Except one

Tension

That night I wake up in the middle of the night by Alexia. I hear her sniff her nose. I turn around gently and see Alexia sitting at my desk, on the chair. I sit up and rub my eyes. My voice is a whisper.

''¿Que passa, Alexia?''

(What's wrong Alexia?)

She turns around on the chair and look at her. I get out of bed and walk up to her. She stands up and hugs me. I put my arms around her waist and let her cry.

''Está bien. Déjalo salir, sólo por esta noche. Déjate desmoronar. Prometo manteneros unidos''

(It's okay. Leti t out, just for tonight. Let yourself fall apart. I promise to hold you together)

She does what the captain finds the most difficult to do; she lets herself fall apart. It's something the captain sweared to never do. But here she is. The two Spanish women stand there for a few moments. Without saying anything, they move back to the bed and fall asleep next to each other, closer than rivals would be.

In the morning, Yazmin opens her eyes slowly. She stretches her body and then turns around to see an empty bed. Alexia her stuff are gone. She is confused but accepts it. Yazmin doesn't love loves anymore. She closed herself like a book since she broke up with her ex, Leah Williamson. She didn't believe in love anymore.

I walk downstairs and greet Lucy and Ona. Ona speaks up softly as she hands me a coffee.

''Where is Alexia?''

I shrug. Ona looks a bit confused. I first take a few sips from my coffee before I answer Ona. I out the coffee mug on the diner table and walk to the fridge.

''Don't know, she wasn't there when I woke up. Probably went home early. Why?''

I take two bananas out of the fridge and hand one to Lucy, who is sitting by the table at the couch, in an interview. She gives a nod as thank you and I give one back. I then sit at the table and start eating my banana. Ona sits opposite of me.

''Did you two had a fight?''

I look up from my phone and look at Ona, confused.

''No? Why would you think that?''

Ona shakes her head and takes a sip of her own coffee. ''Nada'' (nothing). I nod and continue eating my banana as I scroll on Instagram. I answer a few Dm's from fans. As I finished my coffee, Lucy ends the zoom and stands up. She pats me on the head and I look at her with a smile, she does the same. Lucy and I got really good friends in the time I have been here. Of course, I knew her from FIFA awards and stuff like that, but I never really 'met' her. The three of us decide to go into the city today, since it's our off day. Everyone gets ready.

I'm in a baggy jeans, oversized shirt and some dunks. My hair in a simple ponytail, like always. We take Lucy her car, but I'm driving. We park the car and then we walk into the city of Barcelona. We go into some stores. Lucy needed some new pairs of shoes, so as her and Ona searched for the right ones, I sat on a couch in the store, where the football cleats were. I was scrolling on my phone. When I look up, I laugh in myself. Alexia Putellas with her sister, Alba. Alba notices me and waves at me. I give a smile and hope she doesn't come to me.

Spoiler alert; she came up to me.

I stand up and we share a hug. Alexia stands awkwardly with a few bags and watches everything, except me. Alba notices the weird tension between us. She speaks up to Alexia.

''OK, ¿qué hiciste?''

(Okay, what did you do?)

I smile big at the fact that Alba knows Alexia did something to cause this awkward tension. Alexia sigh and looks at her sister.

''Olvídalo''

(Forget about it)

She shakes her head. This is typically Alba. She once said that one day, Alexia and I would end up together. She said we were pretending to be rivals, because we were scared to be anything else. Everyone laughed at her, but she never stopped believing it.

'' ¡No, Alexia! Vamos a almorzar y luego ustedes dos hablarán.''

(No, Alexia! We are going for lunch and then you two are gonna talk.)

I give Alexia a mad look. She created this by being so awkward. Lucy and Ona came back with what they needed and we go for lunch. Ona, Lucy and Alba go to a restaurant close by. Alexia and I walk a little bit further, to a delicious restaurant where they serve the best sandwiches of Barcelona. We both sit down and we order. Our drinks come first. I sip my coffee.

Just as I was about to speak, a white Ferrari flashes through the street. I always wanted a car like that, but I guess I'll have to do with a Cubra. I move my head back to Alexia.

''¿Por qué tuviste que ser tan incómoda?''

(Why did you have to be so awkward?)

Alexia shakes her head and gets a bit offended by it. She is the old Alexia again.

''Pensé que estarías triste..''

(I thought you would be sad)

I can't help but laugh a little, which makes Alexia confused and surprised. She raises her eyebrows. I speak up after I took a sip of my water.

''¿Triste? ¿Acerca de?''

(Sad? About what?)

Alexia is now taken aback by my lack of emotion. She thinks back to last night, when the two of us were hugging in the middle of my room, because Alexia was crying. The waiter brings us our food. I have a Salmon Salad Bowl and Alexia has a salmon sandwich.

''Beuno, acabo de irme. En medio de la noche. Tras nuestro-

(Well, I just left. In the middle of the night. After our-)

''¿Abrazo? Quiero decir, ¿por qué debería estar triste, Alexia? Te fuiste, bien.''

(Hug? I mean what would I need to be sad about, Alexia? You left, fine)

Alexia has thought about the moment several times. She felt something. Something that was more than rivals, more than teammates, more than friends.

We decide to drop it and just eat our lunch as we talk about the upcoming Champions League game against Sl Benfica. After lunch, we meet with Ona, Lucy and Alba again. We go our separate ways again.

In the car, Alexia is driving, she thinks about the conversation. Did she really felt no emotion? No feelings about what happened? What she that- broken?

ALREADY THE SEVENTH chapter!! How do we feel about it? I feel like this chapter is the real beginning of this story... Okay so I had PE, last hour, and we did football. We were like playing three against three. Me and a friend of mine, are the only two girls that play football. We were with another friend but he just stood there a bit. Anyways, I had the ball and he wanted to take it, but i chopped the ball and shot the ball between his legs, into the small goal. His friends were laughing at him and I felt so good, like BAM! Anyway, how is everyone feeling? <3

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