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I stared at the restaurant for quite a while so I didn’t notice Ibrahim come around and open the passenger door for me.
“Gracias,” I said as he laughed a bit.
“You know I’m still learning Spanish right?” he told me playfully.
“Yeah,” I said, “I’m still learning too.”
“We should teach each other then,” he said as I got out of the car.
“That might not be a bad idea,” I said smiling at him. We walked towards the entrance of the restaurant and he told the waiter his name.
“Ahh! Senor Afellay, this way!” he said happily leading us to a table outside overlooking a garden. It was beautiful, full of brightly colored flowers with a pond in the middle.
“Gracias,” Ibrahim said as I still looked at the garden.
“Senorita,” the waiter said to me as I turned around, “Por favor, have a seat,” he said kindly gesturing to the chair as I sat down.
“We will be with you shortly,” the waiter said as he walked off.
“This place is beautiful,” I said, “It seems like you’re a regular here.”
He laughed a bit.
“Not really, this is actually where the team comes quite often,” he said.
“Oh I see,” I said and I imagined all the Barca players coming here to eat.
“Menu’s,” the waiter said coming back, “Any drinks for the two of you?”
“ A coffee please,” Ibrahim said.
“And you?” the waiter asked me.
“A latte, gracias,” I told him as he nodded and went off. I stared down at the menu, there were so many choices but I had to be careful to not choose a messy one. I didn’t want to look horrible as I ate.
“So,” Ibrahim said as I looked up at him.
“What are you planning on ordering?” he said.
“I think I’m going to have banana pancakes,” I said as he nodded. I have been craving some for ages and it was a safe choice since you can never go wrong with pancakes.“You?”
“I’m going to get this breakfast meal that Gerard always gets. He swears it’s the best he’s tasted,” he said.
“I’m not too sure how much I’d trust Pique’s judgment,” I said as we both laughed a bit.
“Jade,” I heard a voice I never thought I’d hear here. I looked up to see Cesc with a very strange expression on his face. He looked confused but there was something else that I couldn’t quite place.
“Cesc,” I said looking at him just as shocked.
“What are you doing here?” he asked still very confused almost like he couldn’t believe I was there. I looked at Ibrahim.
“She’s here with me,” Ibrahim said happily turning around to face him from his seat. “Hey,” he said with a friendly smile.
“Oh, I, wow,” Cesc said at a loss for a words. I saw him stare at the ground for a moment until I saw his eyes light up a bit.
“We should sit with you guys,” he said suddenly as he began calling the waiter to put two tables together. Before we could even object to it the tables were already next to each other with Cesc smiling.
“I’ll just tell Daniella where we are,” he said. Oh great this was going to be the worst date ever. I saw Cesc coming to sit next to me.
“Why thank you Cesc, you’re such a gentleman,” Daniella said cutting in front of him and sitting down on the chair. Cesc looked surprised at where she had come from. I was surprised to, she just appeared out of nowhere.
“Well, push my chair in,” she said to Cesc after she sat. He did so and then went to sit across from her. Cesc and Ibrahim began to talk about what I assume was the match.
“So,” Daniella sneered next to me, “We meet again.”
“Yes, we do, how lucky am I?” I said sarcastically. Normally I wouldn’t be as rude but she was ruining my date and it was Daniella.
“You know I had no clue that was your type of guy, now I know,” she said with her nose in the air.
“Excuse me?” I asked her not knowing what she meant.
“You love going for guys with girlfriends,” she said. I started at her a bit confused.
“I’m sorry?” I asked her.
“You do know Ibrahim has a girlfriend right?” she said as if it’s obvious but I could see she was enjoying this. I stared at her and thought she was just talking nonsense.
“Don’t you remember when the whole sprinkler incident happened? His girlfriend was there,” she said and I felt so stupid. Jade how could you forget that!? I didn’t want to admit it but Daniella was right. He did have a girlfriend there didn’t he? I felt a bit pathetic and needed to just clear my head a bit.
“I need some air,” I said standing up from the table. Cesc and Ibrahim looked at me confused.
“We’re outside already honey,” Daniella said and I was very tempted to hit her. Just then I saw the waiter with our drinks. She looked to where I was looking and gave way for the waiter but just as the waiter was going to put my coffee down she bumped into him and the hot coffee spilt all over my dress. I felt pain all over my chest.
“Oh my gosh, I am so sorry,” she said acting innocent. I had just about enough with her.
“Jade, you ok?” Cesc asked but I was only focused on Daniella.
“Sorry!? You did that on purpose!” I said shouting at her and my skin was stinging from being burnt with hot coffee. I quickly took a napkin and began wiping myself up.
“No I didn’t,” she said going on with her sweet act.
“Jade are you ok?” Ibrahim asked but I ignored him.
“You did!” I said back, “You saw him bring the drink and knocked him.”
“Cesc!” she said looking at him, “I swear it was a mistake,” she said and I could see she knew exactly how to manipulate him.
“I know,” he said to her.
“You’re going to take her side?!” I said angrily but hurt as well. I had no idea why I was getting so emotional, I never normally do. It must have been because I was really sick of Daniella and after everything she does, he takes her side.
“She said it was a mistake Jade. I’m not taking a side,” he said.
“You know it wasn’t,” I told him, “She pushed the waiter on purpose!” I said. People in the restaurant were all staring at us and we were obviously disturbing the peace.
“Jade, you can’t just accuse her, she said it was a mistake,” Cesc said again to me.
“I can’t believe you,” I said to him disappointed and all of a sudden his expression changed and he looked like he was sorry.
“Senorita, you are upsetting many customers,” the waiter told me, “If you continue you will have to leave.”
“Don’t worry, I’m leaving now,” I said taking my bag and walking away.
“Jade,” Ibrahim said looking confused, “You can’t leave,” he said slightly sad.
“Jade,” Cesc said, “Please, stay.” I laughed amusingly at him.
“You stay, with your girlfriend that you clearly love,” I said bitterly. I kept walking until I was finally out of the restaurant. Great I had embarrassed myself in front of so many people. I didn’t even know where all this emotion was coming from, why did I care that much?
“Jade,” Ibrahim came out behind me, “Are you ok?” he asked concerned but there was only one thing I needed to know then. I turned around and faced him.
“Do you have a girlfriend?” I asked him looking straight into his eyes. He took a second too long to answer and I just knew.
“It’s not like that,” he began saying quickly. I could not believe it, within minutes the date of my life had become a nightmare.
“I can’t believe you,” I said slightly hurt and I immediately turned around and began walking away from him.
I knew he was saying words but I wasn’t listening, I just wanted to go home.
“Jade!” he shouted running towards me, “I can explain!”
“Please just go,” I said.
“Let me at least take you home,” he said.
“I can take myself home,” I said as I walked away. I had a coffee stained dress, my skin was stinging, and I didn’t know what part of town I was in but more importantly I was hurt and I haven’t felt like this in a long time. Right now I just wanted to be at home with Elena and Demi, people that I knew cared about me.