opposites attract / leon goretzka /

Chapter 2.

Friday was the day of a season opening office party. I was ready to leave my apartment in a black skin tight dress. I've curled my blonde locks and left. When I arrived I was surprised that the players were there too. Kimmich came up to me first.

"Hey Essie!"-he said with a hug.

"Hey Joshua!"-I said and hugged him back.

He lead me to his table where Leon sat with a cup of beer in his hands.

"Hey Leon! Have you met my homegirl, Essie?"-he asked him.

He took a sip of his beer and nodded with a smile.

"Yeah, she interviewed me yesterday. How did you two meet?"-he asked.

"She was down at the pitch last day and we had a little conversation."-Joshua said while pulling the chair out for me between him and Leon.

"Can I get you a drink?"-Leon asked.

"That's very nice of you! Thanks! I'll have a coke. I'm driving."-I said with a small smile then he left.

"Uhm... Essie how old are you exactly?"-Joshua asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I'm turning 24 in November. I'm a scorpio by the way."-I said proudly.

"I'm not really into astrology."-he said.

"When were you born?"-I asked him with curiousness.

"8th of February."-he said proudly.

You're an Aquarius then. We'll get along then!"-I said with a smile.

"What are you two talking about?"-Leon asked from behind us holding the coke that I asked for.

"Astrology!"-Joshua said, laughing a little bit.

"When were you born Leon?"-I asked with a raised eyebrow.

"6th of February."-he said and sat down.

"You're an Aquarius too! That's why you two get along so well!"-I said with raised hands.

"What are you then, expert?"-he asked with a flirty smirk.

"I'm a Scorpio!"-I said proudly.

"Oh God no!"-he said with a laugh, burying his face in his hands.

"Why would you say that!m?"-I said with a little giggle.

"I've heard Scorpios are terrible!"-he answered.

"No! Not at all. We are actually softies. It's just the tough exterior."-I said.

"So you think your tough?"-Joshua said jokingly.

"Yeah, I am. You just don't know me enough to know that."- I said, winking at him.

I decided to hit the dance floor. At first I was alone in the crowd then I felt someone's hands on my hips. I turned around and for my surprise I saw Leon.

"Oh hello there!"-I said, putting my hair behind my ear.

"I'm so drunk!"-He shouted through the loud music.

I just let out a laugh. We danced for a while and decided to sit down at our table. It was already 11pm when I looked at my phone. I decided to get ready to go home. I stood up to get my jacket when a hand grabbed mine.

"Hey Essie! Can you take care of Leon? I don't want him to sit into a taxi while being this drunk."-Joshua said, pointing at Leon.

"Sure! I can take him home!"-I said and grabbed my jacket.

I walked up to him and tapped on his shoulders.

"Let's go home big boy!"-I said with a smile and tried to drag him out.

I said goodbye to Joshua and we made our way to my car. I grabbed my keys and Leon instantly grabbed it and looked at it closely.

"Hey! You're rooting for another team?"-He asked, eyes pierced on my BVB keychain.

"There's a lot of things you don't know about."-I said with a wink and snatched it out of his hands.

I helped him get into the car. He put his seatbelts on an we were ready to go.

"So where shall I take you Sir?"-I asked him.

"Wherever you want to!"-He said, raising up his hands.

"What's your address?"-I asked.

"I'm not telling you."-He said and smiled.

"Oh come on!"-I said with an annoyed tone.

"How about we go to your place? Do you have FIFA? We could play FIFA. I could beat your ass!"- he said and proudly smiled at me.

"Yeah I have FIFA... You know what? Let's go! I'M going to beat your ass."-I said and drove home.

When we arrived home I immediately ran to the TV and turned my Xbox on. We sat down on the couch and it was time to choose teams. I choose Borussia Dortmund which made him call me a "traitor" and he choose FC Bayern, obviously... We scored goal after goal and in the end I won.

"Told you I would beat your ass.."-I said and crossed my arms.

"Fuck... how did you do that?"-he asked.

"Years and years of practice."-I said with a wink.

I decided to change into pyjamas in my room while Leon watched some tv in the living room. When I changed I grabbed some extra bedding and walked out of the room and gave it to him.

"You're sleeping on the couch is that okay?"-I asked him.

"More than okay, thanks."-he said with a smile and took the bedding.

"Well... Goodnight then!"-I said while walking back to my room.

"Night!"-he said and I turned off the lights.