The Proposal

Chapter Nineteen: The Portuguese National Team

Sophia smiled as she stepped off the plane with Junior having spent nearly a week alone in Madrid; Cristiano was more than happy to arrange for them to join him in Lisbon and had done so before he had left them behind.

Junior held on to Sophia as they walked through the terminal with a large amount of press hanging about; the blonde was a little nervous about being alone with the infant.

However she knew it was unlikely that they would approach her while she walked through the airport until she was with her fiancé.

Collecting her suitcase, Sophia carefully started to make her way towards the exit of the airport; Junior still balanced on her hip, he looked at the blonde curiously as he looked around the hustle and bustle around them.

No sooner had she stepped out into the crowded pick up point of the airport, than she was being kissed by her fiancé; he had been waiting for her and was happy that she was finally with him.

Giving Sophia a lingering kiss, Cristiano took her suitcase from her knowing that they needed to go; he didn’t want them being harassed by the paparazzi.

“I missed you,” he admitted making the blonde smile as he pulled back from her; Junior cooed at his father, who smiled at him as they started towards his rented car that waited for them outside.

“How’s training?” Sophia asked him noticing how the footballer stressed seemed; Cristiano smiled at her softly before shaking his head.

“I think we can do it,” he said making the blonde smile as they stopped by the car and Cristiano put the suitcase into the boot of the car; he glanced around noticing that a couple of the paparazzi where still snapping away.

Gently settling Junior into the back of the rental car, Sophia looked at her fiancé wondering if there was something else bothering him.

Cristiano helped Sophia into the passenger side before he made his way around to the driver’s side; he wanted to show Sophia just how much he had missed her, however Cristiano knew better than to do it with the press lurking about watching them.

***

Sophia was a little disappointed when she found out that she would be staying on a separate floor from Cristiano; it had been decided that the spouses of the players couldn’t be allowed to distract them and had to stay on different floors while they were in the hotel.

The blonde sighed as she settled Junior down for a nap, the little boy had never like flying and was often a little grumpy after a flight; Cristiano had hurried off to training with his team-mates after her had brought Sophia to the hotel.

The footballer had managed to warn his fiancée about the team dinner that was happening that evening; he had already arranged for someone to watch Junior while they were there.

Sophia was a little nervous about meeting the other women of the team, she had only briefly met them all once before but now everything was different since she was now one of them herself and was engaged to the team captain.

Biting her lip, Sophia glanced at her bedroom door as she sorted through her suitcase dividing the clothes between hers and Junior’s; but no sooner had she started there was a rapid knocking at the door making Sophia frown as she slowly made her way over to it.

Opening the door, Sophia let out a sigh of relief as she realised it was Daniela Martin, she was Nani’s girlfriend and had met Sophia back when Cristiano had played in England.

“Sophia,” Daniela said with a smile on her face as she quickly moved to hug the blonde, she was thrilled that her friend had come to Portugal; she pulled back from Sophia who allowed her into the room.

“So how’s the captain of the WAGs doing?” she asked making Sophia raise an eyebrow at her friend, she had never heard that term before and doubted that anyone took anything like that seriously.

“So you haven’t noticed the hierarchy of the WAGs yet,” Daniela mused making the blonde look at her confused, the brunette smirked before standing up.

She knew that her friend was new to all of this and she had a feeling that Sophia wasn’t prepared for what was going to happen now.

“The higher up in the team your man is… the higher up in the WAG hierarchy you are and since you’re engaged to the captain, everyone is going to be looking at you,” Daniela said making Sophia look at her as she explained how the life of the WAGs worked, the blonde just hoped that her friend was joking.

***

Cristiano kissed his fiancée as they found their seats at the team dinner, the footballer was wearing a suit and Sophia was wearing a burgundy off the shoulder textured midi pencil dress paired with black peep toe heeled shoes.

“You look bonita,” he whispered as he kissed the blonde, he knew that most of his team-mates were watching them and he couldn’t bring himself to care; he loved being able to kiss Sophia in public now.

Cristiano hadn’t left her side since they had arrived at the restaurant that Paulo had booked for the team; he didn’t like the idea of any of his friends thinking that could come near the blonde and flirt with her.

Sophia tried not to notice how some of the women looked at her but after her talk with Daniela that afternoon; she couldn’t help but let some of it sink in, it was clear that in some way that in some way that it was true.

“You okay?” Cristiano asked her as they sat down at their table, Sophia nodded as he linked their fingers together; he could see that there was something on her mind and it worried him a little that something was bothering her.

“Never better,” Sophia replied as she ignored some of the stares that the younger WAGs gave her; Cristiano smiled before giving Sophia a kiss as Paulo called for everyone’s attention.

“Alright settle down… enjoy tonight while you can, we have training in the morning,” the coach said making some of the younger players groan.

Cristiano wrapped his arm around the back of Sophia’s chair making the blonde smile as she leant into his touch; she doubted that her fiancé was even listening to what was being said.

Cristiano he was more than happy to sit and stare at Sophia, he couldn’t believe how much had changed over the last couple of months; he would have never thought that he would come to love and need Sophia as much as he did now.

The footballer didn’t know what had happened to him in the past ten weeks but he knew that he had fallen for the blonde.