underneath the Flames 13 (Iker Casillas)
Now what to wear to make Niko eat his words and make Iker jealous. I thought as I searched through it. After I found what I wanted, I went to sleep believe it or not I was still tired.
That morning I was woken up at 6 am by Luka telling me I had two hours to get ready. So I showered, dried and did my hair putting it up, and letting it stay wavy, after my make up I put on the clothes I laid out last night. A black mini skirt, black lace top, and a leopard print cardigan to wear over it with matching leopard heels. When I was finally done getting ready believe it or not Luka was knocking on my door telling me they were outside waiting.
I came out of the room to see Niko with wide eyes, and Luka looking annoyed.
âMy sister is now a fucking porn star.â He mumbled as we walked down to the elevator.
âThis is the nicest outfit I have.â I defended, as Niko remained silent.
As we walked through the lobby some of the Spanish players were busy being interviewed, and I noticed that half of them stopped and watched me walk by with Niko and Luka. I was sat at the breakfast next to Ivan who stared with wide eyes at me.
âJesus Lena what are you trying to do, get Casillas to let us score next week?â Vedran asked me while Niko and Luka were talking to someone at another table.
âVery funny.â I told him sarcastically, as a lot of the present wives and girlfriends glared at me.
âCan I talk to you?â Luka told me as he noticed me flirting with one of the younger guys on his team later on.
âOf course.â I said as he took my arm and led me out of the dinning room and back to our room.
âWhat the fuck has gotten in to you?â He exclaimed as soon as we were in his room.
âWhat?â I asked confused.
âLook I get it, I do but acting like this is not going to get you what you want.â He told me.
âWhat are you talking about?â
âI know you still have feelings for Niko.â He told me, âBut you toying around with all these other guys, youâre embarrassing me now I have half the guys on my team telling me how hot my sister is and how they want to get with you.â He exclaimed.
âThatâs not what Iâm doing.â I said folding my arms.
âSo you always dress like this? And randomly sleep with a guy you donât know?â
âI donât even want to know what your answer is for that!â He said putting his arms up. âThat dinner tonight for the two final teams, donâtâ show up. Thatâs even bigger than this was and the last thing I want is the press telling everyone my sister is easy.â He said as he left the room.
Did my brother just call me easy? Okay, maybe I was taking this whole Iker thing too seriouslyâŠ. But I really like him. I spent the rest of my morning locked in my room; Niko and Luka didnât say a word to me.   Maybe it was time I went home? Or at least to Croatia for the rest of the time Iâm supposed to be here before returning back to New York? I decided to call Andrea once again to see what she thought of my idea of leaving.
âWhy would you do that? You still have the finals.â She asked dumbfounded.
âI miss home.â I lied.
âAs in Croatia? Really now?â She said not buying it. âAlright, what happened?â She added.
âMy brother pretty much said I was easy, and then told me to not show up at the big dinner tonight.â I sighed.
âWhat the fuck could you have done to get him to say that?â
âRemember the outfit I wore to Brookâs birthday party last year?â
âOkay, hereâs what youâre going to do.â She began, âGo shopping, and buy something really nice like so nice youâd only wear to like I donât know a wedding or something. And then make sure you leave the same time they do to go to a bar or something that way theyâll see you and be all like oh my god look how nice she looks I canât not bring her.â She went on.
âAre you sure that could work?â
âIf it doesnât Iâll buy you a kitten when you come home.â
âOkay, I guess thatâs a win, win situation.â
âNow go shop till you drop!â She exclaimed hanging up the phone.
So I went out and did just that, of course after I changed in to a pair of jeans and a tee shirt. I think I searched through maybe five different stores over the course of three hours before I finally found something I liked. I made it back just in time as they started to get ready. So I went to go do the same, I showered curled my hair and did my make up and finally changed in to the baby pink dress I bought along with a pair of black tights and a black blazer over it. When I finished I headed out, knowing they would be leaving any minute and oddly enough a few seconds after I left the two of them came strolling out of the room. I got in the elevator, there still was no words said to me I had a feeling in my gut that this was not going to work and Iâd better just wait five minutes outside before going back to the room and ordering a ticket home. I left the hotel lobby and headed down the street, I ended up calling Andrea to tell her the plan failed.
âDid it work?â Andrea asked as she picked up.
âWhat? But that outfit looked really nice!â She exclaimed.
âNeither of them said anything, I guess expect me home early.â I told her.
âSeriously? Are you sure you want to do that?â I asked her as the line beeped indicating there was another call.
âHold on a second I Have another call,â I told her as I hit send on my phone. âHello?â
âWhere are you?â Lukaâs voice asked.
âWhy does it matter?â I grumbled.
âBecause youâre late for dinner.â He told me making me smile.
âJust get back here.â He told me as he hung up.
âIt worked!â I told Andrea.
âTold you Iâm a fucking genius, now run like the wind bulls eye!â
âOkay, Iâm going to go and leave you to watch Toy Story 2.â
âQuality movie.â She said as I hung up and ran to the hotel trying not to trip.
âWell you couldnât have been that far.â Luka smiled as I entered the lobby out of breath.
âIâm sorry Luka.â I told him as I hugged him tightly.
âDonât worry about it.â He chuckled giving me a squeeze. He looked at me after he let me go. âNow you look like my sister.â He smiled as we hooked arms and headed to the dinner.
I sat between Luka and Vedran, and talked mainly to them the whole time. Iker would occasionally glance over at me, but never approached me.Â
âYou should go talk to him.â Luka mumbled to me.
âNah, thereâs nothing to say.â I told him shaking my head.
The rest of the dinner went well, it was a nice night especially for the guys seeing as training would now go in to over drive. For the few days between the dinner and the final, I kept more to myself, Luka and Niko. Weâd go out for dinner and a walk and that would be about it seeing as they were so beat after training.  Niko and I had made up a day later so there was no more tension between him and I. Iâd occasionally run in to Iker and weâd exchange an awkward hi and thatâd be the end of it. From what I had heard his girlfriend and had went back to Spain already. The day of the final came, and I even had knots in my stomach from anxiety.
âIâm so proud of you both.â I told Luka and Niko that morning as they were heading out to the stadium.
âThanks Lena.â They told me giving me a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
âIâll see you at the stadium.â I told them as they left.
Eugene came with me to the game, and we actually had pretty good seats this time on the ground level. Believe it or not we both were decked out in Croatian jerseys.  I was on the edge of my seat the entire game, cheering my brother and friends on. By half time the game was tied.