stuck between two // Pedri and Gavi

9 - Gavi and Pedri

Gavi's Perspective

"What's that background of?" the girl next to me blurts out.

I give her a very small glance, seeing that she's looking at my phone over my shoulder, which slightly annoys me. Not only is that a rude thing to do, but also, I took out my phone to avoid conversation, not start conversation.

Why'd Pedri just have to bring this girl over? Why'd Pedri just have to let this girl in the pool area in the first place? Sometimes, he's too nice, I think. Like, she's a complete stranger, basically. He just thought she was pretty and let her in. That's just stupid.

"Uh, just me and some friends..." I mutter, not really in the mood to talk with this girl. Why doesn't Pedri just take her away and flirt with her or something? Away from me. This is a pretty girl, and I don't like associating myself with pretty girls. Because then I get tempted.

"What friends?" she asks, and I keep thinking she and Pedri must be very compatible- they both seem to love talking a lot, but only when I'm in the mood not to talk.

"No one that anyone here knows, including yourself."

"Come on, Gavi, what's wrong?" Pedri smiles. "You seems so sulky right now. You good?"

"Yeah," I sigh, shaking my head, shutting off my phone again. "I'm fine. I'm not sulky."

There's a moment of silence, which I honestly don't mind, but this girl breaks it with saying, "Who are those friends on your phone screen?"

"Just some friends from... home. Childhood friends. That's all. Don't worry," I say, putting on a smile, figuring I should at least try to lighten up. "My lock screen is Pedri and some other Barcelona guys." The guys on my home screen are me, two of my friends, and my sister, Aurora, from only about a month ago.

She shifts, and I'm finally starting to understand this girl, as I look at her more. She's not just some fan that's trying to talk to me. She's just some girl who's trying to make small talk because she's in just as much of an awkward situation as I am. And we're only in this situation because of Pedri. I am not too happy with Pedri right now.

As I look at her more, though, I see the beauty in her more, and I know I have to look away, because I can't be dealing with girls right now like Pedri seems to be. There's just something crazy pretty about her, and it totally gets me. Totally interests me. But I know I can't be interested in girls. I mean, I'm barely an adult. Today I am an adult, actually. I should be worrying about my life and career- and not gorgeous girls.

"Good!" Pedri grins, and I give him an annoyed look, even though I'm really not that annoyed at him at all. "You better have a picture of me as your lock screen."

I glance to this Victoria girl, and she just is smiling a bit at Pedri. Of course she's smiling at Pedri. They'll probably be the next couple. Man, soon I'm going to be the only single guy in Barcelona. I guess I have an excuse, though, at least, because I'm the youngest, after all. Still, though, there's a spark of annoyance that goes through my chest for some reason to see her gazing at Pedri with that little smile and those googly eyes.

Pedri's Perspective

I glance to Gavi, and he seems to keep glancing at his cell phone, and seems to be very uncomfortable, so I say, "Well, Victoria, there's some fruit salad that Memphis brought. Want to go get some and leave Gavi to whatever he's so anxious to do on his phone?" I smile, nudging her bare shoulder.