Chapter 37

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"At least you were smart enough not to start a brawl" Catalina said to her brother as she walked into the locker room unannounced startling a few player who were undressing themselves.

"Catalina what has Pep told you about knocking on the door before entering" Leo not wanting his sister to see some inappropriate things called out for the people in the showers to come out with at least bottoms on.

"It's not like I haven't seen any of it before" she laughed at her brothers disgusted face as he threw his wet towel from his hair at her.

"Fine I'll knock next time" throwing the towel back at him which he gracefully caught she took the seat next to him and gave him a side hug.

"You played well hermanito" the endearing comment earned a good amount of her hair to be ruffled.

"Thanks" pulling her back into a side hug they sat and talked in quite whisperers trying to gain some sense of privacy.

"Oh my god Geri what happened" of course she was still mad at him and the rest of the boys but that doesn't mean she would ignore his overall health.

"Well your lover boy gave me this when he pushed me" theoretically it was his fault since Ronaldo was the one to push him and caused him to fall on the floor which then allowed for
someone to step on his hand. His hand had to have sat in a bag of ice for the past 20 minutes.

"He's not my lover boy plus you deserved it" really she knew how Geri's temper was and any second he could snap when mad enough.

"I was just playing the game if he didn't like it then maybe he's not man enough for it" he smirked as if what he said had any value.

"God your such an asshole why can't you just admit that it was more than just playing the game. You allowed your outside life to take over your work one which in most cases would get people fired but because your you there's no repercussions" sometimes she sits and thinks about how privileged they really lived not only her and Geri but the entire football community. I mean compared to normal working people they could get away with anything even illegal crimes.

"Grow up Lina this is the real world if you don't like how I act then too bad" maybe he was out of line when talking with her as he noticed Leo stand up to shield his sister thus causing several eyes to backing his.

"Too bad your a selfish asshole who can't get his head out of his ass for just a second to see that I'm just trying to help you. I've only wanted what's best for you but you in return can't even provide me support in one of the most vulnerable moments in my career" her life has always been on display once she became famous so for him to not be in her corner and supporting her hurt beyond belief.

"I've always supported you but not when it comes to ruining your life and public image for some plastic Portuguese life size ken doll" how couldn't she see that he was just trying to protect her.

"You know what screw your Geri you won't even take a moment to listen to my part of the story before jumping ship on to your own idea" trying to storm out she didn't make it that far when she heard him call out for her which just made her speed walk.

"Itzel" hearing another voice call out her name made her freeze as she knew it only meant trouble.

Looking around she realized she was right outside the guest locker rooms. Lucky for her most players were still finishing packing up, but unlucky for her Cristiano wasn't one of them. It just so happen when he went out to look for her that she turned the corner, he thanked his lucky stars with the coincidence.

"Cristiano right now isn't the time" trying to barge pass him to get to the private parking zone she didn't get a step in before he blocked her path.

"No it is we really need to talk because I can't spend another minute with you being mad at me" looking into his brown eyes she couldn't deny him until a voice did.

          

"Get the hell away from her haven't you've done enough damage" grabbing Catalina by her arm Geri pulled her towards him and away from Cristiano's arm.

"I think you should let go of her arm before I do some damage to you" Cris meant every word as he took a menacing step toward him not liking the tight grip around Lina's upper arm.

"Big talk for someone who can't even defend himself on the field" this was in reference to when Sergio came to his defense.

"Good thing were not in the field why don't you show how much of a big guy you are and throw the first punch. Come on I'll even leave you an open shot cause it's the only one your going to land" while Geri had a temper it seemed Cristiano's times it by two, but in his defense he just wanted to fix things with his girl and Pique wasn't allowing that.

"Geri–don't" but it was too late the shoving fest already begun.

"Cristiano just—" it seemed that all her warnings were thrown over there head as then fist started to fly.

"What are you guys animals get off each other" now as much as she wanted them to separate she also wasn't dumb enough to split up a fight between two grown men even if they were acting like kids right now. Especially if they were two fit men.

Seeing as this was the only solution she ran into the Madrid locker room looking for people she could trust to keep this a secret. Spotting Marcelo off to the side she called for his attention with a simple waving of frantic hands. Of course this also got Sergio's attention who was sitting next to the curly head.

"What are you doing here trying to get us killed" he looked around as if waiting for Leo to pop out and murder him.

"No I need your help...both of yours guys help outside. It's urgent" she admitted with a bit more reluctance to Sergio who she didn't know all that well but trusted his friendship with Cristiano.

"Lead the way" and thus opening the door they were welcomed with two grown men brawling on the ground and she couldn't believe how no one had spotted them yet.

"Now I see" Sergio joked before making a move to pull them off which took a few tries and that's when they heard foot steps.

"See I told you guys they would be fine—oops" Neymar paused at the sight before him along with an accompanied Dani, Javi, and Leo.

"Yeah Neymar cause that looks amazing to me" Leo had been stupid to believe Neymar that his sister and Geri needed space to talk because obviously that was a lie.

"Well don't just stand there help" Lina exclaimed to the group of men who stood around.

After some tries and pulls they finally got them to separate with Cris in Sergio's hands and Geri in Javi's. They both were evenly bruised but it looked like Cristiano got a bit more punches in as Geri sported what looked to be a black eye and him a busted lip.

"Just take him to the locker room before they see him" she urged being the responsible one.

"Let's go" Dani addressed the boys waiting for Catalina to join them like she would've done if she wasn't mad at them. The key word being would've.

"You guys go I need to talk with Cristiano real quick" some basics had to be left down after that incident and thankfully Leo backed her.

"I think I won if I do say so myself" the stupid smirk was spread across his face which made Catalina both want to kiss and wipe it away.

"Can you guys give us a minute as well" this had to be a private affair.

"What you want to kiss his boo boos better" Sergio puckered his lips to make kissing sounds.

"Let's go dumbass" Marcelo pushed him towards the locker room door with a wink to the couple.

"Thank you guys" she called out before the door closed not wanting to be impolite.

"Don't be mad" Cris pleaded trying to take her hands to hold.

"How can I not be you just indulged in a fight in a very public setting. Not only could someone have been recording and sent this out to media sources but you could have also been caught and benched or even worse suspended" overall he should've known better and she expected better from both of them.

"I know and I'm sorry but it's just the way he talks to me. He makes it harder for me when it doesn't need to be" his and Pique's rivalry went back to their Manchester days but that was something else entirely.

"That's the way Geri is Cris. He messes with your head to get that type of reaction" she known Gerard long enough to pick up on his faults.

"And your friends with that guy" that just didn't seemed like the type of person Catalina would associate herself with.

"Well I'm dating you who should know by know to ignore his advances" this caused a smile to appear on his face.

"What" she questioned.

"Nothing it's just you said dating. I wasn't sure if we were still doing that after our fight" unknown to her that relieved some stress and worry off him.

"Cris just cause we have one fight that doesn't mean we instantly break up. That just means we're going to have to work harder to push through it" this didn't mean he was off the hook.

"That's great" she cut him off before he could continue.

"Wait that doesn't mean everything is cool with us. I think you should get checked out and then meet at my house so we can talk in private" things had to be addressed before something like this happened again.

"I'll be there in a few minutes" he responded.

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