Page 40 of Made Better Together

CONNOR: How was your week?

EDEN: We started training camp, so I basically spent the last five days sucking down water in between drills and scrimmages.

CONNOR: Sounds familiar.

EDEN: You don’t miss it?

CONNOR: Not that part, no.

CONNOR: Plus I’ve been hiking almost every day. I’m a hiker now. [sends pic of himself in a bandanna, glasses, sleeveless shirt, and running shorts with hills in the background]

EDEN: Hawt.

CONNOR: Hardly.

EDEN: Fishing for more compliments?

CONNOR: What? Nah…

EDEN: Don’t go sliding into another girl’s DM with that thirst trap photo, okay?

CONNOR: I’m not sliding into any other DMs, period.

EDEN: Well, thank you for making the time for me, then. :)

CONNOR: Now you’ve got me into a routine, so let’s not break it.

EDEN: Until you’re back here and we can actually hang in person.

CONNOR: Until then.

THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY

EDEN: Guess what?

CONNOR: What?

EDEN: Sorry, didn’t mean to be so abrupt. I’ve been waiting for two days to tell you this.

CONNOR: You can write me other than Saturdays.

EDEN: Noted.

CONNOR: You’re a rule follower.

CONNOR: Sorry, what happened?

EDEN: I got invited to the next U23 training camp!

EDEN: Fifth in a row…

CONNOR: Incredible.

CONNOR: You’re going to play in the World Cup one day.

EDEN: :) There are too many good strikers for me to make the senior team for the next one, but my time will come if I decide to keep playing.

CONNOR: Yeah, I mean most of the senior team players are in their mid-20s. Or older.