SUBURBAN LEGENDS, toni kroos

03.

toni

everything okay?

oh my isabelle i am so sorry
please tell me when i can call you
to explain

now?

INCOMING CALL

"hi" toni says. "hi" isabelle responds.

she mentally kicked herself after she picked up his phone call, she was supposed to be ignoring him, refusing to ever think about him ever again. in reality, once she saw his message, she couldn't stop the feeling of relief that came over her.

"isabelle, i am beyond sorry." toni began. "ancelotti asked to see me after the game yesterday for a debrief and it went on hours longer than i thought it would. i only just got out of the meeting room, i messaged you as soon as i could." toni explained.

"i felt so horrible thinking about you sitting there." he sighed. "isabelle, could you ever forgive me?" he asked her. she sighed, "toni i was so embarrassed. i sat there for hours alone. i felt so stupid" she explained to the german man.

"i know, dear god i know isabelle."

"toni, i had a lot of fun talking to you last night, and i think you're a really nice guy. i really wanted to see you today" isabelle sighed. "isabelle trust me i was looking forward to this the entire morning."

"if i had known it wasn't going to work out i would've said no, told him i was sick" tonight reasoned.

"please forgive me isabelle". toni practically begged. "okay." she said. "okay? is that forgiveness?"toni asked hope laced in his voice.

"it is" she responded. "im going to pick you up in 20 minutes, send me your address" toni said.

"toni it's 10pm" isabelle responded. "so?" he asked, seriously.

"send me your address."

the second isabelle texted toni her address she leapt out of her bed and into her closet to put on cute jeans and a top, she didn't even care what she wore at that point as long as it wasn't the baggy sweatpants and atletico hoodie that she currently sporting.

she touched up her make up as it still looked like she had been crying for hours.

she tip toed past antoine's room as quietly as she could, feeling like a teenager sneaking past her parents room to sneak out in the middle of the night. she knew if antoine caught her, he would lecture her on all the many many reasons she should never give a guy a second chance and all the things wrong with what she is about to do. isabelle couldn't really be bothered to deal with that right now.

isabelle answered the quiet knock on her front door and was met with the sight of a bouquet of roses and a sheepish looking german.

"toni!" isabelle exclaimed, in awe of the flowers and how gorgeous they are. isabelle always loved a classic red rose, she knew it was stereotypical but they made her feel so loved.

"this is my official apology about earlier, isabelle you have no idea how terrible i feel" toni said. "it's okay toni, really. it's in the past now, nothing that we can do now. and oh my god i love them, thank you so much" she breathed taking them from him and silently inviting him into her apartment.