the love of my life - Pablo Gavi

pure love

It's now 4.45 pm, so the first half is almost over. I notice that players are aggressive against Pablo. Pablo has already received a yellow card. 

Then things go wrong. Pablo is tackled. The Belgian player challenges him and Pablo goes crazy. A fight breaks out and what I expected happens. Pablo gets red and has to leave the field. Xavi walks towards him, but Pablo ignores him.

I see him walking towards me, so I walk towards the gate. 'I'm so sorry darling.' I embrace him. I hear him crying. 'It's not your fault. They're taunting you all the time, that's their way of getting you off the field, cause you are too good for them.' I let him go. 'And they know that you are an easy target. They are all assholes and they are not worth it to you, never.' He looks at me. 'But I'm just so done with it. This happens a lot.' 'I know Pablo, and it's very childish of them.' I give him a kiss. 'Thank you Tess. I really needed this.' He presses a kiss to my lips. 'I know babe.' Then he walks to Xavi.

Pablo pov:'What just happened? Why were you so aggressive? It was just a tackle.' 'A player was taunting at me and I'm so done with that. It happens so much, Xavi.' 'I know Gavi, but you are a target for the other players and you know that.' 'My girlfriend said that too.' 'Your girlfriend is a good girl, Gavi. What did she say?' 'That's their way to get me off the field. And that I'm the target.' 'Your girlfriend is right. And keep this in your mind: You are here because you are an excellent player. You did so much to come to this point. Don't let it be ruined by some assholes.' 'Thanks Xavi.' 

Then I sit down and finish my bottle. Soon the match is over. We talk about the match some more and then we all go back to our hotel rooms. 

I walk towards Tess. She gives me a hug. I give her a kiss on her lips. 'Love you, mi vida.' 'Love you too, sweetheart. We walk hand in hand to my car. I look at Tess. 'Can you see it?' She looks at me smiling. 'You are so beautiful Tess, I hope you know that.' She smiles. 'You are beautiful too. 

And do you want to know a little secret?' 'Yea of course mi vida.' She laughs. 'When I was younger, I also was very aggressive, most of the time with football.' 'You are serious?' 'Yes, it was a phase, but I always have a little bit of aggression in my body.' 'I never expected this from you.' 'I thought so, hopefully you don't mind.' 'No of course not! I like it when a girl is a little bit aggressive.' 'Fortunately, cause I was scared that you didn't like that.' 'I love it. And I love you.'

Tess pov:

I am sitting on the couch. Pablo is sitting next to me. His arm on my shoulder. I lie down against his shoulder. He turns around. "Do you like this?" "This is literally the best, baby. 'Pablo presses a kiss on my lips. He gently plays with my hair. 

"Tess, would you like to go to the beach?" "But babe, it's 9 p.m. Aren't you tired from the match?'' "Perfect, right? Whe can watch the sunset and dance in the sand.' 

'Do you not mind?' 'What?' 'If we go to the beach, everyone sees us and then they can start thinking things. I'm not 18 yet Pablo.' 'Mi vida, I want people to see us. Look how handsome you are! Everyone should know that we love each other.' 

'But aren't you afraid that people will have prejudices about you?' 'I don't give a shit about those people. they are not worth it. But you are worth it.' Pablo winks. "Thank you baby, but you are way more prettier than me." "Don't say that mi vida, you know that's not true." 

We get up and walk out the door hand in hand. 'Whe can buy snacks by a gas station.' Pablo starts the car. I put on music. Coldplay, both our favorites. When we arrive at a gas station, Pablo parks the car. 

"May I open your car door, princess?" "You may, prince." I giggle, what a gentleman he is. We haven't even entered the store yet, but people are already approaching us. "Who is that?" a girl approaches us. "That's my beautiful girlfriend, Tess." I melt inside. He says it so proudly. Then we walk inside.

It's a beautiful evening. The sunset is beautiful, we have our favorite snacks and, the most important, Pablo is with me. "Are you cold, mi vida?" "A bit, but that's okay, darling."

I'm shivering from the cold but I don't want to admit it. Pablo takes his jacket and wraps it around me. 'No. it's not necessary. I don't want you to get sick, then you can't train. And I know that football matches are very important for you.' 'Not important enough. I don't want my dear girlfriend to get sick.' 

I crawl even closer to him. 'Do you know how happy I am right now? Every day I was thinking about you. Your hair, your smile and your beautiful dark brown eyes. I just can't believe that I'm here with you. 

'You better believe it, mi vida. And I know, I've only known you for 1 month. But I never thought I could love someone so much in such a short time. I love you, Tess Dubois.'

I laugh softly. 'What's wrong? Am I being stupid?' 'No, I just love your pronunciation of certain words, especially my name.' 

Pablo grabs a piece of hair and puts it behind my ear. "I love you." I take his hands. "I love you too." I don't know how long we sat there, but it was great, very great. 

'Tess, it's almost your birthday, what do you want to get?' 'I want you, nothing more.' But it's your 18th birthday, we need to do something special.' 'Baby, you are the most special thing I could ever get. I don't need new clothes or jewellery, I need you.' ''I can come up with something, is that okay?''

''Yes, just surprise me!'' I grab Pablo by his hands and pull him up. We run a bit and then Pablo grabs my hands. "May I have this dance, mi vida?" I look at him with a smile. "Can you dance?" "No, but holding hands and looking each other in the eyes is good enough for me." "Also for me, darling." 

It starts to rain. I look at Pablo with a smile. Pablo kisses a drop from my nose. I kiss him back. 'Maybe we should go, Gavi. It's raining so hard.' 'That's a good idea, baby.' Together we run to Pablo's car. When we're in the car I put on our favorite song. I rest my head on Pablo's shoulder. "Mi vida, you're so cold!" "It's okay Pablo, I'll get warm again. You are also very cold, Pablo.' I look at him, laughing. 'That's true. Shall we go home? I do have a sweater for you, so you can warm up.' 'That sounds very nice, darling.'