I Woke up Next to Lukas Podolski and Holy Crap We're Married

*Reyna POV*
“You went out with the WAGs?” Teresa said her eyes as big as saucers. We were standing to the side waiting for the movie take to cut. We had started filming a few days ago and Jack was in an even happier mood than usual. The man was practical floating on air and rushing everywhere to make sure things were in order. Teresa didn’t really have any work to do since the sets were made, all she basicallydid was stand around looking like she was doing something. I, on the other hand, had so much stuff to do that I was overwhelmed.

“What?” I asked not looking up. I was trying to sew a lose button on one of the costumes and kept managing to poke my thumb and not the fabric. Teresa snatched the shirt from my hand and started to fix it as she repeated the question.

“Yeah,” I answered shifting through papers of bills, schedules, and items to be ordered.

“What was it like?” Teresa said impatiently.

“It was great,” I said taking a paper out and moving things around on the schedule.

“You have to give me more than that!” she yelled.

“CUT!” screamed Jack. He then turned around and gave Teresa as evil an eye as he could manage. “Teresa, my little butterfly, we must be quiet on the set of papa bear so he can finish his movie.”

“Sorry,” she said. When he turned back to the screens she mumbled to me, “How the hell did we get to work for such a weird man?”

I shrug and turn back to my stack of work. Teresa then grabs my arm roughly and partially drags me outside the hotel we were filming at and into the parking lot. I managed to take a few piece of paper so I glanced at them when we get outside.

“Stop looking at them,” Teresa said,annoyed that I was concentrating on work. “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing,” I said not bothering to lift my head up. Teresa tore my files from my hand and held them out of reach. “You won’t get them till you answer my damn questions!”

“Fine! Yes I went with the WAGs to dinner and it was great, they're just like regular people, okay,” I said clutching my pounding head.

“No forget the WAGs, what’s wrong?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Bullshit! You’re all happy for weeks, practically skipping down hallways with a stupid smile on your face and I finally think that you’re marriage is doing great and all of a sudden you’re all moody,” exclaimed Teresa.

“It’s complicated,” I told her sitting on the side walk.

“Then uncomplicated it.”

“I am just getting attached,” I said. I hated sharing my feelings even to someone as close to me as Teresa, I barely even told my brother what went on in my head. The truth was that as the days went by I came to love everything about my new life. I loved waking to the sound of Lukas practicing football in the backyard, I loved the way he cooked for me, I liked going shopping with Sarah till the mall closed, and I loved going home every night and knowing I was not alone. I was getting more and more frightened everyday that when the moment came for me to leave I would break down. Lukas haunted my every thought.

“--- don’t worry about it everything will turn out fine. You might even end up with something you weren’t expecting,” said Teresa. I caught only the last part of her speech because of my wondering thoughts but knew Teresa well enough to guess what she had been saying.

“Whatever you say,” I replied, knowing that I wouldn't be able to stop worrying.

“I hate that book! It’s so boring!” said Julia leaning over the counter with thenovel I had picked out in her hand.

“Julia, you shouldn’t dissuade costumers from buying,” said Denis. Julia rolled her eyes at her brother’s comment.

“The Scarlet Pimpernel is a classic,” I said snatching it from her hand and putting it on the counter. I felt the hairs on the back of my neck lift and turned to see a group of girls looking at me in envy. I had gotten somewhat use to the different looks I received from people now a days but it was still unnerving. It was also weird the way people thought that the things I did and the places I went to were the new cool. Since my visit to Julia and Denis’ bookstore, the place had gotten so busy. Julia and Denis continually thanked me for bring in business as they would have had to close if I hadn’t shown up. I turned back to Julia who had followed my gaze, “Don’t pay attention to them, they’re just jealousy you have sex with Lukas every night.” I blushed at her comment.

“Julia that wasn’t very polite,” rebuked Denis.

“Put a cork in it Denis! It’s true, if I wasn’t your friend I would totally be jealous thatyou fo--”

“Alright then,” I interrupted not wanting to hear anymore about my supposed love life with Lukas. “Can you please just ring the book up?”

“Sure but you have to tell me….what does Lukas’ muscle feel like?” Julia said with a huge smile.

“What about my muscles?” said a sexy German accent form behind me. My heart immediately started to race a million miles an hour as I turned around. Lukas was just as gorgeous I remembered with his cocky smirk and mischievous blue eyes that were looking straight at me. He was wearing torn jeans with a green t-shirt that hugged his toned muscles. “Hey love,” he said taking me into his arms and giving me a kiss on the lips. It wasn’t deep but it still left me at a loss of words. The world came crashing down on me when I heard the huge gasps of all the ladies around as they rushed to get a picture with Lukas. “Pay for your book and lets get out of here,” he said handing me a twenty with a look that said I shouldn’t argue with him. I handed the bill to a speechless Julia, who could barley move, her eyes fixed one Lukas. Denis ended up getting me my change.

“Thanks,” I said. “I’ll see you guys later.” I boldly took hold of Lukas’ arm to show him that I was ready. I also did it to show the women around him that he was mine---at least for the moment. Since when had I become so jealous? Lukas took my hand and told the people around him he had to go. They followed us outside as Lukas opened the door for me. The girls were all screaming for him as he made his way to the driver’s seat. I, for one, was glad when we pulled away from the screaming fan girls.

“It’s good to see you,” Lukas said turning to look at me with a smile. “It’s also good to see that my Ferrari is still in one piece.”

“Ha Ha,” I said in a mocking tone but then turned serious. “I missed you too.”

I saw the sides of his lips lift a bit higher at my comment as if pleased with my answer. I noticed that is techno music wasn’t blasting, instead he had Check Yes Juliet by We The Kings on.

“I love this song,” I said.

“I know.”

“How?” I said frowning.

“You danced to it with me on the night of our marriage,” he said with a smirk. “You continually seem shock when I remember things from that night besides the sex.”

“Sorry,” I said looking out the window. Lukas was an amazing man, most men--Matt-- would only think of the sex. I was always surprised when Lukas did things to contradict that statement.

“So I heard that you had a good time with the girls yesterday,” Lukas commented. His left arm was resting on the stick swift while the other was holding the wheel and leaning on the open window. It was hard for me to concentrate on the question. I also kept looking at the marriage ring on his finger and smiled despite myself.

“Yeah it was great,” I replied looking down at my lap.

“I told you they wouldn’t bite you.”

“Yeah,” was my only answer. I didn’t want to agree with him and give him a big head. I ran my fingers through my hair and looked at the road. That was when my phone rang. I searched through my messy purse and lifted out my cell.

“Hello,” I answered.

“OH MY FREAKIN GOD!” screamed Julia from the other end. It was so loud that I had to hold it away from my ear. I could still hear her perfectly. “THAT WAS LUKAS PODOLSKI!”

“Julia---,” I tried to cut in. I wanted to warn her that Lukas was right next to me and that he could hear every word.

“I CAN”T BELIEVE YOU HAVE HOT LOVE WITH THAT GOD EVERY NIGHT! YOU ARE SO LUCKY!!!”

I blushed tomato red and couldn’t help glancing at Lukas. He had the hottest smirk on his face and looked to be holding in his laughter.

“You’re so mean,” I said hitting him lightly on the shoulder as Julia continued to comment on Lukas’ hotness. He didn’t say anything but continued to drive with a huge smile on his face.

“I have to go Julia,” I said over her loud voice.

“What?!?” she said calming down and allowing me to put my ear back on the cell.

“I’ll talk to you later okay, I’m kinda busy right now,” I told her. There was no way I was going to have a conversation with her in front of Lukas because he always came up during our talks.

“Alight,” Julia replied. “I’ll see you later than.”

“Bye,” I said snapping my pone shut and laying back on the car seat. Lukas and I sat in a comfortable silence for a few minutes before Lukas broke the bad news to me.

“We’re invited to a party tonight,” he said. I turned to look at him but his eyes were on the road.

“What’s it for?” I asked feeling tension build in my body. This was not going to be good.

“My friend Luca is throwing a party so that the guys can meet you,” Lukas said finally looking me in the eyes. “I’m not going to lie, this is going to be hard. They know me better than anyone elseso we need top notch acting tonight.”

“Can’t we just not go?” I asked hopefully.

“Tried and it didn’t work. Don’t worry it won’t be that bad. They’re great guys,” he said pulling into the drive way. I unbuckled my seat belt and walked with Lukas into the house.

“I guess we’re going to have to make this work,” I said, trying not to drown in Lukas’ ocean blue eyes. Easier said than done, I thought.

*Lukas POV*

I flipped to the next channel, bored to death with what was playing. I was sitting in the living room waiting for Reyna to come downstairs. I glanced at my watch and wondered how women took two hours to get dressed. I had finished in less the thirty minutes, throwing on a dark pair of jeans and a navy blue dress shirt. After, I had gelled my hair and had now been watching nothing on TV for over an hour. I stood and walked to the base of the staircase and yelled, “Reyna! Hurry up, we’re going to be late!” I then preceded to mumble some other things in German as I paced.

“You don’t have to yell,” came a voice from above me. I looked up to see Reyna walking down the stairs. She was beautiful in her jeans and pretty little blue top. Reyna pushed pass me to grab her purse on the stand and I couldn’t help admire the way her ass looked in her pants. One word…Damn! Her hair was half pulled up in a clip and she was wearing sexy heels, I had to admit that she had the largest collection of shoes I had ever seen but I did love them. They made her tall--although not as tall as me--and showed of her feet in the best way.

“Are we leaving or are you going to stare at my ass the whole night?” she asked her purse in hand.

I shrugged casually, “Either one is fine with me.” Her only answer was to turn and walk into the garage. We climbed into mycar and in no time were on the highway.

“So what exactly do we do at your parties?” Reyna asked.

“It depends. Tonight will just be hanging around eating, talking, and playing games,” I told her. Usually we would go to the club or have dancing at the parties but since none of us were in a festive mood, we had decided to play it cool tonight. Luca’s house wasn’t far from mine, we were only five minutes away.

“Listen, my friends are kind of crazy so if they act a bit strange and drunk, that’s just the way they are,” I warned her.

“Got it,” She said twirling her wedding ring around. I had noticed that she did that when she was nervous. I reached over and took her hand. I brought it to my lips and kissed her knuckle.

“Don’t worry you’ll be fine,” I said flashing her a reassuring smile.

*Reyna POV*

I felt my heart race as wepulled up into a huge mansion. I looked up to see a tanned color house and holy crap was it huge. I had thought Lukas’ house was big but this house was even bigger. I stepped out of the car and looked around to see a fountain in the front with the greenest grass ever. There were also a variety of flowers planted along the path that led to the front door, most likely on the insistence of Marta. Lukas approached me and stopped in front of me. He looked gorgeous today and had put on some cologne. With him so close to me, his sexy scent rushed up my nose. I was so busy trying not to faint that I gasped as he leaned in to kiss me. My eyes widened but then I didn’t care and wrapped my hands around his neck. I hadn’t truly kissed him in so long that I was not going to pass this chance up. I pressed myself closer to him and let my hands run through his hair as I opened my mouth to accommodate his roaming tongue. I felt one of his hands on my waist while the other slid up my back. I nearly groaned when he pulled back. I looked up at him and saw the same look that must be on my face reflected on his.

“W-What was that for?” I stuttered as I tried to remember how to formulate words.

“For our audience,” he said leaning towards me. He brushed some hair from my face as I turned and looked to one of the windows. I saw a few heads before the curtain was pulled hurriedly back into place.

“Oh,” I said. I had been hoping that he had kissed me just because he wanted to. Stupid, I yelled at myself. Why would he want to kiss you? “So I guess my debt from poker is repaid.”

“Oh no,” Lukas said with a smile. He took my hand and we started to walk up the path. “That kiss was included in our marriage deal. I’m keeping my winnings for another day.”

*Lukas POV*

I rang the doorbell, knowing that one of the guys was delaying answering it so as to look like they had been doing something else instead of spying on Reyna and me.

“Lukas,” said Luca as he opened the door. “This must be Reyna.” He completely ignored me and pulled Reyna into a huge hug. “It is so nice to finally meet you! Lukas has been keeping you locked up somewhere!”

Reyna looked at me with wide eyes but a smile on her face, “Thanks… I guess. It’s good to meet you too.”

“Luca let go of Reyna before you scare her away forever,” Marta said coming around the corner. She approached Reyna and gave her two pecks on the cheeks, “It’s so good to see you again. Pay no attention to this one here, you’ll get used to it.” Marta gave her boyfriend an affectionate smirk before Franck and Tim came running into the hall.

They rushed to introduce each other to Reyna both blushing when she bestowed upon them a beautiful smile.

“Hello!?” I said lifting my hands in the air. “I am here too you know.”

“Hey butthead,” said Luca coming over to give me a hug. I ducked and held Reyna in front of me.

“I don’t want that kind of attention,” I said laughing. I put my arms around Reyna from behind and held on to her hands. It felt really nice to hold her.

“Lets go introduce you to everyone else,” Franck said pulling Reyna from my arms and leading her away. He shot me a smirk behind his shoulders as I gave him a dirty look.

“Relax Lukas, Franck won’t run away with her,” Luca said slapping me on the back. “Wahiba would kill him.” I laughed and followed him into the living room. Reyna was introduced to the whole gang and some of the wives that she hadn’t meet before. All in all his teammates and their special others seemed to like Reyna. We ate around a huge table. There weren’t many seats so some of the women had to sit in their man’s laps. Reyna was one of them and I couldn’t say that I complained. The spaghetti was delicious having been made by Luca, that man could cook anything. The conversations were loud and cheerful. Reyna joined in quite a few times and I could tell that she was having fun and loosening up. I couldn’t help smile at her happiness. After the wonderful meal, all of us broke up into smaller group and didour own things. There was a movie playing in the living room, talking in the kitchen, but most of the people went to the game room. It was a huge area in the back of the house with every game you could think of. I found myself playing pool with Reyna, Franck, and Willy. We got into teams the Frenchmen against me and my wife.

“You are all going down!” cried Franck.

“Vive la France!” yelled Willy

“How much our we betting?” asked Reyna.

“A hundred,” said Franck, slamming down a bill.

“Reyna--,” I tried to cut in.

“Deal,” she said digging a hundred from her pocket and setting it on top of Franck’s.

“Heck yeah!” Willy said as they laughed at what they believed was a sure win.

“You shouldn’t have done that,” I said in her ear. Willy and Franck were the masters of pool. No one had ever been able to beat them at this game. I was fairly decent but still no where near as good as my two teammates. Willy was up first and he sunk in two on his first try. He did a little dance and high-fived Franck. I was about to go next when Reyna took the stick from my hand.

“Ready to win a hundred bucks?” she said flashing me the most seductive smile ever, I almost melted in place. She winked and moved to bend over. Reyna took a few minutes getting situated and the guys had huge smiles on their faces as they watched.

“This has got to be the easiest money I’ve ever made,” grinned Willy just as Reyna took her shot. My eyes grew wide as she sunk three balls. She walked back to me with a smile and gave me a quick kiss before turning to the two Frenchmen. Their moutheswere open in shock.

“I believe your next Mr. Ribery,” Reyna said with a grin. The rest of the game was intense. I didn’t even play, Reyna was a one women team and I was just fine watching her beat my friends. At one point in the game Reyna bent over the table right in front of me and gave me an excellent view of her backside. I was enjoying the scene when I noticed Massimo (Oddo) had been walking by and had stopped next to me and was watching Reyna.

“Keep those eyes inside your head,” I said annoyed as I hit him gently on the head. All he did was grin and walk away. By the end of the game, nearly everyone had crowded around to watch the game. Reyna had to sink two more balls and she had won. Everyone held their breath as she lined up her shot. She hit the number six and them it struck two other balls. They rolled into the holes.

“Yeah!!” everyone screamed jumping in joy. I hugged Reyna as she jumped into my arms and wrapped her legs around me. Everyone cheered as she gave me a small kiss before a set her down.

“Damn, that was amazing,” said Willy totally bewildered that he had lost.

“Thanks. It was the most exciting game I’ve every played, you nearly had me,” Reyna said modestly.

“Go Reyna!” screamed Marta.

“Finally the reign of the “Terrible Frenchmen” is at an end,” laughed Michael. After a few more minutes of cheering the crowd began to get smaller.

“Are you gonna come play Lukas?” asked Bastian holding up an XBox controller. We were always a team when we played PES.

“Yeah,” I called before turning back to Reyna. “I’m going to go play some video games, are you okay on your own?”

“I’m good. Sarah just asked me to play Twister,” she replied. We went our separate ways. I played video games for an hour, Bastian and I dominated as usual. Video games was something I was good at. But before long I got a bit bored and went to see how Reyna was doing. I found her in the living room. The movie was over and thesofas were cleared away. The game was set in the middle, at the moment there was only Luca and Marta playing.

“Left hand on red,” called Lena. Reyna was seating to the right so I went to join her.

“How are things--?” I didn’t finish as Luca toppled over. The girls cheered as the boys groaned.

“So what’s going on?” I asked.

“We’re now playing girls against guys. Couples go against each other and the first gender to two wins. So far we’re tied so the next won will decide who wins,” explained Reyna as Marta got up and sat in between us.

“I think you two should be next,” Marta said.

“What?” Reyna asked in shock.

“It’s only fair, I did drag you away from your love making tonight and you know that twister was once called sex in a box,” Luca smirked as he ducked the flying pillow that I had thrown. I saw that Reyna had turned red in embarrassment.

“Come on,” Saskia pleaded to Reyna. “You can do this.” We walked over to the game as Lena spin the arrow, “Right foot on green.” It was hard. Reyna had the advantage of being petite and flexible, while I was not. But I did love this game, it gave me a chance to be near Reyna. I moved my hand on Lena’s instruction and found myself over Reyna. My arm was close to her face. My chest was almost touching her back and her legs were inched away from mine.

“Right hand on blue,” Lena commanded. This was interesting, Reyna had turned around so now we were face to face.

“Stop looking at me,” Reyna said.

“Why?” I grinned.

“Because your distracting me.”

“Good.”

“No not good, close your eyes.”

“But then I won’t be able to see your beautiful violet eyes when I win,” I taunted. I knew I wasn’t going to last much longer, my arms were killing me.

“You are not going to win,” she responded her hair all over her face.

“We’ll see about that,” I said and preceded to lean down and kiss her neck. She groaned and lost concentration as she fell back. As soon as everyone saw that I had won I straightened up.

“You cheated,” Reyna said with laughter in her eyes.

“All’s fair in love and war,” I replied with a smirk.