Goal!: The Fourth Chapter!

Chapter 11

"Remember the U-20 girls team, versus the USWNT." said Emily, while walking.

"Yeah, and?" said Kling, not trying to catch up on anything of what Emily was talking about.

"Nevemind, I'll have to start from the beginning." said Emily, as she stills drags Kling towards the other group.

Meanwhile, back with Maire and Tobin. Maire, after reading Tobin's facial reaction, finally decides to say something.

"S-sorry, T-Tobin." said Maire, as she stuttered a bit. "It's been a long time."

"I know," said Tobin, without hesitation. "It has been a long time."

After Tobin said that a small smile formed on her face, which made Maire sighed in relief, before also forming a small smile.

"Heh, you should have seen your face." said Tobin, with a chuckle, while teasing her. "You were dead serious and afraid!"

Maire, blushed.

"Well, yeah, cause I thought you were disappointed in seeing me, after not sending you a text or a call." said Maire, as she admits to Tobin. "You know, since I lost contact with you and everyone around me."

"Oh no, not really." said Tobin, as she admits to Maire. "Well, actually I'm not disappointed, but happy to see you. However, I am pretty disappointed that you didn't send a text, or at least called us to see how you were. But, either way, since you're here, there's going to be plenty of time for that."

"Sure, whatever you say." said Maire, as she smiles at Tobin.

"Alright then, from the looks of things, I heard that you're here to see Lindsey." said Tobin, as she tells her.

"Yeah, do you know where she is?" said Maire, as she asks Tobin.

"She's in the recovery room." said Emliy, who was eavesdropping on Tobin's and Maire's conversation, while standing next to Kling, who was behind them.

"So, can we see her, please." said Maire, as she begs them.

"Yeah, but it's probably going to be a waste of time." said Kling, as she tells them. "Lindsey, doesn't want to see anybody."

"I just want to talk to her." said Maire, as she begs again.

"Alright, fine." said Kling, as she gives up, before walking them out of the locker room. "We'll take you there."

"Uh, I think it's best for me and Crystal, to take Maire there." said Tobin, as she and Crystal nodded.

"Yeah, Christen, Clara, and Nora, can stay in the locker room with Allie, Becky, you and Emily." said Crystal, as she tells Kling. "Either way, you girls have a lot to catch up on."

"True," said Kling, after she thought about it.

"Great!" said Crystal, cheerfully. "Then it's settled!"

Moments later...

Tobin and Crystal were taking Maire to the recovery room in which Lindsey is at. As the girls enter the recovery room, they then find Lindsey sitting in a chair with her head down,

"Please, leave." said Lindsey, as she mutters, while asking them politely.

Tobin, Crystal, and Maire looked at one another. While looking back at Lindsey, Maire rolls her wheelchair towards her.

"I am here to make things right, Lindsey. So, please don't push me away." said Maire, without hesitation, while telling her.

After listening to Maire saying that, Lindsey then looks at Maire and hugs her. Maire hugs Lindsey back.

Both Crystal and Tobin started to sniff.

"We'll leave you two alone, so that you can talk." said Tobin, as she puts an arm around Crystal, while telling Maire and Lindsey that, before heading out of the room along with Crystal. "Come on, Crystal."

While talking with Lindsey, Maire admits to Lindsey that Coach Sloan was the main reason why she's in a wheelchair.

"What?" said Lindsey, who was shocked by the news. "But, how?"

"During the game, and after the doctor realized that I have fractured my knee, according to the X-Rays..." said Maire, as she continued. "They made an urgent phone call and text messages to me and Coach Sloan. I received the text, but never had a chance to check my phone. Coach Sloan got a text as well, but she decided to leave me on the field, instead of taking me out of the field, like she was supposed to."

"Yeah, but. Nobody told me that you were injured." said Lindsey, as she admits to Maire. "I would have stopped myself, if I knew that you were."

"I know," said Maire, as she admits to Lindsey. "Tobin knew after eavesdropping on my conversation with Axel. She also told Lynn, Clara, Nora, and Hadley about it. I guess that the news wasn't at all that quick because you were the only one that didn't know about it."

"But, it's still my fault for crashing into you." said Lindsey, as she admits to Maire, while putting her head down.

Maire sighs.

"Lindsey, listen," said Maire, as she looked at her. "I don't blame you for injuring my leg more. Either way it was such a game. But, seriously though, who doesn't get hurt while playing a sport?"

After saying that, Maire then side hugs Lindsey, before Lindsey pulls her into another hug again.

"It's really good to see you, FIve." said Lindsey, as the two of them stopped hugging.

"Yeah, same here." said Maire, as she admits to Lindsey.

"Anyways, I think it's best for us to meet with the others," said Lindsey, as she got up from her seat. "Now, come on. I'm sure both Tobin and Crystal are eavesdropping on our conversation."

"Why do you say that?" said Maire, as she asked Lindsey, who opened the door.

As Lindsey opens the door of the recovery room, both Tobin and Crystal fall onto the floor which reveals that they were listening into their whole conversation through the door.

"Oof!" said both Tobin and Crystal, while landing on the floor.

Maire put her hand on her forehead.

"Oh." said Maire, as she and Lindsey try hard not to chuckle. "Yeah, I guess you were right on that."

Both Tobin and Crystal looked up at both Lindsey and Maire.

"Uhh..." said both Tobin and Crystal, with nothing else to say.

"Crystal, I thought you said that there was a spider on the door?!" said Tobin, as she made up a random excuse.

"Uh? Oh, Y-yeah, yeah, I think I did." said Crystal, as she went along with Tobin's excuse.

"Seriously, girls." said Lindsey, as she and Maire both started to laugh. "Just admit that you were eavesdropping on our conversation the whole time!"

After hearing Lindsey say that, both Tobin and Crystal looked at each other, and laughed along with both Lindsey and Maire. As the four girls arrive in the locker room, they then find something unexpected. Maire, Tobin, Lindsey, and Crystal gasped.

"What?-" said Maire, before she was cut off by Tobin.

"In?-" said Tobin, before she was cut off by Lindsey.

"The?-" said Lindsey, before she was cut off by Crystal.

"World?!" said Crystal, as she finished the sentence.

Maire, Tobin, Lindsey, and Crystal, saw Nora wearing a dress, Clara wearing a dress, Christen wearing a dress, and Allie wearing a dress, along with Emily wearing a dress as well. Everyone stood still, frozen shut.

"Uhh..." said Maire, as she looked at her cousin who blushed. "Did we miss something here?or?"

"Or?" said Tobin, as she, Lindsey, Crystal and Maire, as they looked at Nora, Clara, Christen, Allie, and Emily, who looked at them back in a surprised way as well.