Judge My Skills, Not Me

Chapter 5: ...Hola España!

Cristina walked to the front of the jet and thanked the pilot and crew. She walked off the plane and saw a man with a black suit on standing beside a shiny, black Rolls-Royce. He looked older and intimidating from Cristina's point of view, but smiled at her as she made her way to the car. "Good morning, Miss Diaz. I'm Scott, your new personal bodyguard," he said with a smile on his face.

"New bodyguard?" Cristina asked. She didn't know Barça also got her a bodyguard. What else were they going to give her? A butler named James.

"Yes, Mr. Bartomeu thought it best you have a bodyguard just in case of paparazzi or reporters trying to mob you."

"Yeah I wouldn't want to have 'death by too many reporters' on my gravestone," Cristina said as Scott laughed.

"That would be tragic. Shall we get going Miss," he opened the door and took her suitcase, "You have a pretty busy schedule today if I remember correctly."

Cristina let out a huff of air, "You have no idea." A couple of minutes passed as Scott started driving out of the airport towards the city. "So... Scott tell me about yourself."

"Well, I'm from Atlanta, Georgia, like you Miss Diaz..." he started as she interrupted him.

"Please call me Cristina. I don't like formalities."

"Alright, Cristina," he said smiling and looking at her through the rear-view mirror, "Well I was born and raised in Atlanta and have a daughter named Alicia that's about your age,"

"Where does she live?"

"Well right now she's in college getting her degree in law at Georgetown University in Washington DC," Cristina could see how proud he was of his daughter. "Her mom and I had her just after graduating high school. As soon as I could I joined the Marines to provide for her and her mother."

"Where's her mom now?"

A look of sadness filled his eyes, "She died when Alice was 5. She had leukemia."

"I'm so sorry Scott," Cristina said, " I shouldn't have asked."

"It's fine. I would have told you sooner or later," he said giving her a small smile, "I mean we will be living in the same house together."

"Well, since we're going to be roommates and instant best friends, I should tell you a bit about myself," Cristina said making Scott chuckle. "I grew up in the great city of ATL with my family. I'm the eldest of 5 kids and I don't think you know this but I'm a little bit good at soccer."

Scott laughed, "I have no idea you played soccer," he said with amused sarcasm laced in his voice.

"I know!" Cristina giggled.

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After about 30 minutes of driving and talking about their hometown of Atlanta, Scott pulled up in front of a gate. A younger, man about Cristina's age that was also wearing a similar suit as Scott's stood in the security house. "Hi Mr. Kelly," the younger man said as he looked to the back of the car, "Hello to you Miss Diaz, I'm Hunter."

"Hi Hunter and, please, call me Cristina," she said giving him a small smile, "So I'm guessing you're another one of my bodyguards?"

Scott laughed, "Oh him, he can't protect himself from mosquitoes."

"Hey they're vicious monsters created to literally suck the life out of you," he said trying to defend himself, "But no I'm just the security guy, so if anyone wants to come to kill you first," he said loudly making Scott roll his eyes, "they'll have to come through me first."

"Or they could just jump the wall," Scott said laughing.

"So you're saying I'm so intimidating that a psycho killer would jump a 10-foot wall instead of facing me? Thanks, Mr. Kelly," Hunter said patting the other man on the shoulder playfully, "Anyways, it was nice meeting you, Cristina,"

"Nice meeting you too Hunter," Cristina said as Scott began to drive up to the house.

To say the House was beautiful was an understatement. It was gorgeous.

"Welcome to your new home," Scott said opening the car door for her. Cristina was in shock. How the hell was she going to live in such an amazing place?! "We'll do a house tour later, but first there's someone you have to meet."

The front door of the house opened to a man with a much more dressed-up suit compared to Scott's or Hunter's. He had a pocket square that matched his bow tie and his hair was gelled without a hair out of place. "Miss. Diaz, what a pleasure to meet your acquaintance, my name is Ben Richards," he said with a strong English accent, well Cristina's prediction was wrong. Instead of a butler named James, his name was Ben.

"Nice to meet you too, Ben." she said shaking his hand, "please call me Cristina."

"If you insist Miss Cristina," he said with a playful smile on his face, "Scott do you need help with the bags?"

"Nope it's just one bag," he said rolling the suitcase inside.

"Shall we?" Ben said motioning her inside. She walked into the house and was even more amazed. "We'll have time for a house tour later, first we need you ready for your press signing in 2 hours," he said guiding her upstairs to where she assumed her room was. She gazed in awe at the house as she walked down the hallway. "And this is your room, Miss Cristina. Scott will be ready to take you to Camp Nou in a bit. Would you like anything to eat or drink before you go?"

"I'd actually prefer not to eat, I wouldn't want to throw it up in front of dozens of reporters," Cristina said half joking. She was starting to get nervous about signing now. What if everything went wrong?

"I'm sure you'll be great Miss Cristina," Ben said giving her a comforting smile, "Just play the sport you love and you'll do great. Now if you'll excuse me." Cristina nodded and walked to her bed a little more confident after Ben's words.

"Let's kick-ass"

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Hello, my lovely readers!

Well let me introduce you all to my 2 new characters

Zoe Deutch as Alice Kelly

Tom Holland as Hunter Zachary