Aaliyah's POV:
Jude and I were just about to start playing monopoly until I received a message, it was from Ahmed.
Hayati💖
10:35pm
Hayati💖: when were you going to tell me you were famous?
Lia: what do you mean?
Hayati💖: do you seriously have no clue what I'm talking about?
Lia: I don't
Hayati💖: look at this
He then sent me a screenshot of an article that said "What you need to know about Jude Bellingham's girlfriend Aaliyah Hakimi" and they had pictures of me from the match. So turns out I didn't need to hide my face because they had already took pictures of me before I disguised myself, the picture that caught me off guard was one of Jude and I kissing and I had taken my hat off because I thought there paparazzi left. There was no way I could deny it being me, I searched up the website and read the article. They didn't say a "fact" about me other than my age and that I was dating Jude. I decided to read the comments because i was curious what people had written
Anonymous user 1: she's not even that pretty😒
Anonymous user 2: she's probably only with him for his money and fame
Anonymous user 3: she's very ugly
Anonymous user 4: brb going to cry 😭
I know I should stop reading these comments because of my low self esteem issues but I just couldn't stop scrolling and I came across one comment that made my heart break into a thousand pieces
Anonymous user 35: I hope she dies so I can have a chance with Jude😝
I immediately turned off my phone and realized Jude was calling my name
Lia: sorry I was just reading something
Lia stay strong, Lia stay strong, Lia stay strong as much as I kept repeating those words in my head I felt a tear fall down my face but I quickly wiped it off my face before Jude could notice.
Jude: you okay?
Lia: yeah
Jude: you sure?
Lia: yes I'm fine don't worry
Jude: okay
Lia: actually can we play monopoly tomorrow? I don't feel good right now
Jude: yeah sure, just let me know if you need anything
Lia: thank you, good night
Jude: good night
I went upstairs leaving Jude downstairs all by himself which I felt so bad about but I was really tired and I needed to sleep, so I just brushed my teeth and got into our room where Bella was already on the bed scrolling on her phone
Lia: hey
Bella: hey, you okay?
Lia: yeah just tired
Bella: oh okay
Lia: I told Jude about everything last night
Bella: how did he react?
Lia: he was genuinely supportive and made sure I was comfortable
Bella: okay good, because I was ready to fight with him if he had reacted badly
Lia: haha don't worry Jude isn't like that
Bella: good
Lia: I feel tired, so I'm going to sleep. Night
Bella: good night
It was now exactly 12 am and as soon as I closed my eyes I luckily fell asleep.
Jude's POV:
Lia just went upstairs because she's tired, a few seconds ago she looked really sad and even let out a tear but she quickly wiped it away thinking I hadn't noticed, I didn't mention it because she genuinely looked tired so I didn't question it that much. I'm going upstairs to my room to play FIFA since that's the only thing I can do right now.
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It's now currently 5pm and we didn't have training today because we had a match yesterday so it was a day off. I hanged out with Gio for a bit , practiced for a fee hours and just relaxed with mum and Bella. Lia is still asleep, she wasn't kidding when she said she was really tired
Jude: are you sure she's okay
Bella: yes don't worry, I checked on her and she is breathing okay
Mum was in the kitchen preparing dinner while Bella and I were in the living room watching tv
Bella: did you see the article?
Jude: what article
Bella: yesterday a magazine posted pictures of you and Lia after the match and some pictures of her during the match and it was titled "What you need to know about Jude Bellingham's girlfriend Aaliyah Hakimi" they didn't really say anything other than her age and that she was dating you.
Jude: I feel so bad for Lia because she didn't want her face to be seen by the paparazzi and they still ended up disrespecting her
Bella: me too, the hateful comments under the article are honestly some of the worst things I've ever seen, like look at this one
She showed me her phone and I felt so sad for Lia, the comment said "I hope she dies so I can have a chance with Jude😝"
Jude: this is really disrespectful on a whole new level, the fact some people choose time out of their day to write hateful comments like this towards people and move on with their lives not thinking about the damage they just caused to the person really angers me.
Bella: me too I hope she hasn't seen the article yet, bullying people like this is one of the reasons why I keep losing faith in humanity
Before I could respond to her Lia walked in the room
Lia: morning
Bella: oh sweetie it's 5pm almost 6, you slept through breakfast and lunch
Lia: you're kidding right?
Bella: no look at the time
Bella showed her the time and she finally accepted that she had slept for 17 hours
Lia: damn, that article really fucked me up
Bella and I both looked at each other alarmed
Bella: you don't believe the comments on the article do you?
Lia: No I don't, it's just that they found out my name and my age. I hope they don't find anything about my family
Bella: okay good, and yeah it sucks that the paparazzi has no privacy, like imagine following someone around for a living
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Aaliyah's POV:
I have decided to talk to my parents when I go back about starting therapy and I'm sure it will be helpful. After that article was released, I've been getting a bunch of follow requests on Instagram and it got to the point where I had to turn off my notifications for Instagram. Boys from my old primary school are even messaging me asking if I could give Jude their numbers or some shit, I'm not even friends with them so this was actually really funny to watch. One of them even tried to hit on me with a cheesy pick up line😭
Lia: Bella look at how cringy this is
I showed her my phone and she read it out loud
Bella: Lia, there's 8 planets but there'll be 7 left after I'm done with your anus😂
CRINGE AF😩
Lia: you didn't have to read it out loud, it's so embarrassing
Bella: I can't believe someone tried to hit on you with that
Lia: I need to show Jude this because it's funny
Jude is currently upstairs in his room playing FIFA while Bella and I are just hanging out downstairs. I am going upstairs to show Jude the funny dm's I keep receiving because why not? As get closer to his door I can hear him screaming happily which meant he had won, I knocked on his door and waited for a few seconds when he finally heard me and said I could come in
Jude: sorry I had my headphones on
Lia: no it's okay, I came to show you some funny dm's I've been receiving from boys from my school
Jude: okay sure
I showed him the first pick up line and he cringed so hard it was funny to watch, I had received another pick up line and it said
"I'd like to take you to the movies, but they don't let you bring in your own snacks." and we both started laughing at that one because he thought he thought he was smooth when he wasn't. There were a lot more dm's but we read the funny ones, I suddenly received a message from an unknown number and it said
"I see you've got yourself a little boyfriend...you can't run away from me forever Aaliyah😏"
Mind you the message was sent when Jude and I were reading the dm's so you can imagine how the room went from laughter to silence, I completely froze because I was trying to think who could've sent and it all instantly clicked in my head. It was him who came to mind when I thought of who could've sent it.
Hey guys, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and if you did don't forget to vote. Btw for those who don't know "Hayati" means my life in Arabic.
Have a great day everyone🤍
-I