COINCIDENCE - JOÃO FÉLIX

4. match

ADELINA'S POV
i woke up in my room, staring at the ceiling for a couple of minutes. i was starting to feel pretty lonely, if i'm being honest.

i was ready for a relationship but, as much as i hated to say it carlos damaged me and stole a part of me. i don't think i'll ever be able to recover from it.

i felt like i had nobody to complain about my problems to. like i was drowning all the time. i was filled with secrets and emotions but i couldn't do anything about it. if i break down, the people will leave. they will look at me like i'm a joke.

my parents will hate me even more. clara is someone i love and cherish but, we have never had a serious conversation. she's my only friend but, i feel like i can't tell her all these things.

my phone rang causing me to get back to reality. i looked over to see an unknown number.

"hello? is this adelina?" the person on the other line said. i knew exactly who it was but decided to prank him. "joão félix? oh my god, i have joão félix's number! i will give it out if people subscribe now." i said like a youtuber.

i could hear him panicking, i bursted into laughter before calling him a loser. "what do you need?" i asked.

"can you pay for my gas? i spent like a ton of it on you. venmo me!" he said before hanging up. is he being serious? i guess he has to pay for his rent somehow. living in a whole mansion and can't pay rent. or pay for a dress.

i haven't forgotten those damn ten dollars. i thought he was joking until he actually sent me his venmo.

                                   asshole
asshole:
pay me right now!
i need to buy some snacks too.
are you okay?
did you commit murder?
i'm locking my doors.

                                                                     adelina:
                                       STOP SPAMMING OMG
                          i'm going to leak your number fr
asshole:
HUH?
ADELINA?
LOPES?
ANSWER ME.
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JOÃO'S POV
after seeing a different side of adelina last night, it was weird. i didn't want it to affect how i saw her but, it did. it seemed like she didn't want me to talk about it though.

i was confused as to what caused her to have a panic attack. was it the creep? the yelling or the violence? or was it that call she had? i don't know why i had so many questions about her. why did i even care? she's a spoiled rich woman that can't pay for her own dress or for my gas.

i needed answers but i obviously wasn't in the place to ask her anything. i didn't want to cross the line and make her uncomfortable. i shook my head before getting out of bed.

i took a quick shower before getting ready for practice. we were having a game later that day against spain. i took my car keys and drove off to practice.

i looked around, confused when i made it to practice. everyone was there on their phone waiting for the coach to give instructions. but where the hell was andre?

a few seconds later i saw him walking in with that girl lana or whatever. they were holding hands and laughing. damn, are they already official? did he actually get her pregnant?

he walked her to her seat before giving her a quick kiss then running over to the rest of us.

"so nice of you to join us, andre." the coach said before whistling and telling everyone to get into their positions.