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Birthday Bashes and Encounters
The doorbell rang. Gerard Piqué was having a birthday bash for his twnety-fourth birthday and he couldn't help but grin because he knew who was on the other side of that door. Indeed he was right, his cousin, Natalia Pereira was standing in all her Natalianess. It was pouring rain and her hair was misty from it since he guessed that she ran to his door. Her jacket was zipped up and her hood protected most of her hair as she looked at her cousin and smiled. Her honey colored hair and her piercing blue eyes that resemble his own: that is one thing they had in common, Natalia and Gerard. Their parents were brothers and they were more like brother and sister rather than cousins. Although they did not see each other a lot, they spoke on the phone often and continued to be close. It had been a few months since they saw each other, a little before Christmas because Gerard had to go and play football.
He saw Natalia look at him and flash him a smile as they did their handshake. Gerard Piqué only had one brother, Marc, so Natalia was more of the little sister that he had always watched over, with her being just barely twenty-one and going to school. They hugged each other and Natalia began, " I'm sorry I'm late! I had a presentation to give and it ran late... I rushed over here as fast as I could." Piqué rolled his eyes and replied with a simple, " it's okay prima. Just glad that you're here." He squeezed her arm. Natalia smiled as Bubbly began to play around the house in the massive speakers. There where a lot of people here for Piqué and he seemed very happy. Excstatic really. Natalia saw a few of Spain's footballers here, but a lot of them were missing, "Happy Birthday!" Natalia told him in his ear since the music was blasting. She pulled out a wrapped rectangle box and gave it to him. She noticed that he had a grin on his face and couldn't help but ask, "is she here?" He only smiled sheepishly and that could only mean one thing.
Natalia and Piqué made their way to the kitchen as people were dancing randomly and congratulating him on turning twenty-four. Natalia smiled as she did not know most of these people, but she was okay with that. She was one of the people that wanted to be out of the limelight, the least people knew about her, the better. Natalia was never one for attention, and specially since Gerard was such a hot shot for everybody. He was Barcelona's number three, and a good player at that. He was Spain's player and people loved him. Natalia could see why he out of all the players would become one of the best. Hell. The entire Spanish team was named the best in the world when they won the world cup. Football was not of interest to Natalia, but she did watch it sometimes. Her father made her watch the world cup, and she thought that Holland deserved to win the world cup. They worked for their wins, Spain just got lucky that Villa managed to score at least one goal in every game. It was just luck. Natalia saw that a lot of people were having a lot of fun, and she liked that, but she couldn't have a ton of fun hence her being out on a school night. Not that she had a lot of classes on Thursday.. it was just kind of far. She lived about an hour away from him, so it was quite the drive. Natalia didn't mind it at all, it was just the fact that she was probably not going to be in the mood to drive back tonight.
When they finally reached the kitchen through the lake of people that were having such a good time, Piqué turned to see her and then asked her what she wanted to drink. Natalia asked for some water and Piqué got her a glass. While he was going to the fridge Natalia felt a presense beside her and she half turned to see who it was. Her eyes sparkled and her mouth turned into such a big smile that she could not believe who was standing right next to her. Her long dirty blond hair and her dark brown eyes made her want to pinch herself that she could not believe that it was her. Shakira was standing in all her glory and smiling at her. Piqué had recently told Natalia that he was indeed dating the Colombian sweetheart, not that she read the tabloids. When he told her this, Natalia couldn't believe it, there was no way the twenty-four year old could score a babe like that! "Hola Natalia! Mi nombre es Shakira, mucho gusto en conocerte." Her smile just got Natalia, "Mucho gusto, Natalia!" They shook hands as Gerard came back with Natalia's water. Natalia could not really speak because her world has just been made, "ah. This is my girlfriend Shakira." Gerard said as he kissed her cheek. Shakira giggled and they both smiled. Natalia could sense that this was a strong relationship in the way that they stared at each other. As Gerard led the way as he took Shakira's hand while Natalia followed.
The living room had been transformed into something else. All the furniture was out and night lights filled the room with a bunch of different colors while the Dj was in the middle back doing his business. The song continued as Natalia began roaming her eyes to see who was here that she did recognize. Following the lovebirds, who were making their rounds to see if everybody was having a good time, Natalia noticed that her left hand started shaking. She grabbed it with her right hand to make it stop, and then shook her left hand. It began to start up again a couple of months ago, sometimes it would stay, and other times it would go away. She wished it would go away, but knew that it would be with her forever. Frowning because her left hand did not stop shaking, she tapped Gerard on the shoulder and told him that she was going to the bathroom. It was time for her medicine anyway. Gerard gave her a questioning look, but Natalia just smiled as she made her way to the bathroom. Once she finally reached her destination she went in and closed the door, then took a look at herself in the mirror and her left hand still shaking a little. Sighing she took her medicine out of her bag and took two pills of what the doctor prescribed. She splashed water in her face to wake herself up from this dimentia that she was having. Ever since she began to have this stupid disease it would come and go. She hated it. Natalia despised it because she never knew when she was going to feel it or not. Opening the door and not noticing where she was stepping because she was looking inside her purse, she bumped into someone, causing most of her things to fall out of her purse. "Lo siento." Was all Natalia heard as she kneeled to the floor to pick up the first thing she could get which was her cellphone. Then she reached for her medicine, but there was a hand covering it already. That you make me smile please stay for a while now rang through the house as Natalia looked up to see who she had bumped to.
A man with brown hair and dark brown eyes stared back at her.. he looked so familiar! She didn't know what to do, so she picked up the rest of her things and simply mumbled an, "excuse me." Well that was embarrassing. Natalia got up and quickly walked away as for her to not embarrass herself anymore in front of this handsome man. She saw Gerard and Shakira had started dancing...well it was mostly her, but he was having fun. He locked eyes with Natalia and saw her concerned look. He whispered to Shakira that he would be right back and she continued to dance. Everybody was just astonished that she was even in the room.
"What's wrong?" Gerard asked Natalia as he came over to her. "Yeah. I'm fine! My hand started shaking again..." Natalia responded pretending to all of the sudden be very interested in the wall. "Have you been taking your medication?" Up until recently.. not really, but she couldn't tell him that! "Of course!" She exclaimed a little too loudly and a bit of a higer pitch. "Stop lying to me." Gerard just told her bluntly. "I don't want to talk about this. School has been stressing me out a bit, and I forgot to take it here and there, but I just took it now so it should go away in a couple of hours.." Natalia said as she fundled with her purse. "You know this is crucial? You could get worse if you don't take what you need to." He said a little strict. Natalia was not in the mood to talk about her health, "how about we celebrate your birthday? Huh? This is what I'm here for.. I promise we can talk about this tomorrow." She said with her eyes pleading. Gerard nodded and then looked past her, "this is the person I have been wanting you to meet for quite some time now. Francesc Fabregas meet Natalia Pereira."
Natalia turned around and saw that it was the same handsome face that she saw not just ten minutes ago.
He saw Natalia look at him and flash him a smile as they did their handshake. Gerard Piqué only had one brother, Marc, so Natalia was more of the little sister that he had always watched over, with her being just barely twenty-one and going to school. They hugged each other and Natalia began, " I'm sorry I'm late! I had a presentation to give and it ran late... I rushed over here as fast as I could." Piqué rolled his eyes and replied with a simple, " it's okay prima. Just glad that you're here." He squeezed her arm. Natalia smiled as Bubbly began to play around the house in the massive speakers. There where a lot of people here for Piqué and he seemed very happy. Excstatic really. Natalia saw a few of Spain's footballers here, but a lot of them were missing, "Happy Birthday!" Natalia told him in his ear since the music was blasting. She pulled out a wrapped rectangle box and gave it to him. She noticed that he had a grin on his face and couldn't help but ask, "is she here?" He only smiled sheepishly and that could only mean one thing.
Natalia and Piqué made their way to the kitchen as people were dancing randomly and congratulating him on turning twenty-four. Natalia smiled as she did not know most of these people, but she was okay with that. She was one of the people that wanted to be out of the limelight, the least people knew about her, the better. Natalia was never one for attention, and specially since Gerard was such a hot shot for everybody. He was Barcelona's number three, and a good player at that. He was Spain's player and people loved him. Natalia could see why he out of all the players would become one of the best. Hell. The entire Spanish team was named the best in the world when they won the world cup. Football was not of interest to Natalia, but she did watch it sometimes. Her father made her watch the world cup, and she thought that Holland deserved to win the world cup. They worked for their wins, Spain just got lucky that Villa managed to score at least one goal in every game. It was just luck. Natalia saw that a lot of people were having a lot of fun, and she liked that, but she couldn't have a ton of fun hence her being out on a school night. Not that she had a lot of classes on Thursday.. it was just kind of far. She lived about an hour away from him, so it was quite the drive. Natalia didn't mind it at all, it was just the fact that she was probably not going to be in the mood to drive back tonight.
When they finally reached the kitchen through the lake of people that were having such a good time, Piqué turned to see her and then asked her what she wanted to drink. Natalia asked for some water and Piqué got her a glass. While he was going to the fridge Natalia felt a presense beside her and she half turned to see who it was. Her eyes sparkled and her mouth turned into such a big smile that she could not believe who was standing right next to her. Her long dirty blond hair and her dark brown eyes made her want to pinch herself that she could not believe that it was her. Shakira was standing in all her glory and smiling at her. Piqué had recently told Natalia that he was indeed dating the Colombian sweetheart, not that she read the tabloids. When he told her this, Natalia couldn't believe it, there was no way the twenty-four year old could score a babe like that! "Hola Natalia! Mi nombre es Shakira, mucho gusto en conocerte." Her smile just got Natalia, "Mucho gusto, Natalia!" They shook hands as Gerard came back with Natalia's water. Natalia could not really speak because her world has just been made, "ah. This is my girlfriend Shakira." Gerard said as he kissed her cheek. Shakira giggled and they both smiled. Natalia could sense that this was a strong relationship in the way that they stared at each other. As Gerard led the way as he took Shakira's hand while Natalia followed.
The living room had been transformed into something else. All the furniture was out and night lights filled the room with a bunch of different colors while the Dj was in the middle back doing his business. The song continued as Natalia began roaming her eyes to see who was here that she did recognize. Following the lovebirds, who were making their rounds to see if everybody was having a good time, Natalia noticed that her left hand started shaking. She grabbed it with her right hand to make it stop, and then shook her left hand. It began to start up again a couple of months ago, sometimes it would stay, and other times it would go away. She wished it would go away, but knew that it would be with her forever. Frowning because her left hand did not stop shaking, she tapped Gerard on the shoulder and told him that she was going to the bathroom. It was time for her medicine anyway. Gerard gave her a questioning look, but Natalia just smiled as she made her way to the bathroom. Once she finally reached her destination she went in and closed the door, then took a look at herself in the mirror and her left hand still shaking a little. Sighing she took her medicine out of her bag and took two pills of what the doctor prescribed. She splashed water in her face to wake herself up from this dimentia that she was having. Ever since she began to have this stupid disease it would come and go. She hated it. Natalia despised it because she never knew when she was going to feel it or not. Opening the door and not noticing where she was stepping because she was looking inside her purse, she bumped into someone, causing most of her things to fall out of her purse. "Lo siento." Was all Natalia heard as she kneeled to the floor to pick up the first thing she could get which was her cellphone. Then she reached for her medicine, but there was a hand covering it already. That you make me smile please stay for a while now rang through the house as Natalia looked up to see who she had bumped to.
A man with brown hair and dark brown eyes stared back at her.. he looked so familiar! She didn't know what to do, so she picked up the rest of her things and simply mumbled an, "excuse me." Well that was embarrassing. Natalia got up and quickly walked away as for her to not embarrass herself anymore in front of this handsome man. She saw Gerard and Shakira had started dancing...well it was mostly her, but he was having fun. He locked eyes with Natalia and saw her concerned look. He whispered to Shakira that he would be right back and she continued to dance. Everybody was just astonished that she was even in the room.
"What's wrong?" Gerard asked Natalia as he came over to her. "Yeah. I'm fine! My hand started shaking again..." Natalia responded pretending to all of the sudden be very interested in the wall. "Have you been taking your medication?" Up until recently.. not really, but she couldn't tell him that! "Of course!" She exclaimed a little too loudly and a bit of a higer pitch. "Stop lying to me." Gerard just told her bluntly. "I don't want to talk about this. School has been stressing me out a bit, and I forgot to take it here and there, but I just took it now so it should go away in a couple of hours.." Natalia said as she fundled with her purse. "You know this is crucial? You could get worse if you don't take what you need to." He said a little strict. Natalia was not in the mood to talk about her health, "how about we celebrate your birthday? Huh? This is what I'm here for.. I promise we can talk about this tomorrow." She said with her eyes pleading. Gerard nodded and then looked past her, "this is the person I have been wanting you to meet for quite some time now. Francesc Fabregas meet Natalia Pereira."
Natalia turned around and saw that it was the same handsome face that she saw not just ten minutes ago.
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