Close to You ➳ Antoine Griezmann

Chapter 18 ♔

♔ Marisa's POV ♔

I walked into the living room laughing with Sergio next to me. However, I didn't realise I'd come back to see Antoine home with Cris. Cris just gave us both a smile and walked over.

"Hey, you feeling better now?" He laughs, shaking my hair trying to make me look like a mess.

"Haha, yeah. A lot better." I say, looking towards Antoine. Cris looks at me and then looks at Antoine.

"Antoine? What you up to here?" Sergio laughs walking over and shaking Antoine's hands. This felt like we were about to go into a conference meeting late at night or something.

"Oh, nothing. I just came by to see Marisa." He says straight up, smiling and then walking over to me.

See me? I had this confused look on my face. We literally met earlier today after the game but he took off.

"Well, i'm going to go freshen up. I'll be back." I say, smiling at the three of them and notice little Cris follows me.

"Aunty! You're back!" He giggles, holding onto my hand as we go upstairs.

When I got up upstairs, I opened my bedroom door and put my phone and bag down. My hair was a mess, so I put my hair up in a messy bun because I couldn't be bothered and little Cris sat on my bed watching me.

"Can I go on your phone please?" He asks, ever so politely.

"Of course my little hero." I say, then walking into my bathroom and I took my pj's with me.

After I was all ready and had worn my pj's, I came back and sat down on the bed.

"Aunty?"

"Mhmm"

"You have a message from Antoine Griezmann" 

"Do I? Let me see." I say, as little Cris hands the phone over to me.

I scrolled through my messages to see that Antoine had left me so many messages and many missed calls too. Maybe that explained why he is in my house at this time, so late.

But it didn't make sense. I do remember my phone vibrating but Sergio never told me about it. Why did he do that? I was too busy to even look at my phone but Sergio did.

That's when I heard a knock on my door. It was Antoine. He just stood there, looking at me waiting to be let in.

"Oh, Antoine. Come on in." I say, smiling at him but the thoughts of Sergio still pondered. 

"Okay, my little man. I think it's way past your bedtime. You need to be off don't you?" I mention, pulling little Cris towards me for a hug.

"Yes aunty. And Antoine calls me little man too. You both are the same." He smiles, looking around at Antoine.

Antoine's face went red and he looked around the room pretending he didn't which slightly made me giggle. 

"Goodnight aunty. Goodnight Antoine Griezmann" He laughs, waving at us both and then running out.

"Well, someone's eager for bedtime." Antoine laughs to himself.

"Oh shush." I reply, letting off a little laugh.

"Come, sit down with me." I smile, indicating Antoine to sit down. He then comes and sits down next to me, gently on the bed.

"Antoine, what are you doing here at this time?" I ask him, I needed to know.

"That's the thing. I needed to see you but you were out with Sergio. I left you messages and missed calls too." He replies, with his hands on his knees.

"I'm sorry I didn't see your messages or calls. I mean Sergio must've saw it but I don't know why he didn't tell me." I mutter, confused of course.

Antoine then has this look on his face. He had something to say but the words wouldn't seem to come out.

"What's wrong?" I ask, putting my hand on his shoulder.

"I-I don't exactly know how to tell you." He says under his breath looking away.

"Tell me what?" I ask.

"Well, earlier today my friend Koke was talking to you and he was about to tell you something but I interrupted you both." Antoine says, his voice sounding all serious now.

"He was. Why did you do that? I don't understand." I reply with no emotion.

"I don't know how to tell you. I know you've been upset but.." 

"But what? Antoine, look just tell me."

"It's about Sergio."

"What's he done now?" I mutter, rolling my eyes.

"Well, when you were away, Koke apparently saw Sergio w-w-with another girl. They held hands apparently and k-k-kissed." Antoine then goes silent, looking at me and waits for me to say something.

"What? what the fuck. How-when did-no. This can't be true." I snap, getting up and crossing my arms. This gush of anger just filled me up and I could feel my head getting very hot.

"You can ask Koke." He says getting up.

"I can't believe this. And there I am giving him another chance to know he couldn't keep his eyes and hands off another girl!" I shout, trying to tone my voice down slightly but all I felt was anger. My hands trembled and I didn't know how to react. A drop of tear ran down my face, as I stood there silent.

"Marisa, hey. Calm yourself down. I never intended to ruin anything for you but I just thought you deserved to know. That's why I was calling you and texting you before you met Sergio but I was too late." He says, looking down at the floor.

"No, you weren't too late Antoine. Sergio was just too big headed to even tell me. Cris is right. Relationships can be s-so difficult sometimes and hurtful." I say, walking around the room in circles.

"Well hey. You always have me Marisa. Look, the truth is.. I was never so keen on Sergio. He's a nice guy but he didn't do you right. Look, I care about you. Y-you're my friend. And I can't see you get all upset like this. You just have to be strong sometimes you know." He smiles. Antoine then places his arms around me and just hugs me. I give myself in and hug him so tightly. It was just comforting and I felt slightly better feeling Antoine's touch and being in his company.

I finally release, pulling a smile. "I just think I'm going to talk to him. I'm ending this with him. I should've known he only wanted me for my looks."