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womanwithahotdogstand · 5 months
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Megan Rapinoe deserves so much more 🤧 the hate she's getting right now on top of a torn achilles is a Nightmare scenario and everyone's treating it like business as usual
Getting mad at someone for coping with tearing their Achilles 2 minutes into the last game of their 20 year career with a very obvious joke is SO fucking dumb.
But also, hi, even if Megan wasn’t joking and doesn’t believe in G*d — that is her right as a cognitive fully grown adult human being who resides in a country where religious freedom is protected in our country’s constitution.
My genuine question for the people who seem to really care about this:
How does Megan Rapinoe’s relationship, or lack their of, with G*d affect your life in any capacity?
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https://www.tumblr.com/hyperfixationsstation/713911896161615872/tobins-hair-is-almost-getting-to-my-favorite
Yes it is omg 🫢 😻
i mean it really was giving look at her 😵‍💫
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i have to say my favorite length was arsenal tobin length bc i have such a thing for long hair. short hair tobin is so fine though so can't complain
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misskelley · 2 years
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I hope everyone finds the person that looks at them like Sonnett looks at food.
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trustherkindheart · 2 years
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God can anyone stop Rose Lavelle and Megan Rapinoe?
Ultimate power duo
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5ivebyfive · 2 years
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Here’s the deal folks. If I can get just 8 more followers before my birthday (7th), I will offer up headcanons for any of my ships/characters I love. 5 headcanons per ask. You can ask for specific things/AUs or general. (And I reserve the right to be slow, but will answer all of them. This doesn’t start til the 7th or until I meet my goal.)
Ships:
Trimberly, Jalena, Harlivy, Brittana, Jemily
Characters: all Power Rangers 2017 chars, Emily Prentiss, JJ, Rowan Fricks (both canon and Trimberly), Penelope Park (both canon and Trimberly), Brittany S. Pierce, Santana Lopez, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, all of the Charlie’s Angels ladies (2019), and any other ship/character you know I like.
People: Naomi Scott, Becky G, Lisa, BLACKPINK, Paget Brewster, Ella Balinska, Lulu Antariska, Demi Lovato, Lzzy Hale, Halestorm, Christen Press, Lynn Williams, Sam Mewis, Elizabeth Banks, and surely I’m forgetting more.
What else do I offer? Multi fandom blog, heavily focused on PR2017, Trimberly, BLACKPINK, Criminal Minds, writing, Becky G, Naomi Scott and NWSL/USWNT (mostly KC Current and Angel City FC).
I’ll check out everyone who follows and follow back if I like your blog!
Spread the word!
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hardtchill · 2 years
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Why do teams list a player as an available sub but then that player shows up not dressed and not warming up? That’s what’s going on with AM right now. Idk if she was just a late scratch, injured or just a tactic to mess with the other team
I raise you, without the possibility of Alex playing Alex stans don't turn on the tv 🌟
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arnau16 · 2 years
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Año de gloria y éxitos para Crystal Dunn
NWSL, Women's Soccer, Crystal Dunn
Crystal Dunn jugadora diferente, estrella que ha roto barreras, la mejor futbolista de Concacaf y ¿hija bastarda de Mia Hamm? (more…)
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mayasdeluca · 4 months
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“I want people to remember that I was a good human being, a good player, somebody who cared a lot about the game and wanted to see it improve. I just want to leave the game better than where I found it. Ultimately, I just want to be known as a really good player who showed up and did her job and did it really well and competed until the very last moment.”
UEFA Champions League Winner (2008) Two-Time World Cup Champion (2015, 2019) NWSL Champion (2023)
Four-Time NWSL Best XI (2014, 2017, 2019, 2023) Fifa FifPro World XI (2016)
108 USWNT Appearances 199 NWSL Appearances
Washington Spirit Captain Orlando Pride Captain Gotham FC Captain
Congratulations Ali Krieger on an incredible career!
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equal-pay · 2 months
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We kinda knew it was coming. Even though I hoped she'd find a way back) but this still sucks. Nothing but love for Sam Mewis ❤️
Genuinely don't think I've heard anyone say a bad word about her.
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oosaoosaoosa · 8 months
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The Essential USWNT Friendship Series: Kelley and Sonnett
Who you are: a person who has stumbled across this post because you are gay, and/or someone who wants to get into the women's world cup and the USWNT but whose fandom experience requires knowledge of the Narratives And Friendships
What this isn’t: an endorsement of being weird to players in public spaces (in real life or comment sections, or on unlocked Twitter accounts)
What this is: a (hopefully) comprehensive collection and explanation of the (public!) friendship between two fan-favorite members of the 2023 WC squad
I know I’m missing stuff and it’s likely I’ll come back to add to this! Every time I try to add anything to this post the draft editor throws me an error message so consider this a part one. Please note this is a sideblog 🫶🏼
EMILY SONNETT
29 (as of the beginning of the  2023 Women’s World Cup)
Born in Virginia, but raised in the northern suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia 
Attended the University of Virginia, graduated with a degree in Sociology 
Was originally a midfielder, later converted to defense. Primarily plays centerback, but can play fullback on either side, and defensive mid
She is a Sagittarius (this is important)
KELLEY O’HARA
34 (as of the beginning of the  2023 Women’s World Cup)
Born and raised in the southern suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia
Attended Stanford University, graduated with a degree in science, technology and society with a focus in environmental engineering
Was originally a forward (and in fact won the Hermann Trophy as college soccer’s top player, as a forward) but converted to play fullback on either side 
She is a Leo (I told you it was important. Twin fire signs 🔥)
THE BASICS
Sonnett’s first cap was against Brazil on October 25, 2015–she started and played all 90 minutes as a centerback (beside Becky). Kelley was on the bench. 
On Feb 15, 2016 they played together for the first time! They both started against Puerto Rico and Kelley scored!
Kelley was a good mentor to Sonny immediately, her little Georgia peach padawan
They didn’t appear to really get close until winter 2016-2017, when they trained together in Atlanta during the offseason and started to hang out in a smaller group and one on one 
Eventually they played on the same team (Washington Spirit in the 2021 and 2022 seasons) and won a championship together! (2021)
It was Kelley's first NWSL playoff run and her first championship, but Sonny's second championship (she won with the Thorns a few years before)
Kelley scored the game-winner in the championship final, in overtime, as a header. She does not typically score, much less with her head (she is like 5'4'' on a good day). It was insane.
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PRE-SPIRIT
Once they were friends they were BEST FRIENDS. Kelley loves to annoy Sonnett and has since day one. Couples massage!!, training together with Moe Brian
Typical rookie/vet prank but cuter because they're besties: BOO!
They drink coffee together: Sonnett Sunday, theee Kelley O'Hara,
Sonny is secretly an artist (seriously, she can draw): Lactose Tolerant Cow
They dance together so much. Seriously, so much (bonus Rose). In the car, anywhere.
They hype each other up: Snacks at the beach, blue on navy, flexin, cutest sports girl ever, Sonnett is an undercover singer,
Even their friends have pointed out their similarities. Are they the same or are they the same?
The 2019 World Cup parade was deeply chaotic: please beer and god they drank nonstop idk how they survived, they also napped on the plane back from france with pinoe and ashlyn
they help each other out: cold towel, guest coach kelley,
They threw out the first pitch for the Braves after the World Cup (with Mal, whose husband Dansby played for the Braves at the time)
They also made an appearance at an Atlanta United game together
They were chaotic in every team picture, X,
they took on the Tokyo olympics together (feat many teammates)
they were extremely annoying in the BFF quiz while Kelley and Alex tried to win (link to the BFF quiz episode below in required viewing section)
THE SPIRITS
Sonny's e-bike is their bike, not her bike, but sometimes they biked together too
More coffee adventures, in DC this time, X + X
Mentoring rookies, but this time together
When half the Spirit got COVID in 2021 and had to quarantine at a hotel in Portland, somehow they did not get tired of each other
Exploring restaurants together
Taking pictures of each other (they called each other Rick and Morty for a while which I try to forget), & with their bikes, & with matching orange beanies, more matching orange beanies
more dancing and celebrating, even celebrating carli as a duo, celebrating moving onto the nwsl final
getting jumpscared by their own rookies...together this time
being stinky and sweaty together and generally chaotic
cheering on the braves together on kelley's couch, being very loud and annoying
celebrating the spirit championship together, X + X + schwasted dancing with Kelley's girl together, doing a tiktok with Trinity and the trophy, making memes out of their championship cellies
showing off their championship rings together and celebrating the CBA signing at Audi together
they went to DC pride with the spirits
they developed this weird euopean cheek kissing thing
clowning in huddles together and doing tiktoks with the kids
Being annoying on the player's pod they recorded with Trinity and Andi (link to the pod below in the required watching section)
Still hyping each other up, of course: nice kick!, sonny's soft spirit fingers
POST-SPIRIT
Kelley took a pic of her abs when she got cleated at the CONCACAF tournament in 2022 and in solidarity, Sonny nearly took her shirt off
still taking lots of pictures and videos of each other, mostly Kelley. (I'm putting this in post-Spirit because although we didn't know it yet, Kelley already knew she was leaving DC)
Kelley literally left the Atlanta airport during her layover to hang out with Sonny on her birthday
loving on their Spirit rookies together, even after Kelley was off to NJ, +1 (Trinity's first goal in the 2023 WWC Send-off game)
celebrating Mal's wedding together with Andi and Rose
bringing each other up in every conversation
Being annoying about Taylor Swift
Sonnett almost killed Kelley within the first 30 seconds of them playing against each other for Gotham and the Reign and Kelley thought it was hilarious
OTHER PHOTO DUMPS / COLLECTIONS
Georgia girls
Glued together in Tokyo
More Spirits shenanigans
NT Camp besties
Kelley's visit to Portland in 2019
Hyping each other up in Instagram comments
General camp/NT shenanigans including the infamous "you're so wiggly" video
2019 WC Parade ridiciulousness
More coffee! Plus a cookie (and a "cookie")
MISC PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I JUST HAVE LYING AROUND
more of Kelley mentoring rookie Sonny on the NT
Kelley and Sonny in Atlanta in 2016 or 2017 (I don't remember exactly, I also cropped Moe Brian out of this but it was 800 years ago, sorry Moe)
A moment caught in the background of a post-2019-final celebration picture
Pre-2021 NWSL championship moments: not impressed with someone's pregame speech, Sonny wore 6 for the Spirit so they were neighbors, something Sonny was saying with her mouth full was very interesting to Kelley ,
Some more Spirit NWSL championship moments: they can't believe it, Kelley was beside herself, tongues out for the gals, I would pay to know what Kelley said here, another moment where I would love a transcript,
REQUIRED VIEWING
Kelley's episode of Laughter Permitted with Julie Foudy, where a few of her best friends surprise her with an appearance, including Sonny, Allie Long and Alex Morgan
The BFF Quiz Championship, moderated by Sonnett
The Player's Pod with Sonnett, Andi Sullivan, and Trinity Rodman
1v1 with Kelley O'Hara (pre-camp 2023 WWC)
Throwing the first pitch out with Sonnett, Kelley and Mal
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How are you going to refuse to negotiate with you’re most valuable player for a salary they deserve when you are looking to open a Super League.
Just shows they don’t care about the women’s game and its growth.
Alexia won 2 Balón D’Ors on the same wage and contract as before and you expect her to not want more money- which she deserves- for her potential last long-term deal.
Sponsors are only wanting her and she brings in so much attention just with her name and you can’t even be bothered to offer her an extra 500k.
While Balde- a 20 year old unproven youngster- is on £1.7 million a year. And don’t even get me started on some of the ridiculous wages offered to the men’s players who are performing like shit against relegation candidates.
If Alexia chooses to leave I don’t blame her, and me and all of her millions of fans, will still support her at her new club whether it’s in the NWSL with M****lle K**g or at PSG, because she deserves the respect she’s earnt.
Finally, do they not realise that she put Barcelona Femeni on the radar in 2019 with her amazing season. The sponsors and worldwide attention that she’s attracted. That treble winning season and all the other trophies that they’ve won are all down to her and the team dynamic she’s created. She’s detrimental to there success and Laporta or Vives- whoever the idiot in charge of contract negotiations is- need to realise that you’re not guaranteed to win the league or UWCL every season unless you have players of her calibre and experience to lead the new players.
I’m just so angry that you could think of abandoning her after everything she’s done for her childhood club. She’s still coming back from an ACL injury and they’re leaving her with this massive decision to choose as well as the mental block she’s having trying to overcome this niggle in her knee.
😐😞💔
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hmmm rose being there and NOT dressed out..interesting…(screaming sose) but being fr i’m so excited to see the new kits, i just know the reign girls will look so good in them. i have high hopes!!
Well, we certainly can’t do any worse than the other West Coast teams…
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leveloneandup · 8 months
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'The word 'traditional' doesn't belong in women's sports' - USWNT stars Tobin Heath and Christen Press on missing the World Cup, defining 'Gal Culture' and their goal to change media forever
At some point in the leadup to the World Cup this summer, both Tobin Heath and Christen Press had to acknowledge and accept the fact that they wouldn't be there with the U.S. women's national team. Injuries had robbed them of their chance to make a push for a third consecutive World Cup title, with both being key members of the teams that won in both 2015 and 2019.
So what did they do instead? They simply turned their focus toward an even more ambitious goal, one that has been in the back of their minds for some time. You see, with setbacks comes opportunity, and with the loss of a World Cup, Heath and Press can now solely focus on changing the way women's sports are covered forever.
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Their company, re-inc, will only expand in the coming years, with Press, Heath, Rapinoe and Klingenberg eager to tackle more than just soccer.
"This show is just the beginning for us," Press says. "We are launching a media division in our business. The RE-CAP World Cup Edition is just the first edition. We want to have an NWSL edition, we want to have a WNBA edition, we want to be across countries, we want to be across different sports.
"It's been super exciting to see all of the support. It's surpassing all of our expectations, having launched this two weeks ago. We're just really really proud and humbled by it all and we can't wait for the next chapter."
For Heath, this is a chance to challenge the status-quo. She's never been fully comfortable with "traditional" media, and she knows she's not the only one. And when you're not comfortable with something that exists, one way to address that is to create your own thing, and Heath and Press are eager to keep creating in the years to come.
"It's so cool to see so many people in this conversation," Heath says. "It's only going to continue because there's a big movement towards this. I think 'traditional' is not a word that belongs in women's sports. Women's sports are progressive and inclusive. I think we're going to start seeing more and more new things emerging in this area because it's our time to build things that look and feel like us."
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misskelley · 2 years
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I need this energy for Monday
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double-fake-royalty · 6 months
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Never really been an Ashlyn Harris fan, but it was cool having krashlyn as the og couple of the uswnt. I’d have taken a bullet for Krieger though - ever since the 2011 Brazil pk. I was devastated for her when she missed the 2012 Olympics. And one of my big grudges with Jill Ellis was that she just stopped calling her up at a time when we really needed solid & experienced defenders. But I remember when people would call for Ashlyn to start over hope solo or naeher…like…be so fucking for real. The running joke of Ashlyn winning save of the week all the time despite the fact that Orlando was consistently losing games by 2-3+ goals. Come onnnn. Her career highlights for me were one good penalty shootout performance when the wny flash won the wps championship in 2011 and the content she provided from the 2019 wc celebrations. That’s it. I thought well of her, and still do, for being so open about her mental health struggles and I know she provided a lot of people in the lgbt community of Orlando some comfort and representation, but whatever she’s doing now with ‘fashion’, the dancing, and the atrocious mullet…phew. And I personally found her episode of Snacks to be unwatchable but whatever. All of this just feels so strategic and gross. I hope you know nothing but peace in your retirement Ali. Truly. The uswnt was so spoiled to have a player of your quality on the back line for as long as we did and you stayed embarrassing players half your age in the nwsl for yeaarrrssss. An incredible career all around. A legend in all of our eyes.
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redhairedwolfwitch · 1 year
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Nothing Stays The Same - Ana-Maria Crnogorčević x Reader
A/n: This was a request. It gets a little spicy but there's also a twist and some chaos here... so this fic is not what you think it is from the title.
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You were eighteen when you moved to Frankfurt, a budding forward for 1. FFC Frankfurt and a first year undergraduate at the university, studying sport science. It hadn’t taken you a long time to develop a rapport with the staff, but the friendships with your teammates were a lot more interesting. Your first three years at FFC Frankfurt, you were teased for what was brushed off as a puppy love crush on Ana. It was something that she became aware of, but would just softly smile at you, rolling her eyes at your teasing teammates because you were young and needed to focus on your studying when you weren’t playing football.
You were twenty-one when Ana left FFC Frankfurt for the US, joining the Portland Thorns and the NWSL. The same season that ended with Ana leaving, a new transfer from playing college football in the US arrived, who eventually became your best friend. Laura Freigang. 
Laura ended up being there for you through everything, going with you to your graduation and comforting you after your relationship went up in flames, not letting your ex ruin as much as she could have, but some things were still ruined for you.
Leaving what was now called Eintracht Frankfurt after the 2019/20 season, you left your fellow chaotic forward, and Germany, behind. Barcelona Femeni had decided they wanted to sign you for the next season due to injuries and transfers in their current squad. You were twenty-three when you arrived in Barcelona.
Your Spanish was, well, you weren’t as confident with it as you were with German or English, but you knew from looking at the Barcelona roster that you wouldn't be stuck struggling without any help. One thing you didn’t expect however, was to end up on a team with Ana again, the familiar nerves you thought had disappeared years ago cropping back up at the realisation you’d see her again.
However, you were not the same lovestruck eighteen year old crushing on someone older than you, anymore. The years at Frankfurt after Ana left had become powerful years for your development as a player, and as a person. Laura knew this, especially since she had helped you with everything to do with your ex, and as your chaotic best friend, loved to tease you about the idea of you and a Spanish girl instead of the Swiss player who was seven years your elder, and had moved on from your puppy love crush to date someone else.
Ana wasn’t sure how she felt when your transfer had been announced, her first thoughts going to her time at FFC Frankfurt, before reflecting on your skills as a forward… then remembering your little puppy crush on her, and how you’d stammer over your words, get flustered so easily and do whatever she asked you to. It was sweet, but that was all it was.
So when the other girls began to research you, finding your socials, she did the same, scrolling far back enough that she found your graduation photos with another player who was at FFC Frankfurt, arriving in 2018, Laura Freigang. She didn’t expect to hear her ex voicing the same thoughts that she was having.
“Are they dating Laura Freigang?”
Mapi’s question floored her, but she, like the other girls, had no answer. She was not even sure if you knew Spanish, but as she began to scroll up from after she left in 2018 to now, in 2020, Ana discovered she didn’t really know that much about you after losing contact.
You didn’t reach out to Ana upon your arrival to Barcelona, only making contact with her when she approached you talking to Caro, testing Caro’s German since she had spent five years at Wolfsburg before coming to Barcelona last season, the same season as Ana did.
“Na, kannst du noch Deutsch oder hast du schon alles wieder verlernt?” you teased, asking Caro if she still could speak German or if she had forgotten it already, having made a beeline for one of the players you knew could understand you, since your Spanish was very much lacking.
Catching Ana looking at you, you shot her a small smile before continuing to talk to Caro until the meeting began. You could feel more than one set of eyes on you as you spotted one of the Spanish defenders, María León looking at you, sending her an amused smirk/smile before trying to listen to the meeting again, grateful that Caro translated the important bits for you.
Heading out onto the pitch for the first training session, you’d already been in once before preseason, working with the staff to show what rate you were already at, but you immediately stayed close to Caro, until Ana walked over.
“Hey, wir werden heute zusammen trainieren, wir dachten uns, dass es vielleicht hilft, weil wir ja schon mal zusammen gespielt haben?” Ana explained, teaming up with you for the training drills since you both were forwards and knew each other from Frankfurt. You nodded as you headed off with Ana, smiling softly as she translated the instructions of the drills for you, before she turned to you with a smile.
“Dann zeig mal, was du alles so gelernt hast, seitdem ich gegangen bin.” Ana sassed, raising an eyebrow as she passed the ball to you.
The training drills had been fine until the attackers had to team up with the defenders, separating you from anyone else who spoke German in the process. Mapi raised an eyebrow at the confused look on your face at what Leila was trying to say, her Spanish going way over your head as you tried to pick out any words you knew, even glancing around at everyone else doing the drills to get an idea of what to do.
“Okay, um… I seriously need to find a Spanish teacher or something… Lo siento Leila!” you grumbled as you wiped at your forehead, feeling yourself starting to perspire in the heat.
“I can teach you, cariño?” Mapi offered, walking over to try to explain the drill to you, since Leila was still struggling.
“Danke schön, María!” you smiled, biting your lip as Mapi asked you to call her Mapi instead, about to explain the drill until Caro walked over, Mapi was taking too long so she explained it in German for you.
It was as Caro was walking away with Mapi that you called out to her, “Hey, ist es immer so heiß?” asking if it was always so hot, but the laughter from Caro suggested that it always was, making training a bit more interesting as all the girls were sparkling with sweat, and you were just about dying. No doubt it would amuse Laura when you called her later.
You had sparked intrigue in Mapi from the moment your transfer was announced, she knew she wanted to get to know you as more than just a teammate from watching you during training, but she waited until she finally had her chance, when the team went out to a club the night before a day-off during pre-season training.
Mapi approached you after having spotted you sitting in the booth on your own, the rest of the team having spread out across the dance floor. Instead, you were sitting there in the booth on your phone, texting who Mapi realised after a glance, was the player she wanted to ask you about.
“So, what is the deal with you and Laura Freigang?” Mapi asked, leaning forwards slightly so you could hear her better over the music, raising an eyebrow as you leaned in with a smirk.
“What do you think the deal is?”
“Only friends, I hope.” Mapi’s confidence wavered for a moment, but you smiled instead, remembering Laura’s teasing about you and a Spanish girl, even if it wasn’t meant to last.
“Then, you hoped correctly, contrary to what a lot of people think, Laura is my best friend.” You replied, assuring the Spaniard as she smiled, the confidence in her eyes amusing you as it reappeared.
“That is very nice to know.”
“Is it now?” raising an eyebrow, your head tilted to the side slightly as you questioned Mapi, but she smirked, leaning back slightly but her arm rested on the table.
“It really is.” Mapi hummed appreciatively, giving you a nowhere near subtle once over as you laughed slightly.
“You are not a fan of subtlety, I take it?”
“Now when I like what I see.” Mapi flirted, leaning in slightly again so you could hear her more clearly, thinking she was making you flustered.
“Well, I like what I see too.” Looking the Spaniard up and down, you ignored the feeling of eyes burning into the side of your head, no doubt that whoever it was, was watching you and Mapi interact.
“That is good, do you want another drink?” Mapi enquired, raising an eyebrow as you bit your lip for a moment. The Spaniard was clearly unaware that the two of you were being watched.
“Do you know if they do passionfruit martinis?” you asked, chewing your lip as Mapi nodded to herself.
“Let me find out for you.” She affirmed, getting up to head to the bar. Your gaze followed Mapi walking away as you called out “gracias!” the energy shifting as you met the gaze of who had been watching you and Mapi. A frowning Ana, who was supposed to be dancing with Jenni.
Jenni hadn’t realised the power behind her words as she pointed out that you must have been Mapi’s next target, admitting that you and Mapi seemed to be getting cosy as you didn’t back down or fluster at Mapi’s flirting. Jenni’s laughter stopped however when Ana failed to even smile, instead, a sour look overtook her face.
“You look like you sucked a lime, but we have not done body shots!” Jenni pointed out, watching as you got up from the booth to meet Mapi at the bar, who was having a rather long conversation with the bartender.
“Maybe we should do some then.” Ana didn’t think about what she was saying until it was late, just wanting you and Mapi off of her mind, but Jenni was already heading towards the bar.
“Hey, I think it’s also called a pornstar martini, but if they don’t do them-” 
It took that name, plus the bartender googling the recipe for some reason, for the drink you asked for to be given to you.
“I was going to say, if they don’t do this, see if they can make an old fashioned.” you explained, raising an eyebrow as Mapi’s hand rested on your lower back, protecting you from whoever was barging past.
“Gracias… do you want to try it?” you asked, holding one of the paper straws out to Mapi, who nodded and tried the drink, her face burning slightly as you chuckled at the look on her face.
“Too sweet? No worries, I’m sure you are sweet enough without it.” You smirked, ignoring the look on Mapi’s face by drinking your martini, not hearing Mapi order an old fashioned next.
Jenni grinned as she ended up sliding in on the other side of you, ordering the tequila shots and lime wedges then stealing a couple of salt shakers.
“You two, body shots?” Jenni asked, gesturing to the salt shaker as the bartender passed Mapi the old fashioned, starting to pour the tequila into shot glasses.
Your nose crinkled up as you shook your head, “sorry, my ex ruined tequila for me,” having finished the passionfruit martini, Mapi passed the glass of old fashioned next, staring as you extracted the cherry and popped it into your mouth. Maintaining eye contact with the defender, Jenni smirked, a mischievous glint in her eye that Ana could recognise from across the club.
Jenni watched as you offered Mapi a sip of the old fashioned, how you had to remind her this drink had no straw, so she needed to hold the glass herself, seeing how Mapi fumbled slightly as your fingers touched hers.
“Better than the passion fruit martini?” you teased, noticing how Mapi hadn’t grimaced at this drink, but the contrast in your tastes intrigued her even more.
“How did your ex ruin tequila for you?” Jenni’s question interrupted the intense eye-contact that you and Mapi were sharing, raising an eyebrow as you went to eat the orange slice in the drink.
“We drank it a lot.”
“And now it reminds you of her?” Jenni tilted her head to the side, not seeing the tray of tequila shots and the lime wedges being passed to her until you gently nudged it so it wouldn’t fall on the floor.
“Safe to say that I do not want that.” Shrugging it off, you sipped your old fashioned, raising an eyebrow at the look on Mapi’s face.
“But tequila is fine when you are not the one drinking it?” Jenni asked, going to pass Mapi one of the tequila shots, a lime wedge, and the salt shaker.
“As long as I can’t taste it on your lips, but the lime and salt overpowers it.” You replied casually, not seeing the grin on Jenni’s face, or how Mapi was becoming the flustered one.
Jenni nodded, grinning as she picked up the tray, and another salt shaker, heading over to where the rest of the team were congregating.
“So… I’ll take that… but you have to figure out what you’re doing with the salt.” You smirked, taking the lime wedge to slip into your mouth, whilst Mapi picked up the salt shaker, glancing from it, to you.
Ana directed her gaze away, turning on her heel to head towards one of the doors, the bathroom or outside, it didn’t matter, she couldn’t watch Mapi do a body shot off of you any longer, the cacophony of thoughts in her head overwhelming and confusing her. 
The only thing she could figure out from watching you and Mapi flirt was that you were not the shy human she’d met five years ago, but a much more confident chaotic being, who had no problem flirting, even if it had to be with her ex, of all people. 
She had tried brushing it off as protectiveness as her ex pursued you, but she herself wanted to know more about you and who you had become after she left FFC Frankfurt. Maybe she hoped that you would come to check on her, but that was selfish, your puppy love crush had clearly evaporated, even as she heard the door open, revealing a concerned Jenni instead.
You may have loved her five years ago, but you were not the same person you were then, that you were now, and you shamelessly flirting with Mapi proved it.
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