Venus Vs Mars

Chapter 53

After doing Garbage Time Massy and Katie connected, both having the same kind sense of humor they became friends, texting here and there. That Monday morning Katie sent Massy a txt letting her know she'd be doing a follow up interview with her #FineManFriday also wishing her luck on the match. Massy threw her head back laughing. Katie letting her know she'll bring up Massy's name at some point in the interview.

"I feel like you're a boxer now. Like I don't see you as a actor anymore, I think you're a boxer that was acting." Kati said with a scrunched up face.

Michael smiled a perfect grin his dimples sinking into his cheeks. "I'll take that as a compliment!"

"It is! Definitely! It is!"

"I actually train as if I'm a boxer now, like my workout routine is the routine of which a boxer would have. I pretty much fell in love with the whole workout. I have a completely different outlook on athletes since doing Creed. How strict and focused and the mindset they have to have going into a game." He confessed as he looked at Katie who she even seemed to be drawn in by his dimples as he said certain words.

"Speaking of athletes!" Katie paused, Michael smiled, knowing where she was about to take the interview. "Last time you were here, when Creed came out... Which was November... Oh my gosh, Ive spent three months away from you." Katie said teasing him.

Michael smiled with a smirk. "You have its been three months."

Katie shook her head looking off into space. "I really need to rearrange my priorities..." She paused looking at him. "Anyway, you made quite the prediction for Team USA for women's soccer, you said they'd go into the World Cup finals undefeated!" Michael shook his head in agreement. "At what point did you know that Team USA women's soccer acquired a secret weapon, or weapons of Mass destruction, that is Massy Arias?"

Michael laughed out loud. "Wow, weapons of mass destruction! I like that you call her that., but I've known about Massy... The weapon of mass destruction... Since, like her senior year in college, I found out about her from a friend of mine, Russell Westbrook, he also went to UCLA, not when she was there... Obviously, but he's really big on keeping in touch with top Bruins athletes, he's always there supporting them. So I just been watching ever since, very entertaining on the field."

"So you've been hiding in the shadows of her career... Like Batman... Waiting... Waiting for the perfect opportunity to pounce!?" Katie's dry sense of humor was working at its best. "That's another character you should play, by the way. You'd make a really handsome batman."

Michael smiled. "You think so? Well get that role for me and I'll see what I can do."

"I'll have my people call your people, we'll figure out all the logistics, cuz you know I ultimately hold the fate of who plays Batman or not in any movie." Katie teased with a serious face before finally laughing. "So are we going to get another Creed? Because it needs to happen! We need another Creed... The Revenge of Creed... We need to see you shirtless and working out for three hours."

Michael frowned in confusion. "Is that a 'we' thing or a 'you' thing?" He asked wanting to know.

Katie looked at him with a serious face. "No, that's a me and 30 billion other women thing... I'm sure there's more than 30 billion women on the planet... But that's the number that popped into my head..." Laughter could be heard from the staff behind the cameras, Michael joining in with them. Katie continued looking at him, letting him know she was serious.

Michael put his head down laughing. "Maybe? I don't know?" He said looking at her with a smile, shrugging his shoulders. "We'll have to see."  He said smiling, Katie frowned, her bottom lip poking out at his unsure answer.

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As the team geared up to take on Nigeria, Odell tried texting Massy one more time before taking his moms advice about her talking to him when she's ready. By him bombarding her, begging her to talk to him was only distracting her. Odell knew he messed up and this time it wasn't just a simple walk with the dog to get her back. This was going to take time and Odell was a very impatient person. 

The teams were wearing down, the best of the best was being left, Brazil was the only other team besides USA that was still undefeated and with still having to play Canada, Sweden, Germany, and Brazil. The girls hoped to move into the World Cup matches with a perfect record, that was Massy's goal. Despite her personal life not having a perfect record, her on the filed life was going just as she planed.

The team could tell something was bothering her, though they won and Massy still played with the same intensity she always does, she was a lot less animated, her usual celebration after making a goal was slim to none. Many times during the game her teammates came to her making sure she was ok, Massy simply shook her head yes as she regulated her breathing. This side of Massy was a side they never seen, it was a side they didn't like. Massy usually held the energy of the team and even sometimes the energy of the fans.

The team took on Nigeria to remain undefeated now at 10-0, beating them 4-2, Massy leaving the game, with two penalties against her, and a 7-3 goal attempts.

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Massy sat at her locker after showering and changing, resting her body she sifted through multiple congratulations txt messages, she ran her finger over Odell's name passing the txt thread being sure not to open it, she opened a txt from Kobe.

Kobe Bryant: I was willing to sacrifice anything but not compromise. 

Question I want you to think about in detail: Why are you going to be great and how are you going to get there?

Kobe saw the way Massy was playing, he being an experienced athlete, he could tell she was not fully there in the game, and he knew that could be a problem. Not being in the game could result in a loss, because you were thinking about other things, you just let a defender get past you for the game winning point. Massy looked at the txt message for a long time, she knew she'd have to sit and think about this, this wasn't just a simple five minute question that you could just throw a clique quote to.

Massy also received a txt from Michael, Katie giving him her number, letting her know ahead of time that she was doing so. She smiled at the congratulations txt, giving her a few words of encouragement as well. Txting him back with a thank you, the two starting up a simple, yet friendly conversation.