Love at first sight

Expect the unexpected

I opened my eyes as I did yesterday, blinded by the sun shining through my windows. I stretched my arms. My bed was so comfy and cool compared to the hot morning outside. At least it was a Saturday and my day off. I pulled my phone over to just check and i was in shock. I had 500+ notifications ; Neymar had followed me on every social networking site and his fans were bombarding my account. I quickly screenshot it and text him "wow". It didn't even take a minute for him to call me. "Bom día Milena" I smiled "morning to you too Ney" "how's the sleeping beauty doing on this beautiful morning" he asked and then it hit me. LAST NIGHT WASNT A DREAM . I actually fell asleep in his arms and he had brought me home and nicely tucked me in to my bed "oh my god I'm so sorry for just falling asleep like that - I guess I was really tired... Hope you didn't mind too much?" I said as I slowly swung out of bed and walked over to my full mirror wall - I was still wearing yesterday's outfit, my hair was a mess but I felt full of energy. "Mind? You looked beautiful and so innocent... When can I see you again meu amor, I miss you"he said so genuinely. My hand made its way up to my neck and wrapped itself around his necklace "I miss you too.. Last night felt like a dream , an ecstatic dream..." "Can I come pick you up again?" I really wanted him to come and get me but I couldn't "as much as I'd love to, my bestfriend came yesterday and I've spend no time with him yet , I was planning to show him round Barcelona a bit today? I hope you understand" "come on Milena, I need to see you again- don't leave me hanging I need you" I felt so heartbroken , I could feel what he meant - my desire to see him again and spend more time with him was just as strong "I know meu único, I feel the same- I need to see you again too" I felt close to him with his necklace , I was luckier than him - he had nothing but memories to think of me whereas I had something he gave to me "listen Milena , I'm free today - if you want I can take you and your best friend to some really nice places I know ? What do you say?" The idea enlightened me - in this way Georgio would get to meet the man I love too! "That's great! What do you say to this afternoon?" His voice quickly recovered its joy "you're the best!I love you.." I smiled as I held on to his necklace "I love you too.." and I hung up on him.

I walked out into the guest room to wake up Geo but he was already awake and on his phone "morning G" I said and went over to jump on to his bed "who ya textin' "I teased and grabbed his phone out his hand to annoy him "hey gimme that!" he laughed as I tried to get away with his phone "oh hell no Mila, get here!" I laughed like a cheeky little girl "catch me if you can" I shouted and the next thing I saw coming was a huge pillow which hit me straight in the face and it knocked me down to the floor. I just laid there laughing to myself which made it so much easier for my best friend to take his phone back "girl, why are you so giddy this early in the morning?" Geo laughed and helped me up "I'm not giddy, come on let's go have breakfast now ok?!" I said as lead my best friend to the kitchen.
"What does my guest want to eat then?" I asked as I went over to the coffee machine and made two americanos. I didn't even have to ask- me and Georgio both loved black coffee so I just prepared them. "I'd like to have a spanish omelette prepared by the Spanish señorita!" He cheered as I made my way to the fridge and got the ingredients "mm I could do with an omelette myself too" I replied.

Georgio was sat around the kitchen island still on his phone and I was just putting the omelettes onto serving plates ready to be eaten. "Geo, seriously who are you talking to?" I asked really curiously as I placed his breakfast in front of him. "Just on Instagram babe, you know I wouldn't hide anything from you- by the way this smells de-lish!" We both laughed and tucked into our breakfast. "Oh by the way geo, how do you feel about going on an outing with me and my boyfriend today?" He almost spurted out everything in his mouth "MILA YOU GUYS ARE A THING?!!!?" I could help but have a really smug smile "yep- me and Neymar are officially in a relationship and he wants to take us out today". I then proceeded to telling Geo about last night and how perfect everything was and of course - my best friend felt just as happy as I did "babee that's soooo adorable omg so happy for you guys" he said as he put his hand over mine and gave me a huge smile "thank you darling" I told him to show my appreciation but just then my MacBook started ringing for FaceTime "oh this must be my mom , she told me she'd call" I walked over to the coffee table where my MacBook was and walked back over to get cosy on the sofa - and my parents appeared on the screen "hey you guys!" I was happy to see my beautiful mommy and handsome father - they always looked so happy and that brought happiness to me too "hi sweetheart" my dad said "morning dear" my mom added. Usually my mom did the talking and my dad just agreed with her or added things in between "honey, we wanted to discuss something with you.." "Go ahead mom what is it?" Geo sat down on the sofa across me with a smoothie obviously listening to my conversation with my parents "Mila, your father and I have been thinking... You've grown up now and you're a beautiful young woman and as our only child we think it's about time you ... You found a partner and settled down with a family of your own - we want to be surrounded by grandchildren. I've been speaking to my friend Éva DiLorenzo from the charity committee and she thinks the same about her son Mason so we thought maybe you guys should talk , I mean.. The boy is an attorney and you know how respectable the DiLorenzo family is... We really want this relationship to happen, can you do this for us?" My heart sunk as I heard my mothers words and my father wasn't saying anything to stop her - my eyes started stinging and I felt like a hopeless little girl - I felt sick and could feel that I was about to cry "Mom? Dad? How could you?" My lips were shaking , Georgio's face dropped as he saw my situation and he put his hand over his mouth in shock "Milena, you'll be thanking us for this - it's only for your best interest darling.." I felt disgusted by how selfish my mom sounded, she wanted me to get married to someone that she wanted without even consulting me - the worst part was I knew Mason very well and I always hated his personality because he was so obnoxious and arrogant "mom - I , I really don't like where this conversation is going ... I'm not interested and I'm just going to ignore this like it never happened - if you have nothing more to say I'd like to hang up" my good mood had been shattered into a thousand pieces of sadness "Milena , were not really asking you if you're interested or not... We want you to do this, we demand that you get married to Mason DiLorenzo , he's already consented to it and his family are happy- we will be arranging a trip for you back to LA so we can get you both engaged and married as soon as possible." My dad sounded so cold in his words - I had never been in a hopeless situation like this before and I hated it "what is wrong with you both?! I'm not doing this , not for anyone ; I love you guys more than anything but what your asking me to do is crazy!! I'm not doing it!" By now I had broken down to tears and shouting. Geo ; who could t stand it any longer came and took the MacBook out my lap "auntie Maria, uncle Mateus" that's what he called them as we'd grown up so close "what you're asking Mila to do is so unfair - she may have not wanted to tell you this yet but she is already in a relationship with someone and you can't control her life anymore - your little girl is an adult now and a good one too! I ask that you understand instead of being so hot headed with your own choices" I was still crying when Georgio put his arm around me to comfort me.
"MILENA IS IN A RELATIONSHIP? Why don't we know about this? Who is she in a relationship with?" Shouted my parents down the camera , I kind of hoped Geo didn't tell them but it was too late "I'm not marrying Mason mom! I already have a boyfriend, that's enough said now we're busy so we've got to go!" I snatched the MacBook out of Geo's hand and slammed shut the lid.

I sat quietly on the small sofa in front of the window and just dazed out. I had never felt this angry and hopeless towards my parents - they had become selfish and class obsessed. I just sat there for ages looking blankly out at the sunshine with my wet eyelashes and sore eyes "Mila come on honeybee, they can't make you do anything you don't want- I'm here for you - you're a strong girl and we're going to overcome this - come one go get ready , Neymar will be here soon" Georgio could say the nicest things but my mood was still terrible and just then the door bell rang "I'll get that" Geo said and walked over to the door "hi" I heard Neymar's voice as him a Geo met each other for the first time. I was so down and didn't want to see Neymar like this. I heard Geo quietly explain something to him but the voices were muffled. He stormed into the room with an expression as saddened as mine "Milena, can you explain what's going on to me please?" But I couldn't hold in my tears so I broke down once again feeling sick, awful, heartbroken and all the worst feelings you could imagine to feel "Neymar - I love you ok , you're the only person I've felt this way towards , I believe that our car crash was fate and no matter what happens I love you and I'll only love you I don't know what to do I'm so ups-" he put his hands on my face and pulled me in a for a kiss like he had never kissed before , multiple kisses then a kiss on the forehead before he pulled me in for a tight tight hug. My tears were soaking through his sweater on to his chest "shhh amor..., tudo passa - don't worry I'm here- I'm not leaving shhhh" his presence and his words were just so comforting I hugged him tighter, inhaling his cologne ; I never wanted to let him go, it appeared to me that I loved this man more than I could imagine, he's my saviour I thought to myself as I hugged him tighter.

We were sat on the sofa for about half an hour, his arms wrapped around me while my head rested on his chest , his hand repeatedly and gently running down my hair. I could hear his heart beats which made me feel some sort of way; listening to the heart of the man I love. 54 beats per minute at rest - very healthy ; I thought to myself trying to distract myself of the sadness I was in.
Georgio walked in after taking a shower and getting dressed, he looked just as sad but with that brave smile that he always had for me in my hard times, just so that I'd never feel worse.
"Hey, Milena what do you say we go for a relaxing walk , all of us- I don't think staying home crying will benefit you in any way honey" Georgio said quietly to me while looking at Neymar to include him as well. My energy levels had hit rock bottom but I was ruining my best friends trip to Barcelona which was only a short trip - I hadn't spent any quality time with him yet and that made me feel like crap. "I agree with Georgio, Milena - go on put some new clothes on , wash your face and we'll go out for a bit? Huh? What you think?" Neymar said while kissing the top of my head. I owed this to them, they'd been doing everything to make me feel better - I nodded whilst adding a smile "good idea" I got up to go and get changed, leaving two sorry looking men behind me.

"I'm ready!" When I walked back into the living room , they were just awkwardly sat there so I lead them out to the door as I took one final deep breath and locked the door behind us. Feeling dreadful. A heaviness on my chest. Sunglasses on. Nobody could see me with my red puffy eyes. We all took our seats in Neymars bigger car that he'd brought "I know somewhere we can go instead of walking" Neymar said with gleaming eyes and a juvenile smile as we drove off into the high Barça sun.