Love Will Find A Way

Part One - Chapter Twenty: The Results Are In

Waking up on the first day of 2012, Nicole couldn’t stop herself from smiling as she found herself curled around her very naked boyfriend; his arms held her close to his warm chest as he slept.

Nicole smiled gingerly as she thought back to what had happened last night, as she ran her hand gently through his soft hair; the brunette yawned as she shook her head knowing that last night had been perfect.

“Stop watching me,” Cristiano mumbled making Nicole laugh as she realized he was awake; the footballer opened his brown eyes as he pushed himself up slightly and kissed his girlfriend.

Things between the couple slowly started to heat up when Nicole’s mobile rang making them pull apart; the footballer raised an eyebrow at his girlfriend, who shrugged as she moved to answer it.

“Hola?” Nicole asked as Cristiano rolled out of bed and pulled on his boxers, he then gave her a quick kiss and left the bedroom so that he could prepare them some breakfast; he wanted the morning to be special after what they had done the night before.

“When the hell are you coming to get that thing of yours?” Evelyn hissed making Nicole grin realizing that her sister-in-law had a hangover; she knew that the red head had never been able to handle her alcohol very well and had probably drunk more than she should of.

Nicole smiled as she heard Toby howling softly in the background, she was a little touched that the puppy was making that much noise because she wasn’t there.

“He’s been crying for you all night… if you aren’t here in fifteen minutes,” Evelyn threatened as Nicole heard Toby continue to howl, she chuckled softly as her sister-in-law grumbled annoyed that the puppy could make so much noise when it was so early in the morning.

“I’ll be right there,” she said laughing as Evelyn hung up the phone, Cristiano reappeared with toast and sat down next to her; he tilted his head curiously as he relaxed back onto the bed.

“Apparently Toby missed us last night,” she said grinning while Cristiano wrapped his arms around Nicole and slowly leaned back into bed, a lazy smile on his face; he was perfectly content to do nothing for the next few days until he was forced to go back to training.

Nicole raised an eyebrow at him, he seemed content and she was surprised how much so since she didn’t think that he’d ever done this before; she knew that he’d had girlfriends before her and it made her curious.

“You know in the eight years I’ve been dating, I’ve never done the morning after,” he said giving Nicole a sweet kiss and closing his eyes; he laced his fingers with Nicole’s as she rested against him for a moment knowing that she couldn’t stay for long.

***

After picking up Toby from an obviously hung over Evelyn, Nicole returned home to find Cristiano making them a proper breakfast; the puppy rushed away from her and yapped excitedly at the footballer.

“Aww he’s missed me,” Cristiano said as he picked the white ball of fluff up, he cuddled the puppy close knowing that this was the first time in a long time that he had felt like this; Nicole rolled her eyes and looked at Cristiano carefully as he set Toby back down on the floor.

The footballer pulled his girlfriend into his arms and held her close, he knew what she was thinking about and he wished that there was a way to ease her mind; he hated for her to worry like this.

“No news is good news,” he told her making Nicole laugh at his attempt to cheer her up, Cristiano rested his head on hers and closed his eyes gently rocking Nicole slightly; he wanted nothing more than for her to recover from her illness.

“Let’s hope so,” she whispered wrapping her own arms around Cristiano’s waist while Toby stood by their feet wagging his tail as he looked up at them.

The brunette looked down at the puppy and smiled as he jumped up and rested his front paws on Cristiano’s leg, he whined slightly making Cristiano sigh and pull away from his girlfriend.

“He’s lonely,” she said before picking the puppy up, Cristiano ruffled Toby’s fur before he looked down at Nicole knowing that he would stand by her no matter what happened he would stay with her.

***

Nicole furrowed her brow as she heard the house phone ring, she wiped her hands dry knowing that she was home alone while Cristiano was at training for the day; she huffed as she walked past Toby, who tilted his head at her.

“Cristiano Ronaldo’s house… Nicole speaking,” she said chuckling it had come to her attention shortly after she had moved in that whenever someone called about work for Cristiano.

They often didn’t know that she lived there and would preceded to hang up and call back several times in an attempt to get a hold of the footballer.

“Hola Miss Bartolini, This is Dr. Fernandez’s office we have your results,” the woman on the other end said making Nicole’s breath catch in her throat.

She swallowed as she leant against the wall knowing that this was it; it was over a week since the new year had started and she had been waiting days for this phone call.

“Would it be possible for you to come in sometime today?” the woman asked, Nicole stood there quietly for several seconds before she cleared her throat; she knew that there was no way that she could take Cristiano with her especially if she was going to get some bad news.

“Of course, I’ll be there within the hour,” Nicole said weakly not sure if she could call Cristiano away from training; while she wanted her boyfriend’s support, Nicole wasn’t sure if she could deal with him being there if the news was bad, she couldn’t do that to Cristiano.

Nicole quickly grabbed her car keys and headed out of the house; whatever the doctor said to her next would decide the fate of her relationship with Cristiano.

***

It was late when Cristiano returned home after training he had gotten a call from his agent to discuss flying out and training with his national team before the Euros; he groaned as he set down his training bag and stretched tiredly.

It was only there that he noticed how quiet the house truly was; Toby was asleep in his basket in the living room making the footballer smile fondly at him before he called out for his girlfriend.

“Coli,” Cristiano called softly using the nickname that Sergio had given his girlfriend, he had been thinking about stealing it anyway since he didn’t like having a nickname that everyone used for his girlfriend.

It didn’t take long for Cristiano to find Nicole as she was sitting outside on the patio, looking at the stars; she didn’t acknowledge him as he exited the house looking at her concerned.

“Nicole?” Cristiano asked her concerned wondering what was going on, it was cold outside and the brunette was only wearing her pyjamas; the last thing he wanted was for her to get sick while her body recovered from her last chemo session.

Nicole turned to him and sighed, the next five words that she said made his whole body run cold; Cristiano felt like his whole world had been turned on its head.