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Heather Morgan even though she uses her mom's last name Wellens smiled as she finished tying her cleats. No one knew her real last name other then James, the Dash's coach, Jill, the national team coach and Kristie Mewis and Rachel Daly, her teammates and best friends. "You ready to play your sister" Kristie asked sitting next the her. The Houston Dash were playing the Portland Thorns. "Could you say that any louder" Heather said. "Sorry" Kristie said with a shrug. "You guys ready to do this" Rachel asked. Heather smiled as the 3 of them did their handshake before heading out to the field.
Heather smiled as their offensive midfielder took her place so she moved up for the corner kick. They were losing 2-4 but Rachel and Kristie had already scored. Now it was Heather's turn to score. She smiled at Kristie who was getting ready to take the corner as Heather got into position. Kristie sent the ball in and Heather headed it into the back of the net. Heather couldn't help but smile as Rachel and Kristie jumped on her.
Heather was heading to the locker room when Alex caught her. "Hey good game." "Thanks you too." "Can we talk just the two of us?" Heather turned to see that Kristie and Rachel were waiting for her. "Um sure. There is a coffee shop within walking distance from here if you don't mind waiting in the parking lot for me after we both take showers." "Yeah that sounds good" Alex said with a smile before heading towards the visitor locker room. "What was that about" Rachel asked. "She just wants to talk" Heather said with a shrug.
Rachel, Kristie and Heather all put their bags in the back of Rachel's jeep. "Please don't kill each other while I'm gone." "I'm dropping Kristie off before I go on my date." Kristie pretended to gag. "Ok just don't kill each other before you pick up your flavor of the week" Heather said smiling before Kristie and Rachel drove off.
Heather found Alex waiting by the Thorns bus. "You sure that your coach is ok with you hanging out with the enemy." Alex smiled. "Mark trusts me plus we're going to be teammates in a few days." That was true they were going to be heading to national team camp in a couple of days. Heather was nervous for a couple of reasons. One it was her first national team camp. She hoped to make the team for the World Cup and two she didn't know for sure what name was going to be on the back of her jersey. "Yeah I guess. You ready to head to the coffee shop" Heather asked. Alex just nodded and they headed to the coffee shop.
"So what did you want to talk about" Heather asked once they got their coffees and found a table. "So Carli called before we came to Houston." "Ok." "She wanted to know if I was ok with you having Morgan on the back of your jersey." Heather was trying to fight the urge to call Kristie to come get her so she didn't have to face this on her own. Alex hadn't known that Heather was her sister for very long but she already felt protective over her. She gently touched Heather's hand. "Hey. It's ok. I told Carli that I don't mind. In fact I think that we need to show that world what two Morgans can do" Alex said with a smile.
Heather collapsed next to Kristie on the couch. "How did it go" Kristie asked muting the tv. "She is happy about me having Morgan on the back of my jersey." "That's good right." Heather just shrugged.
A couple of days later
Heather smiled as her and Kristie walked into the hotel were they were staying with the national team for this week of camp. "You ready for this?" "As ready as I can be." They walked up to Dawn to get their room assignments. "Good morning girls. Heather you will be rooming with Tobin. She is a forward. Kristie you are going to be rooming with Lindsey. She is an offensive mid" Dawn said handing them their keys. "You're going to be fine Heather" Kristie said giving her a hug before they split up. Heather sighed before opening the door. "Hi you must be Heather. I'm Tobin." "Um hi. Yeah I'm Heather."
Heather felt weird waiting for Kristie at dinner. She was normally very confident but right now she felt like everyone was judging her because of her last name. "Hey baby Morgan why don't you come sit with us" Pinoe said. "Actually Heather is going to sit with me" Kelley said pulling Heather towards a table. Heather sighed in relief when she saw Kristie sitting with Lindsey, Emily, Tobin, Alex, Becky and Alyssa. Emily moved over a seat so Heather could sit next to Kristie. "She ok" Tobin asked. "She will be once we Facetime Rachel after dinner. Tobin is it ok if I come to your guys room for a little bit" Kristie asked. "Yeah that's fine with me."
Later that night Kristie and Heather were sitting on Heather's bed waiting for Rachel to pick up on Facetime while Tobin was in the shower. "Hey Rach." "Hey do you guys miss me already?" "Heather does. Me on the other hand not so much." Just then the bathroom door opened. Heather turned to see Tobin come out of the bathroom in a sports bra and booty shorts. "Sorry I forgot my pjs before getting in the shower" Tobin said grabbing her pjs off her bed before heading back to the bathroom. Kristie smacked Heather on the stomach. "Ow what was that for?" "You need to put your eyes back in your head plus we have training tomorrow. Bye Daly." "Bye Rach."
The next day at training
Heather groaned as she got up from the ground after taking a hard challenge. "You ok" Lindsey asked coming over to her. "Is it me or is Pinoe going a little to hard?" "Yeah. I think she is trying to show Jill that you can't handle it so Sam keeps her starting position." "Well I think me and you need to show her that we can handle anything she throws at us." "I'm with you plus she has been messing with Emily and I'm not ok with that." Heather just stared at her. "What?" "Nothing. Let's show them that they can't mess with rookies."
Heather smiled as she headed to the locker room. She worked really well with Alex, Tobin, Lindsey, Emily, Becky, Alyssa, Ashlyn, Ali and Kelley. She always played well with Kristie. "Heather come here" Jill said. Heather walked over to her. "I was really impressed with you today. You're starting in our game against Brazil." "Really?" Jill just nodded. "Thank you" Heather said running towards the locker room.
As soon as she saw Kristie she jumped on her back. "Hey! You're still sweaty get off." "Guess who is going to be covering your back against Brazil" Heather said getting down from Kristie's back. "Really?" Heather just smiled. "Yes! We're back!" Kristie said as they did their handshake.
USA vs Brazil
Heather sat in her locker trying to calm her nerves. Normally Rachel would be the one to calm her before a game but she was back in Houston before she headed to England for her national camp. "You ok kid?" Heather looked up to see Abby. "Yeah just nerves." "You mind if I sit?" Heather moved over so Abby could sit next to her. "I don't know what you are nervous about." "What?" "You're an amazing defensive mid. You proved yourself at training and I've seen you prove it in Houston with the Dash. You just need to trust yourself because we all trust you to help protect Alyssa." Abby said before leaving. Heather sighed. She could do this it was just another game. "You good" Alex asked. Heather just nodded.
It was 75 minutes into the game when Heather was trying to pass Alyssa the ball when Marta hit Heather hard enough in the back to flip her in the air and roll towards the goal. Emily kicked the ball out so that they didn't have to worry about that while Alyssa knelt behind Heather so she didn't hit her head on the goal post. Abby and Carli ran over to her. "Heather can you hear us" Carli asked wanting to know if Heather was awake or not. "Yeah" Heather mumbled. "We're going to have Alyssa roll you over" Abby said. Alyssa carefully rolled Heather onto her back as Becky, Emily, Kelley and Ali came over. "Where's Kristie" she asked. "Linds got her and Arod and Cheney have Tobin and Alex" Emily said. "Why is Tobin freaking out. She's just my roommate" Heather said. The other girls just looked at each other. "Lets not worry about that right now. Can you still play?" "Yeah I'm fine." "You sure?" "Yeah just help me up" Heather said holding her hands up. Emily and Ali helped Heather up. Carli walked over to Lindsey. "I want you to help Heather more on the defensive side the rest of the game. If Jill has a problem with it me and Abby will deal with it." "You got it. I was going to do it anyway."
Heather sighed as she sank into the ice bath after the game. The game ended in a draw. She wished they had won after the beating her body took from Marta. "How are you feeling" Alex asked sitting next to the ice bath. "Like I got hit by a mac truck." "That's pretty close actually. Dawn says that thankfully you will be able to play next week when we're in Houston." "Thankfully we have a recovery day and then a travel day before we are back at training." "I'll let you rest. Everyone else is getting ready to get on the bus."
Heather was sitting next to Kristie on the bus back to the hotel when her phone started ringing letting her know that Rachel was Facetiming her. She opened it to see an angry Rachel. "When England plays Brazil its not going to end well." "Hello to you too Rach." "Relax Daly. I have Heather covered." "I would feel better if I was there." "Look we will be home in a couple of days and I'll be in the game against Spain. I took an ice bath at the stadium and I'm going to take another one after dinner tonight." "I guess I can live with that. I'll see you guys at the airport when you guys get here."
Heather sank into the hotel bath that she filled with ice. She was just closing her eyes to relax when there was a knock on the bathroom door. "Come in" she said opening her eyes. Tobin came in and sat next to the tub. "What's up" Heather asked sitting up more in the tub. "You really scared us when you got flipped today." "Hey I'll be fine in a couple of days. Look you don't have to worry just because you are one of Alex's best friends and I'm her little sister." Tobin sighed and got up on her knees. "I wasn't just worried because of Alex" she said before kissing Heather. "I'm going to crash in Alex and Kelley's room" Tobin said once they pulled away before leaving the room. Heather pulled a towel over her face and screamed into it.