Through Her Eyes - Alexia Putellas

Chapter Sixteen

Not proofread - sorry for any mistakes.

It had been weeks since Barcelona's defeat in the Champions League final. While the team were mourning over their loss, only one thing was left playing on Valerie's mind.

"Valerie?"

The blonde was pulled from yet another one of her day dream's as she stood at the side of the pitch, they were half way through the week before their friendly against Arsenal.

Valerie was dreading the friendly, her mind had been occupied since last week. As soon as she was beginning to forget about Alexia, the blonde had to deal with the fact she was playing against her sister...And her ex-girlfriend.

"Oh hola Patri, I didn't see you there," Valerie laughed casting her gaze aside to look subtly at Alexia who had scored in her 1v1 game against Caro.

"I've been calling your name for a while," Patri chuckled awkwardly, nudging the midfielder who set her gaze upon her, acting as if she hadn't just been staring at the captain, "Too busy looking at something else? Or someone?"

"I don't know what—"

"That's what Ale said. Look I don't know what happened but the team has noticed the two of you," Patri sighed, shaking her head at her friends' stubbornness.

Suddenly, Valerie began to take interest in her friend's curiosity and a warm feeling overcame her chest as she pondered over the woman's words.

"She said that we were just friends...Something inside of me thought we were more," Valerie confided in the Mallorcan who smiled surprisingly at the blonde's openness, relieved that she had acquired information whereas Alexia avoided the topic completely, "We haven't talked since we slept together."

Patri's eyes widened comically, "You slept toget—" The blonde slapped her hand over her friend's mouth, gaining both the attention of the coaches and team who looked over curiously at the two.

Aitana and Jenni began smirking as they noticed the frustrated look on the captain's face, eyes narrowing as she focused on the pair who were close, or more specifically Valerie's blushing cheeks.

"They look cute together, right Aitana?" Jenni smirked,  nudging their captain who stood in the middle of them, stood frozen as her eyes stopped dead on the unknowing pair in the distance.

"We should place our bets on the two, forget about Ale." Aitana hid her grin behind her hand as their conversation caught the attention of Alexia, the captain turning with a questioning expression.

"Bets? What are you going on about?"

When Jenni had explained to the captain what they had done, a regretful expression overcame Alexia's face for a reason she couldn't comprehend.

"We realised you two really do hate each other," Aitana spoke teasingly, purposefully antagonising her captain. The small woman took more notice of how the two avoided each other for weeks, when usually they would intentionally annoy one another.

She and Jenni had came to the conclusion that Valerie and Alexia had slept together, which they did. But not in the way they thought.

"Looks like you lost your girl," Jenni winked, gesturing towards the Brit and Patri who were currently smiling at each other and the Spanish woman was holding onto her hand, the sight itself angering Alexia.

"She wasn't my girl to begin with," Alexia sternly reminded then dragged herself to the opposite end of the pitch to get further away from her teasing friends.

The main reason was to ignore the fact the blonde was moving on, with or without her. But Valerie wasn't hers to belong with. Remember?