Don't give up [Fernando Torres FanFiction] | Editing |

Chapter 3 - Feeling Good

We eat our food while we talk, and then, when we finish, he smiles at me.

- And now, what do you want to do?

- I don't know - he smiles at my lack of ideas.

- Come on. I' m going to surprise you - I am a big fan of surprises, so, it wasn't hard to tell I was really excited.

-I love suprises! - I know, I sounded like a little girl. Fernando covered my eyes and led me to the car.

-Now, I don't have anything to cover your eyes, so, don't even try to peek, okay, hermosa? - My spanish was quite good, so I knew what he meant. Hermosa. Beautiful.

When get got off the car, the covered my eyes again with his hands and started leading me. After a while, he stoped and uncovered my eyes. I looked and saw a beautiful place, a graden, with a little lake.

-It's...it's beautiful. - It really was. Fernando smiled at me.

-It's my favorite place here in London. I come here quite often, sometimes on my own, sometimes with my children - I notice, when he talks about Nora and Leo, that he loves them and misses them a lot. I can tell it by his eyes. - I'm sorry, I spend loads of time speaking about my children.

-It's okay... you love them and miss them, and that just shows how dedicated you are to them. I like it.

He smiles at me and hugs me.

-Thank you.

-What for?

-For being such a great listener, and for understanding me, even though we only met yesterday. You... you are able to see Nando, the man, who has feelings, instead of just seeing Fernando Torres, the Chelsea player.

-A man isn't his job.

-That's true.

He starts walking slowly, and I follow him. He reaches an old tree and sits down next to it on the grass. I sit next to him.

-This is my thinking place, or should I say, my thinking tree - We laugh - This is where I come to think when I need to. This is the first time I reveal this to someone.

-Really? - I was feeling great to see he trusted me - Well... that means a lot to me.

-You're the first person I felt like telling this. I never even told Olalla. I loved her, and I still care a lot about her, after all, she's the mother to my kids, but this was my secret place, you know? Until today.

I don't find the right to words to say to him, so, I just rest my head on his shoulder and close my eyes. I feel him side hugging me and lying his head on top on mine. We stay that way for a while, in silence.

How is this possible? How can I meet a person and become so close to him in only one day? I think I may be falling, falling hard for him, and I'm getting a bit scared. I know he's been a sweet, but what if he doesn't return my feelings and I get hurt? What if I'm not good enough for him? Thoughts are running through my head at the speed of light. Fernando kind of feels this.

-Is everything okay?

-Yes, yes...

-I can tell you're lying, hermosa. What's going on in your mind?

I look in his eyes and take a deep breath.

-I'm... I'm just overthinking. I do this a lot. I tend to be insecure. - He holds me closer to him

-I understand it... but there's no need for you to feel insecure, you know? You are a beautiful woman, you have a beautiful soul...

-Do you really mean it?