your wrist.
“Meet me at our spot tomorrow,” Alex says hopefully, “3 p.m?”
“I can do that.”
She smiles before letting you go and walking back to what you can only assume is her car.
Making your way to your ride, you aren’t surprised when the second you climb in you’re greeted by the cacophonous noise of all your friends asking you what just happened.
“Don’t worry about it.”
The next day finds you rolling up to the far back corner of your childhood park where you and Alex would go when you simultaneously needed escapes from your homes.
You hear Alex before you see her, her raspy voice ringing out, “You still bring that thing everywhere you, huh?”
“In all fairness, I get paid to bring it everywhere now,” you say, taking a seat next to her.
“You went pro? I remember that being all you talked about in middle school.”
“Sophomore year of college,” you say with a grin, “I signed like three pro sponsorships in a week and dropped out of UCLA, it was barely two months into the school year.”
“That’s awesome, I’m happy it worked out for you.”
“Forget me, Lex, you’ve got an Olympic gold and World Cup,” you practically shout at her, watching as a blush appears on her cheeks.
“It wasn’t just me, it was a team effort.”
“Whatever bro, I saw that goal you scored in Manchester against Canada and the one against Colombia at the World Cup.”
“Okay fine, some of it was me,” she laughs.
Then before you know it, the afternoon trails into the evening, and the two of you spend hours talking about everything that has happened since you graduated high school.
But the one thing you refuse to answer, no matter how much she asks, is how you’ve acquired the nickname Trips.
That is until Alex says something so shocking that you know you have to tell her the truth.
“You know we thought you were dead or in jail,” she says, voice becoming thick with emotion.
“What?”
“When you didn’t come back at Thanksgiving in 2008 and your parents refused to even be in the same room as anyone who mentioned you, we thought the worst,” she explains.
“Fuck,” you say, “Alex, you have to know that I never meant to put your family through that, I was just dealing with some things.”
“What could you possibly have been going through that you couldn’t call us? I was your best friend, we’d known each other our entire lives.”
“Alex, be serious, we haven’t been best friends since the summer before 9th grade and you know it.”
“Y/N/N,” she starts but you cut her off.
“It’s fine really, it happens, but I wasn’t going to just dump my problems on you after not being around. That would’ve made me a shitty person.”
“What problems were so big that you had to face them alone?”
“Addiction,” you say, turning to stare out at the park.
You can feel her staring at the side of your head in silence but you don’t give her a chance to say anything.
“I’m like 4 years clean now but I’ve been addicted to alcohol and other stuff since I was about 15. In high school, your dad once found me passed out in the driver’s seat of my car smelling like a distillery with puke down the front of my clothes,” you explain. “It got really bad after I went pro and I almost died before I got clean.” Taking a deep breath you continue, “That game against Canada at the Olympics was my second day in rehab, I was so sick with withdrawal symptoms but I remember watching the ball come off your head at the last minute.”
“Can you look at me please,” she says, voice shaking, “I need you to look at me.”
Turning your head, you’re somewhat surprised to see the sight of Alex Morgan with tears streaming down her face.
“I’m proud of you. I’m proud of you for getting clean, I’m happy you're alive and I’m sorry that you felt like you couldn’t come to me,” she says, tears flowing.
“Quit crying, you know I hate it when you cry,” you say, hoping that the reaction you used to have as a kid, would get her to smile like it used to.
It does and you get to watch as she smiles and wipes the tears from her face.
“Are you done now?”
“I’m done now,” she says with a laugh.
“Cool, your apology isn’t accepted by the way.”
“What? Why not?”
“Because you have nothing to be sorry for, bozo,” you say, “Both your parents and my parents tried to get me help while we were still in school and it didn’t work. So don’t try to apologize to me again, got it?”
“You’re still the nicest asshole I know,” she says, “who the fuck yells at a girl for crying?”
“An idiot whose nickname is based on her being a drug addict,” you guess.
That doesn’t get the laugh that you were hoping for but it’s enough to get you a small smile.
As the hours continue to pass, the conversation gets lighter as you reminisce about the crazy things you got up to as kids.
Eventually, you both have to leave but before you do Alex manages to secure a promise that you’ll attend her game in a couple of days with no new bumps, bruises, or scrapes.
So that’s exactly what you do.
That Saturday afternoon sees you walking down the steps in the stadium to your seat, which thanks to some magic pulled by Alex is so close that you feel like you’re on the field.
When you reach your seat you’re not completely surprised to see Alex’s parents and her sisters but they don’t seem surprised to see you.
“Y/N/N,” her mom asks in shock when she sees you coming down the row.
“Uh yeah,” you say, awkwardly scratching the back of your neck. “Hey Morgans.”
Before you have a moment to fully process what’s happening, you’re being pulled into a hug by Mr. Morgan and passed to each of the women in his family, but you end up back in his arms at the end.
“You have no idea how glad we are to see you,” he says.
“I think I might,” you reply. “Alex filled me in on what your worries were, they were pretty close up until a few years ago.”
That gets a few sad smiles out of the family which lets you know that Alex has filled them in on what you’ve been up to.
“That’s not funny, Y/N,” Mrs. Morgan says.
“It kind of is,” Jeni says, with Jeri nodding behind her.
“Jeri’s right,” you say, “Besides since I’m sober now, so you have to laugh at all my jokes about not being sober because I pulled myself together.”
“That’s not how it works, kid,” Mr. Morgan says.
“Welp it is now.”
It’s at that moment the teams begin walking out for the anthem and as though she could feel your eyes on her Alex immediately turns towards you, a grin appearing on her face as you lock eyes.
The first half of the game is fast and physical and you find yourself flinching every time Alex is taken down by a defender but just like when you were kids, she’s back on her feet before you can blink.
The half comes around and the US is up 2-0 but you still feel the need to get up and move around.
“Hey, I’m gonna get some tenders or something, does anyone want anything?”
“I’ll come with you,” Jeni says.
“Or you could tell me what you want,” you respond.
“I’m not making you buy me a beer.”
“I know that I’m not dressed like it right now but I can more than afford to buy you a 15-dollar beer,” you say before you understand why she’s protesting. “Fine, you can come with me but I’m still paying for it.”
When you get to the concession stand you ask her what kind of beer she wants but that isn’t what she’s focused on.
“When are you going to tell my sister that you’re in love with her?”
“I’m sorry, what?”
Rolling her eyes, she speaks slower like you are some kind of dumbass, “When are you going to tell Alex you’ve been in love with her since forever?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” you say, moving forward with the line.
“And I’m Elvis Presley,” Jeni sighs and runs a hand down her face.
From there the conversation switches to how you're doing with skateboarding and your sobriety, so you promise to show her some of the clips you’ve put together for your next video part.
That’s why it’s so surprising when the first thing out of her mouth when you get back to your seats is: “Mom, Dad, how long have Alex and Y/N been in love with each other?”
You’re even more surprised when neither of the elder Morgans looks up from their phones before answering: “Forever.”
“And how long have they both been acting like they're not?”
“Since at least the 7th grade, maybe earlier,” Jeri says.
“Can I just eat my tenders in peace,” you beg, not wanting them to notice the blush rapidly spreading from your cheeks to your ears.
Luckily, before anyone can respond the teams are trotting back out for the second half.
Unfortunately, the other team is much more physical in the second half, so you have to watch with bated breath as Alex gets taken down twice as much as she did in the first without any fouls being called.
Every time she hits the ground you wince a little bit harder, much to the amusement of both her sisters.
Then, there’s a corner in the 88th minute and you get to watch, in what feels like slow motion, as Alex gets her head to the ball and sends it into the back of the net.
“Fuck yeah, Alex,” you scream, leaping to your feet with the rest of the crowd.
You know she can’t hear you but the smile she sends in your direction makes it feel like she can.
Moments later, the match is over and after quickly shaking the hands of the opposing team and a short huddle, Alex is racing towards where you're sitting like she didn’t just play a full 90.
Much to your surprise, and her sisters’ enjoyment, she ignores the other Morgans completely to climb the barrier and pulls you into a hug.
“You came,” she whispers into your ear, trying to be heard over the nearby fans screaming her name.
“I did,” you respond. “You played amazing, that goal was magic.”
“Are you coming to dinner with us,” she asks, still not letting go.
“Yup, your parents have designated me as your chauffeur.”
She nods so you let her go, not at all shocked by the smile on her face as she greets her family.
It doesn’t last long though because one second Jeri is whispering in her ear and the next Alex is glaring back at her and dropping to the ground to join her teammates in greeting fans.
You and the Morgans stay for a bit watching her before making your way out of the stadium and to the parking lot. There you make promises to meet them at the restaurant, hauling Al along with you.
You don’t have to wait very long on your own in the lot, at least you don’t think you do but time does tend to get a bit weird when you’re practicing a new trick.
It's the sound of Alex’s voice yelling at you to do a kickflip that breaks your focus, (You do of course land a kickflip for her.)
“Not bad,” she says, reaching your car and throwing her stuff in the back before climbing in.
“I do aim to impress.”
The ride to the restaurant is calm, the only real noise being the sound of her playlist intermingling with the sound of LA traffic.
When you park and go to get out, you’re stopped by her relocking the doors.
You try to unlock them but she just locks them again, in a pattern that continues four times before you turn to look at her.
“Seriously Al?”
“I want to ask you something,” she says, “but you’ve spent the whole ride trying your hardest to ignore me.”
“I wasn’t ignoring.”
She cuts you off, “Yes you were. What did my sisters say to you because I thought we were gonna try being friends again.”
“They didn’t say,” cut off again.
“Just tell me what they said.”
You take a moment to think about whether or not you should and the somewhat desperate look on her face leads you to tell her.
“They said that you’ve been in love with me since forever. Your parents did too but that’s not possible,” you tell her, “because I definitely would’ve noticed if you were. I mean I literally spent our entire childhoods trying to impress you so I think Jeni and Jeri were just messing with me like they used to because you’re way too awesome to have ever been in love..”
You're cut off again but this time by the feeling of Alex grabbing you by the back of the neck and pressing her lips to yours.
Before you can fully process what’s happening, she’s pulling away which is the opposite of what you want so you pull her back in so your lips meet again.
The second kiss is much longer than the first but before you can deepen it she pulls back.
“I am in love with you,” she says, slightly breathless, “and I’ve been in love with you for as long as I can remember.”
You smile so widely that to an outsider it might’ve looked painful, “That’s awesome but there’s no way you’ve loved me longer than I’ve loved you.”
“Whatever Y/N/N,” she kisses you again, a slight peck this time, “let’s head inside before my parents start freaking out.”
She unlocks the car doors and gets out, stopping briefly to make sure you’re following her.
And you are, just like you did when you were kids and just as you will be for the rest of your lives.
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The Ups & Downs of an Elevator Love Story - Alex Morgan/Reader (USWNT)
request: "Hey, could you write a Alex Morgen x reader. Where Alex and r shared a drunk kiss at one night. The next they are so nervous that they dont talk to eachother. After a couple of days Alex or r takes the risk and ask the other on a date. End with fluff" - by androgynousmoneyflowervoid
a/n: we love a really unnecessarily long title xoxo sorry for taking roughly 3 years to post <3 as alwasy, it is not checked because i am lazy ! so if it doesn’t make sense or it’s patchy, lemme know and maybe i’ll come back to it in 5 years time to edit it !
Retrospect is a fine thing. Because you’d be the first to admit that, looking back on last night, you would be so much better off if you hadn’t gone. If, when you’d been asked whether you were going on to the roof party, you would say ‘oh, thanks but best not!’. But no.
Let’s start at the beginning.
The World Cup! Never in your wildest dreams did you think that you’d be here! And with a gold medal around your neck. It felt… you weren’t entirely sure what you felt. Whatever it was, you’d quite like it bottled up so that whenever you were feeling down you could just take some of this energy and feel absolutely on top of the world.
You were standing out there, on the field still, with confetti falling all around. It was never ending, that confetti. It felt like you could stand there for weeks and there would still be little pieces of red, white and blue paper raining down on you.
Kelley came crashing into your side, her arms wrapped around your waist, and you instinctively wrapped your arms around her shoulders to keep steady. It didn’t keep you steady, it just meant that when you fell, she came falling down on top of you.
She rolled off of you and onto her back, laughing with you, “Can you believe this? Your very own World Cup-final goal, huh?” She asked, looking at you from where she was laying on the grass with pride shining in her eyes.
You rolled over onto your front and leant up on your elbows to look at her, "I... can't believe it. Is this real life?"
"You'd better believe it baby!" She shouted, leaning up to squeeze your cheeks, "Come on, it's my favourite time of any competition." Kel stood up and held her hand out to help you up.
"What's that?" You asked, putting your hand in hers and letting her pull you up to a standing position next to her.
She grinned and wrapped her arm over your shoulders, "Getting outrageously drunk and celebrating, obviously."
"Oh, this I have got to see." You grinned, letting her guide you to the dressing room.
The closer the two of you got, the more you could hear the thumping of the music and the loud cheers from your team. Kelley squeezed you into a side hug, "I have a lot to teach you about parties with the national team. You will never experience anything like it."
"Oh yeah? How come?"
She put her pointer finger up to count the first reason, "First of all, high adrenaline because we just fucking won the World Cup and two, all the free booze."
"Free?" You asked, raising an eyebrow. By this point you were standing in the dressing room, surrounded by your friends. Some were just chilling by the side, in a state of absolute shock and happiness, and some had already started on the alcohol.
"Oh, sweet baby Y/N." She parted from you and shot you a wide grin, "Give me one second, I'll be right back. I'll find something to drink, okay? Want anything in particular?" She asked as she was starting to walk away into the mass of support staff and team members.
You just shrugged and shouted after her, “Whatever you can find!” Then she was gone. You looked around the room and spotted your seat with your stuff under it. You sat down for a moment, leaning back and shutting your eyes. Just hours before, you were in this exact position, absolutely wrecked with nerves and anxious energy - ready to fuel into your performance on the pitch. And look what had happened.
You jumped slightly as someone sat down on the bench next to you and nudged you with their elbow, "Hey." You smiled at Alex’s voice and opened your eyes, gazing up at her from your slouched position.
"Hi." You straightened up and your smile grew even more. Just a few years ago, you wouldn’t have believed someone if they had told you that here you would be - winning the World Cup with Alex Morgan. Yet here she was, and here you were. You were sure that you would never be more in love with her than you were in this moment. But you’d thought that many times and somehow the feelings you had for her still grew.
She nudged you again, "What took you so long?"
"I don't know, I was just... soaking it all in, y'know?" You shrugged and gazed around the room, aware of her eyes on you, which immediately made your brain go a little numb and it felt like you couldn’t get your ideas out properly. "It's so different out there when there's no one else, I’m sure you know the feeling. Kinda magical."
"Magical?" She asked, turning her body more to face you.
"Yeah, it’s kind of unreal. Maybe I'm just being lame." You shrugged and you could feel the heat of a light blush across your cheeks.
"No, I know what you mean. There is something special about it." The two of you sat for a moment, taking one another in. You could swear that her eyes flickered down to your lips and that the way she had let her tongue slightly wet her lips had been intentional… but she cleared her throat and brought herself back to reality, bringing you crashing back too, "I- do you want a drink?"
You shook out the tension that you had suddenly held in your body and took a deep breath, "Yeah, I think Kelley disappeared to find something to drink but-"
Alex laughed a little and shook her head, "She's gone, I promise you. You will not see her again for another hour at best." She held her can to you, "Here, you can have this one. I only just opened it, I haven't started drinking or anything, promise. I'll get another." She nudged it towards you again but you hesitated.
"Are you sure?"
She nodded, "Of course, take it."
"Thanks." You smiled, letting your hand linger over hers as you took the drink from her.
Her eyes twinkled, "No worries."
“Alex!” Pinoe’s voice boomed from the other side of the room, at the same time as-
"Y/N!" Sonny came racing up to you and ruffled your hair over-excitedly.
Alex laughed and squeezed your hand, "I'll catch you later."
"Okay." You just nodded, dumbly, and watched as she walked off.
Emily fell down beside you, filling the seat Alex had just left, and laughed drunkenly, "Dude! Fuck! Isn’t this insane, we’re gold medalists, baby!” She wrapped her arms around your shoulders in a kind of hug and shook you.
“I’m… it’s surreal.” You let out a laugh, loving the energy of a room full of gold-medal world champs.
Em let out an overly dramatic gasp and grabbed your arm, almost making you drop your drink from Alex, "You only have one drink? Come on! Are you really celebrating if you don't have like three drinks at any one time?"
You laughed and shook your head but you could already see it was too late, Emily was set on getting you more drinks. Your words went completely in one ear and out the other, "This will do for now, I'm sure."
As you predicted, she ignored you, shaking her head and already walking away, "I'm getting you another one. By the time I get back I'm expecting an empty can!"
Okay, see? Probably the first mistake. Because maybe if you hadn’t had so much to drink then the night wouldn’t have ended the way it did. Though, the alcohol didn’t do much of the heavy lifting, it was mostly you. You knew exactly what you were doing when you-
Anyway, carrying on.
After the glass was drained, you turned around and somehow, magically, another glass was being handed to you. And not even by Kelley, Emily, or Alex.
And this seemed to happen again, and again, and again. Until you were probably too drunk to still be accepting drinks… but this was the World Cup! How often could you get to drink on the night of winning the World Cup?
Somehow, the team had made it from the dressing room back to the team bus, having been kicked out by the stadium not long ago. You could hardly remember how you had made it but you think Alyssa may have given you a piggyback? You were sure there would be video evidence of the entire night somewhere that you could check when you were… less drunk.
"Hey, Y/L/N, you coming?" Emily grabbed your face and you just grunted. The bus had stopped outside the hotel and almost everyone was already off and heading in. “Y/N! Wakey, wakey!”
You lifted a heavy eyelid and raised an eyebrow, "Coming? Where?" You managed to grunt.
She shook you again, enough to properly wake you up, and shouted happily, "After party, baby!"
Stretching, you fumbled for your seat belt and undid it before practically rolling out of your seat, "I don't know, I don't think I have ever had this much alcohol. I am so drunk, oh my god." You groaned, lying down in the aisle of the coach.
Emily laughed and stepped over you, "Come on, get your ass moving."
You waved her away, "Yeah, yeah, I'll see you there. I just need a 5 minute nap and then I’ll be back up and ready to party."
"Hey, you alright?" Alex’s voice immediately made you open your eyes and you looked up at her, standing over you.
Em, tapped her on the shoulder, "Alex, you're on Y/N watch!"
"What?" She asked, looking between you and Sonnett. You just waved at her happily.
Em raced off and Alex bent down to join your level on the floor, you grumbled as you sat up to face her, "Why are you not as drunk as me?"
"I am sorry, do you want me to catch up?" She smiled, holding you steady as you hoisted yourself up to a standing position again.
You shrugged and leant into her, "It's the only right thing to do."
"Are you heading up to your room?" She asked, as the two of you walked off the bus. She had put her hand around your waist and some point and you just smiled for a second before remembering you had to respond.
"I... I think there's another party."
"The roof?"
Your eyes widened, "The roof! Oh shit, Em missed out that it was a roof party!" That was insane. You could count the amount of roof parties you had been to on one hand (none). This changed everything, you had to go to that roof party. "Are you going?"
"I don't know..." She chewed her lip and looked at you, “Are you sure you don’t want to go to bed?”
“No, I’ve found more energy! I want to go.” You put your hand in hers, "Come on, how can I persuade you?"
Her eyes sparkled again as she grinned, "Persuade me?"
"Yeah," You took a step towards her so you were more face to face. You vaguely realised that you were wrapped up in someone else’s jumper and you were pretty sure it was Alex’s own. You smiled, and drunkenly held onto Alex’s hips, "Alex, I will personally make sure that you do not regret coming to the roof. Come on, this is a once in a lifetime."
“I'll have you know, I've won the World Cup before." She rolled her eyes jokingly and you grinned. You could feel the heat coming off of Alex’s body and you let go, instead opting to walk hand in hand into the hotel lobby.
"Oh, yeah?"
"It's true, I have."
You shrugged and smirked slightly, "Well, you haven't won it with me before."
"No, now that is true."
"Would you like to come to an World Cup champions, once-in-a-lifetime-because-it’s-with-Y/N roof party with me?" You asked, now in the foyer of the hotel.
She looked over at you and her eyes were soft, "I don't know how you did it, but you have actually convinced me."
You took a hold of her hand and squeezed it gently, coming to a stop in front of the hotel’s elevator, "And would you look at that?" You said as it pinged open at the exact same moment the two of you had arrived.
"Perfect timing." She murmured, squeezing your hand back.
You stepped aside, not letting go of her hand, as you let her on the elevator first, "After you."
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The roof had slowly emptied as the night grew longer and turned into morning. And throughout, both you and Alex had stuck side by side - dancing, drinking and laughing.
As the night - morning- had grown longer, everyone else had started disappearing downstairs until only you and Alex were left on the rooftop. Someone had left a speaker, playing softly in the background, and you didn’t think you ever wanted to leave this little bubble.
The two of you were snuggled next to each other, sharing a pool side lounger. You had been just chatting for the past half hour and you were in a new level of comfrt right now. Alex softly played with your hair and you sighed, cuddling further into Alex’s side. You lifted your head so that the two of you were face to face. “Can we just stay here?” You asked, hopefully.
She smiled and rested her head back, “For how long?”
“Maybe a bit of forever?” You grinned, resting your hand on the soft material of her shirt.
She turned back onto her side so she was facing you again and laughed, “I think the hotel would kick us out eventually.”
You contemplated her words and eventually conceded, nodding, “Hmm, true. Okay.” You sighed, eyes connecting with Alex’s. She was chewing her bottom lip and you frowned, raising your hand and using the pad of your thumb to gently pull it out from between her teeth. She smiled with soft eyes and you watched as her eyes fell to your lips, before reconnecting with your gaze.
She blinked a few times, pulling herself out of her trance and cleared her throat. “Ready?”
“Yeah.” You slowly nodded, watching her sit up and stretch. You took your time in getting up, letting the moment fully sink into your memory.
Alex joined her hand with yours and gently squeezed, “You know, we shouldn’t let this just be a France thing.” She mumbled, her hair falling out of the ponytail she put it in and falling into her eyes.
“What do you mean?” You asked, as the two of you started your way back to the exit of the roof.
She hrugged and smiled, “We can do this back home too.”
“Yeah, I’d like that.” Your smile mirrored hers. You held your gaze until... you didn’t. She was literally just there and then- a wave of pool water splashed up at you and you gasped at how cold it was. You quickly began laughing upon realising that Alex, somehow, had fallen into the pool. She resurfaced to find you cracking up, standing where she had been just seconds ago.
"Oh my god." She mumbled, swimming to the side of the pool and pausing below you.
You tried to stop laughing to check on her, "Are you okay?" You asked, letting out another brief snort of laughter as she jokingly glared at you from the pool.
"I didn't even realise the pool was there!" She exclaimed, letting her glare melt into a grin.
You bent down on the ground so that you were closer to her level, "Alex, I think you're more drunk than I had first thought."
"No, I swear! The pool moved." She pouted, glaring at the edge of the pool.
You raised an eyebrow and nodded, "Oh, really? The pool?"
"It did!" She laughed.
"I believe you, I do.”
She stuck her tongue out at your sarcastic tone, “Just help me out?” She asked, reaching her hand out to you.
You smiled, standing up and planting your feet on the floor in an attempt to steady yourself before pulling her out. You reached out your hand to connect with hers, “Here.” Before you could steady yourself enough, Alex tugged on your arm and pulled you into the pool beside her. You managed to shout out an indignant, “Alex-!” before being fully submerged in the water.
As soon as the cold water had covered your body, you immediately righted yourself up at kicked off from the bottom of the pool, back to the surface to see Alex cracking up.
“I’m so sorry!” She said, laughing through the apology.
You let out a shocked laugh and swept the water out of your eyes, “That was so deliberate!”
She shrugged, and sheepishly swam slightly closer to you, “It was just so tempting.” She smiled.
You gasped and, as soon as she was close enough, began splashing her with water, “You are so mean!”
“I’m sorry!” She yelled through the walls of water being sent her way. She held her arm up to try and block the water, and swam closer to you, until she was close enough to hold your arms and stop the water being pushed her way. “It was funny though.” She mumbled, grinning.
You rasied an eyebrow and went to splash her again, “Oh, yeah?” She dodged the water and smiled, nodding.
“Just a little bit...” She held up her hand, motioning ‘tiny’ by putting her forefinger and thumb a little bit away from one another.
You had found yourself in the deep end and, although kicking to keep yourself up, you were tired. “I hope you know I’m already planning revenge.” You mumbled, before finding yourself bobbing underneath the water when you didn’t kick hard enough to keep you afloat.
Alex’s hands found their way to your hips and she pulled you up and closer to her. She wound her arms around your waist and swam the two of you to a shallower spot.
“I wouldn’t expect anything less.” She whispered, smiling. Your feet found the ground and, as you stood, you leaned into Alex’s embrace. “You okay?”
You nodded slightly. Looking into Alex’s eyes, you paused. The way the lights were twinkling in her eyes. The way she looked at you, and held you, and touched you. Your breath hitched in your throat and her steady gaze on you turned into a questioning one. You weren’t entirely sure what she was asking but you just nodded.
Alex’s eyes flickered down to your lips, and her nose gently bumped against yours as she moved closer to you. You were so engrossed holding her gaze that you found yourself startled when you felt her hand move against your waist and up through the water. You let out a little shiver. Her hand came to a rest on your cheek and you could feel her thumb swipe against your cheekbone.
"Y/N?” Alex almost soundlessly spoke your name.
“Alex.” You whispered back to her. You could see her smile, her eyes crinkling as she nudged your nose with hers again. She closed what little space there was left and you closed your eyes -- but all of a sudden, there was a loud noise that made the two of you startle.
You opened your eyes and jumped, swimming backwards in surprise when everything around you remained blank. You breathed a sigh of relief when you heard Alex murmur a little, "Shit. The lights went out." and you blinked, getting used to not being able to see your surroundings as clearly as before, but knowing that at least they were all still there. ”Y/N?” She called out and you swam slowly forward towards her voice, before gently colliding with Alex. “Hey, you good?” The two of you slowly blinked as your eyes began to adjust to the new light setting and you nodded at her.
“Yeah,” Your spoke, having to clear your voice when it was more shaky than you would have liked. She relaxed slightly and curled her arms around your waist again, holding on protectively. You let out a breathy laugh, "I, uh, think that might be a message they want us off the roof." She closed her eyes in, what looked like slight frustration, but nodded.
"I think you might be right." She smiled and the two of you swam to the edge of the pool, pulling yourself up and onto the side. The streams of water falling from your body and your clothes broke the silence of the, now dark, night. You sat by the side of the pool for a moment, shivering again.
Alex was the first to stand up and her movement caught your gaze. You looked up to her and, resting your chin on your knee, smiled, "We should go to bed. When's our flight?" Your teeth clattered slightly and you looked down, hugging your arms around your body in an attempt to warm yourself up.
"Early. I think we're leaving at 7." She responded. You turned to look at her again to respond, only to see her pulling her shirt off over her head. Your mouth gaped open slightly. She bent down to wring the water out of her shirt, twisting the material and letting it drip back into the pool. The sudden noise of water splashing into the pool brought you back to reality. You quickly realised you were staring, and quite literally gaping, at Alex so you made sure to (reluctantly) tear your gaze away.
You distracted yourself by looking down at your watch and you let out a small groan at the small numbers flashing back at you, "That's like three hours time, fuck." You rubbed your eyes and let out a small yawn, just now realising how tired you were. It had been a hell of a long day. You lifted your gaze to find Alex, wrapped in one of the blankets, looking down at you with a small, fond smile, looking like she was in some kind of daydream. You frowned, "You okay?"
She nodded, "Yeah, no, I'm good," She shook herself out of her trance and held her hand out for you. You stood up and she immediately opened the blanket, “Come here, you’re cold.” You stepped into her arms, and into the warmth of her embrace. After making sure you were completely surrounded by the blanket, she leaned back, a questioning look in her gaze as she pulled at your shirt. You just nodded again, trusting her.
The question was clearly, ‘Can I take your top off?’, which became obvious when she began to unbutton your shirt. Her fingers moved quickly and, once she got to the last button, she removed her hands and nodded to you to remove the soaked shirt.
“You’ll be warmer without it, I promise.” She smiled, taking the blanket as you quickly removed your top and mirrored her actions from earlier, turning around to twist your shirt over the pool, shaking out as much water as you could.
You jumped slightly as her warm hands pulled you back into her, and the blanket, moments later. She let out a warm, breathy laugh as you turned to face her in the warm bundle of blanket.
“I’m not going to push you in again, I promise.” She hugged you, moving your wet hair and tucking it behind your ears again, “I wouldn’t do that.” She held your gaze, smirking slightly.
“I know, you’d never do something like that.” You joined her in the joke, laughing.
She winked and smiled, entangling her fingers with yours before frowning, “You’re freezing.” She pulled your hand up to her lips and used her breath to warm your hands.
“Sorry.” You mumble, teeth clattering again.
She shook her head, “No, don’t be.” She gathered up the corners of the blanket, where she was holding it together and ducked out, handing them out to you, “Here, hold this and I’ll get us another blanket.” You gripped onto the blanket as she quickly grabbed the largest of the others and brought it back to you. You opened the blanket you were holding so that she could come back in and join you. She smiled, draping the second blanket across the two of you as well.
Now that you were starting to remember what it felt like to be warm again, you didn’t think it was too bad to stay for longer. As long as Alex was here. But it was late(/early) and you needed to be up soon. So you looked over to Alex, “Should we go?”
She smiled and nodded, "Just one moment. Let's just look at the view." You agreed, standing together - you in her arms, looking over the Paris skyline.
You looked to, what you thought could be, the East and nudged her, "You think we'd make it until the sun rises?"
Alex let out a small snort and shook her head, "No, you'd fall asleep."
You went to disagree with her but, to her credit, she was absolutely correct, "I definitely... would. Yeah, for sure." You grinned, nodding.
“It’s just so beautiful,” She glanced across the horizon one last time before turning to you with the same look of wonder in her eyes, "Come on then, let's go to bed."
The two of you started to make your way to the exit (attempt no. 2 to leave tonight) and you quickly steered Alex to the right, "Careful, there's a pool right there. I don't know if you noticed it." You winked at her and she gasped softly, nudgin you in the ribs.
"Shut up." She smiled but didn’t protest any more. She stopped you both at the elevator, and pushed the call button.
You frowned as the elevator started making it’s way up to your floor. "We are dripping wet, we can't go in the elevator." You paused, looking down at you shorts (still dripping pool water) and your shirt gripped in your hand (still, also, dripping pool water) and to Alex, who was in a similar situation. “The stairs are literally right there. We’re, like, four floors down.”
“And get the stairs all wet?” She raised an eyebrow. “Come on, I can’t be bothered with stairs.” She pouted, “It’s late.”
The doors opened up and Alex stepped in and turned around, waiting for you.
You paused for a few more seconds, before begrudgingly, and slowly, entering the elevator with her, “We’re athletes. Aren’t athletes meant to be all about taking the stairs instead of the elevator.”
Alex pulled you closer in by your blanket, “Y/N, my love,” She held your cheeks in her hands, and a blush instantly creeped up through your face, “We just won the World Cup, I think we can take a night off.” She turned around and pushed the button to the floor where the team were staying.
You couldn’t believe that someone’s words would have such an effect on you. Your heart clenched with emotion and you felt light headed. You cleared your throat and, as she turned back around to face you, asked, “Can you say that again?” Your whole body felt tense in anticipation, “Just one more time.”
“What that we’re world champs?” She grinned and you hesitantly shook your head.
“No, that... other bit?” You whispered. The grin slowly fell from her face when it dawned on her what you meant, and she raised an eyebrow.
Alex took a step closer to you, “Y/N,” She smiled softly and her gaze held the most tender emotion you might have ever seen, “my love?”
You couldn’t trust your voice so you nodded at her words. Before you could even try to say anything more, Alex’s lips were on yours and her hands had you pushed up against the wall of elevator. The blanket slipped from your shoulders as you reached to pull her closer to you. Her hair was still slightly dripping and you could feel small drops of water falling on you, you smiled into the kiss and she slowly pulled away, slightly breathless.
As she moved slowly back, you moved with her, pressing small kisses with a smile to the corner of her mouth as she smiled back at you.
Alex leant back into you, “Happy we took the elevator now?” She asked with a teasing smile. You responded by reconnecting your lips, and she had you back up against the wall. Just as the kiss was about to deepend- ding dong.
“Fuck-” You moved away, breathing slightly heavily. The doors to elevator started to swing open.
"It's-" Alex sighed, looking to check the floor number, "This is our floor." She didn’t move away from you, keeping her hands on you - until the doors started to close again and she had to dash to keep them open. You bent down to grab the fallen blankets as she held the doors.
The two of you walked down the corridor in a comfortable silence, aware of your sleeping teammates behind every door. Once she’d walked you back to your door, she started chewing her lip again. You raised your thumb to gently free her lip before reaching up to press a short kiss to her lips.
"Are you sure you'll make it all the way back to yours." You asked jokingly, a smile growing on your lips as you leant against your hotel room’s door.
She shook her head, "You know, I don't kn- what if I don't?" She whispered.
"I'll make sure you do." You promised, squeezing her hand as she started to walk backwards to her room.
She stopped at the room opposite yours, just far enough that you couldn’t reach on another, and smiled, "I think I made it."
"I'll see you in the morning?" You asked, looking at your watch again, “Two and a half hours!” You tried to pretend to be cheery about the fact that you were going to get literally no sleep.
“I’ll see you in two and a half hours.” She nodded.
"Night." You waved, opening your door. She silently waved back, opening hers at the same time.
You closed the door behind you and took a deep breath. What the fuck?
Emily shifted in her bed, raising her head and opening a sleepy eye, “Y/N?”
“Em, I’m fine, go back to sleep.” You whispered, walking round her bed to get to yours.
“Why aren’t you wearing a top?”
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"Y/N... Y/N!" Emily shouted, her words piercing through your nice, comfy bubble of sleep.
You groaned and waved her off, "Yeah, yep, I'm up." You croaked out and stayed put, hearing Emily’s receeding footsteps and thinking you could get another 5 minutes of sleep, at least...
Something hit the back of your head, "Come on, we're leaving in ten." Emily’s voice sounded out, “I’ve packed most of your bag, but we gotta hurry.”
"What?" You took the duvet off, and turned around in bed to face the ceiling. It was bright, too bright for your liking.
Em was rushing around the room, "It's nearly 7, we've got to be in the lobby in ten minutes." She said, putting her toothbrush in her mouth at the same time as folding your clothes and stuffing them in your bag.
You groaned again, "Shit."
"Come on." She garbled out, through her toothpaste.
You sat up in bed and shook your head, "I think I'm still drunk."
"Yeah, join the club." She grined, throwing something else your way. “Come on, pack your bag.”
You wince and move off the bed, "Did I do anything stupid? I feel like I did something stupid." You said, frowning at your slightly damp hair and shorts. “Where’s my shirt?”
"Who knows? Probably. I was just as out of it as you. Anymore questions?" She raised an eyebrow and you shook your head, "Let’s go, I've packed everything from the bathroom. You've just got to clean teeth and get changed."
You slowly move from your bed to the bahtroom and do as you’re told as quickly as your body can function.
You popped your head round the doorway and looked in the room, "I thought Alex slept over last night?" You said, this time you were the one speaking despite the toothpaste filling your mouth.
Em rasied an eyebrow and shook her head, "Nope, just us. You're just dreaming about her I guess."
"Stop it, I'm not." You threw your toothpaste tube at her and she just ducked in time.
"You're blushing!" She shouted at you, putting the tube in your suitcase.
"Shut up," You cleaned your mouth out and cleaned your toothbrush before packing that too. "She walked me back to the room, I thought she stayed but obviously not."
"You wished she stayed." She threw the clothes at you to get changed but then hesitated, not throwing your shirt to you yet, “Wait, she walked you back? Miss not-wearing-a-shirt? Was Alex also perhaps not wearing a shirt?”
You glared at her, "I will empty your suitcase off of our balcony if you're not careful."
Em grinned, throwing the shirt, you turned around to get changed, "I’ll throw your suitcase down the elevator shaft then."
"Oh my god." You winced again at the memory.
"What?"
You put your hands on your head and shook it in slight panic, "I think I'm going to throw up."
Em made a face, "Alcohol does that to you. Just don't throw up on me."
"No, Em! I kissed Al." You turned to her, eyes wide.
"You wish you kis-"
You shook your head, throwing your shirt back at Em to shut her up, "Sonny. I'm not kidding. Fuck! We kissed."
"Wait, what? When?" She asked, expression matching yours now. She came and sat down on the bed next to you, putting your shirt on the pile of clothes you still needed to get changed into.
"Last night! She walked me down and-"
Alex leant back into you, “Happy we took the elevator now?” She asked with a teasing smile.
"Fuck!"
Em shrugged, "It's not that bad! I've been trying to get you to gain the courage to do something about you're massive crush for ages. Drunk you has the courage."
"No! Drunk me is dumb!" You put your head in your hands.
Em sympathised for a moment and then cleared her throat, "Okay, I know you're having a bit of a moment but we really need to go or we'll hold everyone up and they'll be pissed." She stood up, nudging your clothes towards you.
You bit your lip, "Em, what do I do?"
“Uh, get dressed?” She smiled, sitting back down for a moment, "It'll be fine, just talk to her about it. I've been trying to tell you that she likes you too. Kelley told me when we were drunk ages ago."
"I don't know."
"Oh my god." She held onto your shoulders and lightly shook you, “Dude, she kissed you. You kissed her. She likes you. You like her.”
"We were both really drunk." You shrugged.
"Yeah, you still are, dumbass."
"Emily..." You whined, not sure what you were going to say to Alex, or, worse, what she was going to say to you.
"It’ll be fine.” She ruffled your hair, “Just- come on, love bird." She grabbed your shirt and handed it to you, “But please don’t take each other’s shirts off this time.”
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You sighed, having just taken a team photo on the steps to your plane, a.k.a the thing you were going to be stuck on for the next however many hours alongside Alex. You trailed up the stairs, taking your time and trying to ignore the hangover. This was a big mistake.
No chairs left. How were there no chairs left, apart from-
"Can I sit here?" You asked Alex, motioning to the seat opposite her.
"Huh? Oh, I- sure, yeah. Here." She moved her bag and blanket off of it so you could sit down. You looked for any hint of what she was thinking in her eyes. They had been so easy to read last night. Whay was she thinking now?
You realised you were staring and sprang into action, sitting down in the now empty seat, "Thanks." You smiled, relazing into it.
"How are you feeling?" She asked, raising her eyes from her phone and over to you.
"I..." You gulped and shrugged, "I feel this is going to be the worst hangover of my life." You said, honestly.
Emily popped up from the seat behind you and leant over, "More drinks in the day keeps the hangover away." She grinned, her sunglasses covering her eyes as she held up a bottle of champagne.
You groaned and swatted her away, "Em, go away, you and Kelley got me into this mess."
"I'm here to offer you another glass of champagne - for our winning goal-scorer." She ruffled your hair again, "And how about a drink for the lover?" She asked, looking over at Alex.
"The what?" She asked, cocking her head to the side.
You gritted your teeth, "The what?" You glared at Em, trying to convey a very particular message. Don’t you dare.
She raised her eyebrows in innocence, "Hmm? I said... what about a drink for the... mother. How is Charlie? I bet she's missed you, huh?" She said, clearly thinking on her feet. Alex was about to answer when Kelley shouted across the plane.
"Em! Want a beer?" She asked and Em nodded, immediately getting up to run over to her.
"Yep, coming." As she passed Alex, she turned around to look at you.
'I'm sorry!' Emily mouthed to you with a massive grin that screamed that she was, in fact, not sorry. You scowled back at her but quickly smiled as Alex looked up to you.
"She's... weird." Alex said, after a long pause.
You quickly nodded, trying to forget this ever happened, "Yes, yep. Very weird."
"How... did you sleep?" She asked, locking eyes with you.
"Honestly, not great. I think I might still be asleep even though I'm walking and talking."
“Maybe we stayed up a bit too long.” She smiled and you mirrored it, nodding.
"Yeah, god, we must have, I mean, like... I only slept for like 3 hours."
"Less probably. I'm going to need a lot of lie ins to make up for this." She winced, rubbing at her eyes.
"I hardly remember what went on yesterday. Even, y'know, the whole soccer part is just one big blur."
"Oh yeah? No, same... We must have had some fun though."
You grinned, just now recalling the actual game rather than just replaying the kiss again and again, "I would happily win the World Cup again if I could have a repeat of last night."
"We've still got lots to come." She smiled, another soft smile like last night, and nudged your knee with hers.
You relaxed slightly and nodded, gulping down the fear and taking a deep breath in, “Yeah... Hey, Alex, about last ni-” But you were interrupted by her phone going off.
She picked it up straight away and her face broke into a grin, “Oh, shit, that’s Charlie. I said I’d call her and my parents before take-off, do you mind?” She asked, hardly sparing you a glance.
You shook your head, “No, no, of couse not.”
"Get some sleep, you’ll need it." She smiled and held up her blanket, "Want to share?"
Your palms went a bit sweaty as more memories from last night flooded your mind, "Yeah, sounds good. Thanks." You smiled, tugging it over the two of you.
She answered the call, pressing her phone to her ear as she said, “Hey!” You couldn’t help but smile at her joy, before turning over and desperately trying to get some much needed sleep.
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Em sighed as she chucked a beach ball at Rose’s head, before flopping down on the lounger next to you. "Y/N! Come on, it's been days now. You still haven't talked to her about it?" She looked exasperated and you winced slightly.
"Yeah, okay, but technically she also hasn't said anything to me, so..." You trailed off, sitting up and shrugging.
Lindsey joined in the telling off. Emily had taken it upon herself to update anyone and everyone who wanted to listen about your love life. Cheers Em! "You just need to talk to her! You're being an idiot." Lindsey said, affectionately.
“But, like, I gave her the chance to talk about it and she clearly didn’t want to-”
Em hity ou over the head, “Neither did you! She probably thinks you are embarrassed and don’t want to talk about it.”
“I’m not embarrassed. But what if she is?”
“Oh my god.” Rose snorted, putting her sunglasses up on the top of her head.
You groaned. None of your friends were backing you up here, wasn’t that meant to be there job? "Do you think I could get away with never having to talk to her again?"
Kelley came to sit next to Em, hanging her up over her shoulders, "Honey, babe, I'm sorry to have to tell you this but... you're on media duty with her today." She looked from her phone, to you.
You rasied an eyebrow, "You what?"
"Yeah... you've literally got to sit with her, in close proximity, answering random questions for about... three hours." She said, before smiling.
"You're messing with me." You shook your head.
Kelley shrugged and gestured to her phone, "Did you not see the email?"
You frowned, “Email...?”
Rose looked over at you, “Yeah, you know... that thing they invented. It’s like sending a letter but... online.”
"You guys get emailed stuff?" You asked in disbelief. They were pulling your leg. This isn’t real.
"You don't?" Rose asked.
You shrugged and mumbled under your breath, "Well, I've never had one..”
“Give me your phone.” Em reached her hand out, gesturing for you to hand it over.
“Why?”
She rolled her eyes, “I’ll find the email for you.”
You huffed slightly but gave her your phone anyway, “I’m telling you, I didn’t get one.” You tried your best to convince everyone around you. Emily just handed back your phone. You frowned and she pointed at the screen. You looked down at the open email, "Since when do we get emails?" You asked, flicking through it and seeing yours and Alex’s names at the media section, "Fuck."
Em grinned, leaning back on the lounger and putting her legs up on Kelley’s lap, "I don't know about you guys, but I am having the time of my life right now."
"You, Emily Sonnett, are an asshole." You pointed at her, putting your phone down and standing up. You scooped her up and carried her over to the pool.
She wriggled slightly and shook her head, "No-! Don't you dare-" You dropped her in, grinning as you waited for her to resurface.
When she did, you shrugged down at her, "You asked for it."
“You’re the one who doesn’t know what an email is!” She shouted, splashing water at your feet.
You laughed and let your mouth drop open at the accusation, “I know what an email is, I- ah, Kelley, no!” You screeched as Kelley lifts you up, holding you above the water. You cling onto her, “Wait, we can talk about this. Don’t drop me!” You beg.
Kelley gets distracted, seeing her friend across the pool, “Alex!” She shouts and drops you so can she wave at her.
“Kel!” Alex shouted in indignation. You resurface, get dunked again by Em, before resurfacing and swimming over to Alex, who is now stnding next to Kelley. "Y/N?" She looks down at you, an eyebrow raised.
"Uh, hi." You smile and wave.
"Hey," She gazes at you a second before regaining her train of thought, "um, media starts in, like, half an hour."
Your heart sinks ever so slightly but you nod. Best get this over and done with, "Right, yes, I- will go get ready." You point towards the steps out of the pool. As you’re swimming she calls over.
"I can help you if you want?" She offers and you turn, swimming backwards.
“Sure, yeah.” You nod, before arriving at the steps an quickly climbing out. As you’re getting out of the pool, Kelley smirks at Alex next to her.
"I'm sure you can really help her." She winks and Alex blushes before quickly pushing Kelley into the pool. She walks over to you. You look back at the splash and Kelley resurfacing, grinning at you and Alex.
You frown, turning to Alex and point to Kel with your thumb, “Kelley... did she just-?”
“She fell.” Alex quickly responded, a blush still evident on her cheeks.
You nod, “Huh.” And quickly run to catch up with Alex, grabbing your stuff from your lounger as you go past, thanking Lindsey and Rose’s ‘Good Luck’ as you go.
By the time you do catch up with Alex, the elevator has already reached your floor, “Good timing.” She mumbles and then falters, “Um, after you.” She offers, staying back to let you go first.
You nod and smile, before hurrying in, trying not to drop everything, “Sorry, thanks.” You clear your throat to try and shift the awkward feeling in your chest, and say the first thing that comes to mind, “I feel like I’ll annoy the hotel staff by getting water all over the elevator.”
“Not the first elevator we’ve flooded.” Alex smiles as she leans on the wall of the elevator.
You flush at your stupidity - of all the things to say... “No, I guess not.”
“Um, about that...” Alex shuffles her feet, standing up and pushing off of the wall.
You notice her pause again, “The other night?” You prompt her, interested in what she has to say about it. You try to steady your breathing, hoping it’s the outcome you want, hoping she still means everything she said.
She takes a deep breath and reaches past you to push the floor you’re both staying on with the team.
“Yes, yeah, I didn’t mean to be awkward about it. I’m sorry if I made you uncomfortable or anything. It wasn’t my intention.” She nervously puts her hands in her pockets and flicks her gaze between you and the floor.
“No, you haven’t- I’m not...” Your heart sinks slightly, “I didn’t want to bring it up in case you didn’t want to talk about it or something.”
“And I thought maybe you- maybe we were just, I don’t know, like, high on adrenaline and alcohol so maybe it didn’t actually mean anything.”
“Exactly!” You take a sharp breath in, because that’s exactly what you were worried about too. It’s Alex, for god’s sake. She could have kissed anyone. Was it you because you were there? Or because you had both been celebrating together?
Alex was holding her body tensly the whole time and she suddenly seems to deflate, “Sorry, we can just forget it happened.” You frown, how did you get to this point?
The elevator only just jolts into life as it starts taking you down to your floor.
“Oh, right. Yeah, maybe that’s... for the best.” You frown again, you can’t help but notice the signs that show she’s disappointed. Or is she? You sighed, and steel yourself. You needed to just double chck, you’d forever kick yourself if you let Alex slip through your fingers, “Or-”
“Or?” She immediately repeats, gently lifting her gaze to yours.
You wince before you’ve even said it. Drunk you thought it was romantic but maybe this was corny and would comfirm your place as a friend only. Fuck it - “We don’t have to let this just become a France thing...?”
"It can be a home thing too?” A blush returned and she chewed on her lower lip, before letting out a giant grin, “We’re a bit fucking cheesy when we’re drunk.”
You smirked, relaxing, “You can say that again.”
Alex steps forward and your smile falls from your face slightly as she looks so serious. She pushes a strand of your wet hair behind your ears and you’re very aware that, once again, you’re drenched in water, you’re not wearing a top and you’re pretty sure Alex Morgan is about to kiss you.
She cups your cheeks in the palms of her hands and nudged your nose gently with hers, “Y/N, my love, we are the cheesiest drunks.”
“I think we’re pretty cheesy sober, too.” You mumble, before connecting your lips once more. You smiled of the, already familiar, feel of Alex’s hands on your hips as she swivelled you around so she could push you up against the wall. “This feels kind of familiar?” You briefly pull away to tease her. She only responds by kissing you more deeply, her hands starting to wander- “I think I should remind you that we’re in an elevator.”
“Right, yeah.” She replies this time, mumbling her answer into your lips, lifting her hands back up to your waist.
She pulls away, clear pride in her eyes as she smiles. You’re not sure you remember seeing her smile this brightly at you until now. And that warms your heart.
“Can I take you for dinner tonight?” She asks, hope in her eyes, along with a tiny little amount of fear.
You don’t even hesitate, nodding straight away, “Yes, yeah... I’d like that.”
“I won’t make you take your shirt off this time.” She grins, before looking down and looking back up at you, “...Not that you actually appear to have a shirt to take off...”
You blush, and look down, “Oh, yeah, I went swimming...” You try to reason your lack of shirt and pants. You’ve won the World Cup, doesn’t that win you the right to hang out in just your bikini for several weeks? At least?
“Or pants, for that matter.” Alex hummed, raising an eyebrow.
You smile and pull her back into you so her gaze returns to yours, “When did this become a conversation about my clothes?”
“Probably when I realised you weren’t wearing any.” She whispered, pressing a quick kiss to your lips.
“Bikini. A bikini is a kind of outfit.” You mumble, slightly disorientated by the whirl of emotions you’ve been through the past few days, and now here you are. Kissing. Sober - (Kind of).
The elevator comes to a stop and Alex takes a hesitative step away, “You should probably get some clothes on.” Her gaze momentarily slips, before returning back up to your eyes again, “For the media day.” She smirks and the doors open. She throws your towel over you and intertwines your fingers, walking out into the corridor.
No one is there to witness the chaos of the two of you coming out of the elevator in a state of undress - luckily. She pushes you gently towards your hotel door.
You lean on your doorway and pull her towards you, innocently cocking your head to the side, “I thought you told Kelley you were going to help me?”
“Haha.” She laughs sarcastically, shaking her head and checking the time on her watch. You raise an eyebrow, opening the door to your room and holding it for her to go in first. She hesitates for a moment, standing strong, before completely giving in. As she walks past you, she peppers your face with kisses, pulling you inside with her.
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