Don't you (forget about me) [Rafinha // Pjaca]

Sao Paulo ~ Chapter Four

Right after turning off the alarm at 9 am and stretching in bed for one last time this morning I looked at the date. My first week in Barcelona is over. Wow.

The week went by so fast. Me and Aleix met nearly every single day and when we couldn't see each other we talked on the phone all night.

Today he wants me to watch him and his friends while they're having training and I wouldn't want to admit it but I was nervous.  Meeting Neymar was something completely different. He's my best friends boyfriend. He had no other choice than liking me. But today I'm going to meet the whole Barcelona squad. I'll have to work with them every once in a while from now on. I have to make a good impression.
I still have one week until my work in the studio starts. Whenever I have time I watch Spanish TV to get more used to speaking the language daily. The worst thing that can happen is me talking Portuguese because I'm nervous.

While I was sitting in front of the mirror while getting ready I smiled at myself. "good evening ladies and gentlemen, here we are again with a new la liga match day" I whispered and put on an extra smile. This is what I want to do. I came here to become a sport journalist, not because I wanted to become a wag. I knew that Brunas plan wasn't really for me. I never wanted to become a wag..Oh come on Vittoria, don't think about it.

Just when I was ready I heard a loud noise outside. I looked out of the window and saw Aleix in his car with his window rolled down looking up to my apartment. I had to smile. Even though he's definitely not my type and I would never ever date him, he is such a nice guy. I like his humour and his way of thinking about life. We have a lot in common. It was insane how much I liked him already even though I only know him for a week
I looked into the mirror for one last time. I looked good. Okay, let's go.

I opened the cars door and sat down next to Aleix who was already smiling at me from one ear to the other. "Nervous?" he asked smirking at me. If he saw inside of me, he would know that I'm nervous. Not because I'm shy when it comes to meeting people. No way, if I was like that I wouldn't have make it that far. It is just that I'm scared that everything turns out to be weird and they're not taking me seriously as a journalist. By the way, some players just HATE journalists.
Somehow I have a bad feeling. "no way" I said rolling my eyes lying to him.

On the way to the training pitch Aleix distracted me from the things that were on my mind without even knowing about them. We sang to different songs, laughed a lot, and he was impressed of how fast I started understanding spanish song lyrics. 
But then again, we got there. We arrived and my heart started beating fast again. This is the last time to turn around and go, I thought to myself as we left the car. I turned around one more time but went on. Aleix was so happy and looked forward to introduce me to his teammates, I can't just go right now.  From what I know about him already, I bet he already told them that I'm coming.
Before we entered the changing room Aleix put both of his eyes onto my eyes and led me into the room. "Just to make sure that they're all dressed" he whispered into my ear what made me laugh once again.
"Everyone dressed? Good." he started saying and it was absolutely quiet in the room, what made me even more nervous. "I'm going to present you the most beautiful journalist you'll ever meet and get interviewed by  a lot of times from now on" he said and let me open my eyes. I saw at least 20 guys staring at me, some where smiling and waving at me, some looked not really interested.
I tried to act cool; so I just waved at the whole squad and tried to introduce myself. "I'm Vittoria, I'm new to Barcelona and a good friend of Bruna, that's how I met Aleix. Uhm...Ah- I'm from Sao Paulo!" I said and some brazilian guys started clapping what made me laugh.

"Who's from Sao Paulo?" I heard a voice from behind of me. I turned around to face a man, only with a towel, coming out of the shower. I looked into his eyes and recognized him immediately. No, that's not possible.

"..Rafael"

-"...Vittoria"