never fall for brown eyes // Pedri

chapter 59

A tall and dare I say handsome Spanish player runs after me before I manage to escape. He's wearing Spain's trackies and runners so the team must be coming back from the practice.

"Qué? I'm sorry, who are you?" I give the man a questioning look. He has brown hair and brown eyes and a dashing smile. Not as handsome as Pedri, but definitely nice to look at.

"Ouch you don't know me? I'm Ferran, Pedri's teammate. He was actually very much in his thoughts at today's training, so what have you done to the poor guy?" He asks and gives me a little embarrassed smile. Oh right, he's the one Spaniard I've seen with a gorgeous brunette and the one who was in the elevator with me, Pedri and the other Spaniards just a few days ago.

"Hi I'm Madeline, Mason's sister. And I have no idea what you're talking about," I say and give him an awkward smile. I have no idea what this man wants from me or why he's talking to me. But I actually don't mind, because he seems like a lot of fun.

"Mason as in Mason Mount? You're here with England's team?" He asks me. He seems to be very surprised.

"Yeah..." I start but I'm interrupted by someone slapping Ferran's head from behind. That someone appears to be Pedri who's looking at Ferran with a deadly look.

"Ay cabrón, what was that for?" Ferran whines as Pedri walks next to me and settles one of his hands on my waist.

"For just being dumb and bothering my girl," He answers and smirks at him.

"Your girl, huh? I thought I might have a chance with this one," Ferran jokes and gives me a wink.

I decide to play along. I've seen Ferran before with a girl so it's obvious that he's just joking but I love this kind of banter.

"Oh well, now that you mention it, I think I might give you one," I smirk at Ferran, which earns a displeased grunt from Pedri.

"Cabrón, you have a girlfriend, whom you love, remember? And you chiqui, you have your hands full with me, so don't even think about it." Pedri says and starts leading me away from Ferran.

"Come on Perry, I was joking. No need to get all hot and bothered, I just wanted to get to know this girl who has you all wrapped around her finger," He yells after us, but Pedri is just dragging me to the elevators.

"It was nice meeting you Ferran, until next time!" I yelp as Pedri pulls me even closer to him.

"Cielito, don't even think about 'next time', I won't let him steal you away from me again," Pedri grunts under his breath. It just makes me laugh that he's so jealous because I was talking and having a laugh with another guy.

"Pedri come on, we were just having a laugh. You can't actually be jealous of that," I laugh as the elevator doors close and Ferran gives us one last wave.

"No but I don't want Ferran to annoy you or tell you embarrassing stories of me," Pedri says and pulls me in for a hug.

"But I'm very happy that he stopped you, otherwise I wouldn't have ran into you," He continues and gives my head a small kiss.

"I have to get to dinner in about an hour, do you want to spend time with me until then or do you have other plans, chiqui?" He asks and gives me a genuine smile.

"I can, what do you have in mind?" I ask and raise an eyebrow. I'm sure Evelynn is fine and doesn't mind me staying away for an hour more.

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Pedri takes me to his room and before I have the chance to protest he tells me that we won't be kicking Gavi out this time.

"I just want to spend some time with you and maybe take a nap, no te preocupes chiqui. I don't always have certain things in my mind," he gives me a wink and opens the door.

Gavi is laying on his bed like a dead fish, he must be wrecked from the practice. "I haven't heard anything from her in days," He whines but doesn't raise his head from the pillows. So, maybe he's not just dead from the practice but also emotionally wrecked.

"Umm... don't get mad pero traje una sorpresa conmigo," Pedri says, trying to hide me behind his back. I can already guess how happy Gavi will be when he finds out I am the surprise.

"You kidnapped her? You saved mi princesa from wherever she is!" he jumps up excitedly but stops quickly when he realises it's actually just me. "Oh I see, you brought the wrong one," He continues whining and I just stare at him with my mouth open.

"Disculpe, but that is so rude of you. I might not be my bestie but no need to act like I'm the worst person on this planet, estúpido," I complain and Pedri just laughs besides me.

"No, but you're not the one and only person I want to see. And where is she and why hasn't she replied to my messages?" Gavi asks and jumps back into his bed.

"I don't know, but I can tell you that she's alive and okay," I shrug as Pedri starts leading me to his bed. He settles to the back of the bed and opens his arms to suggest that I join him.

"Ay come one, I'm not leaving this room so you two better behave and act like adults that you both are," Gavi protests from his bed and me and Pedri just both laugh at his annoyance.

"Don't worry, we'll keep it PG-13," Pedri smirks at Gavi who just puts on his earphones and buries his head back into the pillows.

Pedri pulls me close to him and I settle my head on his chest. He holds me in his arms and draws lazy circles on my back. He smells fresh from the shower and his skin is so warm that it makes me sleepy.

"I just want to rest for a while, cielito," Pedri whispers into my hair and I can feel my eyelids starting to get heavy. If I could fall asleep like this everyday, I would. I can hear Pedri's breathing become heavy and even, so he must be as comfortable as I am. The last thing I can feel before sleep takes over is his hand brushing a lock of my hair behind my ear.