Number 9 forever

9

Restaurant

When we pulled up at the restaurant Ferran got out of the car and came to open the door. He was such a gentleman. He took my arm and we walked in the restaurant. The first thing I saw was a table of about 30 men and a couple of girls, most likely the players' girlfriends. The minute they saw us .....

" NEW COUPLE ALERT"

" NEW COUPLE ALERT"

" NEW COUPLE ALERT"

Over and over Ferran explained that we were just friends and I worked for the team as a shadow in the medical area and nothing more. The guys came to introduce themselves one by one with their girlfriends, and all of them were so pretty I kinda felt insecure.

"Elena this is Pedro or as we call him Pedri" Ferran tells me this and i looked at him and he gave me a déjà vu feeling i couldn't explain it.

We all sat down, Pedro was on my right and Ferran on my left. No one was sitting in front of me, and that was bizarre since I got told the table would be full.

" Oye Pedro, ¿Pablo no viene?" Ferran Asked.

(Yo Pedro, is Pablo not coming?)

"No, sólo está en el baño. Saldrá en un minuto o dos." Pedro answers.

(No he's just in the bathroom. He will be out in a minute or two.)

A few minutes later this guy Pablo they were talking about, I see him out of the corner of my eye, quickly turn my head around and see him

"Shit"

He's the guy from the club.

I don't think he saw me yet, but he walks closer, and says hi to the other players, he sits down on the other side of the table and a few chairs down from me, a few seconds later he looks right at me and makes the same face I imagine I made when i saw him, kind of like an, oh shit, face. He gets up slowly and walks over to the empty spot in front of me, and sits down. Pedro grabs two menus and hands me one, but as he hands it to me his sleeve lifts up and I notice he is wearing the bracelet, the one like mine that my brother gave me as a kid. Pedro is my brother...