Chapter 43

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When we landed there was a welcoming committee on the airport and little kids giving bouquets to all of us. There were white and yellow flowers, wrapped in blue ribbons. Along with the green of the leaves they made up the colors of Brazil. There were cameras there and I suspected they would show the arrival of the CBF on TV. I put my sunglasses on, feeling a little more confident behind them. Somehow I was descending the staircase behind Neymar. People where calling for him and he smiled and waved at everyone. I heard my name called and turned to see who it was at the same time Neymar turned around to look at me. I almost lost my balance and missed a step but next thing I knew his hands were on my waist stabilizing me and my feet were on the ground again.

"Thanks." I said. He nodded and hurried inside the airport. With a sigh I followed after him and the rest of the team. We got through the airport quickly once again and another CBF bus was waiting on the other side. We got in and drove towards the hotel. People on the streets recognized the bus and stopped and waved even though they couldn't see inside. Some, mostly kids even chased the bus for as long as they could.

We reached the hotel about half an hour later since the traffic was heavy. It was almost noon when we went to check in. Fortunately we were handed our keys quickly. Everyone had their own room, no roommates this time. I got in one of the elevators with Neymar, David and a few others. We stopped at the sixth floor.

"This is you miss. Room 603." The bellboy said.

"Okay, thank you." I said getting off the elevator. I started to leave but a hand caught the door of the elevator and Neymar said something to the bellboy.

"What's going on?" I asked.

The bellboy answered him, a somewhat frightened look on his face. Neymar got out the elevator, took my room card from my hand and started walking towards my room.

"What's going on?" I asked again. Everyone got out the elevator and started following him. David said something along the lines "Drop it, Neymar." But I wasn't sure.

We reached my room and he unlocked the door and got in. I was so far back and there were a lot of people in front of me I couldn't even see the inside of my room.

Neymar started yelling at the bellboy. I was about to ask what was going on for the third time when the bellboy left the room and hurried down the hall. I saw Neymar sitting on the bed.

"Vamos todos." David said and everyone started clearing out.

"What just happened?" I asked Neymar.

"There was a mistake with your room." He said, without looking at me. I looked around my room. There was a single bed, a small office with a chair, a TV and a mini fridge. It was a small room but it had all the necessities.

"What kind of mistake?" I asked, even though I had started to get it. I reached for the room card in his hand and he let me take it. It was golden. Before I could say anything else, the bellboy came back with his boss, a middle aged guy in a black suit.

Neymar got up and started talking in Portuguese. I signed and sat on my bed. They argued and Neymar turned redder by the second.

"Enough!" I said when I realized this wasn't going anywhere . "I'm fine with this room."

The hotel manager sighed with relief and left before Neymar could object. The bellboy followed in his toes.

"Neymar..."

"They are going to move you tomorrow. They don't have a room today..."

"You know I don't care about the room."

"It's not fair. You are part of the team too. Why aren't you getting rooms as good as ours?"

"I guess we aren't that important."

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