Chapter 1

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Let me introduce myself. I am Auriana, but people call me Ri, Ria or Auri. I am 17 years old and there is nothing really special about me, I have no dreams, I had a passion and a dream. But I don't dare to believe that anymore.

flashback:

I am now 6 years old my life is perfect, I have nice brothers and parents who love me very much but I don't really have friends here. My family was all I needed. My brothers started playing football at a club near here. At first I thought there was nothing to kick a football against, but after the stories my brothers told I became curious. So I went along to the training once. And then I was standing there on the football field next to my brothers, in front of a football goal with a goalkeeper in it. Pedro encouraged me to shoot into the goal, I looked at the ball took a deep breath and shot it into the left corner. That feeling was great! That feeling when I touched the ball, the feeling when I shot into the goal was just amazing I have no other words for it! And ever since then I knew I wanted to do something with football, at least that's what I thought......

Exactly the day after I went to soccer practice for the first time, my parents suddenly wanted to talk to me. Here I am sitting at the table opposite my parents, I feel tension between the three of us and something is definitely going to happen. "Auriana, we've decided you're going with your uncle to Barcelona," my mother says. Those words came like a slap in my face, ''WHAT, you're going to say I have to get out of here? Away from you?'' Tears form in my eyes. "Auriana, it's not that we don't love you anymore, but we're short of money and we just want to give you a better future, a fresh start. Please don't get us wrong, your uncle is going to take good care of you. And we will love you forever'' I just don't have words for this and without saying anything I get up and rushed to my room, then I started crying until I fall asleep. I don't get it, I'm already happy here I don't want to leave here. I can't live without my brothers.....

The day has come, I am leaving Tenerife the place where I grew up. All my stuff is already in Barcelona, now the farewell. My uncle is already in the car, my dear family is standing in front of the house waving me off. I see the sadness in their eyes, I walk up to them and hug them tightly eventually we all burst into tears. We stood there for another 30 minutes and then it's time for me to really leave, I get in the car and we drive away. I look back, where my family stands who are further and further out of sight. I sigh, on to my new life...

5 years later:

Time flies by, I haven't spoken to my family in 5 years and I miss them so much. Here in Barcelona my life hasn't really gotten much better, I have made some friends like my neighbors. But not real real friends, the only friend I have is my football. I practiced and trained very hard to get better. It was the only thing I could do to feel a little happy. But that changed when my uncle came home with good news. ''Auri, I have great news! You can enter the FC Barcelona Academy!'' I couldn't believe my ears! I can go to the Academy of FC Barcelona?! I ran up to my uncle and jumped into his arms. And during the time I was at the academy, I made a best friend, Pablo Gavira. He's a very nice guy, with a lot of talent and he's a good friend. We often hang out with each other and we have become inseparable.

But exactly 1 year later, I had to move again this time to the Netherlands. Away from it all, leaving my only best friend and my football dream. My uncle found a good job there and of course I have to go because I am only 12 years old and cannot stay here in Barcelona on my own. Since I live in the Netherlands I haven't touched a football, it hurts too much. Every time I do something with football something happened, first I get separated from my family then I get separated from my best friend and my dream. I don't want to risk more things so I quit football and started focusing more on school.

What did you think of the first part? Sorry if my english is bad, it's not my first language :)

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