The Foreigner {Neymar fanfiction}

Chapter 4

The alarm clock woke me up in the morning. I felt tired though I slept for more than nine hours. Stretching and yawning, I thought about what to wear today. Well, I didn't have many choices. I got up slowly, put on a yellow dress and got ready in the bathroom before going downstairs. Neymar was already in the kitchen to eat cereals. Once again he sat there only in his boxers, making me blush a little as I stepped towards him.

"Morning", he mumbled while chewing a spoon full of cereals.

"Uh, good morning", I muttured back and sat down next to him.

"Take some!" Neymar looked up from his bowl and turned his head to me. He then turned it back to his bowl to take another bite. "Take whatever you want. I also have toast in the fridge if you want some. I don't care"

"Um, where can I get a bowl?", I said softly.

"Ohhhh" Neymar stood up and took a bowl out of one of the cupboards.

"Here you go", he replied as he placed the bowl in front of me on the counter. His place to eat in the kitchen was styled like a bar and had bar chairs. I liked it a lot, maybe because nobody in my village had a kitchen like his.

I just finished my breakfast when Neymar hopped down the stairs. In the meantime he put on a black pair of jeans and a casual grey shirt and did his hair.

"Are you ready to go?", Neymar asked picking up his car keys. I was amazed by how quick he could turn from a lazy untidy guy to a serious and well-dressed young man. Before I could even say a word, he already continued talking. "After work we'll pick up my sister from the airport. You will be home alone here with her tonight if you both don't want to come to the training with me tonight"

"Do you have training everyday?", I asked carefully. I didn't want him to leave me alone all the time. With him I felt safe in some way because he and Johnny were the only people I knew here so far. Also I was afraid of Neymar's sister. What if she reacted to me like Neymar did? I didn't want to be the weird foreigner anymore. A lot of things were new to me here, but this was my new life. I was a girl living in a big city now, with a serious job and new challenges.

"If you want to make your dreams come true you have to work for it", Neymar simply replied to my question. I guess that was a yes.

Inside the huge studio, Johnny and Jay were already waiting for us.

"Today we'll only discuss some things like the promoting of the photos and which scenes you would like to have in the behind the scenes video for the fans", Johnny explained. With his last word I heard a short laugh from Neymar. When Johnny gave him a mad glare, he acted like he didn't do anything and put on a serious facial expression.

"Juninho, don't fool me", Johnny mumbled angrily.

After we discussed the things we had to discuss, Neymar drove to the airport along with me.

"Rafaella is your age, maybe you both get along better than you and I do", Neymar turned his head to me and winked shortly before turning his head back to face the highway in front of him. I didn't comment anything to his words anymore because I knew what it would end up like.

The airport of São Paulo was as busy as it was the day I've first been there. Business people, travelers and each other kind of people who were different than I was walked around. Neymar put on the hood of his sweater jacket on top of his cap and walked inside the arrival area. "Look out for a short girl with hair down to her ass at the arrival area of the flight from Rio", he muttered as he made sure that I was following him through the building. "Oh and don't shout my name in the case of getting lost, okay?", he went on speeding up his walk. How was I supposed to recognize his sister? I never saw that girl before.

"RAFAAAAAA", Neymar suddenly shouted as he ran towards a girl who actually looked the way he described her. She had beautiful long brown hair, was really short and wore a sweater and some comfortable pants. Neymar and his sister had a short talk before he grabbed my wrist and rushed out of the building in the direction of his car with his sister and me. His touch on my skin somehow felt good, it made me feel safe and happy in some way.

"You both get in the backseats. Paparazzi are everywhere again. Fuck this shit!", Neymar shouted angrily before entering the driver's seat of his car.

Back at Neymar's house, I finally got to meet his sister from a little closer.

"So Rafa, this is Luciana. She's a new model Johnny discovered. If you can call it like that", Neymar introduced me to his sister. "And jungly, this is my sister Rafaella. She's eighteen, have fun together you babies", Neymar winked at both of us before leaving us alone in the living room. Can't he just stop calling me jungly?

"Come sit down here", Rafaella said as she sat down on the couch and smiled at me.

"So, you're really from the jungle? That's so interesting!", she mentioned enthusiastically.

"Uh, yeah. My home is near Manaus. I'm eighteen just like you", I smiled back at her.

"Oh my god, that's so cool. Can I take you on a shopping spree one day?", she asked.

"Sure, why not? But first I have to gain some money", I chuckled.

"Oh sure", she slightly laughed, "by the way

, don't mind Neymar being an ass. I don't know what the hell happened to him within the past months, but he definitely needs to get his act together again. I think you're the perfect person to get him back down to earth. You know, I'm good friends with his girlfriend Bruna, but I have to admit she isn't good for him in their relationship. She uses his status too much for her own business"

Sounded like that Bruna girl was some kind of a bitch. Maybe Neymar thought I only wanted to use him too and is mean to me because of that. I needed to prove him that that wasn't the case.

"I actually already got used to him being like that to me", I replied with a small smile.

"What? Luciana, you have to defend yourself! Don't let him be mean to you, you don't deserve that", Rafaella declared.

"This is all so new to me, how am I supposed  to defend myself in a world I don't know? Against a famous person? I'm a nobody", I looked down to the black carpet in front of my feet.

"You're not. Show off your most confident side, Neymar needs someone who shows him that his behavior is unacceptable at times", she said. Just as she finished the last sentence, Neymar hopped down the stairs. He sat down next to Rafaella on the couch and seemed to wonder about her demanding look towards him.

"What?", he gave his sister a mad glare but she didn't answer.

"Let's do something cool. Luciana, you have probably never been inside a stadium. How about we got to your former football club Ney?", Rafaella asked.

"Ugh, why not. It's one of my pal's birthday today anyways and they have a public training session today"

"Seems like we have a plan, let's go" Rafaella stood up and put on her leather jacket. Then we went outside and drove to Santos, a city near São Paulo where Neymar's former football club seemed to be. I was pretty excited because like Rafaella said, I have never been inside a stadium. Also, I've never seen a professional team playing football.

On the field inside the stadium a group of young men stood in a circle around an older man who explained something to the boys. We walked towards them and as one of them turned around and shouted Neymar's name, all the others turned around too and each of them welcomed him and said hello to Rafa and me.

"Are you gonna watch us train today?", one of the men asked.

"Yeah", Neymar replied, "my sister and this chick wanted to come here and look around"

"Great! Who's she?", the guy pointed to me.

Before Neymar could introduce me in a mean way, Rafaella told the boys who I was. I was so thankful for her doing that. "This is Luciana. She's from somewhere near Manaus and stays with Neymar for some days. She's a new model Johnny found"

"Model", Neymar chuckled to himself. And there was his mean side again.