As I was able to catch up on my sleep during the flight, I decided to jump into the shower and get ready to go meet with Gianni Infantino.
After making sure I look presentable, I checked the time to see it being 11:30am.
Right on time.
I left my hotel room and walked into the parking lot, who had a driver waiting for me.
***
The drive wasn't too long, the nerves building up as soon as I reached my destination.
This was a big deal and I didn't want anything to go wrong.
After being directed to Gianni's office, I gently knock at the door.
'Come in.' a voice is heard from inside.
I open the door and walk in with steady steps, all the courage I've built up over the years, fighting against all the nerves.
'It's a pleasure meeting you.' I smiled and shook his hand.
'Oh, no, the pleasure is mine.' he chuckled softly. 'Please, take a seat.'
I did as he told me, sitting opposite him.
'First of all, I want to thank you for accepting my proposal.' he said with an accent. 'Secondly, I've heard about and seen your work for Paris-Saint German and couldn't help but appreciate the way you manage to please the fans, reason as to why I wanted you to join us.'
'Thank you.' I smiled.
'And I've been keeping up with you on the social media platform and saw that you are very liked by many people, which is very impressive because people tend to be mean and judgmental, however, you managed to sneak in and captivate them.' he nodded his head. 'Which takes me to my other proposal.'
I suddenly became uneasy, overwhelmed with all the compliments from the FIFA President.
'I would like you to play a role in the image of the World Cup.'
WHAT?!
My eyes grew in shock, not expecting this.
'I don't expect you to do any big things, but I will like you to make a few interviews by yourself, to talk about your career and also be a little 'spokesperson' at tonight's event.'
'Woah.' I let out a sigh, a smile on my face. 'Once again, thank you so much for your kind words, being here is really a dream come true and sure.' I shrugged my shoulders. 'I would love to.'
'Perfect!' he said excitedly, getting up. 'Follow me now, you're going to meet the person you'll be working with throughout the World Cup and make your choices on the teams you'll be working with.'
I got up and followed him to a different room. As soon as we walked in, my eyes grew wide in surprise, recognising that height and that back out of a million.
Luca.
As soon as he turned around, his eyes lit up, a smile appearing on his face. We didn't jump into eachother's arms like we would usually, wanting to keep this as professional as possible.
'I guess you already know eachother.' Gianni chuckled lightly, probably realising the change on our facial expressions as soon as our eyes met.
'We've worked together before.' Luca said smiling, not breaking the eye contact.
'Good. That means I won't have to worry about you not getting along.'
'I might say, you picked the perfect people for the job.' I smiled.
'And this is exactly why I like you.' Gianni pointed his finger at me. 'The confidence.'
***
After talking a little bit more of what me and Luca have to do and going through some paperwork, we had to make our choices now.
'I didn't give you two time to discuss who you want to work with.' Gianni said, glancing from me to Luca.
'It's okay, we already know who we're picking.' Luca nodded.
'And who are you picking?' Gianni asked curious.
Luca didn't say anything, only turned his head around to look at me, implying for me to state the names of the national teams.
'France, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, England and Morocco.' I smiled.
'Interesting choice.' Gianni added. 'I'll let you two go now, but don't forget to get ready for tonight's event.'
We thanked him and walked straight out the office, wrapping our arms around eachother as soon as we were out of Gianni's sight.
'I can't believe you're here.' I said excitedly. 'Why didn't you tell me?' I looked at him, my eyebrows frowned.
'Why didn't you tell me?' he frowned his eyesbrows too.
'The contract.' we both said at the same time, letting out a laugh.
I was back working with my favourite person in the whole wide world. My bestfriend. My brother. My other half. My soulmate.
