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kiara's pov ••••••••••••••••
11/21/23
toronto, canada

kiara's pov ••••••••••••••••11/21/23toronto, canada

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kiara's pov ••••••••••••••••
11/22/23
8:00 am
new york, new york

it was a sunday morning when i woke up for church. i woke up and immediately checked my phone to see the news and check my instagram notifications. i had comments on my new post. last night was my first big interview on the field with players. i interviewed alphonso davies with canada.

i asked him questions after his game about how he thought his team played and what they could improve on. then he went to the locker room with his team.

i'm only 19 and most sports journalists and reporters don't get this chance to interview footballers this famous.

i read on the news "alphonso davies interviewed by young and upcoming reporter." i clicked on the article and they said things like "she sounds unsure" or "i think her questions weren't appropriate."

how were my questions not appropriate? i asked him about his game and his team. i look at the author and it reads "robert e. gomez."

this guy has not watched a minute of soccer in his life. so why am i worried about what he thinks. i brush it off and start getting ready for church. i brush my teeth, get dressed, and do my hair and makeup. i put on a nice shirt and jeans.

i also begin to think about who else was at the game last night. then i remember. jude bellingham.

i can't even remember the last time i saw him before that. maybe high school? he scored three goals and each time, he looked up to the box that owners and some reporters were sitting at. i was there, myself.

i shudder when i realize who i am actually thinking about. i put those thoughts away and leave for church.

before church, i went to a coffee shop with jazlyn. i've known her since i was two. we went through elementary, middle, and high school together. we had some rough patches but always made it back.

"hey girl!!" i say to her.

"hey kiki! how you been??" jazlyn says back to me.

"i've been great. just blessed i made it back to new york safe and sound. ive really missed you, girl. have you seen my big interview?" i ask jazlyn.

"yes of course. you know i was watching it live too." jazlyn says with a big smile on her face.

we go to a table to sit down after we order. i get a hot pumpkin spice latte and she gets a caramel frappuccino.

"so i started following this new guy and i was wondering if you might know him from soccer..." jazlyn says to me.

then she shows me the person i was trying to shove away and not think about. jude bellingham. it's two pictures of him and his beautiful smile. the caption reads "been a great few weeks. thank you to real madrid for signing me and thanks for all the love fam."

"oh yeah i know him." i say. even though, i grew up with jazlyn, she didn't know anything about my school friends or love life there. we went to different schools but still were close.  

"do you know him from soccer?" she asks again.

"oh yeah, he was at the game last night."

"oh really? maybe that's why he looks familiar,"

i wonder why i've seen jude more in the past 24 hours than in the past 2 years. i wonder why jazlyn was asking me if i knew him.

we finish up our little coffee date and head to church. when we arrive, we find our seats and sit down.

the service starts and everyone quiets down. everyone in the church is fully paying attention when i get a notification from ring, my doorbell system.






authors note 😭😭😭
am i eating this up or is it eating me up....

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