Tugging Heartstrings | Cristiano Ronaldo

Chapter 8

"So how are my favorite boys" Catalina said with her voice a little bit louder than needed.

"Why are you so loud Lina" Dani groaned with his head in his hands still hungover from his party.

"Yeah quiet it down" Neymar said from where he was sitting in the living room with big sunglasses on even though they were inside.

"Oh I'm sorry, am I speaking too loud in my own house when I making you guys breakfast against my will" she put emphasis on the ownership parts.

"It's not against your will if you love us" Geri yelled out as he wasn't as hungover as the other guys as he sat on the outside patio watching the dogs.

"Don't you guys have a family to be with and wives to nurse you back to proper health" she dead pinned to the two married men that were here.

"Shak took the boys to visit their grandparents so it's just me for the week" the Spaniard replied as he finally made his way inside alongside the dogs.

"I just like bugging you" Dani shrugged.

"Ooo can you make my pancakes with chocolate chips" Ney eagerly asked her as he smelled what she was cooking.

"Does it looks like Catalina even eats chocolate chips" Geri joked as he joined her in the kitchen.

"Haha very funny and yes I have some" she threw the bag of chocolate goodness towards Geri as payback.

"Since when" Dani joined in on the teasing.

"There for when Thiago and Mateo stay a night" she defended.

"Surrreee" Neymar played along with the boys as he often joked to Catalina that she would eat more junk food then she admitted to.

"It's true I get the sugar free or reduced ones" she dug around her cabinets till she found them and held them up for them to see.

"Maybe you should have some of those instead" Dani suggested to Neymar as he laughed along with Geri.

"Nah my abs say otherwise" even hungover Neymar would always be the confident one.

"Alright no arguing and go get plates for your pancakes" she commanded as they all raced for plates to beat one another.

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"So guys I'll be at your game this weekend, I just won't be able to hangout afterwords" she rushed out and stuffed her face with protein pancakes.

"Why not we always hangout after the games you go to" Geri questioned as this was part of their unbreakable tradition.

"Do you have practice" Ney guessed but he thought it would be a bit unusual as they usually had the weekend off unless there was a game and in their case they had one.

"No let's just say I made a promise that I have to keep" she didn't want to lie to them but she knew if she told the truth then there would be a war.

"I guess will let you slide" Dani answered for the guys as they sat quietly eating.

"Does Leo know" Geri insisted.

"No but he doesn't need to know everything, he's not my peacekeeper"

Catalina loved that the boys were protective of her, but sometimes they would go overboard. Gerard and Leo were are usually the ones to do so as they knew her longer, but sometimes it felt as though Geri took his roll a bit more serious than Leo. She never understood why but her best guess was that he was just a natural caring person and that was just who he was with the people he cared about.