Life As We Know It

Chapter Ten: The Match

“I can’t believe you agreed to go to his match,” Gavin said annoyed as he watched her dress for the match that she had been invited to by Lionel.

The lawyer had been angry when he had seen the pictures of her spending time with the footballer but it only seemed to get worse when he learnt her plans for the day.

Olivia sighed as she checked her outfit in the mirror, she was wearing a black woven front vest top and boyfriend jeans paired with black cowboy ankle boots.

Olivia sighed as she brushed her hair, she was well aware that Gavin didn’t approve of her speaking to the Argentinian who had fathered her unborn child.

Olivia smiled at him as she finished getting ready, the weather was starting to warm up but it would still be cold when she came home so she picked up her spot print blazer.

Gavin watched her annoyed that she wasn’t listening to him, he didn’t want her spending time with Lionel especially since he didn’t trust the footballer not to steal her away.

“It’s just a football match,” Olivia said rolling her blue eyes; she would have thought that Lionel had asked her to marry him, the way Gavin was acting.

Gavin turned on the bedroom television, the brunette sighed as she collected her white cutwork scarf tote bag and walked over to him; she kissed his cheek making him look at her.

“I’ll see you when I get home,” Olivia said making Gavin pout as she left the bedroom, she had to pick Ashley up before they headed to Camp Nou which was about a thirty minute drive from Olivia’s home.

Picking up her car keys she sighed as she glanced at the clock, the match didn’t start until eight o’clock; though she wondered why Ashley was so eager to get there early.

***

Ashley grinned as the two of them entered the Camp Nou, she and Olivia ignored the calls from the press and moved towards their seats; she was thrilled that her best friend was coming with her to the match.

“How are you feeling?” Ashley asked she knew that Olivia was nervous after hearing a lot of stories from Sage about the WAGs.

Ashley had attended several games before this and had met a couple of them that she had found to be good friends; however they had asked her about Olivia when the story had broken about her pregnancy to Lionel.

“I’m nervous,” Olivia said making Ashley smile as she linked Olivia as the two of them walked to their seats; the dark haired woman offering Olivia a reassuring look as they spotted two women.

“Ashley,” Shakira greeted as she spotted the dark haired woman, however her eyes focused on Olivia who tried to hide behind her friend.

Shakira took a deep breath as she smiled knowing that Lionel was slowly bonding with the model and it made her worry that Olivia would be something like her twin sister.

“Shakira… Malena this is Olivia,” Ashley said as she sat next to the blonde singer; the two watched the brunette for a moment.

Olivia shifted her weight nervously as the two women seemed to inspect her; Ashley rolled her eyes, she knew that her friend was nervous enough without anyone having a go at her.

“So you’re the girl that Lionel knocked up,” Malena said making Olivia nod softly, she could handle people talking about her in the media but she wasn’t sure if she could handle one of the WAGs having a go at her.

***

The match had been a very physical one with thirteen yellow cards between the two teams and Gerard ended up being red card in the forty-sixth minute.

The defender had come and sat with the WAGs, he took large notice of Olivia and could see why Lionel seemed so taken with her.

Malena pursed her lips as she watched the Spaniard make sure that the brunette didn’t need anything, she couldn’t see what was so special about her.

Olivia had betrayed her sister in the worst possible way and Sage seemed to be the only one that was getting any hate from the team right now; something that Malena didn’t believe was fair.

“Do you need anything?” Gerard asked as the match came to an end, Barcelona winning 3:1, Shakira rolled her eyes at her boyfriend as Olivia pulled on her blazer as it started to get cold.

Olivia shook her head politely declined as she prepared to head home Ashley flashed her, a small smile; the brunette knew what her friend wanted, but she really didn’t want to be hovering around all night.

“I just have to speak with Cesc,” Ashley said making Olivia hold back a groan, she knew what that meant and she wouldn’t be getting home till late. Gavin was already angry and she didn’t want to come home late and make things worst between them; she wasn’t in the mood to deal with his silliness.

Ashley flashed a smile at Olivia before she dragged the brunette into the players’ lounge; Shakira rolled her eyes at Ashley, it was clear that it was her way or nothing at all.

It didn’t take long before Cesc appeared, Ashley slipped away to speak with him before Lionel approached Olivia; he was surprised that she actually came since he had thought that she’d bail on him.

“Hola,” Olivia said as he stopped in front of her, he smiled as he watched her for a moment; he had only seen her a couple of days before but she looked a little different.

Lionel knew that it was the pregnancy and he wished that he could see more of her, things were still going well between them but Gavin was a major problem for the footballer.

“Hola… did you enjoy the game?” Lionel asked making her bit her lip, she paused for a moment; in all honest she knew nothing about football and she doubted that she ever would. Olivia made a small noise as she looked at Lionel, she felt a little stupid since she knew that this was important to him.

“Yes,” Olivia said knowing that she had enjoyed it despite not having a clue about the game; she was more of a tennis person since it was simple game. Lionel chuckled softly, he watched her for a moment and it was clear that she had no idea what had really happened during the match.

“I’m happy that you came,” Lionel said making Olivia smile at him, she was trying to ignore the fact that a couple of his team-mates were staring at them.

“I better be getting back to Gavin…” Olivia said making the Argentine nod sadly, he wanted to spend more time with her; he hadn’t considered that Gavin wouldn’t have come the match with her.

“I’ll see you next week,” Olivia said as Ashley said goodbye to Cesc so that they could leave, she waved to Lionel as they left hoping to see him soon.

Lionel sighed as he watched her leave, he jumped slightly as Cesc patted his shoulder; his team-mates knew that he was developing feelings for the mother of his child.

Olivia had been all that Lionel had talked about since he had met her and now that she was carrying his child, it had only gotten worse.

“Who’s Gavin?” Andrés Iniesta asked making Lionel sigh as he looked back at his team-mates, he didn’t know how long he could deal with being pushed aside by Gavin.

“Her boyfriend,” Lionel said making his team-mates watch him sadly; they knew this would make things harder for him.