red lips | lewandowski

b e a u t y

After the night at Xabi's, Robert and Catalina finally exchanged phone numbers. Slowly, Robert was becoming attached to her. It wasn't anything he wanted or controlled, it was just happening. The desire to take her to bed was still there but he didn't know whether to pay attention to it or not. She even decided to attend the last game of the season where Bayern Munich would play against their rivals, Borussia Dortmund for the DFB Pokal.

There were times when she only called him a friend, but spent the entire night talking to him on the phone about her day or whatever was on their minds. Of course the Pole never finished flirting with her or making her blush everytime they were around each other, he could sometimes realize that he made her nervous over the phone.

Soon it was game day, and all of Germany was ready for the dispute again the biggest rivals of the country. Both teams traveled to Berlin to face off in the final. This was an all-time classic, one of the best games you could ever watch. Robert waited outside of the Olympiastadion before they went in to begin practicing, to wait for his beloved Catalina. He really loved her name, strangely he found it extremely sexy. Because of her name and accent he thought she was Spanish, later to be confirmed she's Portuguese.

She promised him a few night ago she would attend this game and wear his jersey, knowing how much it meant for him. He felt confident but also kept in his mind that he had to impress her, he wanted her to feel proud. From a far, he was able to distinguish her slim body walking towards hom. He could spend hours admiring her and never get bored.

This entire time he assumed she was a model. Her physical appearance could easily compare to one, but later he learned she was a student almost finishing her studies to become a fashion designer. She did have a job, at one of Germany's finest clothing companies where she worked hard. Over night he learned everything about her. Her likes and dislikes, and favorite or embarrassing moments.

"Ready for today, Lewandowski?" She asked him, approaching him and embraced in her arms. Robert's nose took in the sweet scent of vanilla.

He pulled back and saw under her denim jacket; she was not wearing his jersey. Instead she wore a simple white turtleneck. His eyebrows went up in confusion, and she realized he noticed her choice of attire.

"I'm ready, I just wish you would've worn my jersey. Could you not find one, because I can get you one right now?" He said directing his arm to the stadium.

She shook her head, brought his arm down, "That's not the issue. I have friend that plays for the opposing team, I didn't want to wear your jersey not show any support to him that's all."

"Oh, really? Who is that?"

"Marco Reus, you know him right? Of course you do, I keep forgetting you also played for Dortmund." Robert smiled that she knew his past. She wasn't kidding when she said she had researched him on the internet.

"Yeah, Marco and I are good friends. Seems to be a very small world we live in then," he said before sticking his arm. "Come on, there's a few minutes left so we can say hello to the rest of the guys." She gladly linked her arm with his, and they walked back inside together.

Thomas was the first to approach her, soon followed by all the others until they formed a circle around the Portuguese woman. The night at Xabi's house was one to remember. Robert was speaking with Catalina, while the drunken Phillip went around telling his teammates about Robert and his new 'girlfriend'. Of course, with some of the others intoxicated way much more than Phillip, they teased the Pole the entire night.

It was extremely annoying to him, but very enjoyable for Catalina who loved seeing him get flustered and blush so hard at their comments. But they formed a friendship with her, and knew she was a good choice for their friend.

They were outside on the pitch, when more noise came from inside tunnel. All you could see was yellow and black, which you could tell was the opposing team players. Lots of the guys were close friends, since most of Bayern's players came from teams like Dortmund.

All the you heard were yells and laughs. Marco came over, hugging his friends Mario and Thomas. "I haven't you guys in forever. Where's Lewandowski though?"

"Over here bro, how you been?" He went over hugging the blonde. Catalina stood off to the side where no one really noticed her.

"All good bro, it's been so long. How's Anna?" Marco asked making Robert's face fall at the mention of his ex-wife. Everyone fell silent knowing this was one subject Robert never touched, it was just bad for him. Thomas was the one to step up and ask a different question to change the mood

Catalina's eyes traveled to Robert. She wondered who Anna was and why this seemed to affect him. In the midst of it all, Marco's eyes found the beautiful woman next to his friend. The corner of his lips rose into a smile, "Cata, you're here for too? I've missed you so much."

Catalina gently smiled as he moved towards her, grabbed her waist and attached her lips with his. If they were slient before, now it seemed like no one was breathing now. Robert felt as his world began falling once again.

Just as he felt that his life was starting all over in the correct path, he falls again and starts to believe that falling for the girl with the red lips was the cause of it all.