The Family

44

Talia's POV

"KELS WE GOTTA GO." I yell then hug Julie. "Bye Babygirl."

"Good luck." Julie says and pecks my lips. "I love you."

Since there is 11 teams in the league this year Chicago doesn't have a game in the last week of the season again so Julie decided to come visit.

This year Chicago has the four seed locked up and Portland has the number one seed locked up so they play each other in a week in Portland.

I still don't know who I want to play in the finals. On one hand I'd love to play Portland at their home stadium, but on the other hand I'd love to play Julie in the final.

"I love you too." I say and hug my Soulmate again.

"Okay I'm ready." Kelley says.

Kelley, Christen and I leave the apartment and get in my car then we drive over to Corsie and Becky's place and pick them up.

"Hey." Becky says and slide into the back seat.

"Hello." Corsie says and shuts the door then I head for the RioT.

"This should be a fun game." Kelley says.

We play the Courage tonight and this game is to see who will host the playoff match between us.

We are in 2nd and the Courage are one point behind us in third so whoever wins this game will host the playoff between us.

"I'm just ready to get it over with." I admit.

"You just wanna spend time with Julie." Kelley teases as we approach the stadium.

"Of course I do."

When we get to the RioT I park next to Amy, Barnie, and Katie then all of us get out of the car and head to the locker room. Once in the locker room I remove my three necklaces and place them safely in my bag. I then change into my warm up shirt, game shorts, my right sock, my left sock, my right red boot, and lastly my left red boot. After that I head to Amy's locker then sit down on the floor in-between her legs.

"Hey sweetie." Amy says and starts running her fingers through my hair.

"Hi Amy." I say then face forward and let Amy do her thing.

Amy runs her fingers through my hair for a little bit then she puts part of my hair in a braid like she does hers then she puts it in a pony tail.

"Thanks." I say and hug one of Amy's legs.

"Of course." Amy says and kisses my head then I get up and start walking out of the locker room.

The starters and I warm up for a while then we head back into the locker room and I change into my gold jersey. I then sit in my locker while waiting for everyone and I sit in silence until I see the Tower of Power walk into the room.

"Uh hey Sammy." I say getting everyone's attention. "Whatcha doin in our locker room?"

"Um." Sam says and scratches her neck. "Some of the girls aren't comfortable playing you guys tonight and they're talking about forfeiting the game."

"Who?" Kelley questions.

"Merritt, Jaelene, and McCall."

"Did they say why?" Becky asks then Sam just looks at me.

"Oh fuck off." I say and get out of my seat.

I then walk across the hall and walk into the Courage locker room.

"Hey Talia." Abby says.

"Hey Abs." I say then look at the three bitches. "Really? You don't want to play us?"