Close to You ➳ Antoine Griezmann

Chapter 11 ♔

♔Marisa's POV ♔

"Okay Marisa, we really should get back home. You need to go home, you're soaking wet!" Antoine says, wiping away the water on my face.

"And you're not?" I laugh.

"No seriously, I'm sure Cristiano is worried." He says, getting serious.

"I'm with you though so he doesn't need to worry!" I smile as we start walking back to the car.

"Yeah but he doesn't know that Marisa. You really should get back. I'll drop you off" He replies as he opens the door for me and I get in.

After a while of driving, the rain had stopped too and the night seemed clear again. Antoine stops the car and then looks at me.

"Thanks Antoine and sorry too" I tell him, looking down at my lap.

"That's fine but why sorry?" He asks.

"For earlier today, I just feel ba-"

"It's fine Marisa. Stop taking it hard on yourself haha. It doesn't bother me if I'm honest. Ramos is one of your brother's friends and your friend too." He mentions and then smiles.

"Aw, thank you." I say looking into his eyes. We both just sat there starring into each other's eyes and there was this silence until we snapped out of it and I realised I need to go.

"Anyways, I should get going. Thank you once again Antoine. Tell Filipe I say hi" I giggle as I unbuckle my seat belt and get out of his car.

I turn around and smile at him and give him a small wave before I make my way inside, all cold and wet. 

***

I enter the house and walk into the living room where Cristiano was. He was just sat there, his arms folded and he didn't look too happy. Little Cris must've been in bed sleeping, after all it was pretty late.

"Cris." I say silently as I walk over towards him and place my bag down.

"Where were you Marisa? Do you know, I was calling you so many times? Look at you. You're all wet as well." He snaps at me, trying not to raise his voice.

"Cris, I was just out with m-"

"She was out with me" a voice interrupts us.

I turn around to see Sergio standing there. I was so confused. What was he doing here? And why did he say I was with him? Did he just lie for me?

"We went out for dinner together. Then I took her for a wonder around the plaza. It started raining so she looks like a mess but it's fine Cris. She was with me." He adds walking over smiling and then putting his arm around me.

"I'm so sorry Marisa. You know I get a bit worried, people know you're my sister and they'll do anything to upset you. They can never break us. My family. If they break my family, they break me." Cris says as he walks over to me placing his hand on my shoulder.

"Cris I-" before I could complete my sentence, a stream of tears ran down my face and I ran into Cris's arms and cried.

"Aw, don't cry sweetheart." Sergio adds.

"Why don't I ever get these kinds of hugs at training Cris?" He mentions with a sassy tone. That's when we all start laughing.

"Sshh. You'll wake little Cris up." I whisper, putting my finger over my lip. 

"Anyways, Marisa. You should probably go freshen up, look at you. And you too Sergio." Cris says, pointing at our clothes.

***

After I freshened up, I came out of the bathroom in my pj's and I came into my room to find a few candles lit. I loved coming back home in a room all cosy full of candles, from a long day of work. Who had lit them for me?

"You wondering who lit them candles?" Sergio asks from behind me.

"Yeah, I was.." I mumble seeing Sergio.

"It was me by the way" He mentions walking over to my bed.

"May I?" He asks.

"Sure" I say as I watch him sit down on my bed. 

"How do you know I light up candles?" I ask him.

"Cris once told me at training. I didn't freak you out did I?" He asks, eyeing my figure.

"Oh I see" I smile as I walk past him to go get my hair brush but he reaches his hand out and grabs my arm and stops me.

"Sit down" He says, smiling at me. So I sit down.

"Sergio, can I ask you a question?" I mutter, looking at him.

"What's that Marisa?" He responds, reaching over to the beside drawer and picking up a photo frame of me with Cris and little Cris. 

"Why did you lie for me earlier?" I say straight as the words came out.

"Because" Is all he says before he leans over and his lips touch mine. He places the palm of his hand on my cheek and we just connect. I didn't know why but he was giving his all and something urged me to do the same but I had to stop.

"No." I say pushing him away from me. 

"That's not a good enough answer." I add getting up and he gets up after me.

I walk over to my mirror and look at myself. What was it about me that people liked? Just then, all these sudden anxious thoughts came and hit me. Sergio walks up and places his arms around me from behind and looks at my reflection in the mirror.

"I'm really into you. You're beautiful, hot and confident." He whispers into my ears. 

I didn't know what I wanted right now. I felt his heart beating and it felt like he really meant his words.

"Wait? You actually like me? As in like, like?" I mention looking at him in the reflection of us. 

"Yeah. I want you Marisa. The day I first saw you I was like, I want her more than anything. You're my favourite." He whispers, kissing my ear.

I couldn't help but let out a small smile. Is this what I wanted? Did I want this 'something' as much as Ramos did?

I turned around, my face so close against his. 

"Ramos, I just want to be happy. I want someone who can keep me happy." I mumble, letting my thoughts out.