Juan of a kind

Part Seventeen

Karia's POV

When I wake up I feel terrible.
David stayed with me for most of the night, but he got tired and left around 2.
Everything is clear to me now.
Juan Mata cannot and will not ever love me.
It's impossible for someone like him to love someone like me.
We have training in an hour. Today it's just stretching and yoga to prep for our session tomorrow.
I don't feel like going for breakfast so I just eat a protein bar and some fruit.
I get dressed and look in the mirror.
Red blotchy skin and dark circles, great.
When I reach the training area mostly everyone is there, apart from the coaches.
Juan looks tired and sad.
Everyone asks am I okay and I just nod.
When our session is over I go straight to my room.
I don't want company today.

Juan's POV

"Where's Karia?" Robin asks.

"No idea, maybe she's gone to bed for a lie down she looked rough this morning" Wazza says.

Without anybody noticing I sneak off to find Karia. I have to tell her. I never knew that me keeping this from her would make her feel so bad about herself. I knock on her door. For a moment there seems to be no one there, then she answers.

"Oh Juan, I didn't expect to see you" she says.
"Yeah, you didn't come to breakfast and you looked really sad in training and then you came straight here, I.. I... can I come in?".

She looks shocked but nods and allows me in.
I go over and sit on her bed.

"Are you okay? Please talk to me. We used to talk everyday and now it's like you don't want to speak to me anymo-"

Before I can finish my sentence I stop as I see tears falling from her eyes.

"Karia, please".

She looks at me. I look at her.
We are so perfect together.
If only she knew.

"Don't cry. I don't want to see tears on your beautiful face".

"Don't say that Juan please I know you don't mean it" she snaps at me.

"I... I do mean it". I swallow hard.
"You are beautiful, possibly the most beautiful girl I've ever seen. What makes it worse is that you don't even know it".

She looks at me like I've said something horrible.
"️Who told you I liked you? You are only saying this because you feel sorry for me".

"What do you mean, nobody told me. I don't feel sorry for you, you are beautiful".
"Juan, stop come on".
"Okay, okay I heard you say it last night to David".

She starts to cry again and I feel like I've been shot. I feel tears coming but I stop them. I'm hurting her without meaning to.

"I'm sorry I know I wasn't Ment to hear that, but I... I like you back".
Juan you said it. Finally.

****** Thanks to everyone for reading... 600 views I'm so happy thank you! I'm watching the match against Sunderland and I'm almost in tears we are so bad :( we need Juan on the field******