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“Trust me, we know all about that We all drea e love to do—that seeh At least until it’s bill ti” Greg laughed as he started in on his lunges

“You never knohere life will lead you A few Americans have uys,” Aedan said, trying to give them a pep talk

“It would be pretty sweet I can only i a couple of balls fro out with us today; it’s going to be real fun, but don’

t think we’ll take it too easy on you” Mike said giving hie on the shoulder

“I wouldn’t dream of it”

Being on the pitch and working out with the teaside the back on the pitch with his teammates

Withstretches of time off were coveted by all football players So, and not actually being able to play ashi way

So skills and a few he knew could cut it in the Pre without the fanfare, although he did iine that it ht There were a couple of tea, but he didn’t mind They stayed off the pitch and weren’t in his face Not like the paparazzi ould be circling looking for a story, trying to find out if he were leaving Chelsea, and just why he was in the US A nice tea a little bit more visibility to the DC team was the least he could do after the afternoon of fun they provided him

He proe for some tickets to a match this season, if they made their way to the UK He hoped that they would; it was refreshing playing with guys who just did it because they loved it, not because they were hoping for international stardom

After an hour on the pitch running around with the guys and another hour in the gy partially because of the training session, but mainly because Aedan knew that in just a few hours he would be seeing Jess again He’d never had a woet under his skin this quickly before He was practically jogging the last few blocks to the hotel He’d had a quick shower before leaving the stadius in the hotel room before their date, and shave before she picked hiht!

Aedan aiting in the lobby for Jess when she arrived fro hi back and watched her as she pushed through the lobby doors looking a bit out of breath, a tad disheveled, and pretty adorable Her curly hair had escaped frohted all of the places he couldn’t wait to kiss later She looked beautiful wearing one of those seuys in the lobby were equally fixated on her When Jess walked over to the front desk, Aedan came up behind her and put his hands over her eyes

“Guess who?”

“Oh no, Seaet out of here before Aedan gets here I wouldn’t want you two fighting over me in the lobby”

“Replaced me already huh?”

Jess whirled around, giving hie smile that made the corners of her eyes crinkle