Eight. Headlines

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It was the day of Jude's — well, Real Madrid's — match, and Nevaeh was having an existensial crisis. Despite the debate she had with Angela and Aubrie via their groupchat, she still had no idea what to wear. As promised, Angie lended some of her favorite gold jewelry to wear the first planned outfit, the baggy tee and jeans. But Nevaeh wasn't sure if that's exactly what she wanted to wear. So over the course of six days, she had fought with Brie and Angie over her her outfit. Ultimately, they had given up and just told her to figure it out.

     Aubrie was soon to arrive so the girls could get ready together, but she was running late. The two didn't travel together since Nevaeh would be spending the night in Madrid with Jude, and Brie was just going to go back home. Still, Nevaeh was freaking out about Aubrie's absence because she wanted the day to be perfect. She was about to see the man who seemed to genuinely have an interest in her and wasn't using her for anything. She needed it to go well.

     After scrolling through Pinterest for outfit ideas, Nevaeh was exhausted from seeing the same outfits repeatedly. Plus they all wore Madrid jerseys, and she was not buying one. She had decided to settle for the original outfit idea that Angela and Aubrie had come up with. She wore a white tee with some baggy jeans and a pair of basic Adidas. She used the jewlery that was lended to her by Angie, and tried her best to make it look good. She did, look good that is. And she felt like it, too.

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Nevaeh had booked a hotel in Madrid since Barcelona was hours away, and Aubrie had joined because they were going to the game together. However, she wasn't staying the night since she wanted to get back to Salma. Aubrie had worn something basic similar to Vaeh, except instead of lighter colors, she wore darker colors. She had made herself comfortable on the hotel bed while she waited for her best friend to finish getting ready.

"Are you almost ready? Match starts in an hour," Aubrie called out, waiting for the girl to come out of the hotel's bathroom.

"Here I come," Nevaeh replied, walking out of the bathroom. "Do you think I look fine?"

"I dont think 'fine' is the word, I'd say more like, a jaw-dropping goddess?"

Nevaeh giggled saying, "No, I mean do you think he'll like it?"

"Who, Jude? He better," Aubrie smiled, standing up. "Okay let's go. You got aux."

iMessage
(nevaeh 🫶🏾, jude ⚽️)

Today  2:28 P.M.

nevaeh 🫶🏾
on our way now, i hope ur ready to see
how sexy and amazing i look

jude ⚽️
Counting on it

nevaeh 🫶🏾
btw i'm bringing brie with me but she's
going back to her gf's place after
the match

nevaeh 🫶🏾
she said she hopes you lose

jude ⚽️
Feelings are mutual

nevaeh 🫶🏾
what would she lose 😭

jude ⚽️
anything. her job, her house,
her money. you know

nevaeh 🫶🏾
no, jude honey i dont know

jude ⚽️
Will i see you in the crowd or
will i have to point to the sky
when i make a goal?

nevaeh 🫶🏾
you'll see when we get there

nevaeh 🫶🏾
are you inviting your friends to the arcade?

jude ⚽️
No, figured yours wouldn't come

nevaeh 🫶🏾
and whys that 🤨

jude ⚽️
Cuz you're surrounded by Culers

nevaeh 🫶🏾
better than being a madridista

jude ⚽️
well i've only been playing for a
few weeks so i wouldnt know

nevaeh 🫶🏾
we'll transfer you to barça soon

jude ⚽️
wouldn't dream of giving you the
satisfaction 🥱

nevaeh 🫶🏾
are you mocking me?

jude ⚽️
If you're taking it that way then yes

jude ⚽️
ok i'm sorry that was mean 😕

nevaeh 🫶🏾
yeah you better apologize

jude ⚽️
I'll see you at the match 🙄

nevaeh 🫶🏾
okay sassy
Read by jude ⚽️

The match had already began several minutes ago. Real Madrid had scored on their opposing team twice taking the lead. Jude hadn't scored yet, so it didn't matter to Nevaeh.

     She would clap whenever Madrid had a nice play, but she wouldn't get too excited. She was here for Jude. Not Real Madrid.

     "Do you think the other team's gonna score?" Aubrie loudly asked Nevaeh over the booming chants of the Madrid fans.

     "I don't know, Madrid's actually playing good today," Nevaeh answered in a very monotoned voice. She didn't really care too much about the match, since again, she didn't support either team at all. Until Jude did something, she'd just sit here and stay silent.

     "It's probably because you're here, Jude probably told them to up their game," Brie joked. The two girls laughter faded out and Aubrie continued on. "You know he's been looking at you this whole game, right?"

That piqued Nevaeh's interest. She looked over at her friend who just shrugged, then back at the game. Her eyes scanned the pitch, searching for Jude. Lo and behold, he was already looking at her. She did a small wave motion to him and he smiled back at her before getting back into the game.

     She couldn't really get interested into the match since Jude wasn't really making any moves, until he did.

     One of his teammates had passed him the ball, and Jude had just kicked. He didn't care where it went, as long as he kicked the ball. And to his surprise, he scored.

     "Nevaeh, he scored!" Aubrie shouted as the Real Madrid fans all started cheering. Nevaeh stood up screaming as well, giggling once she realized what had just happened. She looked at Jude and how happy he looked with his teammates. He quickly scanned for her in the crowd and pointing at her as if to say, 'that was for you.'

     Aubrie took notice of this, scrutinizing her best friend's face to see what was going through her mind. Nevaeh was the type to show her emotions on her face. All she could do was smile. His celebration, him pointing at her — it took all of her thoughts and words away.

     "I'm scared to leave you two alone now," Aubrie laughed once the adrenaline had died down. Nevaeh giggled at Brie's joke, but she was still speechless. Out of all of these years supporting Gavi, he had made countless goals saying they were for her. But another boy? That had never happened before. It was such a special moment to Nevaeh that she wanted to take a picture of it and put it in a locket to keep safe forever.

"I don't know, I think he's just joking around," Nevaeh shrugged, watching as the teams continued playing. "It's not like he's made any real move on me."

"He went out of his way to find your Instagram, he bought you and your best friend tickets to his match last minute just so he could see you. On top of that, he asked to hang out with you afterwards and offered to pay for everything. But he's 'just joking around,' right?" Aubrie ranted, trying to get her friend to see it through her eyes.

"Yeah, sounds about right," Nevaeh smiled. But she didn't take her eyes off of Jude. Aubrie just sighed, yet again failing to make her best friend stop thinking with such stupidity.

     After about an hour and a half, the game had ended. As expected, Real Madrid had won 3-1. She and Aubrie had left the stadium's seating, waiting for Jude to text Nevaeh. Of course, they'd have to wait for him to talk to his team and potentially go through interviews. However, to Nevaeh's surprise, it didn't take him long at all.

iMessage
(nevaeh 🫶🏾, jude ⚽️)

Today  5:07 P.M.

jude ⚽️
Ready when u are

nevaeh 🫶🏾
where even are you???

jude ⚽️
Hold on me and Cama see you

nevaeh 🫶🏾
why are you bringing cama??😭😭

jude ⚽️
Aubrie duh

nevaeh 🫶🏾
you're so sassy omg

jude ⚽️
Just give us a second I'm
pretty irresistable

jude ⚽️
Okay a little bit too irresistable I'll
meet you outside somewhere

nevaeh 🫶🏾
where am i supposed to be going jude

nevaeh 🫶🏾
'somewhere' isnt exactly helpful

jude ⚽️
I know i'll just send you my
location when i get somewhere
quiet

nevaeh 🫶🏾
okay

jude ⚽️
Okay
Read by nevaeh 🫶🏾

After mindlessly walking around trying to navigate their way outside, Nevaeh had finally received Jude's pin. They followed his location on her phone through the maps app, and found Jude conversing with Camavinga.

     Aubrie nearly dropped dead there. She had always been very fond of Eduardo, and wanted to meet him again. But there was never the chance for that to happen since their teams were rivals. She just wasn't prepared nor expecting to see him at all. The two immediately dove into conversation, Camavinga completely disregarding whatever he and Jude were talking about.

     "Forgot how good you look in person," Jude looked down at her smiling. Nevaeh laughed, but she still felt her stomach drop upon his compliment,

     "You played good today," she smiled back, trying to ignore that sick feeling she had. "So, where are we headed first?"

"Should probably break apart Cama and Aubrie first before they get too attatched," Jude said, nodding in the direction of his teammate and Nevaeh's best friend. "And I should probably shower."

Nevaeh made a face and waved her hand in front of her nose and commented jokingly, "Yeah, you do stink."

"I will leave you here."

"I'm too pretty for you to leave me."

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"Jude, you literally suck," Nevaeh laughed, making fun of the way he played the game. Currently the two were having a competition of who could make the most shots in the basketball hoop. So far, Vaeh was winning.

Aubrie had left earlier (not without having to be pried away from Camavinga) and spam-texting the group chat between her, Nevaeh, and Angela about Jude's goal. Apparently, fans in the stadium had noticed it and taken a video of it, so now it was just about everywhere.

"This is why I play football," he groaned, missing another shot.

"Just give up already. Let's face it, I'm better than you, Bellingham."

"No, I'm not accepting defeat," he looked over at her. Although he was mad about losing the game, he couldn't help but smile at her. How did he get Nevaeh to come all the way to Madrid just for him?

The loud buzzer had sounded, marking the end of the game. Nevaeh had won 37-22, making Jude sigh heavily.

"Hah! I told you," Nevaeh cheered, doing a mini-celebration dance. "I knew I'd win anyway." He just looked at her with a smile, not even upset about the loss he took. All he could do was just look at her with pure love in his eyes.

"Fine, but you won't beat me at darts," Jude challenged her, a very confident look on his face.

"You're on."

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Turns out, Nevaeh was horrible at darts. She actually lost terribly, Jude getting down to zero and her still having all of her points. He ridiculed her about it for a few minutes, before she challenged him to the tie-breaker — bowling. They were only going to play one game and turns out, they were both really competitive at the sport. They were on the last frame, surprisingly tied.

"It all comes down to this," Jude crossed his arms, a smirk on his face. He was ready to beat her at her own game.

"Bring it on, Brit," Nevaeh told him confidently. She walked over to the ball return, grabbing her pink bowling ball. She walked up to the lane and swung her arm, rolling the ball down the track. She had hit all but one pin, and the last one was slowly rocking back and forth. She crossed her fingers and hoped that it would fall, just so she could beat Jude. To her luck, it did. "Beat that, Bellingham."

     "Trust me, I will," Jude stared her down as she walked back. He went to get his own ball, walking down the lane. He took a deep breath to calm his nerves, hoping he would just get the strike so they could tie and be done with this. He looked back at her for a moment and asked, "Do you wanna get food?"

     "Stop stalling and just throw the ball already," Nevaeh groaned, crossing her arms the same way he had. "And yes, food would be nice after I beat you."

     He rolled his eyes before turning his focus back to the game. He rolled the ball down the lane, knocking down nine pins. Similar to Nevaeh's roll, the last pin standing had been slowly rocking back and forth. However, his didn't fall down. It stayed up, which meant Jude had lost by one.

     "No way you fucked it up!" Nevaeh exclaimed, laughter pooling out of her mouth. "That means I win and you owe me food."

     "Whatever, I was just letting you win," Jude scoffed, clearly taking his defeat poorly.

     "Don't be a sore loser, Jude. I did tell you I'd win."

     He rolled his eyes once again and mumbled, "Let's just go."

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nevhaven  bowling champion!! mini dump of tonight's events 💞

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nia's notes
this was... quite the chapter !!!

i dont even know what to say so much happened

proofread but also not so ignore any grammar mistakes 🙏🏾

CAMAUBRIE MEET 🔥🔥🔥 (salma is sliding down a wall and crying)

juvaeh ☺️☺️🎀🎀💕💕💖💖💓💓❤️❤️❤️💞💞💞

gavi in vaeh's comments had me DYING bro

i have nothing else to say

bye guys i love you so much take care of yourselves 😁😁 vote & comment pls