Change of Heart [Neymar Jr FF]

Chapter 12

Three months later – March 2014

Annabelle was now taking most of her classes on two days out of the week along with a couple of online classes to help give her more flexibility with her schedule.  The remainder of her time was spent on football and her new found career as a model.  ELLE Magazine had agreed to sign both Luna and Annabelle together and so far they have become a powerful duo, raking in sales for the magazine.  Not only has Annabelle set a blazing trail behind her in the new industry, Luna had also taken on elaborate shoots for many designers and was named the ‘Rising Photographer of the Year’.  They both have been featured in magazines across the world and soon became a role model for many young women.  The world seemed to love Annabelle and her tenacity in balancing studies in business, playing football, and modeling.  Alongside Neymar’s fame, Annabelle was also creating her own rise to stardom and the public had named them the most influential young couple that is taking up the world by storm. 

Luna and Annabelle had just returned from their photo-shoot in Valencia and it was already 1am in the morning.  They tipped toed into Annabelle’s room trying their best not to wake her parents.  Once in her room, they dropped their luggage and plopped onto her bed.  It’s been one hell of a week for them as they had to fly to Valencia for a photo-shoot and then back to Barcelona for Annabelle’s university football game before getting ready to fly to Madrid to support Barcelona’s game against Real Madrid.  To say they were exhausted would be the understatement of all time. 

“Annie, go to bed.  You have a football game tomorrow,” Annabelle nodded at her while she sent Neymar one last text before getting ready for bed.

It seemed like they only closed their eyes for a moment but before they knew it, Anna’s alarm was already roaring through the room.  Neither of them decided to move and allowed it to continue ringing.

“Ay Dios Mio!  Anna, wake up!” her mother shouts as she walks into the room to turn off Anna’s alarm.

“Okay, okay… I’m up,” she groans as she takes the pillow and throws it at Luna to wake her up.

“What?  I don’t have anything to do today!” she whined before pulling the covers over her head.

Guess like it was just going to be her today.  Annabelle drags her feet into the shower and the hot water beating against her body finally woke her up.  It was Saturday and they had morning practice before the game in the afternoon.  She was out of the shower and dressed in a heartbeat.  She stopped to grab some bread before heading out for the university.

When she got there, there was media swarming the outside of the gates.  She skidded her bike to a stop and leaned it against the racks while she stealthily crept by them to use the back entrance by the football field.  Her team was already on the field warming up with her co-captain when she finally got there.  Since she was traveling so much, Annabelle and the coach had assigned Sofia to be her co-captain to help lead trainings in her absence.  Sofia smiled at her and gives her a hug before the two of them started announcing the agenda for the day. 

The rest of the training went smoothly and it made Annabelle realize how much she missed playing football.   She went from playing every day before to a couple of times a week now if she wasn’t busy.  Before they knew it, the coach rounded them up to get changed for the game.  As they walked to the locker rooms, Annabelle noticed crowds of people already getting settled in their seats as well as a group of reporters by the fence beside security. 

Noticing Annabelle’s quizzical expression, Sofia speaks up, “There are more and more people coming to our games nowadays.  Everyone wants to watch you play,” she smiles a reassuringly before disappearing behind the locker room door.  All of that just made her feel more pressure to play well.  Throughout the practice today she hesitated and wondered if she was really fit to play since she missed so much practice time due to her modeling career.  She sighed and pushed those thoughts out of her head.  The only thing she could do today was to lead her team and secure a win to be sure.

When she reached the doorway leading down to the locker rooms, she finds Luna with her brother and some of his teammates.  She smiles and runs over to give each of them a hug. Annabelle unconsciously looks around in search of Neymar but he was nowhere in sight.

“Looking for him?” Leo laughs as he points to Neymar who had snuck up behind her.  She turns around to see him holding a bouquet of flowers. [See side pic]  The smug smile on his face still sent her heart racing like crazy.  She smiles back and jumps into his arms.

“Welcome back Bella,” he whispers as he kisses her hard on the lips.  It’s been weeks since he’s seen her and damn did he miss her.  He would have continued kissing her but she pulled away and gestured for him to put her back down.    She smiles up at him again before taking the bouquet from him to avoid any more whistling and dirty comments from their friends behind them.  Shortly after, Gerard shoos his sister back towards the locker room to get changed as the rest of the found their seats in the bleachers.  Neymar blows one last kiss at her before she disappears behind the door.

The game always seemed to go faster when you’re playing rather watching.  Annabelle’s team struggled the entire first half of the game to score a goal with no luck.  The opposing team had a very strong defense with an excellent goalie.  During halftime, Annabelle decided to rearrange her line-up to throw off their opponents.  She moved herself back to midfield as she bumped Sofia up to right wing forward.  She benched a couple of her starting players to replace them with a new left wing forward and 2 new midfielders.  Everyone always assumed that a team’s starting line-up was usually their best players.  However, it would tend to depend on the play but in this case, their current line-up for the second half would be their strongest yet. 

When they returned to the field, she could see the opposing team’s confused looks.  Annabelle led a strong defense that completed stopped their opponents from reaching anywhere near their goal box.  While having Sofia up front allowed Annabelle to complete even the most complicated passes, assisting her teammates in making two goals before the end of the whistle.   Her team cheered as they jumped on top of one another in a giant group huge. 

“Congrats Bella!” Neymar shouted as their team heads back to the locker rooms.  She smiles up at where he sat and gave him the peace sign before running inside to change.  Everyone decided to take Annabelle out for dinner and drinks to celebrate her win.  It was rather late when they left the bar and she decided to stay with Neymar for the night, saving him the trip of taking her home.

When they got back to Neymar’s place, she realized that she had never really been in his house before.  She found herself wandering around while Neymar turned on the music and danced around into his room to grab some clean clothes for her.  When Michel Teló’s song came on, Neymar runs out of his room holding clothes in one hand and his phone to his mouth in the other like a microphone and sings aloud to the song slightly off key.

Nossa, nossa

Assim você me mata

Ai, se eu te pego,

Ai, ai, se eu te pego

Delícia, delícia

Assim você me mata

Ai, se eu te pego

Annabelle laughed so hard that she felt her stomach cramp up.  Neymar dances over to her and rocks his hips besides her.  Annabelle kept laughing as Neymar drops everything on the couch and takes her into his arms.   He moves her to the beat then swings her outwards then pulls her back into his arms, pressing her body against his.  They laughed as they rolled onto the couch together.

“You’re too silly,” she giggled as he leans his forehead against hers.

“And you love it,” she nods before getting up from the couch with the clean clothes in her hands.

“I’m gonna go change.  Are you gonna come to bed?” he nods and lets her walk off to his room first while he turned off the music.  

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A/N = Sorry for the short chapter!  I wanted to separate the next chapter and this current chapter since in the next one, things will get very steamy. ;P  So for any young readers that want to skip the next chapter, you won't miss a thing, except for the sexual situations. =)