The next morning, Andorra was in her bathroom again, making sure that she was looking perfect, her make-up done good, her hair up in a ponytail again and then got dressed in her travel clothes for the Spanish team, the purple trainers looking good and without wrinkles in it.
She stroke her clothing down and Then looked up when Louis burst into her room. Andorra rolled her eyes. "Seriously? You have never heard of privacy before?" Louis smiled at her. "Can I hug you?"
Andorra looked at her brother and raised an eyebrow. "Why?"
"Okay, I'm sorry for Intruding on your privacy and barging into your room like this. It's just.. uh, I wanted to thank you. For offering a way for Oliver to come with us to Australia and New Zealand. It- it actually means a lot to me."
Andorra softened and opened her arms. "For this time then."
Louis smiled and walked over to his sister, wrapping his arms around her in a gentle yet firm hug. Andorra wrapped her own arms around Louis. The fact that Andorra hated hugs and physical contact, made these kind of moments that more special. It was true gratitude. They hugged each other for a few more seconds until they let go of each other. Louis smiled at her. "Thank you so much Annie."
Andorra smiled and patted Louis on his shoulder. "Anything for you big bro."
Louis chuckled and looked at his sister. "No. Truly. Thank you. Even though I know how much you pretend to despise me, thank you."
Andorra smiled at him. "You know what? That comment that you made yesterday about being able to be with the one you love and I don't really hit me and I didn't appreciate it. But it also made me realize yet again that you need to spend as much time as you can with him because you never know when it can be over.. just like that..."
Tears gathered in Andorra's eyes as she looked down. The topic had turned sad and Andorra couldn't help but think about Selena. Louis pulled his sister back in his arms and instead of pushing him away, she buried her face in his shoulder, soft sobs leaving her throat as her body shook.
Louis led Andorra to her bed and they sat down. "Come on. Let's talk about it."
Andorra slowly nodded her head and removed her head from Louis' shoulder, fiddling with her thumb as she looked down at them.
"It's just all so shitty.. I was so in love with Selena until we got attacked on that street. It took me years to get over her and then.. when I- I find a possible partner.. I'm not even allowed to see her or date her. It just... hurts so much."
Louis looked down. "I'm sorry for saying that yesterday. I was out of line. Do you want to talk about what happened on that street that day?"
Andorra smiled sadly. "I forgive you, you know."She quickly looked down at her watch. "I think that we have time to talk about it.."
Louis nodded his head, signaling to her that he was listening to her. They all knew a little bit what had happened but Andorra had never talked about it in detail.
"What exactly happened on that day..?"
Andorra took a deep and shaky breath. "Well, Selena and I were walking down the street after the movie... We decided to hold hands because we were young, stupid and in love with each other. We didn't know that that simple act, holding each other's hands, would lead to.. you know... her death.
Anyway as we were walking down the street, those two men saw us... Without us realizing, they uh.. started to follow us. They started calling us faggots and children from Hell... We looked behind us and noticed that they had started to follow us. We noticed that they started to close in on us and we broke out into a sprint... we were so small. They were so tall. It was only natural that they were faster. We stupidly ran into an alley. The alley that would take us home faster. That was the last mistake..."
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You're My Person.
Hayran KurguAitana Bonmatí x OC Andorra de los Santos is the youngest keeper for the Spanish national team. What happens when she suddenly has to step up and play on the grandest stage of them all?