FIRST OFF, this chapter will seem chaotic, it will switch povs here and there, but starting with Tate of course. also don't be mad at me for it, it's for the plot, SO DEAL WITH IT😗
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"They're doing good right now." I say as I cross my arms, looking at the scoreboard reading 2-0.
"Mhmm." Isabelle hums as she sits up in her seat a little bit more, looking down at the field. I glance at my phone quickly and as I'm reading a text I swear the stadium goes silent besides gasping. "Tate." Isabelle whispers.
"One second." I mumble as I text my mom back.
"Tate." Lani says this time as she taps my arm.
"What?" I question as I look at her and she nudges her head down at the field. I stand up so I can see what's happening since everyone else is standing and Pedri is facedown on the ground, holding his back. Gavi squatting down next to him, checking if he's okay. "What just happened?" I ask as I look at them.
"Nasty tackle." Isabelle says as the player who tackled Pedri, goes over to him, pulling his jersey so that he'll stand up. "Oh god." Isabelle says as Gavi immediately pushes him back from Pedri.
"This isn't going to end well." Lani mumbles as I'm just staring at Pedri, still laying on the ground before he sits up slowly, Ale taking his hand as he helps him stand up. He leans forward as he places his hands on his legs, taking a few deep breaths before I look back at Gavi and the other player.
Escalated quickly, which doesn't surprise me. Gavi and the player from Getafe are being pulled away from one another but Gavi pulls out of Lewy's grip, going over and hitting him. "Oh fuck." Isabelle says as she sighs, sitting back down. "I can't even watch this. Let me know when the red is out."
"The red is out." Indi says immediately as Isabelle nods.
"Yep, knew it." She mumbles.
"The Getafe player got one too, probably for the tackle." Lani says as she looks at Isabelle briefly.
"At least they both have 10 now." She shrugs as I divert my attention back to Pedri and he's on the sideline, his jersey pulled up, cleat marks going up and down his back.
They spray something on it before he goes back on the pitch, as Isabelle clears her throat. "I'll be back, I need to go see Gavi." She says as she excuses herself and Indi and Lani exchange looks.
"Can she even do that?" Indi asks as I nod, waving the vip pass.
"Yes ma'am." I say as she nods.
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Isabelle's pov
I make my way down to the locker room and I can immediately hear Gavi yelling inside. I take a deep breath before I knock on the door, opening it slowly as he looks at me. "I don't know what got into me." He says as I nod, going over and giving him a hug.
"It's okay, you're fine." I say as he relaxes into the hug. "It happens sometimes, even if anyone gets mad at you, you did what you thought was appropriate. That's admirable. Maybe not the whole hitting him part, but it's okay." I chuckle as I rub his back.
"Is Pedri okay?" He asks as I pull away from the hug.
"His back is probably fucked up, but I think he's going to keep playing. The half was almost done though so maybe Xavi will make changes." I suggest as he nods.
"Thank you for coming down here, you put me at ease." He whispers as I smile slightly.
"Just don't want you picking anymore fights, you know?" I joke as he leans down, rolling his socks down as I look at him.
"Xavi is going to be pissed at me." He mumbles as he stands up, turning around before he pulls off his jersey. He grabs a sweatshirt as he turns back around and I knit my eyebrows together as I look at his chest.
"What happened?" I question as I reach my hand up, tracing over cuts on his chest as he looks down.
"Yeah I'm not sure, I think it happened when we were fighting but im not sure. Stung for a little bit, but didn't feel it after that." He shrugs as I stand up.
"Here, come on." I say as I take his hand as I go over to a sink, grabbing a hand towel and getting it wet. He leans against the sink as I begin wiping the dried blood off his chest as I can feel him just staring at me.
I try not to smile as he puts his hands on my hips, pulling me closer as I reach past him, adding more water to the towel. "Does it hurt?" I question as I lightly wipe it again. He shakes his head no as his hands begin traveling up the back of my jersey as I take a deep breath. "Your hands are cold." I mumble as he smiles.
"That's too bad." He shrugs as I set the towel down and I step back from him.
"I should get back to the girls, and you should figure out how to explain yourself at half to everyone." I chuckle as he is still leaning against the sink, just staring at me.
"You'd really choose them over me?" He questions as I shrug.
"Well its not that, i just don't want to be in here when everyone else comes in." I say quietly as he narrows his eyes at me.
We stand in silence before he nudges his head and I take a deep breath as I go back over to him. "Well, I want you to choose me over them, you should know this by now." He says as he rests his hands on my hips.
"I've gotten close with them lately." I smile as he nods.
"I'm aware."
"What, are you jealous?" I scoff as he grins.
"Maybe." He says as he puts his hand on my chin, angling it up as he kisses me.
I smile into the kiss as he flips us around and he lifts me up so im sitting on the counter. I slide forward so I'm against him and I run my hands up his back as he plays with the material of the jersey I'm wearing. "You know, anyone can walk in at any moment." I say as I pull away and he nods before kissing me again.
"I know, so take advantage until then." He says as I wrap my arms around his neck.
We're at the back of the locker room and we hear the doors open as he gives me one more kiss before he pulls away, leaning against the counter. "Gavi, where are you?" Pablo calls out.
"Back here, Isabelle was helping me clean up." He says as I get off of the counter, standing there awkwardly as Pablo and Ansu walk back here.
"Xavi sent us to check on you. It's about to be half, you good?" Ansu asks as Gavi nods.
"Just did what felt fitting." He shrugs as Pablo nods slowly.
"Well you probably didn't need to get a red, you could've just let it slide." Pablo suggests as Gavi shakes his head.
"He was pulling him up, and he clearly wasn't okay to stand up right away." He says as I cross my arms.
"I should get going before everyone gets in here." I say awkwardly as they all nod.
"Thanks for checking up on him." Ansu says as I nod with a smile.
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Lani's pov
"So what did you and Ale talk about at breakfast?" Tate asks as Indi tries not to smile.
"We were just getting to know each other, nothing wrong with that." Indi shrugs.
"Love at first sight type of vibe." I shrug as Tate immediately nods.
"And then you and Jude are going to be enemies to lovers, so many tropes." Tate says as I roll my eyes.
"Not going to happen. He's attractive, sure, but I don't see it happening, too cocky for me." I mumble as Indi laughs. "What?"
"You're the cockiest person I know, that's not even a good answer." Indi says as I cross my arms.
"Not even true." I scoff as Tate draws her face straight.
"Its kind of true." She whispers as I stand up.
"Im going to go find Isabelle, this is ridiculous." I say as I stand up.
"Good, now I can interrogate Indi about her date." Tate calls out as I try not to smile, walking inside.
I make my way downstairs after following a bunch of signs and as I'm walking down a hallway someone grabs my shoulder, turning me around. "Looks like you wore my jersey after all." Jude shrugs as I give him a fake smile.
"Feeling like doing charity work today." I say as he laughs.
"You know besides you saying fuck you and i hate you all the time, you're actually kind of funny." He says as I roll my eyes.
"I'm aware." I smile, "have you seen Isabelle?" I ask as he shakes his head.
"She was down here with Gavi, like 5 minutes ago, probably went back up." He shrugs as I nod.
"Great, it hasn't been my pleasure talking to you, hope I don't run into you again." I say as I begin to walk past him and he steps to the side so I bump into him.
I sigh as I look up at him, "What's your angle here?" He questions as I take a step back.
"What do you mean?"
"Why are you so, like, bitter?" He asks as I put my hands on my hips.
"You seem to talk about yourself a lot, and it's not all that cute. You're attractive, I'll give you that, but just not my type." I smile as he gives me a look.
"You did the same thing, so that's not even an appropriate response." He says as I shake my head no. "And you also lied saying I had a lot of women in my contacts, if you saw my texts you'd see I only talk to Tate and my mom."
"Momma's boy, how cute." I joke as he shrugs.
"Nothing wrong with it." He says as I nod, walking past him. He grabs my wrist as he pulls me back to him, "What are you doing tonight?"
"I'm busy." I say as I look up at him.
"No you're not." He counters as I roll my eyes.
"Okay, maybe nothing, but doesn't matter because I'm certainly not doing anything with you." I snicker as he shakes his head.
"You're going out with me." He says as I take a deep breath.
"Whatever." I scoff as I go past him.
"You're folding already." He calls out as I hold up my middle finger and he immediately begins laughing.
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Next chapter will go back to Tate, just wanted to try something new, deal with it🙄