Since she was a little girl, Catalina 'Cat' Aracelle Sanchez always loved football. And just like the wild dreams of little girls- she aspired to one day play for the team of her dreams, FC Barcelona.
Years later, Cat is marginally closer to her dream; a successful La Liga journalist aiming for the FIFA ranks, frequently going to watch Barca games, and dedicating her free Saturdays to football and training at the CEJG in the morning.
One day, she quite literally bumps into Leo Messi... And everything seems to spiral into a perfect mess for Cat.
Leo Messi is known everywhere for being considered the best player in the world. He joined the La Masia school of football for FC Barcelona at the age of 13, and never looked to play with anyone else since. Thousands of fangirls, millions of supporters, advertising, national team duties, games, money...
But somehow, the La Liga journalist who scrawled her number across his V-Line was the one thing on his mind of late.
Cat was the one girl to fall at his feet that he dared to pick up.
Leo was the one boy who had stolen her heart from afar.
What could a coffee after training turn into?
Isla Hernández takes the opportunity to spend her last summer before University visiting her uncle Xavi in Barcelona. She gets to know the team during her visit and seeks more opportunities to improve her own futbol skills. She makes many unexpected friends and has an undeniable connection with the Golden Boy, Pablo Gavi. By the end of the summer she's questioning the path she really wants to take in life. Does she want to return home and follow the path her parents have always dreamed for her or stay with her new family and pursue an unimaginable career in Barcelona?
Started: 01/22/23
Finished: 06/12/23
Sequel: Can I Go Where You Go?
Second Book: Somewhere In The Haze