Sure Thing • Gavi

Chapter 28: The Best Friend

🎶 Dance The Night - From Barbie The Album — Dua Lipa 🎶

Pablo and I spent Sunday morning together before he had to head to recovery training - they already had another game on Tuesday and would be flying to Mallorca for that.
"Pedri will probably be out until the end of October" Pablo told me while we were having dinner at his place on Monday evening.
"Oh no, that must be so annoying for him..." I sighed.
"Where are you watching the game tomorrow night?" he asked.
"The girls are coming over" I said before pushing a fork of fried rice into my mouth.
"You could invite him over? You know, he likes you" Pablo chuckled.
"If he does, he'll have to face Chiara who has the biggest crush on him" I replied.
"Oh, he's used to that" Pablo said and I rolled my eyes. Those boys all knew they were good-looking and every girl's dream.
"I could try and invite some guy friends so that he doesn't have to deal with three women" I said and mentally already tried to make a list of guys who were cool, weren't in love with me and wouldn't run to the press telling everyone I'm Gavi's new girlfriend. The list was very short and I could only hope that they wouldn't have any other plans tomorrow.
"Guy friends?" Pablo asked suspiciously.
"Happen when the teenage hormones decrease in level and guys don't feel the need to bang every girl they run into." I said and then added "Oh fuck, Pablo, you're still a teenager, I feel really bad now" and burst out in laughter.
Now it was his turn to roll his eyes. "A teenager who pulled a super hot and intelligent girl. I'd give myself a bit more credit for that to be honest"
"You definitely didn't 'pull me'" I said.
"I definitely did. I texted you, I asked you girls out to dinner in Ibiza, I helped you out when you were drunk,..." he said but stopped when I hit him lightly with a kitchen towel.
"Ok ok, you 'pulled me' if that's the term you teenagers use" I laughed and now he took the kitchen towel to hit me with it.

The next morning at work, I texted Jorge, who was Chiara's brother and his friend Felipe if they also wanted to come over tonight, before texting Pedri:

Vicky Hernandez 👩🏻‍🍳 (Pablo gf)
Hola Pedri, watch party at my place tonight? A few friends are coming over and Pablo wants you to keep my guy friends in check.

Pedro Gonzalez Lopez
Pablito's wish is my command 🫡
When shall I be there? Can I bring something? I can't cook a bomb lasagne like you though

Vicky Hernandez 👩🏻‍🍳 (Pablo gf)
20.30 would be perfect
No need to bring anything!
Address is Carrera de la Princesa 50

Pedro Gonzalez Lopez
La Barceloneta? Where the fuck am I parking there? 🙄

Vicky Hernandez 👩🏻‍🍳 (Pablo gf)
That's why I have a scooter 🛵
Just take an Uber

Pedro Gonzalez Lopez
For what have I bought my cool Porsche then?!

Vicky Hernandez 👩🏻‍🍳 (Pablo gf)
To drift on your fangirls' drool?

Pedro Gonzalez Lopez
Very funny

"So, Pedri is really coming?" Irene asked as we were walking to my scooter after work to ride to my place.
"He is! But I haven't told Chiara yet" I chuckled.
"How are they actually? It's just... I just have never met rich, successful people" Irene asked.
"They're boys in the end" I replied and shrugged. It was the truth, really. They were like every other Spanish guy only that they were paid a lot for doing their job.

We started getting everything ready and Ana and Irene were the next ones to arrive, before the doorbell rang again and it was Pedri downstairs - I couldn't wait to see Chiara's reaction when he would walk in the door.
"Hey! Thanks for the invite" he said and hugged me before I showed him in.
Chiara's eyes grew wide and she excused herself quickly to go to the bathroom. I introduced Ana and Irene to him in the meantime and also Felipe and Jorge had just arrived.

The TV was already on, showing the build-up and I was very concentrated, trying to spot my boyfriend, when Chiara asked me: "Why don't you have his shirt yet?"
Pedri had heard this and walked over to us, much to my friend's horror, but she couldn't back out now.
"What? Still no shirt?" he also asked incredulously.
"No... Is this a big deal? Maybe he just hasn't thought about it yet" I said and shrugged.
"If I had a girl, I'd give her my shirt before she even attends the first game" he said and winked at Chiara. Oh my God, he was such a flirt.
"You should definitely ask him about it." Chiara said quietly. I don't know why she was acting all shy now, usually she was the most extroverted one of our group.
"Cool Men's Health cover by the way" I told Pedri, trying to get Chiara out of her shell.
"The boys are still teasing me about it, I'm actually a bit embarrassed" he said and blushed a bit.
"Your skin looked a bit oily" Chiara said and I put on a confused look on my face, while Pedri didn't quite know what to say. She turned around mortified and walked over to the kitchen.
"Sorry, I think she's just a bit starstruck" I said.
"No worries, she's cute" he chuckled.
"Man, now I can't even say that she's too old for you" I joked and he laughed too.

The match finally started and the boys were glued to Pedri's lips, listening to every comment he gave, while us girls mostly tried to concentrate on finding Pablo so that I could swoon over him. He was starting tonight but all in all, it wasn't the team's best day. By half-time we were down 2-1 and the girls and I made ourselves some cocktails, while the boys were talking very stressed about the game. We downed the drinks in the first ten minutes of the second half and got a second round while the referee was deciding if he would give us a penalty for a foul on Yamal - the boys were shouting at the TV, but in the end, it wasn't given and they were very frustrated. Our drinks were empty when Fermín scored a goal, making the score even again and we took that as a sign to go for a third cocktail to celebrate, we were definitely already tipsy. In the last minutes, the team tried everything to score a winning goal, but unfortunately it just wasn't enough. It was a frustrating evening, but at least we were leaving with one point instead of zero.

The boys said goodbye pretty soon and left and just as Pedri was about to leave too, I had a glorious idea: "Oh my gosh, let's go out!"
"YES!" Chiara shouted and Irene and Ana nodded their heads wildly. I looked at Pedri with a huge grin.
"Oh no, no, no, I have to train tomorrow" he chuckled, trying to get out of the situation.
"Perfect, then you can be our driver" I said and dragged him out of our apartment. He had indeed managed to find a parking spot with his fancy car and the girls stumbled onto the back seats while I was left to sit in the front with him.
"Two hours maximum, then I'm driving y'all home" Pedri said seriously.
"Ok, daddy" Chiara said, boosted by the alcohol in her system and Irene, Ana and I burst out in laughter, while Pedri turned dark red.

We were on our way to the club when my Phone rang and it was Pablo.
"Hola mi amor, how are you?" I asked.
"Ugh, it's frustrating, we just weren't at our best today... We're on the bus now returning to the hotel, where are you?" he said.
"I'm sorry, but hey, you looked super hot on the pitch" I replied and everyone rolled their eyes. "We're going out with Pedri!! He can't believe his luck to be out with bombshells like us. That's why he wants to remember every moment and isn't drinking in order to drive us all safely back home later" I chuckled and Pedri signalled me to put him on speaker.
"You owe me one for chauffeuring your girlfriend Pablito." he said seriously.
"As if you're not enjoying it! Make sure to be pictured, I want to read wild fan theories on my way back home tomorrow" my boyfriend chuckled and then hung up.

We arrived at the club and us girls immediately went for drinks again and then we hit the dance floor. We were basically dancing around Pedri who was sipping on his Coke, but very much seemed to enjoy it. Him and Chiara even exchanged a few words, which was definitely an improvement from just a few hours ago. As announced, he took us all home after two hours and we thanked him for being so nice to our drunk asses.