see you later // Pablo Gavi

Chapter 16

𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅.

𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘, 𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐇 𝐌𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐈 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐀𝐒 𝐈 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐒𝐇𝐄'𝐒 𝐆𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄, 𝐈 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐂𝐊 𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐄𝐃𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐌 𝐃𝐎𝐎𝐑.

"I'm getting dressed right now!" she calls through the door.

"Just open the door. We're both girls. I'll look away. But I have something I need you to see."

"What? Just tell me."

"No, no, I think it'd be better if you just saw it. Please, Charli. It's really important. Just open the darn door, girl."

"Okay, okay, one moment."

I look away as I hear the doorknob turned and the door pulled open, holding the signed Pedri jersey in front of me for her to see, wearing my signed Gavi shirt.

She squeals, probably annoying the neighbors in the flat next to ours, but of course, we don't care. She snatches the jersey out of my hand, yelling, "Oh my God, Em, what the hell?! Where did you get these?! How?! It really is his real signature!" Her voice is so high right now.

I can't help but grin to myself. If she knew the guy I hang out with every Thursday morning was Pablo Gavi... My God, if she only knew. "It's a secret how I acquired them. But we're wearing them to-"

"Tell me how-"

"Nope!" I giggle, finding this all very amusing. I will never tell her. Not until, of course, I get the okay from Pedri and Gavi, which will likely be never. "You have got to get back to getting dressed, remember?" I smile. "Bye!" I walk away, much to her dismay, and she shouts behind me, but I keep walking, feeling smug.

This game is going to be so fun.

I text the groupchat I have with Pedri and Gavi.

𝖬𝖾:
𝗂 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗂 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗃𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗒. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗎𝖽. 𝗋𝖾𝖿𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝖨 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗂𝗍

𝖯𝖾𝖽𝗋𝗂:
𝗂𝗆 𝗀𝗅𝖺𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗍. 𝗂 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝖽 2 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇

𝖬𝖾:
𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗁 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌

𝖦𝖺𝗏𝗂:
𝖾𝗑𝖼𝗂𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋

𝖬𝖾:
𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝖿 𝗑𝖺𝗏𝗂 𝖻𝖾𝗇𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎. 𝗂 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇, 𝗂 𝖺𝗌𝗌𝗎𝗆𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌?

𝖯𝖾𝖽𝗋𝗂:
𝗍𝗈𝖽𝖺𝗒, 𝗒𝖾𝗌

𝖬𝖾:
𝖺𝗐𝖾𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾. 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗇𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽. 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾, 𝗀𝖺𝗏𝗂, 𝖼𝗎𝗓 𝗎 𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗄𝖾𝗍𝗌, 𝗒𝖾𝗌?