Perfect Strangers ➳ Neymar Jr

Chapter 8

__________ Jasmine's POV __________

"What should I wear later? I was thinking either this black body con dress or this burgundy skater dress." I say as I hold two dresses in both hands.

"I prefer the burgundy skater dress. Besides, why are you going all out huh?" Valentine asks me.

"I don't know, I just want to make sure I look good okay." I say as I grab the burgundy dress and go to get changed.

After I'm all ready I hug Valentine and say goodbye to her and leave the house.

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"Hey Ney, I'm in the car. Where do you wanna meet up today?" I ask him on the phone.

"Hmm, do you want to go sight seeing around the city?"

"I don't mind Ney, it's up to you."

"I don't mind either, just think of it as me taking you out. Wherever you wanna go Jas."

"Is this a date?" I question.

"No, not exactly. Kind of. I mean I don't know." He giggles.

"Fine, lets go sight seeing. Why don't we go to the plaza and hit the market?" I say thinking of something random.

"Then we'll grab lunch."

"And then we should go to the beach later." I say.

"You can bring Antoine and your sister later if you'd like?"

"No, let it be just us." I say as I smile to myself.

"Perfect! I'll be looking forward to seeing you Jas."

"See you in a bit" I say hanging up the phone.

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I arrive at the plaza. It was crowded with people and the sun was beaming with light and heat.

I stand underneath a tree in the shade waiting for Neymar but he still hasn't arrived.

Feeling impatient, I go to grab my phone out when someone from behind swings their arms around me and covers my eyes with both their hands.

"Who's this? Excuse me!" I say as I jump.

I get no response but some giggles.

"Take a guess" the voice says and I instantly recognise it.

"Neymar!" I shout as I turn around to see him in a white top and denim jeans just smiling at me.

"Thought I'd creep up on you." He says as he gives me a hug. Before I could do anything he wraps his arms around me so tightly like I was someone close to him.

I swing my arms around him too giving him a hug.

"Wait I'm so sorry I just realised. Aren't the paparazzi going to pester you here?" I question.

"Maybe. Most likely yeah. I swear I had a few people follow me but who cares. I'm spending the day with you. It'll be fun." He says shrugging his shoulders.

"Oh okay I see! Well you look great by the way. I love some denim." I say.

"Gracias. You look hot in that dress. That's my favourite colour on you." He smiles as he winks at me.

I start blushing for some reason and try to hide it but he could tell I was happy by the way I was smiling.

"Come on! Let's walk through the streets of Madrid." He says as he grabs my arm. We end up walking through the streets as my hand is in his.  Almost like we were a couple and we both noticed that but we couldn't care less.

We brought ice cream and I brought a few little souvenirs for myself and Valentine. And a few more for my colleagues when I'd go back to LA. Neymar stopped by to talk with a few young fans and take pictures with them.

Seeing him with kids was so cute. He signed a few footballs and posters and he even asked me to get into one of the pics but I refused because it wasn't fair but he and some little boy still pulled me for a picture. I guess it wasn't that long till the paps arrived and started bothering Neymar.

The paparazzi started shoving their cameras and microphones in our faced and were asking stupid questions like

"Who's this Neymar?"

"Is it true this is your new girlfriend?"

"How long have you two been dating?"

"We've heard Suarez has connections with this girl?"

"What's her name?"

I looked at Neymar's face and could see he didn't feel comfortable at all. I didn't either but the last question got me thinking a little and rather confused. It wasn't long before Neymar grabbed my hand and pulled me away and we start walking fast back to our car.

"I'm so sorry about all this" he says as he hurries.

"No it's not your fault. Don't be silly, it must be hard for you" I say trying to make sure he didn't feel annoyed or anything.

"Shall we go grab lunch? Somewhere where it's not crowded and packed. Let's go near the beach. I'm sure there'll be good shacks." I say as I smile at him.

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We sat on the beach and ate our lunch. I brought myself a chicken salsa wrap and Neymar brought himself something that looked healthy but delicious.

"Let's stay here for the rest of the evening" he says as he bites into his lunch.

"Of course." I say.

"Neymar, if you don't mind me asking you a question but what were those people saying about.. Suarez?" I ask him.

Neymar stops eating and looks at me. He then starts eating again and says "I don't know."

After that there was this five minute silence between us until I decided to talk.

"Anyways, I'm really enjoying my vacation here. Not looking forward to the busy lifestyle when I go back to LA so I'll have to make all this worthwhile. Cherish these memories you know." I say smiling at him but I knew he wasn't telling me something.

Neymar's face dropped and he looked a little sad.

"Wait, you're going back? Already?" He asks sounding nervous.

"I have to, it's my job Neymar. Why, are you disappointed?" I ask him as I sip my mango juice.

"No I was just wondering. Actually, you know Suarez.." He says as he then pauses.

"What about Suarez?"

"The other day at training, he couldn't stop asking me all these questions about you? I started to wonder if he was catching feelings for you.." He says in a disturbed tone.

"Oh I.." I say stuttering not knowing how to react.

"Is this why you asked to meet up with me?"

"Pretty much yeah." He replies, still quite blunt.

"It's fine. I don't have feelings for him and I barely know the guy." I say as I continue eating my lunch.

"Really? Oh thank god. I, I mean you know I just wanted to make sure you're okay about this. That's all." He says smiling. His face seemed to have lit up with a glow when he heard me.

Did Neymar have a crush on me?