《ᴍʏ ᴍᴏᴍ ɪs ᴡʜᴏ? ✔︎》She Just Needs Her Mom
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| Kelley |
I sit in silence. After Alex struggled to tell the girls what happened with Cody, and then Jack, nobody knew what to say. There were varying emotions on my teammates faces, for instance, Pinoe and Kling looked shocked, and a little uncomfortable. Tobin, Hope and Carli looked angry, I'm sure Carli is ready to explode, meanwhile Syd and Allie looked heartbroken. Syd, I'm guessing because she has kids too and Allie is a like sister to Alex. We all are.
"Please tell me they arrested that woman too?!" Carli yells, though I'm sure she didn't mean to shout. The emotion of the situation is getting the better of everyone. Everyone but Hope, who seems lost in her own little world. I wonder what she's thinking about.
I watch as Alex can't stay here anymore, she's trying so hard not to break down and cry around us that she stands up and leaves the room, distraught. I hate that she has spent over a decade looking for her daughter and this is what happens when she finds her, she doesn't deserve this, neither of them do. Just like little Jack didn't deserve to find out about her mothers death the way she did. I also watch as Tobin stands, following Alex. I make eye contact with Allie, knowing she thinks the same thing - Talex.
| Alex |
I walk to the backyard, I need air. I need space. I need to scream and shout, and hit that bastard till he bleeds for hurting my baby girl. My body starts to shake as I cant fight back the tears any longer, my legs are about to give out, resulting in me collapsing to the ground in a heap, when strong arms wrap around me, someone standing behind me, supporting me and I don't need to look to know who it is. It's always Tobin.
"She'll get through this Lex, you both will." She squeezes me tighter, making me feel safe, I don't know what I'd do without her.
"I hope so. I need her, Tobs. I need her to be okay. I need her to be happy and healthy. God, this shouldn't be happening." I sob out, feeling a little guilty for laying this all on Tobin, knowing she doesn't have any answers for me. She gently turns me around, holds the side of my face while she dries my tears and looking into my eyes before repeating:
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"She'll get through this. She just needs her mom." That snaps me out of it, and I wrap my arms around my best friend, pulling her in for a much needed hug, knowing that what happened to my daughter and her friend is messing with her mind too.
| Cody |
I get out of bed the next day, and return to my normal routine, it's always this way after he takes advantage of me. I wake up, feed them, shower and school, so today it's no different. Not for me.
I walk downstairs, to find the only person awake is Carli, which is awkward because I haven't really met her yet. I end up staring at her, and she definitely notices, but I notice something too - the hesitation. The hesitation to step near me, to hug me, to simply smile at me, and in that moment I know that she knows. I understand it's probably just sympathy, but it makes me feel like I'm in the wrong, like I'm a freak. I'm not contageous right?
I decide to start the conversation by greeting the Captain, which she returns, and thats the jist of our entire talk. I'm guessing she 'doesn't know what to say', but really it's just another day for me, that's how routine those assaults were - but I don't want to tell anyone that.
I continue making breakfast for everyone, despite Carli telling me not to. I'm just as stubborn as she is so I ignore her, and when I'm finished, Tobin, Pinoe and a few other players shuffle sleepily into the kitchen/dining area.
"Wow, you didn't have to do all this, Cody."
"I always make breakfast the morning after-" I pause, not meaning to divulge as much as I already have, and watch as everyone in the room looks at me with sympathy. "I just always make breakfast."
"Um where's my...mom?" I ask, trying not to hesitate using the word 'mom', but failing miserably, which everyone notices, though I'm thankful that they don't bring it up.
"She's just in the shower, she shouldn't be too long." Allie informs me, to which I nod and leave the kitchen, going to my Alex's room to get my clothes from last night, suddenly remembering that I didn't pack a bag and I'll have to go home for new ones.
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"H-hey Maxi." I don't have to turn to know it's the voice of my best friend, the only person who has always be there, whenever I needed someone it was always her. I walk over to the doorframe, which she's leaning on, obviously not having slept well, and I pull her in for the longest, tightest hug I've ever given and I let my own tears slip as I feel my best friend's body shake with the grief of losing her mother.
"What are you doing?" She asks, barely above a whisper as she pulls away from the hug.
"I'm going home, need clothes for school." I answer nonchalantly, receiving a look of indignation from my best friend that makes me wish I lied to her about where I'm about to go.
"You can't go to school, not after yesterday!"
"Jack, I'm going to school, it's...not that big a deal." I say back, although I know it's a lie. It's a huge deal, I just don't want her worrying or thinking about me, she has her own problems right now.
"You're fucking kidding right?!"
"Jack, keep your voice down." I try and plead with her.
"Why?! So nobody else can tell you you're being fucking stupid?!" She yells in my face, and I try my hardest to keep my cool, knowing she's grieving for her mom and I don't want to make it worse.
"What's going on here?" I internally curse, knowing it'll be even harder to get out of here now that one of the adults have heard us, but I'm just happy it's not Alex who, I'm betting, would love to shrink me down and carry me around in her purse if it means that I'm safe. No, this player would just shrink me down and keep me in her backpack, but at least I'd have video games to play.
"Uh...heeeey Tobin. Nothing, just, nothing. I gotta go." I try rushing passed her, on my way down the stairs but it obviously fails, she grabs me back but it triggers a flashback and I start screaming.
"NO!! DON'T, LET ME GO! DON'T TOUCH ME!" I cower away from my idol, scared of something I know she won't do, scared of someone I know who isn't here, who can't hurt me.
| Jack |
Holy fuck. That's all I got.
I place myself beside Tobin, who is standing, dazed, looking like someone shot a puppy infront of 50 kids, I'm sure I look the same. Cody seemed fine and so determined to leave and carry on with her life that her being triggered didn't cross my mind, therefore I'm sure it didn't cross Tobin's mind either.
"What the fuck happened?!" Alex asks as she comes sprinting into the hall, her hair still wet from the shower, and she skids to a halt infront of her daughter, crouching down to be eyelevel with Cody, pulling her onto her lap and rocking her back and forth as she cradles her. It works eventually, but also puts Cody to sleep, guess she's missing school afterall.
We fill Alex in on what happened, from my yelling to the triggering of her flashbacks. It's hard to watch the heartbreak in Alex's eyes, and oddly enough in Tobin's eyes too, as she watches Alex.
I excuse myself, not being able to take all this love in one room anymore, it makes me miss my mom more than I already do.
The thing is, I wanted...no, I needed my best friend here because if she leaves, I might not see her again, not after today.
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