forever | neymar jr

chapter 1

April 6th, 1992 8:03 pm

Screaming, crying, covered in blood, people standing around and just watching. All of it happened on my birthday.

This was the day I came into the world (did i get you?)

Hi, my name is Gabriella Cruz. I am full Brazilian and was born in Brazil. My moms name is Katherine and my dads name is Drew. Not very Brazilian. Trust me I know. Anyways, my mom is best friends with Nadine Da Silva Santos. They are very close. I honestly don't know when or how they met. Nadine has a husband and a son. Her husbands name is Neymar Da Silva Santos Sr. Yep you guessed it, that means that her son is Neymar Da Silva Santos Jr. He is 2 months and 1 day older than me. Our parents are always together. Meaning that if we wanted to or not, we had to become friends. Anyways, that's all you really have to know about me. Now, let's go back to reality.

Ok, I'm 10 years old now, nothing exciting has happened in my first 10 years of life, except one thing. Neymar and I have developed this indescribable love for football. We play everyday in the street. Our families aren't very wealthy. We still had enough to live with though. I was grateful for it and so was he.

Snapping back into reality, I realized that I was already walking down the street of that house that I know and love so much. When I got there, I knocked on the door and it immediately swung open. A grinning Neymar stood in front of me.

"What?" I asked grinning back.

"Oh nothinggggg!" He said dragging it out.
I laughed at his stupidness as he stepped aside and let me in. I immediately hear a crying Rafa coming from upstairs. Oh yeah. That's another thing. Nadine had another kid 6 years ago. Her name is Rafaella. She is just the sweetest thing. She's my best friend and like a sister to me. Don't worry though, I have other friends. She's definitely at the top of my list. Along with Neymar. He's number one. I've found myself crushing on him a little bit. I mean how could I not. Have you seen him.

"So what do you want to do?" Neymar asked plopping down on the couch snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Honestly, I don't know. I just wanted to be with you." I said with the biggest smile on my face. Neymar returning it. His even bigger.

"GABY!" I heard Rafa scream and giggle running towards Neymar and I who were sitting next to each other on the couch.

"Hi Rafa!" I giggled back engulfing her in a hug.

Nadine came downstairs and smiled when she saw me.

"Hi sweetie! What are you doing here?" She asked sweetly. Gosh I loved her like a second mom!

"I just wanted to be here. I hope you don't mind." I replied to her.

"Of course not. You know you're always welcome here!" She said with a smile.

After returning the smile I turned back to Rafa who was sitting on my lap playing with my hair. She is so adorable I could just eat her up. I looked over at Neymar who was smiling at us. Once he saw me, he shifted his gaze to me and I saw myself getting lost in those beautiful hazel eyes of his. Gosh what is wrong with me.

"So what should we do? I'm bored!" Rafa said giggling making Neymar and I look at her.

"Well I don't know Rafa, what do you want to do? Y'know, since you're so bored!" I said tickling her making her squeal.

"Let's go to the beach!" She squealed clearly excited.

I turned my head to look at Neymar who nodded and smiled at me. Gosh I loved that smile. Those perfect teeth, and those perfect lips. Oh and those eyes. The way they scrunch up and don't show anymore. Oh my gosh what is wrong with me. Seriously.

I turned back to Rafa who I didn't even realize got up and was waiting by the front door with her shoes on. She was standing with her hands on her hips and tapping her foot waiting for me and Neymar. Well ok Miss.Sassy.

"Cmon lovers. Stop smiling at each other and let's get a move on." She said clearly annoyed.

"Rafaella!" Nadine scolded her from the kitchen making me giggle.

"Sorry mom. Really though, can we go?" She pleaded.

Neymar and I got up from the couch and walked towards the door.

"Be careful!" Nadine shouted from the living room plopping down on the couch.

"We will be, don't worry!" Neymar replied as he shut the door.

The beach was only about a 10 minute walk. Rafa skipped happily in front of Neymar and I. Neymar started inching closer to me. We were walking side by side our arms rubbing against each others. My heart was racing. Finally he manned up and took my hand in his interlocking our fingers. I looked at him and smiled.

"I'm happy you came over today. It feels like I haven't seen you in forever." He said smiling like he just got $1,000,000.

"It's been 1 day Ney. I'm glad I came over to." I said giggling.

"Still, that's way to long to be without you!" He said making me blush and turn my face the other way

"Awww, did I make you blush?" He asked and I just knew the smirk he had on his face.

"No you didn't. I just couldn't look at you any longer. You can only look at so much ugly for so long." I said laughing.

He grabbed his heart and gasped. Gosh, so dramatic.

"You know I'm smoking!" He said while running his free hand through his hair and making a model face.

"Yea, you are." I said smiling. Now he was the one who turned his head away.

"Awww, did I make you blush?" I asked mocking him.

"Finally, we're here!" Rafa said squawking and running to the sand making me and Neymar laugh.

We asked down to the sand and sat down watching Rafa run around. Still holding hands.

"You're not to bad yourself." Neymar said making me look at him with a confused face.

"Huh?" I asked.

He looked at me while smiling with his cheeks rosy and said 3 words that I will never forget.

"You are beautiful"