It had been two weeks since I moved to Munich. In those two weeks, I had experienced all sorts of new and fun things. I enjoyed every single second of it. I had met new people and created some incredible bonds with them.

As I reflected on the past two weeks, I was going through my closet, picking out what I wanted to bring to the training camp.

I had decided, to join my dad and the team and travel with them to the United States. There wasn't much for me to do in Munich without them, because the group of the media team I was part of, was also going with the players. They would have to record some footage in the USA as well and there were going to be two matches during the boys time in America.

I was very excited for the trip, partly because I had never been to America before and because the excitement of the boys has infected me as well.

For the past few days, it was the number one conversation topic. It was quite funny, since they also shared a lot of stories about their previous training camps.

I was facetiming with Sofia, because she insisted to help me pack.

"No!" she screamed.

I turned around to face my phone, which was placed on my desk.

"What?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Don't pack it," she was referring to the top I was holding in my hands.

"Why?"

"Because you can only bring a certain amount of clothing to America and this," she pointed at my hands, "It's just not really flattering on you,"

I shrugged my shoulders and put the top back into my closet.

"Why don't you just pack my suitcase then?" I said.

"Relax, I'm only trying to help," she raised her arms.

I laughed, "I'm kidding. I really appreciate your help,"

Sofia sent me a smile.

"What vibe are you going for?"

"What do you mean?" I asked confused.

"Like what do you want to achieve with your outfits?"

"Um, nothing?"

Sofia rolled her eyes. "Don't you wanna impress a certain someone?"

I groaned, "Ugh, not this again,"

Sofia and I had talked about Jamal a lot. Well actually, it was mostly her talking after I had to tell her every single detail of what had happened that day. I didn't mind telling her about my day, she was my best friend after all, but she kept on telling me how I should just get together with Jamal and finally kiss him.

The problem was I didn't like Jamal that way. We were friends and I loved spending time with him, but there weren't any deeper feelings.

Besides that, we had only known each other for two weeks and that's a way too short time to fall in love with someone.

"Yes, this again," Sofia continued. "I know you don't think so, but you deserve happiness. From what you told me and from what I could gather, he's a really sweet guy. This trip is the perfect opportunity for you to explore your feelings,"

"I don't have do explore anything. I'm happy right now with us being friends. I don't need a relationship,"

"It doesn't matter. You still have to pack some nicer things, in case you meet someone in America,"

"Fine," I said, so she would change the topic.

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I packed the rest of my suitcase after I ordered some pizza. Usually Jamal would have come over, but since we both had to pack, we decided to just stay at out separate apartments. I was on FaceTime with Sofia the rest of the packing process and I almost forgot to bring my toiletries, but luckily she reminded me to bring them.
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My doorbell rang 5 minutes later and I was greeted by Jamal. He took my suitcase and carried it to the elevator and afterwards to the car.

"Wait, why aren't we driving to the airport?" I had noticed we were going in the wrong direction.

"I have training, we're only leaving after lunch,"

"What?"

"No one told you? I thought you knew," he shrugged his shoulders and drove around a corner.

"Obviously not. Why do you have training anyways? Aren't you literally going to a training camp?"

"I don't know," he shrugged his shoulder again, "You should ask your dad. He scheduled it,"

I just hummed in response, my excitement shrinking a little.

"Hey," I looked at Jamal and he put a hand on my thigh, "It'll be super fun, even with a later start," he reassured me with a smile.

My mood immediately brightened, I just couldn't resist his beautiful smile.

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Since there wasn't anything to do with the media team, I watched the boys train. It was quite chaotic, because most of them weren't really as concentrated as they should have been.

My dad seemed a bit annoyed at their behavior, but I could tell that he was also trying to hide a small amount of amusement.

"Are you excited for America?" my dad had walked over to me.

"Yes, I still can't quite believe that I'm actually going there. Thank you by the way, it's an incredible opportunity and a great privilege,"

"Your welcome. I'm just glad you're here in the first place. Just seeing you every day, even if we don't speak is a privilege and I realized how much of your life I already missed,"

"Well, I'm here now. I understand why we didn't spend much time together in the past. I think I understand it even better, now that I have been thrown into your world. It's beautiful and I don't regret coming here. Sure I miss Sofia and mom and my other relatives, but I can easily visit them whenever I want," I smiled.

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After lunch, the team, the coaches, members of the media team and I drove to the airport. I went with Jamal, joined by Phonzy.

Unfortunately our flight way delayed by two hours and we had to spend some time waiting at the airport.

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Two hours later we were finally able to get on the plane. We settled in quite fast and my excitement raised even more, if that was even possible.

When the plane took off, I started to feel a little uneasy and Jamal, who was sitting next to me noticed.

He took my slightly shaking hands in his and started rubbing circles on the back of my hands.

"Just relax and think about something else. It's safe, everything is going to be all right," he calmly said.

I felt myself relax slowly and my hands were almost not shaking anymore at all.

"Thank you,"

He sent me a smile and continued holding my hands. We looked at each other and I was so distracted, I didn't even notice the plane was flying high up in the sky.

"What are you two doing?" Thomas, who was sat a row in front of us asked.

Joshua turned around as well with a curious look on his face.

"Nothing," I pulled my hands out of Jamal's grasp and blushed.

Thomas raised an eyebrow, but didn't say anything else. He turned back around and started talking to Joshua. Jamal and I sat in an uncomfortable silence, neither of us knowing what to say.

"Uhm, do you wanna watch a movie?"

"Yeah, sure," I smiled at him, thankful that he broke the silence.

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I had fallen asleep with my head resting on Jamal's shoulder. I woke up to him carefully shaking my shoulder.

After we left the airport, we got into the team bus and drove to the hotel we would stay in for the next few days.

There were quite a few fans in front of the hotel, waiting for the boys. At this moment I was glad I wasn't famous like them and I didn't have to stop for autographs and photos.

I waited for the boys in the hotel lobby and luckily they didn't take long. We were assigned our rooms and handed our keys. My of us shared a room with another person and so did I. Jamal and I shared a room and we took the elevator to our room's floor.

I didn't mind us sharing a room, since he had slept over at my apartment on the couch a couple times in the past already.

He insisted on carrying my suitcase, so I allowed him to. He opened the door and we stepped inside. I looked around and froze.

There was only one bed.

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