A/N: Same families as the vacation series
Julie's POV
"Daddy!" I yell meeting his smiling eyes through all the people.
"Jules wa-" calls Christen after me as I sprint out of the tunnel and up to the fence. The guard tries to stop me but I duck under his arm and launch myself up onto the chain length.
"Hi baby." says Daddy softly while carefully reaching over and holding my waist so I don't fall backwards. "How are you sweetie?"
I giggle, "Good." I reach up and mindlessly run my fingers over the stubble on his chin. "Does Mama know you're here?"
"No bug your Mama doesn't know." chuckles Daddy shaking his head side to side. "You know how she is about people coming to watch her."
"Mrs. Johnston we need you to come back ma'am." says a very deep voice from behind me. I sigh and roll my eyes making Dad chuckle. I feel a new set of hands on my waist before getting lifted off the fence and onto the ground. I get ushered back behind the curtain and promptly get pushed in line beside a skinny, freckle faced, redheaded girl with pigtail braids.
"Hi I'm Julie but my friends call me JJ." I say taking her hand. She beams up at me star struck. I mean what can I say? I am a World Cup champion.
"I'm- My name's Caroline a-and my friends call me C." she mumbles with her cute crooked smile still plastered on her lips. I smile fondly at her and notice the number on her head band. It's fifteen. I wonder if she's a Pinoe fan or if that's just what she wears back home. It's a wide red fabric headband that says "#15 Striker" I notice the blonde girl with Alyssa in front of us has a similar one on. Hers reads "#7 Middy". They must be buddies. the curtain gets pulled back and we all get paraded in. Since we're in Houston I have to go down the line shaking hands before getting to my spot. When I get to Mama she shakes my hand but also pulls me in closer so she can peck my forehead.
"I love you Jules. Good luck." whispers Mama keeping her mouth close to my ear so I can hear her.
"You too Mama." My lips graze her jaw bone before shuffling along with the rest of my team. They do the opening stuff blah blah blah boring boring boring before we finally get set for kick off.
-Final Whistle Blows-
"Moe!" I yell as she jumps into my arms for a hug.
"JJ!" she screams back squeezing me tightly. Alyssa comes and wraps her arms around the two of us and then Christen jumps into our huddle. "Guys I can't breathe!" We all laugh and start to separate but Mama comes and squishes us all back together. "Carlos!" whines Morgan wiggling her way out. Mama smacks her on the back of her head making her audibly whince. We all let go of each other but Christen gets pulled away for a press interview. Mama picks me up and kisses my cheek making me giggle before setting me back on my feet. Christen gets pulled away for a press interview.
"Thanks for letting me get past you bubs." she smirks keeping her hand on my lower back. I roll my eyes and stick my tongue out at her. The Dash beat us three to one, no Mama didn't hat trick, she scored once and Daly braced (A/N Yes I make "a hat trick" and "a brace" into verbs. You all will live I promise.) . Chrissy was our sole scorer. It was a beautiful goal with an amazing flick over her side into the top corner. "Get Chris and meet me at the back door. Don't go outside without me though. There will be a lot of fans and press outside so you need to wait. Got it?"
"Got it Mama." I beam. She smiles and lets me go. We both go off in different directions. I wait for Press to finish with her interview before walking with her to our guest locker room. I get changed quick and throw my uniform in the big box that we put them in and then skip to Christen's locker to wait for her. She decided to take a shower here, disgusting, so I have to wait. She finally finishes and gets her stuff ready to go.
"Where are we supposed to meet Mama?" ask Chris as we walk out of the locker room.
"The back door." I answer simply continuing to text on my phone. Zac is having some sort of crisis about what tie he needs to wear for his press conference tomorrow. Right as I'm about to hit send to tell him to wear the blue one I run flat into the wall. "Owwwuch." I whine rubbing my nose in pain. Christen's obnoxious giggling fill my ears. I turn to her angrily and slap her arm hard. "Why didn't you tell me there was a wall there?! You're such a meanie!" She continues to laugh at me making me even more annoyed. A door opens next to us and Mama comes out. She gives us a confused look before walking over. "Mama, Christen is being mean!" I accuse pointing at her. Mama shakes her head still coming to us. She gets to me grabs my chin.
"What happened to your nose?" she questions while looking at it. "Christen Annemarie you didn't hit her again did you?" She lets go of my face and then turns around to look at the still giggling forward. Mama raises one of her eyebrows causing her to stop and be quiet. "Did you hit your sister?" ask Mama again.
Christen furiously shakes her head no, "No ma'am! She ran into the wall because she was texting!" Mama sighs and looks back at me.
"Really? You were texting?" I sheepishly nod my head. She holds her hand out wanting my phone so I sadly give it to her. If I argue with her I may go home without it and I'd rather that not happen. "C'mon let's go home kids." She takes my backpack from my shoulder and puts it on her own. She grabs my hand with her free one and starts to walk us down the hallway to the door. "Chris come here please." She obeys and Mama ask her to put her and my phone in my backpack. Once she does Mama takes her hand in her other one and takes a deep breath. "We're not talking to anyone. We're just going to the car. Brian said he's just outside so we should be able to just hop in and go. Everybody understand?" We both nod so Mama motions to Christen to open the door. She pushes it open and Mama drags us to Brian's waiting car and shoves us in faster than a reporter can get out a question. She gets in the front seat and gets herself settled. "Put your seat belts on please."
"Hey darling." smiles Daddy leaning over in the driver's seat to give Mama a kiss. "How was the game?"
"It was good like always." answers Mama taking a water bottle from the center console. She opens it a drinks some of it before handing it back to Christen and I. "You two share that."
Christen takes it and drinks a big gulp before saying, "Daddy I scored a goal!" He smiles still looking at the road.
"You did?" he ask trying to sound surprised. "I think that calls for celebration."
"Babe." says Mama sending him a look. "She's a professional soccer player. She's supposed to score. It's her job. Her doing her job does not mean she needs to be rewarded with some insane amount of sugar."
"It's still a really good thing Carli, and I haven't seen the girls in a month so I'm going to be treating them whether you approve or not." he says sounding sort of snappy back. Keeping his eyes on the road he turns his attention back to Christen, "How do Dip'N'Dots sound Princess?"
"Great! Thanks Daddy!" beams Pressy obviously very excited. Normally with Mama sugar is outlawed so this is a real treat.
"No problem sugar plum." Chris giggles at the nick name. Dad drives us through the drive through on the way to his and Carli's little house and gets Christen a medium mint chocolate chip, me a small cookies and cream, and himself a large chocolate to probably share with Mama. "We'll put these in the freezer and have them after supper okay?" Chris and I both groan. "You guys have to eat some real food first sillies. You know that."
"Oh alright." I pout. He smiles at me through the rear view as we pull into the driveway. I rush out and race Christen to the door beating her by 2.3 seconds. "Haha!" I tease sticking out my tongue.
"I scored tonight." she states matter of factly while crossing her arms. I frown at her making her smirk. Mama unlocks the door so she struts past me into the house. I wait for her to get a good ways into the house before silently mocking her. Daddy chuckles and puts his arm around my shoulder.
"Easy there Tiger." he says kissing the top of my head. "Don't be jealous. You'll get one of your own soon and even if you don't you're always going to be my favorite defender in the whole wide world." Daddy always knows how to make me feel better. I rest my head on his shoulder as we walk into the house. We have baked chicken, vegetables, and to Mama's dislike, boxed macaroni and cheese. I help Dad clean up the kitchen afterwards while Mama and Chris go to pick out a movie for us to all watch. When we finish cleaning Dad gives me my ice cream and my spoon. He takes his and Christen's to living room. CP comes bouncing into the room with Pitch Perfect 2 in her hands. Mama follows behind not looking as thrilled with the choice. Daddy and I laugh at her as Christen excitedly puts in the DVD. She uses the remote to skip straight to the menu and then punches play. She grabs her dessert off the coffee table and then sits down next to me on the sofa cross legged. I move myself to Dad's lap and curl up making myself comfortable. I close my eyes and lean on his chest as he draws circles on my outer thigh with his finger absentmindedly.
-After The Movie-
"No Car, I've got her. Just open the door." I slowly blink my eyes open to see what's going on. Daddy is carrying me to my room I think. I see his face start to turn down so I quickly squeeze my eyes shut pretending to still be asleep. After a few more steps I feel myself being lowered down before being placed on a soft bed. Dad covers me up and then kisses my forehead. I know it's him because I can feel his scratchy chin. "Goodnight Tiger. Daddy loves you." Mama kisses me next, but on the temple.
"I know you're awake." she whispers very softly. "I won't tell Daddy though. Goodnight sweet pea. I love you." Footsteps sound and the door slides closed so I open my eyes. I look to my side expecting to see Christen but instead find the other half of the bed empty. She must be sleeping on the couch. I don't blame her because I kick a lot. Hehe. I roll over on my stomach and get in my starfish stance before closing my eyes and drifting back off to sleep.