Maisie's POV:

It was a dream come true. They had given me a suite in one of the best hotels. Chi and I almost squealed from excitement when we saw they received us with wine and a gift basket with chocolates and fruit.

I hadn't seen Frenkie or Kiara and I thanked the entire universe for that. So, for now, everything was going great. It was the first day so anything could happen, but I was feeling positive.

I was a ball of nerves, I had to interview not one other than Robert Levandowski. THE Robert Levandowski. I flipped through my notebook of questions maybe a million times before he arrived.

"Robert, you look like you've been training really hard." I joked when I saw him approach me, trying to hide my nerves.

"You guessed that one right." He chuckled and I smiled relieved when he laughed at my joke.

"How are you feeling about the match?" I asked holding the blue Fox Sports microphone.

"I'm feeling way more positive after our last result. I can't be certain about the result of the match but I know we'll give everything. We've been training really hard and going over our teamwork, I'm certain about that." He replied to my question and I nodded listening to him attentively.

"Speaking about teamwork, your team has a lot of new youngsters, how do you work with them?" I asked.

"They're really young so of course it's different with them than with a more experienced player. One of the youngest ones is Pablo for example, but he's great to work with, at the start he saw the others as his idols but with time he got used to it and now plays as great as some of the most experienced ones." He replied and I smiled hearing his answers.

"That's so sweet. Did he look up to you?" I asked.

"No." He joked and I laughed, he chuckled. "He did, he did."

"I'm sure he had his starstruck moment." I joked and he laughed nodding.

"He's an amazing kid, that's all I got to say about Pablo. He's one of the bests." He spoke.

"Well Robert, thank you so much for your time, good luck on the match I'm sure you'll do great." I told him and he smiled.

"Thank you, you're new right?" He asked and I nodded. "I thought so."

"You know everyone around here, don't you?" I asked and he chuckled softly, nodding. "Maisie Findlay." I put out my hand.

"Robert Levandowski." He shook my hand. "But I'm sure you knew that." He added and I chuckled.

"Thank you Robert." I spoke as he walked away waving at the camera.

I turned back to the camera with a bright smile.

"That was Robert Levandowski. Make sure to tune in to see Barcelona play against Vissel Kobe right here in Fox Sports." I spoke and the cameraman gave a thumbs up, signaling the cameras were off.

"That was amazing Maisie, you were amazing." The Fox Sports representative told me as I handed the crew member my microphone.

"Thank you." I smiled and he squeezed my shoulder before walking off.

I looked at Chi and made a face of excitement. She laughed when she saw my face and went in to hug me.

"I just interviewed Robert Levandowski." I squealed excited.

"And you did amazing." She chuckled putting her hands on my shoulders. "I also have a surprise for you." She spoke and I tilted my head confused.

She pointed with her head towards somewhere and I saw Lando, George, Oscar, Carlos, and many others. Even Kika, Lily, and Kelly were here.

"Maisie Findlay!" I heard Lando yell from afar, using his hands as a megaphone and chuckled.

"There's no way." I chuckled as I started walking towards them.

Chi chuckled and followed me.

Lando smiled at me with his hands in his pockets. He was wearing black jeans and a gray hoodie, his curls falling perfectly, a strand over his eyes.

"Maisie Findlay, did you miss me?" He asked with that smile on his face.

I hit his arm.

"Ow." He rubbed his arm and I chuckled.

"You told me it was a confirmation for about 5 tickets, not like 20." I told him and he shrugged.

"I bought the other ones." George intervened and I looked at him. "Please don't hit me." He raised his hands in fake surrender and I chuckled.

"I'm so happy to see you here." I looked at all of them with a smile.

Lily, Kika, and Kelly approached me, hugging me.

"You wore the skirt I told you to, you look so beautiful." Kika put her hand on my shoulders.

"Really?" I asked smiling.

"Your butt looks big." Lily commented and I gasped excited. Kelly nodded in agreement.

"I saw you interviewed Robert Levandowski. He's so cute." Kelly commented.

Max cleared his throat and we chuckled.

"Not as cute as you Maxie." She wrapped her arm around him and placed a kiss on his cheek. Max smiled.

"You did great Mais, we saw the interview. You're a total pro." Max spoke and I smiled proudly.

"A true sports journalist." Lando added and I looked at him smiling. He winked at me, the smile on his face not disappearing.

[...]

The match was about to start. I had just finished my interview with Juan Mata, the midfielder of Vissel Kobe.

I walked through a tunnel to get back to the stands were my friends were. My phone dinged and I looked at it.

Oscar

We just ordered nachos
You should really hurry up, I'm really hungry 😋

If I get there and there are no nachos left I'm gonna murder someone
And it's probably gonna be you
👹

😭😭😭
I promise I'll save you some
Don't murder me

Okay 😊
As long as there are nachos

I promise there'll be 😊

You better

😰

I chuckled softly turning my phone off and putting it back in my pocket.

"Maisie." I heard a familiar voice and furrowed my brows. "Maisie." I heard again and finally spotted who was calling me.

My heart dropped to my stomach when I met his blue eyes. My whole stomach turned and my throat went dry. I think I wanted to throw up.

I turned around in panic and tried to walk away and escape but it was useless. He grabbed my arm softly, stopping me.

"Don't touch me." I got off his grip abruptly and he raised his hands in surrender.

"I'm sorry." He apologized and I looked at him, a look full of resentment.

I hadn't seen him in a long time, my body physically reacted to him. I wanted him far away from me.

"What do you want?" I asked annoyed by his presence.

"I just wanted to see you." He replied putting his hands in the pockets of his hoodie.

"Why?" I let out with hostility.

"To check up on you. You look like you're doing great." He smiled softly and I swallowed hard.

"I am." I stood with my head high.

"I heard you're here with Fox Sports. I know you always dreamed about that." He spoke and I nodded. "Congratulations."

"Thank you." I replied dryly.

"Frenkie." There was another voice which just made my heart sink deeper when I recognized it. "Maisie?" She looked at me in disbelief.

"Yeah." I crossed my arms in front of my chest.

"How are you? You look amazing." She spoke with a high-pitched tone. "I hadn't seen you in so..." She tried to go in for a hug but I cut her off, putting my hand in front, stopping her from even touching me. "You were never a hugger." She chuckled nervously.

"I am with my friends." I spoke and she pursed her lips.

"Frenkie told me you were here with Fox Sports. That's great MaisMais." She spoke and my body physically reacted to her calling me by that nickname.

"Yeah, thanks." I replied.

I noticed them holding hands subtly and took a deep breath. Suddenly, I felt an arm wrap around me and looked up seeing George.

"Hey Mais, I brought you your drink." He handed me a glass with what looked to be a margarita.

"Thanks George." I smiled playing along.

He looked back at Frenkie and took his shades off.

"You are that player." He spoke.

"Excuse me?" Frenkie furrowed his brows.

"You're playing today." George tilted his head.

"Oh, yeah, yeah."

"Frank? Was it?" He asked and I pursed my lips resisting the urge to burst out laughing.

"It's Frenkie." He corrected him. "You're George, right?"

"Right. George Russell, Mercedes driver." He put out his hand and Frenkie stretched it.

George cleaned his hand on his coat after the handshake and I chuckled softly.

"You're a Mercedes driver, that's so cool." Kiara spoke up and George looked at her. "I'm Kiara." She introduced herself.

"Ah, so this is Kiara." George looked at me and I nodded, he looked back at her. "Lovely chat, Mais and I need to leave." He rubbed my arm, not for one instance taking his arm off me.

"Yeah..." Frenkie looked at me and then at George, he looked jealous.

"Good luck on your match Frank." George spoke as we walked away.

I chuckled and he chuckled when we were far from them.

"Thank you so much for that." I told him and he shrugged smiling.

"Just helping a damsel in distress." He joked and I laughed.

"My hero." I joked and he looked down with a smile. I took a sip of the drink. "This is so good."

"It was mine." George spoke and I squinted.

"Was." I remarked the word and he chuckled softly. I chuckled and took another sip.

[...]

Lando's POV:

"Kells, come on, just aim it at my mouth." Max spoke as Kelly tried throwing popcorn in his mouth.

"That's what she said." Pierre said before catching a popcorn Kika threw at him.

Max sent a glared his way. A popcorn hit his face and he sighed.

"Oops." Kelly smiled innocently and we laughed.

"I think we have a clear winner." Chi spoke and Pierre raised his hands in the air.

Kika clapped excited. Pierre walked towards her and leaned down kissing her.

"Ew, get a room." I threw popcorn at them and Pierre raised his middle finger at me.

"There's kids in here." Carlos spoke covering Oscar's eyes and we laughed.

Oscar chuckled trying to push Carlos' hand off.

I heard familiar laughter and turned around seeing Maisie and George walk in together. My whole body immediately tensed up and I clenched my jaw.

"Took your time Georgie." I spoke and everyone turned to look at them.

"Maisie stole my drink." George spoke and Maisie chuckled. "Even after I saved her from her stupid ex boyfriend." He added.

"You saw Frenkie?" Kika asked and Maise nodded.

"And Kiara." She added.

"Fucking bitch." Chi spoke and Carlos covered her mouth.

"No cursing." He spoke and Chi pushed his hand off giggling.

"She even tried to hug me." Maisie spoke and Carlos gasped.

"Fucking bitch." He spoke and we laughed.

"And what did George do?" Oscar asked and I looked at Maisie.

"Just fooled around and saved me." She replied and George wrapped his arm around her.

"What a gentleman." Lily spoke and Alex nodded.

George and Maisie chuckled. I kept looking at his arm around her, tensing up even more.

"Did he wrap his arm around you like that too?" I asked and Maisie looked at me.

"He did in fact." She replied raising her eyebrows and I nodded raising my eyebrows.

Everyone exchanged looks as there was a brief silence, the tension in the air.

"Let's throw more popcorn. Who are the next couples?" Logan clapped his hands breaking the silence.

"I nominate Carlos and Chi." Charles spoke up and everyone clapped.

"Fine." Chi rolled her eyes smiling.

Carlos stood up and sat on the other couch.

"I nominate Oscar and Maisie." Logan spoke and Maisie shook her head.

"I have horrible aim." She chuckled.

"Come on Mais, it can't be worse than Kelly's." Max spoke and Kelly hit his arm. Everyone laughed.

I looked at Oscar who was looking at Maisie.

"Come on Mais." He extended his hands.

"Fine." Maisie chuckled grabbing his hands.

George and I exchanged looks and then looked back at them. Maisie helped Oscar stand up and he walked towards the other couch with Carlos.

"Ladies and gentlemen. Grab your popcorn." Logan spoke and I crossed my arms in front of my chest. "And throw!" He exclaimed.

Maisie and Chi started throwing popcorn. Maisie did in fact have horrible aim. I laughed as I saw her stressing out.

"Higher Maisie!" Oscar yelled.

"I'm trying!" Maisie yelled in between laughter and threw a popcorn, hitting Oscar in the eye.

"My eye, they have salt." Oscar covered his eye standing up from the couch and Maisie bursted out laughing.

Everyone in the room was laughing.

"We have a clear winner." Logan spoke and Carlos raised his hands in the air.

Chi ran towards him and he wrapped his arms around her, pulling her towards the couch. They laughed.

Maisie was laughing hysterically as she poured a little bit of water in Oscar's eye.

"I can't see." Oscar tried blinking normally, his eye fully red.

"I think we found something you're not good at Maisie Findlay." I joked and she laughed shaking her head.

"Had to be something." She spoke and I chuckled looking at her.

"You were too perfect to be true." I told her and she pursed her lips in a smile.

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You're welcome for giving every team a moment in this chapter. I fed all of you 🙏🏻