| adira carlevaro |
'what do think sergio will like?' i ask looking at the shops in the busy streets of madrid.
'well anything real madrid related he will love.' says miriam laughing.
'he's proud in what he looks like. a trait he picked up when cristiano joined the team.' says miriam once again.
'i know he's been going on and on about this new hugo boss fragrance that is limited edition or something like that. i could get that for a start.' i say with a shrug.
'did you know sergio used to be part of hugo boss?'
'what do you mean?' i ask with a raised eyebrow.
'right, we need to get a hot drink first. there's a lot i need to tell you about sergio.' says miriam practically dragging me into a starbucks.
'you sit down, i'll get us some drinks. you want tea right?' she asks and i nod.
a few moments later miriam sits down opposite me on the sofa with a tray of drinks.
'there's something very important about sergio that i need to tell you. i highly doubt he's told you as he's very embarrassed by it and doesn't talk about it to anyone.' says miriam bringing her coffee to her lips and taking a sip.
'around two years sergio was a bit of a man whore. i know i shouldn't say that because he's my younger brother and all but that's literally what he was. none of us really know what started it, i don't think sergio ever knew either. when he started football he was extremely quiet, believe it or not.'
'he started off in sevilla, he started playing there when he was eight years old. he did his youth career there for five years then went to play for sevilla b and then for the sevilla main team. he joined real madrid in two thousand and five when he was seventeen. he was extremely nervous when he joined real madrid as they are the biggest club in spain alongside barcelona and one of the biggest in the world. but thankfully iker casillas made him feel welcome and comfortable in madrid.'
'we noticed after spain won the world up twenty ten, sergio started acting differently. he started going out clubbing more and going to bars when we all knew that wasn't sergio's thing. we didn't think anything of it at first. we just thought he's only twenty two let him be young, he'll learn from his mistakes. but we were totally wrong. he started to become a man whore and pick up random women in clubs and sleep with them then leave the next morning.'
'when sergio was a teenager he was always so nice to other girls and never disrespected them. when we found out he used them for sex he started to intervene and he always used to get angry and push us away for trying to make him unhappy. the managers always threatened sergio if he didn't get his shit together he would be banned from playing football all together. but nthey never really meant it, sergio was one of their best players. they wouldn't kick out one of their best players.'
'this continued for years and years, his teammates got involved trying to stop him but it didn't work until one day he stopped. we don't know what caused him to stop but he did. when we found out he was in a relationship we were over the moon. we were always scared he was going to go back to his old ways. but i've seen the way he looks at you. it's the first time i've ever seen him look at someone that way before. he's so in love with you, adira. he might not always show it but he does. you've saved sergio from himself.' says miriam.
i don't say anything for a few minutes as i take some time to process everything. i did overhear gareth once say something about sergio once being a man whore. i suddenly feel a lot of pressure put onto my shoulders as his family are so glad he's found someone. i have to act like the perfect girlfriend around them considering this is also my first real relationship.
'i can tell you're stressing out about meeting the parents adira.' says miriam laughing slightly.
'don't worry, just be yourself. sergio loves you more than anything, there's no reason to worry.' she says with a smile.
and suddenly my nerves went away.
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