Close to You ➳ Antoine Griezmann

Chapter Six ♔

♔ Marisa's POV ♔

I noticed how Antoine had stopped and stood there silently, his back turned. So I walk over to him and tap him on the shoulder.

"Well, are you going to say anything or just stand there?" I ask him again, waiting for an answer. There was no way he could lie or come up with an excuse.

"I knew it. I knew it!" He mutters to himself turning around looking at the floor. 

What the hell was he going on about?

 I walk over to him and stand there very confused. He turns around looking annoyed.

"Smh. My best friend Filipe Luis must've followed you before the match I'm so sorry I really didn't know about this!" He shrugs in annoyance.

"Oh. I'm so sorry I thought yo- anyways. Shall we go enjoy the party? I'm glad we have our phones back." I laugh walking off and he follows behind me.

***

"There you are, Marisa. I was looking for you!" Cris shouts with a smile on his face. I notice he's with a friend and I felt like I recognized him.

"Yeah sorry, I was just fixing up my makeup" I lied. I always felt bad for lying to Cris and just people in general.

"Meet Ramos. He's one of my very good friends and plays well on the pitch." He laughs as he introduces me to Sergio. I already knew who he was I mean I was the sister of Ronaldo. 

"Anyways, I'm going to go speak to Marcelo. See you in a bit!" He winks and then wonders off.

I stand there feeling really awkward. I turn around to see Sergio just staring at me and smiling. Great, I had to talk to him now. 

"Hey. Nice to meet you Cristiano's sister!" He says with a rather cheeky smile putting his hand forward for a handshake. I shake his hands and reply saying "I'd prefer Marisa. You can call me that and nice to meet you too Ramos."

"Well you can call me Sergio by the way. I like that." He smirks as he drinks some wine which he held onto in his other hand.

"I know who you are haha, I see you play on the pitch at training." I laugh trying to not make things awkward.

"I'm good aren't I? And I better be one of your favourites" He nods, winking at me this time.

Was he flirting with me? No. It was me just being me and thinking that.

"Yeah yeah" I laugh back nervously. He could tell I was nervous, from the way I fiddled with my fingers.

"Cris is so handsome and talented don't you think?" He then adds.

"Of course" I agree nodding.

"Must run in the family then. You're quite beautiful. You know, I've seen that TV series you're in. Great actress!" He smiles winking again.

What was it wit Ramos always winking? and at me especially?

"Really? aw why thank you. How sweet of you!" I say with a little sarcastic tone but he couldn't tell.

"Well, I'm gonna go now. See you around?" I quickly add and turn around pulling a relief face.

"Can I get your number Marisa?" He asks from behind me.

"Shit" I mumble to myself.

"Uh.. sure. How come?" I say pulling out my phone and getting up my number.

"I'd like to talk to you, that's all. You don't want to talk to me do you?" He asks slightly concerned.

"No,no. I would love to!" I laugh again feeling awkward. 

"Sorry, i'm just an awkward person." I add as I fiddle with my hair. Sergio stands there laughing to himself after I say that.

"I don't get it? What's so funny?" I ask him confused.

"You look like an awkward person, i mean look at your face girl" He smirks now, bursting out into tears of laughter.

"Hey! Shut up okay!" I roll my eyes as I slap his arm. 

"What's going on here? I see some physical contact" Cris interrupts with a sly look on his face.

"Nothing. Your friend here is flirting with me!" I laugh as I quickly stick out my tongue. 

"Ohh is that so. Don't get too close to my sister Ramos" Cris says having a good old laugh when they both were trying to wind me up.

***

It was the end of an evening. I was lucky enough to speak to Cris's other teammates and meet many of his other friends. Everyone started going home and eventually the house was getting emptier and emptier as well as quiet.

I was at the door saying goodbye to the guests and our friends who seemed to look like they had a very good night. I even passed Antoine and his friend Filipe.

"Bye Antoine!" I shout as he walks over to his car. He and Filipe quickly turn around after hearing Antoine's name and look at me run down the small steps towards them.

"Hey! I'm just saying bye to everyone and I saw you leaving so I thought I'd say bye. It was nice having you here today, you too Filipe! I'm sorry we didn't get to speak much!" I say in a rushed tone. 

"That's fine, I really enjoyed myself tonight. It was great seeing everyone and please do congratulate Cris again on mine and Filipe's behalf." He smiles at me.

"Bye Marisa! Be sure to drop me a text!" Someone shouts from behind us. All three of us turn around to see Sergio Ramos walking back to his car and waving at us. Well, he was waving at me because he had that cheeky grin on his face.

"Uh.. yeah! Bye Ramo- I mean Sergio!" I shout back.

"Are you two dating?" Filipe asks?"

And then there's this silence. A really awkward silence where no one says anything and we all look at each other.