Not a secret anymore •Marco Reus / Lionel Messi•

Chapter 25

Marco's POV
Thursday

I looked in front of me and smiled sadly. Nina has been looking at her daughter for the past few minutes without breaking the contact. "Good morning." I heard Marcel and nodded not looking at him. "Hi." Nina said and stood up. "Shall I drive you Nina?" Robin asked and she smiled. "Please." she said and Robin nodded. "Marco? Don't you need to go home too?" Marcel asked and I shook my head. "No." I replied. "You've been here since the beggining. You should rest a bit." Nina said and I smiled. "No. Robin is driving you. I don't want Ana to be here alone when she wakes up." I said and Nina sighed. "I guess there's no way convicing you." she said and I chuckled lightly. "I'll bring you breakfast." she said and I nodded. "Thanks." I said and she rubbed my shoulder. "We'll be back in the next 2 hours." she said and I nodded. With that being said, the door was shut by the three of them.

"Ana, you can't do this to me." I told her although her eyes were still closed. "I was so scared." I said and kissed her forehead gently. "You almost hit your head, Annie." I whispered not even thinking about what could happen. She could have hit her head so badly. I haven't moved an inch from the chair since yesterday. I was sleeping with her hand in mine and it felt so good.....Could I love her?

Ana's POV

I blinked lots of times before fully opening my eyes. I saw a white ceiling. And white duvet. What's wrong? Looking on my right I gasped for air. "Marco?" I asked and he smiled happily. "Ana." he said and caressed my cheek. "You scared all of us so much." he said and I gulped hardly. "Can...I get water?" I asked with sore throat and he nodded standing up immediately. "Here." he said and helped me drink from the bottle. "W..where is mom?" I asked him. "She went home about an hour ago. We were here the whole night and she needed to change her clothes." he said and I nodded. Why does he look...different? "Why...did I collapse?" I asked and he looked down on my hand taking it in his. Why is he doing this? "You've been exhausted lately. And...emotionally down." he added and looked at me. "I am so sorry." he said with tears in his eyes. Okay, this is the first time I can see his tears without him losing a match. "I...I should have never reacted the way I did. I was to think, but not push you away like that." he said and I looked out of the window. Why is he saying this all of sudden? "Good morning!" I heard male's voice and so I turned to the door's direction. That's my doctor I guess. "Morning." I replied and Marco stood up shaking hands with him. "Mr Reus, could you leave us alone? I need to check on Ms Burton." he said and Marco looked at me. "Sure." he had said leaving a kiss on my forehead before walking away. That look of his was different than the others. I don't know how, but...I...it was different.

"Doctor? Why did I collapse?" I asked and he looked at me leaving his papers at the back of my bed. "You've been exhausted lately. And it ended the bad way." he said and I closed my eyes for a while trying to push the headache away. "Did I fall on my head?" I asked and he shook his head with a light smile playing on his lips. "According to your friend no." he said and I raised my eyebrows a bit. "My friend?" I asked and he nodded. "Mr Reus said that he caught you before your head could have hit the ground." he said. Marco? "Don't you remember it?" he asked and I shook my head. "I remember that my vision got blurry and I started falling." I said and he nodded. "Thanks to your friend nothing bad happened. But, Ms Burton, you'll have to relax." he said and I nodded. "I have a flight tomorrow." I said and he chuckled. "No flights." he said and I tried to sit down, but failed. "Ms, you are weak. You should cancel it." he said. But I don't wanna stay here. "When will you let me go?" I asked. "Maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow morning." he said and I nodded. "What if I fly on Sunday?" I asked and he sighed. "Guess that would be much better than tomorrow." he said and I nodded. "Thanks." I said and he chuckled. "Your friend is the one you should be thankful." he said and took his papers.

"How do you feel?" Marco asked after sitting on the chair next to my bed. "I've already been better." I said and he smiled. "I'm happy that you're awake." he mumbled and placed his hand over mine. I shifted and shook my head. "Please Annie." he said and I looked at him. "Please what?" I asked sternly and he sighed. "Ana, I...I'm so sorry for everything you've been through." he said and I bit my lip. "It's not your fault." I said and looked away. "It is. I made you leave. I hurt you." he said and I closed my eyes not to let the tears run down my face. "Ana, tell me everything you feel." he said and I looked at him. What does he mean? "Ana, tell me what you feel. Then I'm gonna tell you what I feel." he said and I shook my head. "Annie, we need to make it normal if it's even possible." he whispered with tears in his eyes. Tell him everything I feel? That will take lots of tears and time.

"Okay." I said and he nodded. Taking a deep breath, I encouraged myself in my mind. "I feel stupid." I said and looked at him. "Stupid for all those wasted years! I was waiting. That was my activity. Waiting for you to come after a srewed match. Waiting for you to come and pick me up so that we'd go party. Waiting for you to fall in love with me." I said and the tears started rushing. "I've been in Dortmund for the past 5 years to make sure you will be happy. You will be fine." I added and smiled sadly. "You were fine. You went for a party with me. As friend. But you've never fallen in love with me." I said and looked away for a while to pull myself together. "And I feel stupid for believing that somebody like you could ever fall for somebody like me." I said and he shook his head lightly. "It's not about the way you look. You're beautiful." he said and I chuckled ironically. "More beautiful than all those blondies you've had?" I asked. "I've been insecure about myself for the past 5 years. I've been in love with you, yet you've never been in love with me." I added and wiped my tears away. "I even died my hair back to brown so that I'd not look like that auburn hair teenager anymore." I said with a soft sad giggle. "You...what?" he asked and I shrugged. "Love can do magic. I was capable of doing anything for you. Anything." I said and sobbed. "But not anymore." I added in whisper and looked at him. "I know that you'll never love me. And I made a progress because I can say it all loud. I'm not the one for you though you could be the one for me in my eyes." I said and wiped my tears away. "But it still hurts." I whispered and turned my back to him. "An." he said and put his hand on my shoulder, but I shook it off. "I wanna sleep." I mumbled and closed my eyes. I'm glad that I said it all loud. But it feels like it broke my heart even more.

Marco's POV

"One can't be surprised that she feels that way." Marcel said after I had told them what Annie said. "But...she feels that she wasted years of her life." I said and Robin nodded. "It's true." he said and I furrowed my eyebrows. "She's always been at home waiting that you'd call. Or stop by." he said quietly and I looked at Marcel. "It's always been that way." Marcel confirmed and I stood up. "Why was I so blind?" I asked and Robin sighed. "She's good at hiding things. And emotions." he said and I rubbed my face. "I don't wanna lose her." I said and Marcel shrugged. "Then you better start working." he said and stood up. "I'm gonna bring Nina water." he said and walked away. "I'm stupid, aren't I?" I asked Robin and he smiled sadly. "At least Ana isn't the only one feeling that way." he said and walked to her room leaving me and my thoughts outside. She's always been here. But I was stupid not to see that she's the most caring and lovely woman under the sun for me.

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