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Tobin should have known better, she was aware of that. There was no way Christen wasn’t going to flip the fuck up, in hindsight it had seemed like a good plan. Kelley and her would never be left alone again, at least without supervision. Things could’ve gone a lot worst though.
“Are you going to tell her or what?” Kelley said softly as they waited on the living room of Tobin's and Christen's shared apartment in Portland.
“Why do I have to do it?”
“She’s your girl and I’m a guest, besides if it’s you Chris might have some mercy. I have to go back to Utah you know.” Kelley said with an innocent smile as to fool Tobin.
“First, what the fuck are you talking about? Second, why on earth should I take the blame? It was your idea to have a party in the middle of the day.”
They were currently sitting on the couch that Christen had chosen, most of the furniture was chosen by her, Tobin didn’t care much about how it looked as far as it was comfortable. Surrounded by a mess of a house, it was supposed to be a small gathering with both teams, trying to help with the emotions of the game before.
It might have gotten a little out of hand at one point, with Sonnet (every assume it was her) breaking a window and Amy getting a little to drunk for it being only 3 o'clock. That was their smallest problem the big one was, besides the mess around them, the fact that something had gone missing.
You normally wouldn’t pay attention to anything like this, it was so stupid right? Wrong, it wasn’t anything that had gone missing. Christen mother's Mala wasn’t there, the winger had recently found it and held it close to her heart. It had a particular stand where it was unless the Californian wore it.
“We aren’t stupid Tobin, everyone knows you two are together, because of that Christen is less likely to kill you. She'll be mad but everyone will get out of this relatively unharmed.”
“Christen and I are simply good friends, which means she will kill me if she finds out we lost her mother's last gift.” Tobin said rolling her eyes, Kelley could be so up her ass sometimes.
“You’re joking. There is no way you two aren’t an item, you live together but play for different clubs and live in completely opposite sides of the country yet always see each other when you go to visit family.”
“I’m serious, we aren’t a couple. Chris is my best friend and we care for each other, besides our families love us. I’m sure you know by now that she is my parent's favorite child, I swear that even my siblings love her more than they do me.”
Kelley was baffled by the affirmation. Everyone in the team assumed the two of them were together, it was one of the reasons why Jill had stopped making them roommates. There was no way that was true, if so they were the most couplely not couple on the planet.
“I’m home! hey T…” Christen's voice came through the door and stopped abruptly when the woman looked inside their house. “One of you, I don’t care who, explain now.” Her voice steady and calm, they were screwed, Tobin swallowed heavily and Kelley started.
“You know how the teams were a little rough with each other?” Christen motioned her to continue. “Well we thought it would be good to make a small reunion with both so that this didn’t escalate to a future hatred between the two.” Kelley finished with a sweet and innocent smile, as of the raven-haired girl didn’t know her and her antics.
“You are both cleaning every inch of this house, I’m going to go to my room and settle down. You have two hours.” Christen said shaking her head and letting a sigh. She had assumed they could be left alone for some time and be responsible but clearly she had been wrong, hopefully both teams ended unscathed.
“Wait Chris!” Tobin called her, the younger woman looked at her expectantly. “I… there is something else you need to know… I’m very sorry in advance… I don’t know what happened but I’m going to find it I promise….” She stuttered through her sentences.
“What are you talking about Tobin?” Worry was written all over Christen's face, Tobin wasn’t one to get worked up easily, unless something serious had happened.
“Your mother's Mala disappeared during the party, but I’m sure someone in the teams most have seen it!” She rushed through her words only for Christen to laugh. “Wh-what? Why are you laughing Chris!?”
“I took it with me today darling,” she said reaching for the necklace that was beneath her shirt. “For a moment I thought there was something really bad happening.”
“I don’t remember you taking it out…” Tobin said rubbing the back of her neck.
“Of course you don’t, I was out before you even woke up. You were pretty worried, thanks for caring but you should probably pay more attention.” The winger said giving Tobin a kiss on the cheek and then a small hug, chuckling as she left the room. Leaving the blond shocked.
“Sure thing you aren’t a couple.” Kelley said patting the Portland player in the back. “Come on, Christen told us we had two hours to clean this mess and I’m still expected back in Utah.”
Tobin snapped out of it with a smile and started cleaning, they manage to clean most of it by the time Christen made a second appearance and Kelley was allowed to leave on the condition that Tobin would finish the job, promising to other a pizza and leaving the cash to pay was enough to convince her.
“You know Kelley said she thought we were dating today…” Tobin said as they laid down on her bed watching a cheesy romcom that Christen had chosen.
“Really? I wasn’t aware.” The Utah player chuckled, they knew there were some rumors around the two of them but never paid attention to them. It went from they hate each other to their secretly married.
“Yeah, she said it because apparently we spend way too much time with each other with you living here and we visiting each others families.” The blond continue while stroking the younger woman's back. They weren’t aware of how intimate the position could be classified as, most of the time they didn’t think about how they interacted with each other.
“Well your family loves me.” Christen teased her, Tobin took the bait. “That’s what I told her!”
“Don’t interrupt me…” Christen said rolling her eyes, making Tobin smile guiltily. “Sorry.”
“You love California almost as much as I do and my family really likes yours.” Tobin nodded the two families had gotten really well when they met at camp before. “That reminds me, my father wanted to invite you family to the house on Christmas.”
Tobin chuckled they still had a couple of months before December but the Press family was known for being great planners. “I’ll ask but I’m gonna guess already that the answer is going to be yes. Is there enough space for everyone at yours?”
“I tried to arrange everyone in the big house but we'll have to split them between houses, I think you parents and Jeff could stay at the house with us and both of your sisters families could stay at the summer house.”
“I tend to forget how many houses you have…” Tobin said slowly. Thinking fast Christen started to backtrack not wanting to make the blond uncomfortable. “I could always make changes and have them all in a hotel if that’s better?”
“Oh no, Chris that won’t be necessary they would love your arrangement. Specially thinking about the kids, it's smart. How about your sisters?” The Portland player answered quickly, knowing how worried the younger woman could become over small things.
“They would be joining us in most of the activities, we would be celebrating Christmas and the New Year at mine though.”
“What about your birthday? And Ash and Ali’s wedding, we can’t miss that.”
“I’m very much aware, I booked us the flights there and we will be back before New Year's but not on time to celebrate my birthday at home.”
“I’ll think of something, we would be in Florida still?” The answer was implicit but Tobin needed to be sure before making plans, if Christen couldn’t be with her actual family maybe the team could celebrate with her instead.
“Yes we travel on the 30th, I hope your family doesn’t mind you going away for a couple of days.” Christen always worried about making everyone else happy to a fault sometimes, Tobin snorted shaking her head.
“You’re kidding right? They will have a great time together and for once we wont be teased by everyone, it will be refreshing. Don’t worry about it, besides your birthday is more important than missing a couple of days with them. I’ll see them the rest of the break.”
“I know how important it is for you.” Christen mumbled on her neck leaving a small kiss. “I genuinely tried to get us a flight as fast as possible.”
“I know you did hon, you are always so thoughtful. Sometimes you can't control everything, they won't mind.” Hoping to lighten the mood a bit Tobin added. “Your family might be a different story though, they will be missing you.”
“That’s fine, now let me finish the movie because I still want to sleep a reasonable amount of hours.” With that Christen finished the conversation, them drifting asleep during the last minutes of the film.