The boy in the Middle

Hey Jude

Jude has always been strong.He was raised to not let anybody dectate how he should leave his life if he wasnt hurting anybody.Thats why it was easy to come out as gay to his friends and family.He has always been confident in his identity so much so that it never bothered him when some people would not accept him for who he was.Well that was until he met Pablo.

After that day,Jude was depressed.When he got back to german for his club all he did was think.He had such a good conversation with Gavi that he thought they could atleast be friends.And all it took was him saying he was gay to shatter that possibiliy into pieces.He never told anyone what happened that day,Not even his bestfriend Jamal because he was embarrased.That feeling alone made him hate Gavi even more.Gavi had made a very confident loving boy to feel insecure when he literally had known him for just a week.But Jude was going to get over it.Just like he got over his grandmothers death,his puppy going missing and even leaving his friends in england as he went to German to launch his career.He always survived and this too will pass.it has to

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"Baby,do you think we can order pizza tonight??i kinda feel depressed after the game we just had"Gavi says lying on top of his boyfriends Pedris lap as the other boy was playing with his hair.

"its against our diet baby,and the game ended in a draw which i think is okay if you ask me"Pedri responds softly while admiring how beautiful his boyfriend was.

"Aaarghh,worst boyfriend ever" This makes Pedri laugh.

"Okay okay,we can do that.Daamn,you know how to emotionally manipulate me lol" This makes Gavi giggle and he shift his into a sitting position to give Pedri a slow slopy kiss on the lips that lasted forever.Once they seperate due to lack of air,Pedri gets up to get his phone which was charging in the other room giving Gavi some time to also grab his phone and check out what was happening.

Everything was good and normal until he decided to go on instagram and was greated by a post he had been dreading for the past few days.

"JUDE BELLINGHAM TO REAL MADRID,HERE WE GO"

He felt like collapsing right there and then.His anxiety shooting through the roof.Jude was going to become his durect rival.He was going to see him again after he prayed since that day that their paths never cross.Its been 3 years since then and he had worked hard to forget that moment.That was until a few months ago when rumors of him coming to real started flying around.He was so embarrased by what happened that he didnt know how it was going to be like if they met.Maybe he can apologies and they can atleast be cordual,or if he is lucky,Jude dont even care about what happened,after all,they were both babies then and people grow.Or he could just lie to his face that what happened had nothing to do with him being Gay.A lot of thoughts where going through his head that he did not hear when Pedri was calling him.

"Earth to Pabloo" Pedri says leaning down so they are looking at each others eyes.

"Ooh sorry,i was in lala land"

"What happened??are you okay??"

"Jude just signed for Madrid"He says handing Pedri the phone so he can see his post.

"He is not as good as us so we shouldn't care"Pedri says nonchalantly.

"PEPI"Gavi looks at his his big doll eyes

"Ooh shit,i forgot"

"He probably thinks iam homophobic you know"

Pedri knew the "history" that his boyfriend had with the soon to be madrista and he thought it was no big deal.If Jude was really part of the community then he sure knows what a "gay panic" is and probably got over ir.

"We should tell him we are dating so that he knows you are gay and whatever happened wasnt due to malice on your part"

And for the first time since he saw the post,Gavi smiled.

"Yeah right" thats all he responded before jumping back into Pedri"s arms as they wait for the Pizza guy to come.

He out the Jude issue on his back banner as he melted into his boyfriends touch.

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The day of his presentation was a blur to Jude.He was well aware that he had some fan girls and boys that would kill to be with him but just being In Madrid presented a different type of fame he never imagined.His followers had sky rocketed since fabrizio hit "send" on that instagram post and every body wanted his body.He had had a few flings in Germany,nothing serious ofcourse and was overwhelmed with how he was going to manuver as a gay man in Spain with the new language and culture.

Another thing that worried him was elclassico that was funny enough,coming up in a few days.What were the odds??he didnt know if all his PR trainkng with his manager as well as his parents will go down the drain once he sees Gavi and punches that pretty face of his,or if he was going to be strong enough to ignore him all together.He decided to worry about that when the time comes,as of now,he was living his dream and was going to Enjoy it to the fullest.

That night,as Jude was on his IG reading and responding to messages from his friends and family conglatulating him on the move,he came upon one that almost knocked the air out of his lungs.

PabloGavi✓  Hey Jude

Jude thought:wow,this boy and the audacity.

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Gavi must admit that ever since the here we go from Fabrizio,he had come to be obsessed with the whole situation.Even Pedri had make a joke of him having a secret crush on Jude the way his fyp was everything Jude related.In his defense though,he wanted the write time to talk to jude and Apologized before they actually met for elclassico.That will calm him down more than him just waiting for the long days to pass by until they met.His opportunity presented itself the day of Judes presentation.He went on instagram,searched up judes name and was shocked by the turn around.When he first went there a few days ago he had like 5 million followers and now he was at 30.They must really love him there.He hadnt followed his career since then but heard he was that good so he surely deserve this internet love. He went on the message tab,tapped it and typed "Hie Jude"

He waited for like 30mins to see if Jude would give him the grace of having a conversation.When nothing happened,he went there to just get things out of his chest and was shocked to see that Jude had seen the message and Blocked him. Whatever scenario he had in his mind that maybe what happened those years ago was not a big deal wasnt true.Jude was angry at him and maybe it was time to accept that fact.

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Next chapter will show how Pedri and Gavi met and other things.