Charlotte
(irl + social media)
The girls had a game against Rutgers which was really close to New York, so we got there a day early so we could visit the city. I wish I could've gotten Kate to meet my family but they were still on winter break in California.
Everyone got ready in their hotel rooms, trying to put together the best New York outfit possible. Many girls called me into the room to help them pick out an outfit.
Our first stop was the Rockefeller tree and I had literally just found out it was almost everyone's first time in New York when Gabbie didn't even know what the tree was called.
I was dragged away from Gabbie when Kate grabbed my arm, bringing me in front of the tree so that Caitlin could take a picture of us.
She scared the crap out of me but I had the most genuine and big smile ever.
After the picture, she spun me around so we could look at the tree and I leaned my head on her shoulder for a split second before remembering how many people were surrounding us and how many cameras were everywhere. Especially since Caitlin was have a documentary filmed, there was a huge camera following her around.
Kate just laughed when she knew I realized I probably shouldn't be laying my head on her and I just gave her a nervous smile.
"It's fine." She reassured.
We now were walking down the street, Kylie vlogging, a huge camera walking in front of us, people taking pictures all around us, it was pure chaos.
We were looking into all the windows at Christian Dior and Kate kept pulling me close to her since I was actually freezing. We all decided to go into Saks to warm up and look around.
That didn't end well because of us constantly being approached by fans and a huge camera crew following us around. We got kicked out of Saks and made our walk of shame with a security guard guiding us out.
"Let's go into Aritzia so you can see the huge coat in there." I said.
We got the camera crew to wait outside so we didn't get kicked out and we all made our way to the back of the store where the coat was.
Kylie started to film and Caitlin went up to the camera.
"So here there's a gigantic coat, it looks disgusting, I will not be putting that on." Caitlin said.
Immediately after she said that, Kate walked right up to it and grabbed it, putting it on.
We were all laughing at her and taking pictures of her while she posed for us.
"Would you still like me if I wore this coat?" Kate asked me.
"No." I joked.
She gasped and jokingly acted offended.
Our next stop was a coffee shop and then we got pizza since everyone was starving and we still had a while until dinner, Kate was in charge of everyone's order.
"So you guys think maybe you just wanna do a classic pep and then a buffalo chicken one?" Kate asked.
"Yeah." Everyone agreed, besides me.
"Don't worry Charlotte, I know you just want plain cheese." Kate said, nudging me.
"Aw she knows you so well." Caitlin joked.
After we ate, we made our way to Times Square which was actually so terribly crowded. Then we went to eat more food at dinner.
Kylie started vlogging again, "So, where are we right now?" Kylie asked.
"We're on broadway!" Jada said.
"How do you know we're on broadway?" Kate asked.
"Cause the street sign says broadway babe." Jada said.
"Oh, okay." Kate laughed.
I just looked at her like she was stupid.
"What? I wasn't looking." Kate said.
We got to the restaurant we had rented out for the whole team and we all ate, just bonding over stupid things and laughing about getting kicked out of Saks earlier.
After dinner we went to see a musical and Kate and I sat next to each other. I found the musical incredibly boring so I was half asleep, my head on Kate's shoulder.
"You can sleep." She whispered.
And that's exactly what I did.
I knew Kate would wake me up when it was over, her gentle shake to my arm woke me up. Kate helped me out of the seat and to the backstage area, finally getting me to fully wake up. Suddenly I felt arms wrap around me from behind and then I felt Kate's chin rest on my shoulder. She placed a kiss to my cheek before she let go and we met the cast of the musical.
We then went outside and the team's picture was up on a billboard in Times Square. I got to take pictures of the girls in front of it and after what seemed like forever of them just standing there, Kate finally ran over to me and grabbed me, pulling me into the picture. Kate always included me and that's just one of the many things I loved about her.
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iowawbb Welcome to New York, it's been waitin' for ya
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↳ charlotteobrien new york looks good on you
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caitlinclark22 we ate some good food
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gabbie.marshall i saw the rockefeller tree for the first time!
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charlotteobrien back home just in time for the freezing cold and tourist season!
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caitlinclark22 back for one day!
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jadagyamfi froze my ass off
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sydney.affolter idk today was a bit chaotic
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author's note
writing this chapter took 5 years off my life
also 35K READS? thx
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