Linaaaa 💜 I KISSED FERRAN OMG I'M FREAKING OUT MY HANDS ARE TREMBLING MY WHOLE BODY IS SHAKING
Saritaaa 🧀 OMG YOU DID WHAT?!?!?! GIRL'S NIGHT AT MINE TONIGHT!!!!!!!
And there I was, a few hours later, in front of Sara and Dan's door, which she answered as soon as I knocked. "Finally!" she squealed and grabbed my arm, yanking me inside her apartment, which looked as if a bomb had detonated in there. "What's going on here?" I asked bewildered. "Oh, Dan's just packing for the US..." she shrugged and I nodded. "SARA! WHERE IS MY DENTAL FLOSS?" I heard a very stressed sounding Dan shout from the bathroom. "IN MY CUPBOARD, WHERE IT ALWAYS IS!" she shouted back and rolled her eyes.
We walked into the kitchen where she pulled out two pizza boxes from the oven and my eyes lit up. McDonald's for lunch and pizza for dinner plus kissing Ferran Torres, all in one day? I was living the dream. "Ok, so tell me everything" she said as she pushed me to the couch, where we put on some random murder mystery show in the background for our gossiping. "WAIT FOR ME! I don't want to miss out!" Dan panted as he came running to the sofa too.
I gave him a side-eye but started talking, Sara would tell him anyways and there was nothing wrong with him knowing. "Ok so... He brought me lunch unexpectedly which I ate in his car and we... just talked like we always do. It's so... easy with him, you know? But when it was time to say goodbye, I just... I just did it, I wasn't thinking much, it just felt... right?" I blabbered, not knowing if anything I was talking made sense. "And did he kiss you back?" Dan asked, taking a piece of pizza from his fiancée.
"Yes" I mumbled, turning dark red, and both of them screamed and shouted as they jumped around holding each other's arms. "Well, it wasn't like a full kiss kiss!" I shouted over their voices and they quickly turned to me and sat back down on the sofa, wanting to hear more. "It was... just a peck... Innocent and sweet. But he smiled and didn't pull away and when I pulled back again, he was still grinning" I explained. "Awww" Dan swooned. "But take it slow, Lina. That guy still just got broken up with only two months ago..." Sara warned me and I nodded.
Ferran left the next day for the US and we texted back and forth, now also daring to use some flirtier emojis like 😘 and 🫶🏼. Work had slowed down a bit, but I was sure that it would get back to full force when the league season would start again. After a few days away, I got a video call from him as I had just returned home from work, which meant that it was early morning on the West Coast.
"Good morning" I chirped as soon as I had picked up and saw his cute face over the screen. "Hello, beautiful" he said and I heard some puking noises behind him. "Who is that?" I asked. "Eric. He's not really puking though, but others are" he replied. "Huh? What?" I asked and pulled out some ice cream from my freezer before making myself "comfortable" on my mattress. "Yeah, some guys caught a virus. Gavi puked in the middle of the training pitch - if you had seen that, your crush on him would have faded right away" he chuckled.
"Very funny. At least you didn't catch it" I replied and took a spoonful of ice cream that I put in my mouth. Then, I saw Eric laying down in bed next to him, smiling brightly at me, while Ferran just rolled his eyes. "Hola Cata" he chirped and I nodded, pressing my lips into a smile. "Hi" I replied. "Are you guys dating now or what?" he asked and my eyes widened at his directness. Ferran slapped his face with his free hand with which he wasn't holding the phone.
"Why would you think that?" I asked. "He called you beautifuuuuuul" Eric swooned, which earned him another slap from his friend, this time apparently a bit harder because I heard some Ouchs. "I'll call you from somewhere else the next time" Ferran sighed and I chuckled as I saw Eric moving away from the bed. "How's Cali for the rest?" I asked. "Hot. And you're not even here" he replied and winked at me, making me blush. I heard some more puking noises from the back. "Uhhhh... I think this might be the real deal now... Shit... Eric! Ugh, disgusting! I'll..." Ferran groaned and I giggled, nodding. "Sure. Bye bye" I said and waved before hanging up.
I held the phone close to my heart and threw myself back onto my pillows, kicking my legs. Fuck, I was so in love. But I was allowed to be, I was 20, it was the age to fall in love, make mistakes, be foolish. When I came into work the next day, I learned that the first pre-season game against Juventus had been cancelled because of this virus thing, but the game a few days later against Arsenal was taking place and my alarm clock rang at 4.45 for me to watch it. I found some dubious streaming website where I had to close a million tabs first, Erika (10km away) wanted to get to know me and a bunch of betting pop-ups had to be closed too, but I finally made it to the video.
It was quite an entertaining first half which ended 2-2 but my heart only started beating faster when I saw Ferran come on after the break. Arsenal had the upper hand but I almost got a heart attack when Ferran netted a goal. "YES! YES! YES!" I screamed, jumping up and down. The game still ended in a loss, but I had seen my first Ferran goal since actually knowing who he was.
Cata 👸🏻 You're the best! 😍🦈
Ferri 🦈 Because I know I have the best cheerleader at home! 📣
Cata 👸🏻 🙈 Oh shush
After the game, the team flew straight to Texas, where they would be playing Real Madrid. Ferran and my texting had gotten flirtier and flirtier, but nothing dirty. "Ok show me the messages" Sara said as I was sitting in her couch, watching the build-up of the match as it was starting at 11pm and she had invited me over to watch it since she had a legal stream that Dan and her shared. "Fine. But no making fun of me! It's my first time... actually... going this far with a guy" I mumbled and handed over my phone. "This far? All I see are cute hearts and kisses, I had hoped for this to be more juicy" she sighed and turned it around to show me a picture Ferran had sent me.
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"Choosing a picture where only he looks good and his friends dumb? Classic move to show you he's the guy" Sara chuckled and I rolled my eyes. "He just looks cute, it's a snapshot" I defended him and she laughed. "Fine, he is 'cute'! How do you like his shorter hair?" she asked and looked at me with a mischievous grin. "I like it longer but... he always looks good" I admitted and she just laughed. "It's nice to see you so happy again... after Christmas" she said and I sighed, concentrating on the TV ahead, not ready for the in-depth conversation about my parents.
