Isabella is back with the National Team for the rest of the month for the SheBelieves Tournament. Since it was in California, she borrowed the white Royce-Rolls with red interior (so far her favorite car to borrow) and took the 2 and a half-hour drive there, meeting the rest of the team at the hotel.
She would have arrived earlier if it wasn't for her going through the Starbucks drive-through... And Kristie texted her to get her one as well since she knew Izzy was going to stop there.
But she would blame Kristie. It's easier that way.
Stepping out of her car (her Mom's car... but sharing is caring) wearing her green re-inc joggers, a green mock neck tee both of them from m the gamer collection, and a dark topcoat that was not out for production from the re-inc source collection.
Noticing the camera point at her while she walked into the hotel with her iced coffee, she playfully posed.
When she met Vlatko at the lobby of the hotel, she gave him a smile when she was given her hotel room key. "You're sharing with Tierna."
"I bet Kristie had a lot to say about that." Isabella chuckled, making Vlatko nod in agreement.
"She tried to convince me for 30 minutes." Isabella giggled played with the room key unconsciously. "You can come down in an hour to get your stuff then we'll have lunch before the meeting."
She nodded and smiled at the hotel staff who was rolling her luggage. "I'll get that from you, thank you. I could take this up to my room."
After grabbing her suitcase, she entered the elevator and went up to her room. Using the room key that was given to her, her smile widened when she saw Tierna.
"Hey, roomie." Tierna smiled up at her and helped her with her things.
Before Isabella could even unpack some of her things, there was a knock on the door. Tierna got up from her bed and open the door and came barging in was Kristie, Sam, Emily, and Rose. "Where's my coffee?"
Izzy pointed at the table they had in the room, making Kristie bounce happily towards the caffeinated drink.
"How come she has one?"
"I'm the favorite."
"Hey, what's in your suitcase?"
"Do you have any food here?"
"No Kristie, for the last time, I won't change rooms with you."
"But I don't wanna room with Sam."
"Hey! What's wrong with rooming with me?"
"What's NOT wrong with rooming with you?"
"Rose, don't."
A loud squeal was heard in the bathroom making the once noisy room quiet. Rose came out with a snickering Emily, who was filming the midfielder.
Isabella shook her head and just went back to unpacking her things.
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USWNT Keep SheBelieves Camp Weird
Isabella sat beside Emily, the both of them being paired for the video. She didn't mind really since it was always more fun with Sonnett around. They both sat in front of the camera, grinning when they handed them the blindfold.
"Are we teammates, or are we going against each other?" Isabella asked, holding up the blindfold.
Emily put up her blindfold when we found out that they were teamed together instead of against each other since she had been teasing Isabella the whole day. "Wait really?"
"Mhmmmm...." Isabella hummed, putting the blue blindfold on, making sure that her hair would not get messy. " And who was running your mouth earlier? Talkin' your shit and stuff, only to be let down at the end, huh?"
She felt Emily hit her side making her gasp and blindly reach out and pull whatever she grabbed, which happens to be her hair. "OUCH!"
"Talk your shit, talk your shit. I fucking dare you, Sonnett."
Rose, who was behind the camera, interrupted their fight. "Why are you putting on the blindfolds? You need introductions."
With a sigh, they both removed their blindfold, both of them playfully glaring at Rose.
"And you didn't tell us before we started the whole fight?"
"You guys didn't ask!"
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With smiles plastered on their faces like no bickering happened before this. They both shot the camera a smile. "Hello."
Emily's smile widened as she sat up straighter on her chair. "Hi."
"My name is Isabella Press, forward for the USWNT and Stanford's Women's Soccer Team."
"And I am Emily Sonnett, Isabella's best friend."
There could be a few protests heard from behind the camera before a black Nike slide were thrown straight at Emily making Isabella gasp and put a hand on her mouth to stop herself from laughing.
"You are NOT her best friend. I am." Kristie said while hopping on one foot, grabbing her slides back, and going back behind the camera.
Both of their eyes followed the blonde midfielder, not knowing what to say before bursting out laughing. "Oh my god."
"Damn fine, you could have her. I don't deserve this abuse."
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Both of their blindfolds are back on, Isabella reached her hand out, looking for Emily. Her grin widened when she felt her face and she started rubbing it.
Sonnett groaned and started biting Isabella making the younger girl squeal and pull her hand back. "Oh my god, animal."
"Wait," Emily said, reaching over to grab her hand again. "Oh my god, your hand smells so good."
"It's my lotion, you want some? I could give some to you."
"Yes please."
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1st object: Pineapple
The first object was placed on the table, both of them instantly reaching their hands out to feel the object. The moment the object touched their hands, they immediately knew what it was.
"Ohhhh we know."
"Who lives in a PINEAPPLE under the sea?"
"SPONGE BONG HEMP PANTS!"
"Correct."
Isabella removed her blindfold and looked at Emily weirdly. Sonnett did the same and gave the forward a cheeky smile. "You don't know that?"
"No?"
"I'll show you the video later."
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2nd object: coconut
The moment the object was put in front of them, Emily swung her hand and hit the coconut making it fly off the table and hit the wall. They could hear the object crack making Isabella gasp and cover her mouth.
She turned to where Emily sat to "look" at her (but she was not looking at her at all) and started laughing. "What the fuck did you do? I didn't even get to feel the damn thing."
"We have another one."
Another coconut was placed on the table, which Isabella immediately grabbed. She could feel Emily reaching out for the object but she just pushed her hands away, making the defender pout. "I want to feel it."
"No, you already destroyed the other one." Isabella looked up at the ceiling, directing her attention to the "camera". "It's a coconut by the way."
Once they got the green light, they both removed their blindfolds and looked at the side of the room, which had coconut juice on it, and on the floor, there was a cracked coconut.
Izzy looked at Rose and Tierna with a grin. "Can I have this coconut?"
"Sure, as long as you could open it."
Emily bounced on her chair and looked at Isabella. "Can I have as well?"
"Nope, this is mine, you could get the one on the floor since you did that." She looked back at the people behind the camera, ignoring the longing looks Emily was giving the coconut. "Can someone please get me a knife and a straw please? Or just something sharp?"
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3rd Object: Beauty Blenders
"But I want coconut," Emily whined, ignoring the objects in front of them. While Isabella was already squeezing the beauty blender.
"You should have thought about that before you fucking slung that shit to the wall," Izzy chuckled. "Now feel these damn things on the table and help me out."
Emily chuckled and started reaching out to the object as well. "Damn, why is everybody in this room so hostile."
Isabella's eye furrowed when she started squeezing it harder. "Oh my god, these are so fun to play with."
"Are they those things? What do you call them? OH! BEAUTY BLENDERS!"
They both cheered when they got it right. Emily reached her hand out for a high-five, but since Isabella could not see it, she was still squeezing the beauty blender. "Oh okay, I see how it is."
Isabella looked up with a laugh, trying to figure out why they were laughing. "What? What happened?"
"I want a high-five."
"Oh okay." Isabella faced Emily and reached her hand out for the high-five, but instead of making contact with her hand, she made contact with her face.
"Ow."
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry."
"No, you're not."
"No, I'm not."
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Rose came back with a straw and a screwdriver. "This is the only sharp thing I could find."
Isabella shrugged and happily took it from Rose's hand. She put the coconut on the table and with just one strong stab, she was able to make a perfect hole.
Everybody looked at her in shock as the younger girl happily removed the screwdriver with force and put the straw in, taking a sip of her coconut juice with a satisfied look.
"This is a good coconut."
"What... did I just watch?"
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The camp went by quickly, and now they were getting ready to drive the 15 minutes from Chula Vista to San Diego, and since Isabella brought her Mom's car, she was going to drive there herself.
As usual, they were fighting who would be coming with her.
Isabella waved at Tierna, who was putting her bag on the bus, giving her a hug. "Good luck with them."
They both faced her car, where Kristie was fighting with Sam on who would take the shotgun, while Rose and Emily were both already in the back seat.
"Sam, I have to vlog this."
"Really?"
"They told me to vlog it for the channel."
Isabella chuckled and watched as Sam let out a defeated sigh and went in the backseat with the two. She went over and sat on the driver's seat, starting the engine while Kristie started to vlog.
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Finally arriving at San Diego, Isabella was placed in a room with Kelley, much to her best friends' dismay. It amused Isabella how much they wanted to room with her.
They were able to train in San Diego for a day before their match against the Czech Republic.
The day their match arrived, Isabella felt someone shaking her, making her groan. She looked at Kelley, who was up and energized and flipped her off before going back to sleep.
"Come on, breakfast time before the team meeting."
Isabella groaned again before grabbing her phone, a smile on her face when she noticed Hailee texted her.
Hazzy (7:21 am):
Good Morning babe! I know
you have a game today and
I just want to wish you good luck
and I will be cheering for
you from home!
Not being able to wipe the smile off her face, Isabella sat up so that she could reply.
Izzy (7:45 am):
Babe? Since when did youcall me babe?
Izzy (7:46 am):
Thank you BABE, our match
is at 8 so we have the whole day
to do our routines.
Wish you were here
Hazzy (7:51 am):
Just trying something new, plus
I know you loved it.
Hazzy (7:52 am):
In that case, facetime before your
game? I want to wish you luck
Izzy (7: 52 am):
Of course
With that message sent, she got up from her bed, in a better mood before going to the bathroom to do her morning routine and going down to breakfast with a small skip to her feet.
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They were at the finals against Iceland and so far they had won every game, with Isabella scoring at least 2 goals in each game. To say that she was really her mothers' daughter was an understatement.
She had been the woman to look out during these games, just like how people always looked out for Christen and Michelle since they always found a way to score goals one way or another.
Before the game, she had grown a small pre-game routine that she got from her Moms and made her own. Like Chsirten (and Mitch who joined her ritual when they got together), she walked around the field barefoot to try and round herself. After that she would call Hailee while she was preparing, the both of them talking about anything under the sun.
Isabella claimed that she was one of her good luck charms since she would always be in a good mood when the two of them talked. Which added to the confidence Isabella had on the field.
Everyone knew there was something different.
Because even though she was always a happy person on the field, she had this certain glow and change of aura. The team had an idea why, since they knew that she and Hailee have a thing. They just don't know if they were official, which they both aren't... yet.
But it was cute. She never acted this way before.
"How was the travel?" Isabella was tying her cleats, ready to go out there for warm-ups. She just got done grounding herself and familiarizing herself with the field so she was doing her calls with Hailee, who just drove with the rest of the Press family, Daya, Tom, Florence, and Timmy to support Isabella. This was the finals after all.
Hailee hummed, she could hear some shuffling from the other side a few fans asking for their autographs. "It was fine, Akie and Di slept the whole way through."
"I'm guessing they are energized now then?" Isabella laughed softly when she heard her sisters just yapping away. "How was the archery training yesterday?"
"It was good, he seems nice enough, but I liked our training more," Hailee answered. "I get to look at your ass and it gives me motivation."
Isabella snorted, getting ready to go out so she was in front of her cubby, ready to end the call. "You just like me for my body, Steinfeld."
"Not true, but also not completely wrong. Your looks are just a bonus."
"I have to go, babe. I'll see you out there."
"Okay, good luck."
"Thank you."
She ended the call and put her phone in her bag, before shoving her bag into her cubby. She felt people nudge her, only to see Kelley, Alex, Kristie, Sam, Tierna, and Emily all looking at her with a smirk.
"It's 'babe' now, huh?"
Isabella shrugged and started heading out. "I call you guys babe all the time."
"But not with that smile."
"And the tone of voice."
Isabella rolled her eyes and clung to Alyssa. "Lys, they're bullying me again." Alyssa used her body to shield her away from their teammates who were teasing her, making Isabella lean her head back and laugh. "This is why you're my favorite."
When they went out into the field, Isabella immediately scanned the ground, her smile widening when she saw her best friends sitting with her family. She gave them a small wave, grinning when they waved back.
Her eyes lingered on Hailee longer, the singer biting her lip as she eyes Isabella.
She looked hot in her kit, and she thought she looked hotter when she saw the younger girl warming up with the rest of her team.
Zendaya nudged her best friend, giving Hailee a look. "Stop eye fucking her. I know she looks good but keep it in your pants."
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Isabella was starting, like how she had been in the previous games, and she noticed all of the defenders were targeting her. She felt someone trip her for the second time, and once again, it was ignored by the referee.
Sam, who was near her, glared at the woman who tripped the forward before bending down to help Isabella up. "You okay?"
Isabella put two thumbs up, a reassuring smile on her face. "Yeah, don't worry about me."
"They have been targeting you and we have only been playing for 20 minutes."
Patting her shoulder, she gave the midfielder a reassuring look. "I'm fine, I promise."
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Running across the field, she saw the ball in Kristie's feet. She put her hand up, signaling that she was free, so Kristie crossed the ball towards her, which she effortlessly got before sprinting to the goal.
Finding the right angle, she kicked the ball into the goal with a lot of force, making it go into the net.
"Press opening up the scoreboard on the 24th minute."
Kristie jumped on Isabella making her chuckle. She looked at the crows and made eye contact with Christen, before pointing at her, making her Mama's smile widen.
"Looks like her goal was dedicated to her Mama, Christen Press, who is watching the game alongside Isabella's friends and family."
Michelle's grin widened when she noticed her wife getting teary-eyed. Even after all these years, she was happy that she and Isabella loves each other. She pulled Christen closer and intertwined their fingers, giving it a soft squeeze. Christen looked up at Isabella and sniffled. "I shouldn't be this emotional about that."
Michelle chuckled and shook her head. "Don't worry, I cry every time she points at me too. Fuck, she doesn't even have to point at me, every time I see her on the field and enjoying the game, I just want to run up to her and kiss her."
Zendaya nudged Hailee slightly and gave the singer a knowing look. "I know who else wants to kiss her."
"Oh my god Daya," Hailee nudged Zendaya back, her cheeks red. "It's too early for that."
"You didn't deny it though, she's not wrong." Florence, Timothee, and Tom joined in on the conversation.
They all chuckle when Hailee just looked at the field. choosing to ignore them.
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The next few minutes went on the same. It was already the 48th minute, barely the start of the second half, when Isabella found herself in the middle of 3 defenders.
Isabella had her hands up, in case anything happened when she felt someone from behind her grab her shirt and yank her down. She sat on the grass, laughing in disbelief when the referee finally came towards them.
She felt Rose come up beside her, making sure she was okay. Isabella looked up and saw Sam and Kristie basically towering over the girl who yanked her down, even Alyssa from the goal, and Kelley, who was near her were getting ready to run up to her as well.
It took a while before the referee pulled out the yellow card to the other player, making them protest and others protest since she had been fouling me the whole game but the referee always took the blind eye.
Isabella went over there, yanking the Mewis sisters. "I don't want the two of you to get yellow as well. Just focus on the game. We need to win this."
And win it they did.
They tend to be overprotective of Isabella, so the woman who yanked Isabella has basically targeted the whole match.
Kelley and Emily kept tackling her, making sure that she doesn't get a hold of the ball. Tierna kept close with Izzy, she and Sam were also at arm's reach so that they could intervene in case anything happens. And Alyssa was just sending daggers from the goalpost.
It didn't help that she could hear Haille, Zendaya, Florence, Tom, and Timmy cheer louder every time the player was down, or every time someone stole the ball from her.
In the end, she was about to sink in 2 more goals (all of which she dedicated to Akie, Di- she was just going to have to make it up for Mitch and Theo.. and maybe Hailee) before the whistle blew, signaling the end of the game.
She shook hands with the other players before she went to the bleachers and greeted her best friends and her family. She gave them a hug, happy to see them after a few weeks.
When she got to Hailee though, their hug was much longer, and she felt Hailee kiss her neck making her pull away. "I'm sweaty, babe."
"Oh god, it sounds better hearing you say it in person."
Isabella playfully rolled her eyes before giving her a huge smile and a squeeze of the hand.
"Ate, can we go to the locker room with you?"
"Yeah, I wanna see the team."
Isabella chuckled, helping the twins come down to the field before she got Theo from her Mom, who happily handed her the babbling and energetic baby.
Scooping her baby sister and pulling her closer to her, she made sure that the twins were by her side, holding at the ends of her shirt before the 4 of them made their way to the locker room.
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The awarding ceremony arrived, and Isabella had Theo and the twins with her the whole time, which her teammates were not complaining because they go to play more footy with the twins while Theo was clinging to Isabella the whole time. "Someone missed you."
Izzy looked up to see her best friends and her family were making their way towards them, making her smile. She chuckled and looked at Theo, who was playing with the medal hanging on her neck. "Yeah, we haven't been apart from each other this long. I could only imagine when I'm back on campus."
"Yeah, I could only imagine." Hailee chuckled, poking Theo's chubby cheeks stopping her from putting the medal in her mouth.
"Isabella, come on, time for a picture!"
Izzy looked back at her teammates before looking back at Hailee. "I need to go, can you hold her for me?"
Hailee nodded and gently grabbed Theo, who was already tearing up when she noticed that she was not with Isabella anymore. Isabella felt bad when she saw her sister start crying, but her best friends immediately went to her side to distract her before Michelle and Christen could notice the baby crying.
Isabella smiled at the sight before she was pulled into the middle of the stage. They thrust the trophy towards her making her laugh. She lifted the trophy with Kelley, making everyone cheer.
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mrapinoe: All we do is win win win no matter what!!
isabellapress: @mrapinoe LFGGGGGG!!
username1: Isabella had her own protection squad
username2: @username1 I mean, understandable, she's the only person who could score that many goals in a game. They need her.
username1: @username2 they're also their baby since she's the youngest. Also, have you seen her? She's literally a cinnamon roll like her Mom @christenpress
username3: Did I cry when she pointed at Christen? Yes, yes I did
username4: @username3 did you see how excited the twins were though? they were so cute
username5: Seeing Zendaya, Timothee, Hailee, Tom, and Florence supporting Isabella was everything to me
username6: proud of y'all!!
username7: Oh look what couldn't be bothered to televise on my TV. College ball over National Team win. 👎
username8: Living for the KMew facial expression...what a mood.
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zendaya: Congratulatory milkshake. Proud of you @isabellapress, it was an honor that we got to watch you dominate the field like that. Can't wait for the World Cup!!!
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isabellapress: Thank you for the milkshake!!!!
zendaya: @isabellapress Have you seen how you were on the field??!! I'm surprised you aren't sore
haileesteinfeld: Yesssss!!!!!
username1: I love how she immediately went to get a milkshake with her family and friends
usernmae2: @username1 right??? like it hasn't even been an hour
username3: I ship her with Zendaya so bad
username4: @username3 it sucks that Zendaya is with Tom
zendaya: @username4 ikrrrr
username5: LMAOOOO ZENDAYA^^^^
username6: Okay, but she's hot
username7: Does anyone feel like her and Hailee have so much chemistry?
username8: @username7 I wish, but I think she's straight