Change of Heart [Neymar Jr FF]

Chapter 7

The After Party – Pique’s Residence

“Three cheers for Barcelona!” yelled Leo as he raised his glass.  The room exploded into cheers and laughter while everyone either threw up their hands or a glass.  Annabelle smiled as she jumps on her brother’s back and gives him a big hug.

“Congrats Ger!” he smiles and gives her a kiss on the head before she jumps off of him.  She wanders around the room in search of both a drink and her crazy friend but she finds the latter first.  Luna was sitting on their couch giggling her head off next to Pedro and Alexis.  Annabelle shakes her head and decides to let them be.  She grabs a soda and walks outside onto the balcony to finally get some peace and quiet but only to find that it was already occupied.

“Neymar?” she called out and he jumps up startled.

“Shit.  Sorry, I didn’t mean to just-” he struggles to sit up from the hammock before she interrupted him.

“Don’t worry about it.  It’s just a hammock.  It’s not like you’re inside spilling beer on the rug,” she laughs knowing that it probably would happen a couple times before the night ends.  “Speaking of which, why are you out here and not in there?” she asked while pulling a chair up to him and plopping herself down comfortably.

“I dunno,” he shrugs and pauses to stare at the floor as if deep in thought.  It seemed like a while before he started talking again.  “I guess I’m just not used to it yet,”

“Not used to it?  You mean being on the team or being in Spain?”

“Probably a bit of both?” he says as he looks up at her.  “It’s just that I’ve been playing football forever, but I’ve always been in Brazil.  It’s definitely a dream come true to be here playing for Barcelona…”

“But you’re away from your family,” she finished the sentence for him and he nodded.  “Well, I’m sure your family is supportive where you play and I bet they think of you too,”

“They do,” he smiles as he lifts his phone to show her a picture of, who she assumes to be his parents, with a pretty girl holding a sign that said “GOOD LUCK TODAY”.

“Aww… Your parents are so adorable.  And is that your-” she wanted to say girlfriend but for some reason her heart stung a bit and she paused.

“My sister,” he smiled as he continued to admire the picture.  She couldn’t help but feel a sense of relief for some reason but she shrugged it off.

“Now all you gotta do is build another family here,” he smiled at her comment and looked up to see her bright eyes and sweet smiling face looking at him.

“Bella…” he whispered as he stares back at her.  His heart was racing and all he wanted to do was pull her into his arms and kiss her.  He reaches his hand up to her face to push her hair behind her and she instantly blushes at him.  His hand lingered on her face and he leaned towards her, closing the distance between their lips.  Just then, someone stumbles out onto the balcony and she pulls back away from him.

“Bella?”

“Marc?”

“What are you doing out here?” he asks her while narrowing his eyes at Neymar.

“N-Nothing.  I just needed some air,”

“And I think I’ll go grab another beer,” Neymar interrupts as he excused himself from the balcony.  Marc watches him leave before walking over to sit next to Annabelle.

“What were you guys talking about?”

“Nothing, really.  He was telling me about his family,”

“I see…” he pauses before continuing in a cold tone that catches her off guard.  “Bella, I want you to stay away from Neymar,”

“W-What?  W-Why?”

“Gerard wouldn’t want you to be around someone like him,”

“Gerard likes him and so does everyone else,”

“I don’t like him,” he snapped.

“M-Marc, I think you’re drunk.  Come on, I’ll help you in,” she stands to help him up but he stood up with her and gently pulled her towards him.  Before she realized what had happened, she felt Marc’s lips against hers.  She blinked in shock as she tried to pull away but he held her still.  His kiss started gentle but it soon became heated and it scared her.  It was as if he was devouring her whole.  He wrapped his arms around her and pressed her against him.  She cried out and pushed her palms against him but he was too strong.  She continued to struggle against him as tears streamed down her face. 

It was at that moment that someone shouted at them and pulled Marc off of her by the collar.  “What the hell do you think you’re doing?” he yells again and Annabelle looked over to see Neymar furiously dragging Marc away from her.  Seizing the opportunity, Annabelle wipes her face as she bolts into the house.  Seeing Annabelle leave Marc regains his footing to throw a punch at Neymar.  Neymar deflects Marc’s fist with his left arm and throws his right fist into Marc’s face.  Seeing Annabelle run into her room teary-eyed, Leo rushes out onto the balcony.

“Shit!  Stop it!  Both of you!” he shouts as he pulls Marc and Neymar off of each other.  “What the hell has gotten into you guys?”

“Ask him!” screams Neymar.

“None of this would have happened if you stayed away from her!” Marc screams back.

“ME?  You’re the asshole who just forced yourself on her!  This wouldn’t have happened if you could keep it in your pants!” Neymar charges at him and Leo pushes him back before turning back to Marc.

“You did what?” Marc doesn’t answer and looks away from Leo.

“Shit…” Leo curses as he looks up at the light that just turned on in the window above them.  It was Annabelle’s room.  ‘How the hell am I going to fix this mess?’ he groans to himself before looking back at the two bruised up guys. “Both of you get the fuck out of here before Gerard hears about this!  And Marc don’t you dare go near Annie,” Marc stormed off first before Neymar followed suit while Leo went to get Luna.

“Wait, what?” Luna gasped as she tried to understand what Leo had just explained to her.

“Just go check on Annie alright?” he said exasperatedly and she simply nodded before rushing up the stairs.  When she got to her door she could hear Annabelle sobbing on the other side.

“Annie…” Luna said softly as she let herself in.

“L-Lulu?” Annabelle raised her head from the pillow to look up at here and Luna gasped.

“Oh honey… What happened?” she rushes over to the crying girl and throws her arms around her.  Annabelle explained the situation to her in between sobs and hiccups and Luna was beyond pissed.

“I-I just can’t believe M-Marc did that to me…” she sobbed.  “A-And he even got into a fight with Neymar… That’s so unlike him!”

“Oh honey, all men are assholes under the influence of alcohol,” 

“Ugh!  I can’t even look at him anymore!  A-And Neymar… Ugh… I’m so embarrassed… H-How could I have let that happened!” she threw her face back in her pillow and cried more.  Luna just sat there and patted her back until she fell asleep. ‘Oh Annie… It’ll be okay… It’s a good thing our semester starts soon.  You need some time away from them all,’ Luna thought to herself as turns off the light and shuts the door.

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A/N = Sorry for the short chapter.  But I think there was enough action in here to keep you entertained?  XD  And damn!  How is she going to face Neymar and Marc now?