Not a secret anymore •Marco Reus / Lionel Messi•

Chapter 23

Monday

Missing. I feel like a big part of me is missing. Sitting in front of the school, I looked around seeing happy people. They're all holding hands, smiling and kissing each other. I miss Marco. He doesn't love me and I know it. But a big part of me misses him. But then, there's the article about Marco and the slut. I sighed and dialed the number which's been on my screen for a while. "Annie?" Robin answered and I smiled. "Hello." I said with tears of happiness in my eyes. "How are you? And what are you doing?" I asked. "I'm fine. Currently sitting next to...Marcel." he said and I smiled. "Say hi." I said and he giggled. "He says hi too. He also says that he's gonna ring you up this evening." he said and I sobbed. "I miss you." I mumbled and wiped the tears away. This has been your decision the whole time! Don't cry now. "You know that you can always come back." he said and I shook my head. I can't. Not now when I found a man I don't feel strange around. Not when I found a man who could possibly replace Marco. "An, have you...seen anything on magazine?" he asked and I sniffled. "If you mean Marco with his face buried in cleavage of a slut then yeah, sadly." I said and took a deep breath. "Annie, it's all different." he said and I giggled. "No, it's not. Say hi to everybody back in Dortmund, Robin. I can't talk about this right now. Bye." I said and hung up.

"Ana!" I heard somebody scream my name and so I looked up. "Jesus! What?!" I snapped at Sofia and she rolled her eyes. "You were in other dimension! I've been standing here for good 5 minutes!" she said and I stood up. "Good. Can we go?" I asked and she nodded. "Why are you day dreaming?" she asked and I giggled sadly. "I was not day dreaming." I denied an she sighed. "You were. Dreaming about your dear Leo Messi?" she asked and I slapped her arm. "No." I said and smiled a little at the thought of him. He can make me laugh. And that's good since I haven't laughed much since I left Dortmund. "What reminds me, they're staying at our hotel today." she said and I nodded. He's already told me. "And they should be at the reception when we come." she said and I looked on my watch. 5 pm. Yeah, they should. What a shame we spent so much time at school today.

"Wait." Sofia said and stopped walking in front of the hotel. "What?" I asked looking at her. "Do I look good?" she asked and I rolled my eyes. "Don't roll your eyes Ana Burton! I know that you, in your grey A skirt, tank top, white blazer and yellow high heels have nothing to worry about, but what about me?" she asked and I put my cream coloured sunglasses in my hair. "You look good. Now, can we go?" I asked and she tilted her head. "You don't care if Messi likes you?" she asked. Not really. "No. But...I don't need to worry about it." I said and walked in with her following me. "Hey Amanda." I greeted her while she was handing keys to a football player. "Hey Ana." she said and I smiled. "Hello." I turned around to see Lionel. "Hi." I said and he pecked my lips. "You're lovely." he said and I chuckled. "Yeah. I like this shirt too." I said and played with the collar of his black Barca T-shirt. "How was school?" Leo asked and I noticed Pique looking at us. "Don't worry." Lionel said and I giggled. "I'm just not used to people staring. Especially men." I said and rubbed the back of my neck. "That's good." he said and I felt somebody tapping my shoulder. "If you wanna stay here, could you give me keys?" Sofia asked and I looked at Leo. "No, I'm coming too. Leo needs to check in right?" I asked and he nodded while smiling. "Text me." I said and kissed his cheek.

Robin's POV

I placed the phone on the table and rubbed my face with my hands. I miss my little sister. "Why did you tell her that Marcel is around?" Marco asked and I chuckled ironically. Is he serious? "Because the last thing I needed is her to finish the call because of you being here." I said and he looked away. "How is she?" he asked. "She was crying." I said and he made a face. "Why?" he asked. Okay, this is not an interview. "Probably because she misses it here? And she can't come back?" I answered and he looked at me furiously. "She can come back." he replied bitterly and I shook my head. "Not really. You had almost slapped her and caused a bruise on her wrist before telling her to stay. You almost slept with a whore and she did see it!" I said and stood up. "I think there're enough of reasons to stay away even though she loves you as hell." I continued angrily. I've lost her over him. "You know what?! I'd not be surprised if she finds a boyfriend! She is amazing. Honestly, I'd be happy if she finds one because she deserves to be treated like a queen." I said and went to my kitchen to calm down. Marco loves her. But he's too confused to admit it.

Ana's POV

Standing in front of Leo's door dressed in my jeans and white V-neck T-shirt, I knocked on it. He opened the door and grinned. "An." he said and I smiled. "Hey." I said and he had pulled me in before shutting the door. "You know, you shouldn't be here." he said and I bit my lip. "I do, but Sofia is fussing around and I need a calm place." I said and he smiled. "A calm place? I don't think you'll get to relax here." he had said before leaning in. "No? Why not? Because I can see a huge bed over there." I said and sat down on it. "When are you going to go downstairs for dinner?" I asked and he sat down next to me. "In a while." he said and looked me up&down. "On the previous dinner, there was a guy sitting next to you." Leo said and I nodded. "Aaron." I said and he chuckled. "Yeah. Could you tell him to sit in front of you? Not next to you?" he asked and I giggled. Nobody has ever been jealous about me. "Why?" I asked and he shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe because I should be the one sitting next to you." he said and I smiled. He is nice. Opening my mouth, I was cut off by the knock on the door. I stood up and looked around. "Leo, I shouldn't be here." I said and he rubbed the back of his neck. "It's Gerard. I need to go." he said and I nodded. He pecked my lips and caressed my cheek. "Shut the door." he said and I nodded.

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Aaron was showing me the Swedish nature while we were walking to the dining hall. I almost fell over something. Jeez! I'm not even wearing heels! Thanks God I can balance perfectly in my red Converse. "And this...look. It was taken in summer." he said and showed me the pic of him in anorek. Why not?! I looked in front of me and smiled at Leo who was watching me closely. "Rick? Where were you the whole day?" I asked and sat down opposite him. "School. Then gym. And by the way, Amanda gave me this." he said and placed a box on the table. "What's that?" I asked and he shrugged. "It arrived this afternoon." he said and I looked at it. What the hell is it?

I sat down on my bed and took a deep breath. Fine. I should open it. Opening it, I noticed the white paper at first. 'Ana, I'm sorry. -Marco' I sniffled and looked under the paper. It's the T-shirt from his collection. I've always liked those monkeys. But I don't understand why he sent me this. I looked at the monkey. And it's the one covering his mouth. Why mouth covering one?

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Sofia is still downstairs with guys and I'm here all alone. Taking my phone, I made my way to Leo's room. After knocking on the door quietly, I quickly stepped in the room not to be seen by anybody. "I'm bored." I said and he raised his eyebrows. "Bored?" he asked with a light giggle. "Yep." I said. I'm not that bored. But I just don't wanna think about Marco, nor about the T-shirt I got from him. Leo took my hand and led me to the bed. He sat down and so did I. He was playing with my fingers when he looked up suddenly. "Leo? Everything fine?" I asked and he smiled. "Absolutely." he said and leaned in. After him pressing his lips on mine, it took me a while to realize that I should probably do something as his girlfriend. And so I wrapped my arms around his neck what caused him to deepen the kiss. I pulled away when my oxygen got lost and he smiled. "I..." he started, but I placed my hand over his mouth. "Don't say anything." I said and he kissed the back of my hand. "Shh." I said and lay down. "You should relax before tomorrow." I said and he giggled. "I should. And I will. With you beside me." he said while laying down. I closed my eyes, enjoying that I can relax and not think about Marco. Leo helps.

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