| Alex |

"Yes Miss Morgan, we have her in custody, she-"

"What do you mean 'in custody'?!" I yell, cutting the officer off completely, simultaneously earning the attention of my friends in the room.

"Ma'am, please. If you could come down to the station we can have an officer explain the situation to you."

"Okay, I'm on my way." I groan as I hang up the phone, throwing it on the couch I was sitting on earlier.

"Bad news?"

My eyes snap up to Pinoe as she tries to crack a joke, but she throws her hands in the air in mock surrender.

"I'm sorry!"

I sigh, closing my eyes trying to gather my thoughts. Wanting to calm down before I lash out at my closest friends when I feel a hand on my thigh, I look up to see Tobin sitting next to me, with Hope standing in front of us.

"They found them, but..."

"But what? Is someone hurt?"

"I don't know, Hope. They said Cody's in custody, they wouldn't tell me anything else, just that I've to go down to the station." I finish, looking at my feet, hoping that this doesn't mess anything up. Hoping that my baby isn't hurt in anyway.

"I'll go with you. Tobin, keep a lid on everything here." Hope orders Tobs, who looks at Pinoe and Kling as they armwrestle at the kitchen counter.

"Uh, I'll try."

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| Cody |

"Alright you three, someone bailed you out, let's go."

We watch the plump officer slowly walk towards our cell, taking his sweet time unlocking the door and escorting us to the main lobby where we see Alex and Hope, and we all know we're in for the scolding of a lifetime, and that's before either of them have seen us. As we get closer we can hear what the officer they're talking to is saying.

"-I'm sorry ma'am, but your daughter started the fight that ensued, she's lucky nobody got hurt or the charges could be worse."

Fuck that shit. I interrupt the lies he's telling my mom.

"That's not what happened, how many times do I have to say it? I didn't start anything, we were just trying to get home!"

"Yeah, I haven't heard that before." The officer completely dismisses me, making me angrier, and when my jaw clenches Jack grabs my hand, pulling me into her to whisper in my ear.

"Calm down Maxi, or you'll get arrested again. These idiots don't give a shit about what really happened, lets just wait until we get home, we are still a little drunk."

"Yes you are." We looked at Kristie, to see she heard everything. "You're not very good at whispering while you're drunk." She nods her head motioning to the officer looking at us with an unhappy expression and we know he heard us too.

"Get in the van, we're going home." We hear Hope, but she's not looking at us.

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"What the fuck were you thinking?!" I jump when I hear Alex yell. I've always hated yelling, it was always followed up with a smack to my face, so when flinch away, Alex's face softens. Man, I'd hate to be Jack right now, knowing she's getting the same scolding from Hope a few doors down.

"You could have gotten seriously hurt, Cody." She ends, with a voice full of sadness and worry.

"I'm sorry." I sigh, taking in another deep breath. "It's just...so much bullshit has happened in such a short amount of time that I needed to blow off some steam. It wasn't Jack's idea, it was mine. Please don't be mad at her, or Kristie - she tried her best to not let any alcohol passed her-"

"Makes sense, her boyfriend is a sober companion."

"She has a boyfriend?" I ask, trying not to sound sad about it but by the look on my mom's face, I've failed. "She just never mentioned him." I try and play it off as confusion, carrying on before she can question me about it, "Anyway, when you called we were on our way home when he showed up. He told Jack and Krissy to fuck off, and to leave me alone with him, no matter how many times we all said no. I guess he got tired of it and walked up to me and tried to drag me away from them. I tried to pull my hand away but he's so fucking strong, Jack and Kris started to help and yell at him which is when other people started to walk out off bars and into the street to see what was going on, he seen them then let go, and started holding his face like it hit him! But I never did, mom. I swear!"

"It's okay baby. I know. Kristie already told me. I think the police only believed him because you and the other two were drunk, baby. Don't worry about it, we'll sort it out. Now, go get a shower and go to bed."

She gives me a stern look before I nod, getting a change of clothes and heading for the shower while my mom leaves the room.

| Alex |

"How is she?" Tobin asks as she sits on the couch opposite mine, a glass of water in hand.

"She's okay now. I'm just worried."

"About what?"

"How he knew where she was at that very moment."

"You think he's following her?"

"Yes. Maybe. I don't know, Tobs." I sigh, putting my head in my hands and I hear my best friend stand from her seat and walk over to sit next to me, rubbing my back.

"You're seeing Mr Atkins again in a few days right?" I nod, and she continues, "Bring it up with him, and call your lawyer in the morning, Lex."

I lift my head, offering my friend a small smile, happy that I have someone with a level head on my side, someone to always offer me a plan of action.

I haven't noticed that Tobin's hand has stopped rubbing my back and is now resting on my thigh, and we're staring at each other, when we hear someone clearing their throat.

"We're not interrupting are we?"

"No Kels, your not. How's Jack doing, Hope?" Tobin asks as the duo sits on the couch Tobin was on not too long ago.

"She's fine. Swearing it's her fault that they got drunk, but that they didn't start anything with that guy." Hope answers, as Kelley nods along in agreement.

"Oh! I almost forgot, Jill called-" Kelley states, only to be interrupted by a chorus of groans. "Stop it. Apparently the team is here, we're having a friendly against Canada, she knows about Cody, she said she didn't want to force you to fly somewhere else right now, so we're playing here again."

I'm happy that Jill is appeasing us, all except Hope. But let's not go there.

"What about Cody and Jack?"

"I'm not letting her out my sight." Hope and I both say in unison, making the other two laugh.

"So they're coming with us? Awesome! Kristie will be happy!"

"What are you talking about Kel? She has a boyfriend." I nod, agreeing with Tobin.

"Oh please. Have you seen the way she looks at your Cody? It's like she has to protect her, you know, like the way you two- Uh...nevermind. You're right. I'm wrong, goodnight!" Tobin and I watch in shock as Kelley brings 'us' up again, we should be used to it but we're not. Hope just laughs at us and walks away with Kelley.

"Um...anyway. If we have training tomorrow, we should get some rest." I say to my best friend, and I don't miss the hurt look in her eyes, before she nods.

"You're right, I'm just glad this isn't wine." She motions to her glass of water and I laugh, thinking about how Kristie, Cody and Jack will feel tomorrow.

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| Cody |

"Wow, this is so cool! It sucks that this bitch isn't cool with Hope. Not that Ash is bad, but Solo forever!" I laugh at my best friend who hasn't noticed that Harris is standing directly behind her, holding her finger to her lips telling me not to point her out, so I play along, hoping to make things worse for my bestie.

"Yeah I know, there's nobody like Hope, huh?" I smirk at her, grinning when she takes the bait. That was easy!

"Are you kidding? If she was still here Harris would be on the bench-"

"I actually can't argue with that."

I laugh as I watch my best friends eyes widen, her jaw slacks as she pivots to see Ashlyn smirking at her, taking it all in jest. I guess she's lucky that Ash has a great sense of humor.

"Oh...I...Uh..."

"Don't bother Jack, you'll only make it worse." I laugh and she shoves me away, apparently playfully but I go stumbling backwards anyway, bumping into someone and we both fall to the ground, Jack laughing her ass off.

"Oh shit, I'm so sorry, my best friend is an asshole." I jump up while apologizing, holding a hand out to help the player up, when I see who it is.

"It's okay. I have friends like that too, nothing to worry about."

"You...you're Mal Pugh." I embarrassingly stutter out, internally facepalming at my stupidity, but thankfully she laughs.

"I am. And you are?" I freeze for moment. It's the first time someone's asked me that since I found out about Alex being my mom, it's the first time someone's asked me that, that I wish I could answer using my mom's name, but I can't. But I decide that I don't want their last name either.

"I'm Cody Maxwell."

"And I'm Jack!" I laugh at my best friend, butting in just to shake hands with Mal, who also laughs, but not as much as I do.

"Nice to meet you both, I gotta go though, hopefully see you around." She winks at me before turning and jogging to the rest of her teammates.

An Hour Later.

We're goofing off to the side of the field, the team on a water break as the 'keeps get extra training in while the others rest. We're seeing how hard we can kick the ball off of one another.

"Can we join? I really gotta hit my best friend here." We both turn and stop dead when we spot the two youngest player on the team, and true to form they laugh at our reactions.

"Uh...sure. Of course."

"You're cute, what's your name?" The mystery player asks my best friend, who introduces herself.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Sophia."

I watch as they shake hands, slowly. I smirk, knowing that look on my best friends face, it's the way Alex looks at Tobin, though she'll never admit it.

I tear my attention from duo to see her friend already looking at me, smirking, which I reciprocate.

"I'm Cody, and you are?"

"Im Tara."

| Alex |

I'm taking a water break with the other players when Kelley runs up to me, excited.

"Alex, Alex!!! Look, young love!" I follow the direction she's pointing in and see Cody shaking hands with Tara, who just joined up with the squad for the first time, while Jack is joking around with Sophia. "Aren't they all so cute?!"

I nod, but laugh at my best friend, who can't take her eyes off of my daughter and her friend. I, on the other hand, notice the look in Kristie's face which confuses me since she's seeing someone but also on Mal's face, who looks more frustrated that heartbroken.

I don't want my daughter caught up in so many love triangles, squares, whatever, I just want her to get passed all this drama, I want her to grow up happy, not getting her heart broken. Jack too, maybe even more so, since it's her moms funeral a few days before we play Canada.

I just hope it all goes well.