never fall for brown eyes // Pedri

chapter 71

I make it to the elevator without anyone catching up to me, and just as the doors are about to close, I see Pedri running after me with hurt written all over his face. When the doors close, I crumble. I can't hold myself together anymore, the tears just stream down my face as I wrap my hands around myself to keep me together. I let myself cry until the doors open again in the lobby and I get ready to face the real world. No time to cry it seems. I'm so ready to get some fresh air somewhere where I will not run into anyone.

As I get off the elevator I see England's national team coming back from their match. Shit, the match that I missed without telling Mason. He must be losing his shit. And wait, where did I put my phone?

"Madeline Jacqueline Mount, where the hell have you been?" I hear Mason say. Shit, he sounds absolutely pissed. I snap my head in his direction and all the anger in his gaze is replaced by worry.

"Mads, are you okay? What has happened?" He quickly walks to me and I burst out crying, again. Mason wraps his hands around me and holds me as I cry my eyes out again for the second time of the day. He just holds me as the rest of the team passes us and rubs my back while I bawl my eyes out. I'm once again reminded how I have the best brother in the whole world.

When I'm finally calmed down, Mason takes me to his room so that we can talk. I don't want to trouble Evelynn right now, because she has her own problems and issues to sort out.

"So what the hell happened to you? You never cry in public so something must be really wrong. And don't even think about giving me that 'I'm fine' bullshit," Mason lectures me as he brings me a hot cup of tea.

"You're not going to like this, but it all started in Barcelona..." I start and end up telling him the whole truth about me and Pedri. All the way from the start to this day. Mason listens to me without interrupting even once. When I'm finally done he wraps his arms around me and lets me cry all over again. We must have spent hours in his room by now.

"I'm going to kill him. How dare he treat you like that? And how dare you not tell me? I knew something happened in Barcelona, but this is just fucked up," Mason finally speaks and gets up as to leave.

"Where do you think you're going?" I ask him with panic in my voice. I'm not going to let my brother do anything reckless on my account.

"I'm going to exchange a few words with this idiot, and don't even think about stopping me," He says and starts walking towards Pedri's room. This is the last thing I wanted.