Mr. Brightside || João Félix

F I F T Y - O N E

7:47PM

"Babe, wake up," João says shaking me.

"Five more minutes," I groan.

"Now," he says in an urgent tone.

I roll away from him and groan again.

"Sofia, wake up, it's important," he shoves me once.

I roll again and fall to the floor. "Owww," I groan, "that's twice you've injured me Félix, I'm keeping track."

"Come here, hurry," he says.

"Wow, a 'come here, hurry,' instead of 'oh my, I'm so sorry, baby,' is crazy," I say getting up. I walk over to him to see what he's on about.

"Look," he says showing me his phone. I look at what he's showing me.

"Oh...my...god...," I say, "he's said I never cheated on him," I try to process this. I reach for my phone to text him and sit on the bed next to João.

Hayes

Me: Hey thanks for clearing my name and saying that I never cheated on you

Hayes: Better late than never
I'm sorry for letting people think you ever did
I know you never did

Me: Well I appreciate you coming clean

Hayes: I'm sorry it took me so long
I can't believe you never cleared the air and unmasked me as the cheater.

Me: What I went through was shitty and it wouldn't have made me feel better to put you through it.
Guess I just thought back to us as friends and knew it'd kill me to ruin your reputation...
Even if you broke my heart.

Hayes: I'm really sorry about that.
I want to fix my mistakes
Have you given any more thought to me taking you out ?

Me: I don't know if it's such a good idea
I've been talking to my dad, trying to warm him up to the idea of you and I together but he's not liking it.
Just give me a bit more time
Maybe after his win tomorrow I can catch him in a good mood and he'll agree

Hayes: I don't understand why you need permission, you're a grown woman

Me: Hayes, he's my father, I respect him and I take his word into consideration
Always
For a while it was just him and I and I know he wants the best for me

Hayes: Have you thought about meeting your bio mom ?

Me: Hayes, No.

I toss my phone on the other bed and fall back down. João lays next to me and pulls me into a hug.

"Sorry for knocking you over," he laughs kissing my forehead.

"Forehead kisses are always the cure," I giggle hugging him.

"Shall we start getting ready for the game ?" He asks.

"Yeah," I say, not getting up.

"Whenever you're ready," he laughs.

I groan letting him go and getting up. I look through my jersey bag for a jersey and head to the bathroom to put it on. I walk out wearing Lisandro's number on my back. João laughs as he sees my Jersey.

"What ?" I ask.

"Nothing," he laughed, "cute jersey."

"Oh my god, is this because of what Nessa said about Lisandro liking me ?" I ask, "I can switch it out if you want."