Talex Who (Tobin/You)

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"Yeah, okay." I say, smiling as I hand Y/N her laptop and charger.

"Thank you." Y/N says before slipping her laptop into her backpack. Important things go in the carry on. Later that night, as Y/N and I crawl into bed after she's fully packed, and I smile as Y/N pulls me close, letting me cuddle into her chest.

"Promise me you'll be careful in Akron." I say and she sighs heavily, her fingers playing with my hair.

"You know I'll try to stay alive up there." She responds and I trace patterns on her stomach

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Y/N
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The following night, Tobin drives me to the airport at six so I can get through security and still be on time for my flight because you know, TSA.

"Call me when you land?" Tobin asks as she reluctantly releases me from her embrace.

"Of course." I say, kissing her softly. "I love you, I gotta go though." I say as I pull away and Tobin smiles.

"Go have fun." She says and I smile, jogging over to security, since I had already checked in and given my suitcase to the airline.

When I land at Port Columbus, I got off the plane with my backpack and adjusted my shades, yeah, shades in an airport at midnight, what a douche, paparazzi are a thing and guess who was waiting for my ass at my gate. I just duck my head and ignore the flashes, I had my earbuds in and my music up, so I couldn't hear the questions being asked, didn't really want to either as I headed to luggage claim to get my suitcase, when it came around, I grabbed it and headed out of the secure area and to where Alex texted me telling me where I could find her. I indeed found Alex in the place she said she was, and I walked over to my friend and hugged her tight before pausing my music and pulling my earbuds out of my ears.

"You're lucky I love my friend." Alex says and I smile.

"Right? I thought for sure you'd make me sleep in the airport til morning." I say and Alex rolls her eyes at me. 

"Come on, the sooner we leave, the sooner we can go home and go to bed." Alex says and I chuckle.

"Right, you're on that Ohio time." I say and Alex nods, leading me to her truck, unlocking the truck so I can put my bags in the back seat before climbing into the front seat with Alex.

"And you're on that Oregon time." Alex says and I scoff.

"I'm so jet lagged that my jet lag has jet lag." I say and Alex laughs.

"Sucks to be world champions, doesn't it?" Alex asks as she pulls out of the airport, well on her way to Akron.

"At least nobody retired this time. I'd die if Carli retired." I say and Alex laughs, looking at me as she drives. "Hey, eyes on the road, Hugo." I say and Alex rolls her eyes, but turns back to the road.

"So how are things in the soccer world?" She asks and I scoff.

"Still no equal pay, still playing on turf. No equal pay for the better play." I say and Alex snorts. 

"I thought it was equal pay, equal play." She says and I look at her.

"Do you really think that the men are as good as us women? We read instructions, we know what we're doing." I say and Alex chuckles.

"I forgot just how little sense you make." Alex says and I shake my head at my friend.

"I forgot how judgmental you are." I say, laughing as Alex smacks my arm. "Ow! Easy there, hulk!" I say, rubbing my arm and she looks over at me.

"I ran into Emma a while ago." Alex says and I raise an eyebrow at her.

"And?" I ask and Alex scoffs, looking at me.

"And? You've got one of the biggest names in soccer wrapped around your finger!" Alex says and I shrug.

"Tobin? She's just another human being like you and I." I say and Alex sighs.

"Why did I have to find out from Emma and not from you?" She asks and I sigh.

"Because now you're going to book a flight to Portland when I'm due to go home and try to intimidate my girlfriend, she already gets that from Emma and Emily, I don't want you copying them. Leave my girlfriend alone, Alex." I say and Alex sighs.

"I just want to make sure she treats you right." Alex says and I sigh.

"I know you do, and Tobin is amazing. Trust me."

"You said that about that bitch from college." She says and I sigh, pulling my phone out. 

"I know." I say and Alex sighs.

"Calling Tobin?" Alex asks as I tap on Tobin's contact.

"Yeah, I told her I'd call her when I landed." I say and Alex nods, turning the music down as I hold my phone to my ear after pressing the call option.

When Alex and I get to her place in Akron, she shows me to the guest room, where I put my bags down and crawl into bed when Alex leaves to her room. In the morning, I wake up to the smell of bacon, so I get out of bed and change into some different clothes before following the smell to the kitchen, where Alex is at the stove in red boxers and a sports bra, I laugh quietly and lean against the doorway of the kitchen.

"Boxers? Really, Hugo?" I ask, making my friend jump, obviously startled.

"Dammit, Y/N." Alex says and I laugh. "It's not funny! You scared the shit out of me!" She says and I laugh harder. "Ugh, why'd I even invite you over." She says and I shrug.

"Because you wanted to catch up, and because I'm awesome." I say and Alex rolls her eyes.

"Okay, shut up, breakfast is ready." She says and I shrug, leaning against her counter as she hands me a plate of food. "Eat up. I have practice in a half hour, and you're tagging along." Alex says and I sigh, but comply to her request and eat quickly, getting ready to go with Alex afterward and accepting the invite to work out with Alex and the team, I mean, the coach asked me if I would like to join, I'd be rude to decline.

As the weight room empties of the Racers team, it's really just their fitness coach, their actual coach, Alex and myself still in the weight room, some girls were coming back in to watch Alex and I work our legs, and I laugh as I hear one of her teammates yell at her.

"Yeah, Newt!" She yells and I chuckle as I keep going, as does Alex.

"Get it, soccer star!" Someone else yells and I do a few more reps before letting the weights hit the floor and go over to the little group, watching as Alex continues, when she stops, we help each other rack our weights before heading out, back to Alex's place so we can shower and get ready for whatever else Alex has planned for us, considering it was only noon.

"So I was thinking that we could head to Columbus for the day." Alex says and I furrow my brow at her as I look up at her from where I was tying my shoes, since she barged into the room as I was putting my shoes on.

"That's an hour drive away, why do you want to go to Columbus?"

"Because I have nothing softball related to do today, besides practice and I just got done with that, I also know that you really want to meet Roman Atwood, he might be out doing something for his crazy projects at his place." Alex says and I groan.

"If I agree, will you promise to not actively seek out Roman?" I ask and Alex shrugs. "Fuck it, fine." I say and sigh as she smirks at me.