Finding Love

Rosalie

"Dear god, I am scared for what you have prepared, I don't know if I can handle this battle"

Two weeks later

The month is almost up and soon the Brazilian National team would head too Qatar for the World Cup. Since that day Mateo came over to make me soup we've been inseparable. It became a routnie for him to come over after practice and he teach me different Brazilian dishes. 

We kept our friendship private but during filming I would catch him giving me a small glances. I scolded him about that because fans were not slow to catch on to things. Other than that you could say our relationship was good...

Unlike normal friendships I found myself cuddling in bed with him a lot watching movies. I didn't think much of it until Sophia caught us one day, it was something we did naturally so I dent take it seriously. When he left she drilled me with questions asking if we're "talking". I shut down all dating conspiracies and explained it was all friendly. 

With one week left I was going to miss Mateo. We actually became great friends in a short amount of time.

"I can't believe you leave next Thursday" I said into his chest 

We were currently standing by my front door hugging. 

"Me neither but like I said we can FaceTime and you better watch my games" he said kissing the top of my head 

I allowed him to leave small kisses on my head and cheek. It was to hard balance our friendship because I was growing feelings but I refused to open my heart again. My last attempt left me broken and I couldn't go through that pain again.

Pulling out the hug I walked him to the elevator. Today was our last day hanging out at my apartment since his team was preparing to leave and he needed to focus on their game. 

When the door closed I picked up my phone and immediately called Sophia. Lately I feel Mateo has been hinting at us being something more 

"Hello?"

"I think we have a problem" I said walking inside my apartment

"This problem wouldn't happen to include Mr. Souza?" she joked but this was a serious matter

"Yes it does and it is a real problem" I whined 

I needed her to be serious for a second because I was really freaking out. 

"Ok ok, what's going on? I thought you guys were cool" she said shuffling around in the background 

"I did too but recently he's been confusing me" I said letting out an irritating groan

"How so?" she contained to question

"Ok, it all started when his mom called. We were chilling on the coach as usual and he got a face time call. They started talking in Portuguese so I didn't think much of it until he said his mom wanted to talk to me and I started freaking out. Why would he introduce me to his mom?" I said in a stressed breath laying in my bed

His mom was extremely sweet and it was cute he wanted to introduce me but thats how it all  start! First they mention you to the parents then its going on date and next you know he's asking you out.

"Rose that's an innocent action. You guys hang out everyday" she tried to reason but I wasn't buying that 

"No Soph, it gets worse. He started leaving kisses on my forehead every time we say bye and my contact in his phone is Rose with a heart! If that isn't weird then I don't know what is" I expressed 

"Have you confronted him about these things?" she asked me and I started thinking about it

I mean I've said we're friends multiply times but I never moved away from his kisses and when I saw my contact name I kept it to myself 

"No... but thats not the point. He's going to Qatar for like two months and after that he'll be back in Brazil so he doesn't need to worry about me" I replied defensibly

It would be cruel of him to think our friendship could go further than what it was. I refuse to even let that happen. 

"Mmmm, I think you need to be honest with yourself here. I've seen you two interact and you were never been happy when you dated Devon" she said 

I couldn't deny that Mateo and I clicked fast. He was easy to talk to and we had more in common compared to Devon. He was also respectful and listened to me. 

Something Devon failed to do... 

"Sophia, it's only been three weeks. You don't know a person true intentions in that timeframe and I'm not jumping into a relationship" I told her 

It was too soon to tell if I liked Mateo. Telling myself we were just friends helped me keep my heart shield from the possibilities of a relationship and he is a soccer player. Our schedules don't align. 

"That's true but just don't close that door" she said as her final words before hanging up

I laid across my bed thinking about her words. These last days with Mateo were going to be hard but I think it's best he leaves. My life would go back to normal and I wouldn't have to worry anymore. 

I reached for my laptop to check out the videos we posted.  We uploaded a lot of content and the reviews were looking good. Watching the interview segment I saw comments about Mateo and most were relatively positive. I remember him telling me how that he was nervous to be back in the media so it was nice everyone love him.

I kept looking through when one comment caught my attention 

Throughout the video Mateo kept his eyes on that interviewer. Does he like her? 

I was flabbergasted by the comment it only had 53 likes but I was still freaking out. I saw more replies underneath and clicked to read them

What do you mean? Now he can't look at the interviewer, Mateo haters are delusional

Not a hater, just saying it seemed odd

I closed my laptop and convinced myself that I was overthinking. There was nothing going on between us anyways so it didn't matter.