Venus Vs Mars

Chapter 50

The weather in San Diego that night seemed to match Massy's mood. You would of thought she controlled it with how dark, cold, and rainy it was. It was nothing compared to the bright sunny warmth they felt two days ago against Mexico. Both teams sitting in the lockers rooms waiting for the refs, coaches, and soccer officials to figure out if the game would ultimately be rescheduled or would they wait the rain out. If they waited too long it would end up resulting in a reschedule.

As Massy sat quietly waiting, her white Beats By Dre headphones over her ear, as she got her mind set on the game. The head coach walking in, a white piece of paper rolled in her hands. "ALRIGHT LADIES, WE'RE PLAYING IN THE RAIN. LET'S GO REMAIN UNDEFEATED!"

As the rain continued Massy would take her frustrations off the field and turn them into nothing but fuel, the grass being a slippery surface seemed to not even phase Massy. You'd think she was playing Hockey. Australia struggled as soon as they stepped onto the field, Massy and the team seeing the rain as their weakness and ultimately using it against them. The game that Massy put on against Australia would be her best game yet, completely demolishing them, with 6-3 goal attempts, and scoring the penalty kick, that put them at a 5-0 win keeping them undefeated with a 9-0 record.

Staying true to herself, she remained cocky, After the game Massy took to her Twitter to deliver some in the moment words, and a warning.

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"Back to Back wins AGAIN for Team USA, over Mexico, then delivering a devastating blow to Australia beating them 5-0." 

"Unstoppable! Untamable! Unbeatable! Unbreakable! Whatever you want to call them! Just don't call them losers!"

"This is the best USA team we've had!" 

"She's got an 8 game winning streak, and 2 game MVP's and its her rookie season." 

"If you can't keep up! You get sent home!" 

"It must not rain in Australia!" 

Massy stood in her hotel room, Sports Center reading off tweets from fans on what they thought of last nights game. Team USA being the main topic of discussion, Massy's phone lit up, fellow athletes telling her a congratulations, wishing her luck, yet still nothing from Odell. Massy shook her head, pressing her lips together, just like that in a matter of hours Massy had become numb to Odell, she had fallen right back into her "Coach Dad" train of thought, were nothing else mattered. If Odell wanted to act as if Massy didn't exist, then Massy too could do the same.

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Massy focused her attention, remaining in California, she made her way down to LA, not in search of Odell, but to her new mentor. Not a lot of people can say that they have Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant as a mentor. In fact, a lot of people would probably wilt at the thought of having the notoriously intense Black Mamba as a confidante and teacher, but not Massy, after getting the start struck syndrome out when meeting him the first time, she would begin turning to the basketball  legend for guidance.

Thinking she was only going to the Lakers facility to do some training with him, Kobe had a surprise for Massy, instead he took her to lunch to offer her a deal with his Body Armour Sports Drink that he invested in almost a year ago, but was quickly taking off. With athletes like James Harden, Richard Sherman, Rob Gronkowski, and Kevin Love. Massy would become the first women, also the youngest athlete to represent it. With getting all the logistics together, Massy took full advantage of Kobe's offering. She also took advantage pick at his brain, on any and every topic she possibly could.  

The affects of Odell's actions began to sink in with him, he hadn't so much as said hi to her since leaving Toronto's All Star Weekend on the 15th, yet he found himself standing in the middle of a friends get together in LA, scrolling Massy's i********:, seeing her photos before the game against Mexico, then with the Bryant family, then her photos before Australia, then seeing her most recent post with her and Kobe being a mentor. He scrolled her Twitter, seeing her last tweets about her mission for the World Cup. 

He opened his messages, to send her a congratulations text, but he was days too late, he was better off not texting her at all, after a few minutes Odell looked at the message, he shook his head, letting out a deep sigh through his nose clenching his jaw. Massy's text message showing him that she read it, but she said nothing back. While Odell was busy being insecure with himself and pulling the rug from under his own feet, someone else had their eye on the young soccer star. 

As her admirer publicly made her his #WomanCrushWednesday and wishing her luck and all the best in her next match on his i********:. Once the blogs seemed to get ahold of the flattering compliment the super star gave to Massy, they of course took it and ran with it, fans tagging her in the post repeatedly so she could see it. Though he was six years her senior, she had to admit, he was definitely iCandy or qualified to be a #ManCrushMonday. While Massy blushed and at the 29 year old super stars post, Odell cringed and frowned, his jealousy and anger quickly making an appearance. It would only get worse as Massy made the choice to entertain the talented super star.