Looks can be deceiving (Mapi León x OC)

Chapter 33 - old habits

A/N: I'm sorry.

📍DFB training camp, Murcia

"What the fuck?" Still puzzled, I looked at my phone screen which had just turned dark after Mapi had suddenly hung up.

"What did she say?" Klara asked, letting herself fall onto my bed, Sydney, and Laura now laying on the other one.

"Oh, trust me. It's better if you don't know" Laura threw me a concerned glance as she had understood some parts of the conversation. "But seriously, what's Mapi's problem? I've never seen her like this before."

"It suits her reputation though" Sydney chuckled, causing Laura to playfully hit her on the arm.

"Don't always believe rumors" Laura said in a serious manner, making me think she wasn't only trying to teach Sydney a lesson, but me as well, even though it seemed as if she had forgotten about our disagreement on the train the other day.

Especially the last 24 hours had felt like the good old days when Klara, Laura, Sydney, and I had been the inseparable four at camp. Sydney and I overslept this morning as we had stayed up late the night before, catching up on everything that happened the last two and a half years, so we had to attend breakfast in our pajamas with unbrushed hair. It looked so hilarious that I uploaded it on my Instagram, not thinking anything of it. After breakfast, we went on an early morning walk with the whole team where Laura was told to take a selfie for the DFB account, making me wonder if Mapi had seen that photo as well.

But why on earth would she even follow our account?

Training had been exhausting, so I was really excited when I saw that Mapi called me, especially after she hadn't replied to me all day, ready to tell her all that had happened in the last few days.

Which brought me to where I was right now, my friends still looking at me expectantly.

"So... do you wanna tell us what happened with your girlfriend?" Sydney asked.

"She's definitely not my girlfriend" I sighed, Sydney shooting me a surprised look.

While we had spent a huge part of last night catching up on our lives, we had conveniently left out our dating life.

It would have just been too weird.

"So what's actually going on between you two?" Laura wondered, propping herself up on her elbows. "I just know what Ingrid told me."

"Who's Ingrid?" Sydney asked curiously. "I've definitely heard that name before!"

"Wasn't she the one who dated Jill Roord?" Klara intervened and all of the sudden we were gossiping just like in the old times.

"Wait what?" My jaw dropped, suddenly feeling sorry for Ingrid. "So she has to see her ex with a new girl every day?"

"You've conveniently left out the part where her ex's new girlfriend insists she's straight" Laura laughed in reference to Jana still denying that Jill and she were a thing, even though everyone knew about them.

It sounded a little too familiar.

"What's in the water in Barcelona?" Klara joked, leaning her head against me.

"Whatever it is, it's turning them all gay" Sydney grinned, turning her head to Laura. "What about you?"

"What about me?" Laura raised an eyebrow, suddenly seeming uncomfortable.

"Has the water turned you gay yet?" Sydney gigglingly repeated her question.

Laura shot her friend a weird glance."What? No, of -"