without you || n.j

Chapter Twenty Four

"Sergio! What are you doing here?" I was shocked to see the person who was on the other side of the door, was Sergio.

"Hello to you too." He nodded, and leaned against the door frame.

I shook my head, still not believing he was here, in Barcelona. "I'm sorry, I'm just shocked as to why you're standing in front of my apartment and not somewhere else."

I ushered a hand for him to come in. Sergio planted himself on the white couch, and made himself comfy.

"We have a match against Espanyol in a few days, and Melissa conveniently called me saying you aren't well. So I took an earlier flight without the guys and now I'm here."

Anything seems to lead to her, not that it bothered me in anyway. "You didn't have to do that, I'm perfectly fine. You should've came with the team."

"The way Melissa was explaining your situation, you didn't seem fine at all."

I mentally cursed at how Melissa wasn't a very good secret keeper. "It's nothing."

"So what's it with Neymar confess his dying love for you?" He raised his eyebrows.

Sergio had knew about my on and off love for Neymar, and he was fine with it.. When I had told him, he didn't seem surprised at all. What he did surprised me instead. He encouraged me to be with Neymar. "He's just so confusing. One moment he's saying he wants to be with me, then the next he's with that Bruna girl!"

He rolled his eyes and groaned dramatically. "Shut up! Mariana's sleeping." I whispered-yelled.

"Sorry." He whispered back." I'm not gonna try and help you in anyway, but this is why you should be with me instead."

I swatted him upside the head. "You're no help. You're only making my life harder."

"My middle finger salutes you." He glared.

I burst out laughing and leaned on the couch arm chair for support. "Y-you look so serious."

"God, I wonder what I'm still here." He rolled his eyes. "And you better shut up before you make the little princess wake up."

I clamped my mouth shut, not wanting to wake her up. "But really what do I do."

"I know this won't change your feelings for him at all, but if he truly loves you, he shouldn't be with other girls. He should be at your side trying to win you over. He should be here making you laugh, he should be making sure you're okay, and he should be here just to be here." He grabbed my hand and tighten it in his hold. "He should be here instead of me."

I thought about what he said. Everything he said was true. The past few days I had ignored Neymar's calls. It was partially my fault as to why he wasn't calling me no more, but when he texted me, it would be about Mariana. Not that it was a problem. It seemed like he wasn't trying.

"Call him." Sergio urged.

I shook my head. "I don't know what I would say."

"You know you can't wait for him to call you, right? It's better for you to step up and call him then for you to wait for him. You're going to regret it, if you don't call right now."

"Fine." I grabbed my phone that was sitting on the coffee table and scrolled through my contacts until I got to the N.

I hovered my finger over the little phone icon. Sergio sighed and pressed it for me. "Sergio!"

"You looked like you needed help." He shrugged.

"God I hate you." I put the phone against my ears and let it ring. I paused when I heard his voice.

"Hello?" 

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A/N Sorry for the shitty chapter. I'll update with a better one this weekend. And sorry for the lack of updates, I've just been finishing my other story and I've had so much homework for school.