PARIS | Kylian Mbappe

3 | Companions

"So how's mum and dad and Effy oh and can't forget little Lilli?", Thomas said as we sat down at a table inside the training centre which had a nice view of the streets of Paris.

I laughed thinking of my family. "Theyre all doing great. Especially little Lilli, she's growing so fast". I smiled as I pictured my baby sisters face in my head knowing Thomas always loved little Lilli, she's only 5 and can melt anyones heart. "That's good, I'll give your dad a ring later to let him know how everything is going" I nodded taking a sip of the drink from the pepsi I got from the kitchen. "So let's talk about the reason your here".

I was on a placement year in university back in England. I had finished all 6 years of my Architecture degree however the final year required a year of work experience. My dad knew Thomas through mutual friends they had been good friends for many years, so it made sense for me to ask my dad to get in touch with Thomas to see if I could live in Paris for a year and do my work experience on the refurbishment of the Parc Des Princes. Of course Thomas said yes. I had a lot to thank him for, thanks to him I have my final year if university sorted out and a place to live whilst in Paris as he insisted in paying for my accommodation which was a very fancy 5 start hotel near the stadium.

"So you will be here at the stadium working with the designers from Monday-Friday 8am-2pm and you will get weekend off. That sound good?". I nodded quickly giving him a hug "Thanks for sorting all this for me Thomas".

"No problem, were glad to have you h-", before he could finish three men loudly walked over.

"Coach, settle an argument it's driving me mad. Dani's last shot, offside?". Asked a very familiar looking man. He had dark hair, tanned skin and had very good fashion sense if I must add. The other two men the exact same description.

"Can't you see I'm in the middle of something Ney", Thomas spoke, the man looked at me then back to Thomas still waiting for an answer as the other two men also awaited his words. Thomas rolled his eyes "Yes it was offside".

"HA!", the man said before turning to me. "Sorry about that, I'm Neymar by the way", he said shaking my hand. Holy shit. How did I not realise. I tried to keep my cool by smiling back. "And this is Dani and Thiago".

"Nice to meet you, I'm Savanna, a friend of Thomas'", I smiled shaking both their hands before Thiago spoke up looking at his manager.

"Thomas?? Why do we call you coach yet she's on first name basis".

I laughed lightly to myself watching Thomas become more irritated each passing minute by his players. "Because I like Sav, and I've know her her whole life. Shouldn't you boys be getting ready for lunch?".

I looked at my surroundings. A small kitchen filled with a few busy chefs and lots if tables and chairs waiting to be filled by the players before they head off home for the day. "Were in the dining hall aren't we? We just wanted you to settle Dani's moaning before we sat down".

"Yeah yeah whatever now leave us alone please Ney I have to talk to Sav about why-", Thomas' phone began to ring, he checked it and began getting up from the table. "Sav I'm sorry I really need to take it I forgot all about this call. If I don't see you again today I'll see you tomorrow and we will continue this talk then".

He gave me a hug, his body towering over my little frame. "Okay no problem see you tomorrow".

"You three look after Sav until she leaves", Thomas said sternly before answering the phone and quickly walking away leaving the three of us in an awkward silence as more players began to enter the room and grab their lunch.

"So", Thiago trailed off "Are you hungry, you can sit with us if you want". I smiled feeling very nervous. "Sure, thanks", I replied getting up from the table following the three men towards the kitchen.

I could feel quite a few stares on me from the other players which was quite intimidating. Neymar could see how nervous I was "Don't worry about all them your with the big boys", he winked, I giggled slightly as Dani rolled his eyes at his friend. "Ignore him, he's weird". Neymar squinted his eyes at Dani before giving his a gentle whack on the head.

"Bonjour Ney, Dani, Thiago et Miss ..?". "Savanna, nice to meet you" I replied to the cute little man behind the kitchen counter. "Ah miss Savanna, nice to meet you too", he replied after hearing my british accent knowing I obviously didn't speak French. "What can I get for you all?". I looked around confused, looking at Neymar and shrugging my shoulders not knowing what was on the menu. However the salad laying behind the man did look good.

"She will take that salad, Maurice", Ney said noticing me eyeing up the salad.

"Of course of course, good choice", he said putting the small bowl of salad on my plate.

"Je vais avoir le poisson, pas assez cuit aujourd'hui...", Thiago began to trail off speaking perfect French when I felt a hard bump on my shoulder knocking me into Neymar.

"Ouch", I said quietly. Ney quickly grabbed me helping me regain my balance before I looked around at the boy who was mindlessly walking away on his phone. "You good?", Asked Ney looking into my eyes and holding onto my shoulders, I nodded.

"Eh! Kylian?! Watch where your going!", he shouted to the boy who stopped looking at his phone and turned around walking back over to us. "What?" He said rudely.

"Say sorry you just nearly took the poor girl off her feet, idiot", the boy gave me one glance before shaking his head and walking away. Ok rude.

"Girl troubles", Dani commented noticing me rubbing my shoulder. "Yeah ignore him, he's an ass when he's having problems with his girlfriend", Ney chimed in. I frowned subtly looking over my shoulder to see the boy now sat down in the middle of other deeply staring at his phone.

He looked up and locked onto my eyes before I quickly turned away. Whoops.