Interns at FC Barcelona

Chapter 22: Unbelievable

“What are you doing here?” Ibrahim asked. I had to tell myself to take a deep breath like before and try the best I can to calm myself down.

“We um, we came to return Leo’s jacket,” I said as best as I could. He flashed me a smile. I could feel my heart beating like crazy.

“You two really are very different to people we meet,” he said, “People would normally keep the jacket.”

“Leo said the same thing,” I somehow managed to say normally and shocked myself.

“Well did you give it to him?” he asked me.

“I did but he said I could keep it,” I said once again managing to sound normal .He smiled at me.

“I would have told you the same thing,” he said speaking to me while staring into my eyes. I could feel myself blush.

“Yes Jade? Oh-,” Cesc said as he came back to see me blushing at Ibrahim.

“Am I interrupting anything?” He asked Affelay and me once again with a mischievous smile.

“No of course not,” Ibrahim said, “Bye everyone,” he said as he walked off.

What? Did I miss something? I thought we had some connection or was it just my mind playing tricks on me? Cesc must have noticed my confused face.

“So?” He said with an amused expression on his face.

“What?” I said a bit too defensively.

“I’m not too sure, you called me remember?” Cesc said.

“Oh, um” I said trying to remember why I called him.

“Seems like you forgot or you were occupied,” he said shrewdly looking to where Ibrahim just left.

“No I wasn’t,” I said defiantly as I remembered why I called him. Cesc just gave me a look.

“I was going to ask you what you meant by keep an eye on them,” I said.

“It doesn’t matter anymore,” He said smiling.

“What do you mean?” I asked him.

“You can’t keep an eye on them since your eyes will be somewhere else,” he said staring at me.

Was I that obvious?

“What?” I asked acting confused.

“It’s ok, I’ll have to keep an eye on both of you,” he said seriously.

“Me? I’m not the one that made headlines with some girls,” I said impulsively in a teasing voice but I was in shock after I said that. Did I just diss Cecs Fabregas to his face?! What was I thinking? Plus he had had such a long relationship. He seemed a bit taken a back at first.

“I am so sorry, I didn’t-“ I began to say but he raised his hand to stop me and smiled.

“It’s ok , how about I make you a deal? You keep an eye on me and I keep an eye on you, deal?” he asked me as he held out his hand for us to shake on it. I smiled still feeling bad about what I said.

“I’m so sorry, it just came out,” I said apologetically.

“It’s ok, my sister does that too,” he said, “So do we have a deal?”

He was being serious.

“I thought Pique does these silly things,” I said.

“He does but he is not here now so I have to make up for him right?” he said happily.