Well this is the second chapter (hopefuly not the last) of this history, thank you in advance for reading and once more, English is not my first language so you might find my vocabulary poor and repetitive.
and course I don't own the characters, I wish I did.
F I R S T – T I MES
Arthur & Eames
C H A P T E R - II
Denial
"I'll see you soon, be good Eames
Arthur"
"Why didn't you wake me?"
"You were snoring"
Arthur wasn't even looking at him, his eyes were on the model that Ariadne had made for the upcoming job while taking mental notes, he was tired, he haven't sleep since he got to Amsterdam.
"Shut up, I don't snore…" - Eames lifted his eyebrow unbeliever and annoyed.-
"Oh, but you do" – Arthur's face was expressionless when he finally meet Eames "perhaps you'd rather I disappear without a trace?" his eyes were back to the model
"I'm sorry but you can't expect me to find that note cute"
"I had a plain to catch Eames…" - said a little exasperated.-
"I could have escort you to the airport"
"Aren't you being a little melodramatic?" … - said annoyed giving him an irritated look.-
"Aren't you being a bit of an arse?" – He said enraged-
"I was drunk" – Arthur gave him a look that Eames could only interpret as regret.-
"Still a kiss, sweet heart…"- Said with sour.-
His eyes blinked now and then but his mind was a complete –and forced- blank, while Eames eyes were wide open and still in his mind he was mentally punching Arthur's handsome face.
"I don't want to talk about this now" – he looked away.-
"You know what, kid?" – said raising his eyebrows, staring at the ceiling - "the world isn't going to end because of what you did…" - took the cigarette on his ear- "but do remember one thing" – and pointed Arthur with it.- "you kissed me, think about that the next time you come to me" - Eames lit his cigarette as he walked towards the door.-
"It won't happen again…" - Arthur convinced himself as he spoke looking through the window, it was late again.-
"Keep saying that to yourself… -Eames smiled evil - "actually" – he said exhaling smoke then meeting Arthur's blanked look- "do it, please believe it because I'm not sure if I'm interested anymore, I'm not very good at dealing with denial. "
"Who's the arse now?" – Arthur shouted.-
"Good night, kid."
Football
It was an early September Sunday, and the gunners were going to play that afternoon he didn't want to go alone and he knew Cobb didn't like football and Yusuf was a Chelsea fan "wanker" so that only leaved Ariadne
"Sure, I like soccer!" – Ariadne was keen about the invitation.-
"Alright sugar, but don't call it soccer while we're on the stands I don't want to get killed this particular afternoon"
Ariadne laughed and blushed
"I'll keep my American mouth shut."
At one pm they were ready to kick to the stadium, they were pretty close, just a few blocks away - Eames really enjoyed to walk his way thought London more than any other city he lived in.- but something disturbed him when they were close to the gate, they spotted Arthur's wearing Steven Gerrard's t-shirt besides Yusuf.
"Are you fucking with me right now?"– Eames said to Arthur, this was the first time Eames said anything to him in more than 6 weeks.-
"I thought you were a Chelsea fan" – was Arthur's reply.-
"NO" – Eames was offended, a childish feeling maybe, but football is no joke for him and Arthur was wearing a fucking Liverpool t-shirt.-
"Why so grumpy Eames?" – said Yusuf amused. – "I still have a seat for you in Stamford Bridge by the way."
"You can stick it up into your arse" -Yusuf instantly laughed at Eames. - "And you" – raised his eyebrow. - "fucking Liverpool?"
"Please tell me isn't because of 'the Beatles' that'd be beyond silly, even Yusuf lived here for a while, am I right?"– Ariadne was picking Eames side just to tease Arthur; she liked to see him do faces.-
"Yes Ariadne, best three years of my adolescence" – Yusuf smiled mischievously.-
"For your information" – Arthur finally said. - "I studied there a whole semester, at the Liverpool University."
"Really? That's pretty cool" – said Ariadne. - "it seems like the only who hasn't lived in England is me, damn, I feel so uncool" – she was of course joking, trying to ease the tempers.-
"Well pet, now you will see which team is actually worth of calling themselves a football team."
"Be quiet Eames" – said Yusuf smiling. - "You aren't even wearing your team t-shirt."
"Let's say I don't need a t-shirt to look like a gunner, I'm from here, remember."
"Can we please just enjoy the game" – said Arthur rolling his eyes.-
"Yeah guys, enough for the pre-match insults, let's just get in… wich seats do you have, by the way?" - Ariadne asked to Yusuf.-
"We're going to The Diamond's Club… a sky box"– said Yusuf. - "you can come too Ariadne if you like."
"Rubbish"– said Eames looking how the gates where opening, - "we're going to sit close to the pitch because that's where you really enjoy the games."
"It was a gift from Saito" – Yusuf replied. - "did you know he's a shareholder of the club Eames?"
"I wouldn't be surprised…" - he said without looking at Yusuf.
They walked into de stadium together then, inside they went separated ways.
"There's a way you guys would join us? I mean, boomer you two, being all snobs in a sky box! What do you say? "
"In the second half "– said Yusuf. - "let me see what I can do… I'll text you! "
"Promised! You too Arthur or are you afraid of being insulted down there? "
"Not at all, we will just talk to Saito's people and we'll get back to you, good luck Eames, enjoy the game Ariadne."
"Piss off already!" – Was Eames reply.-
Arthur smiled, but only Ariadne could see it.
"This is really awesome" – Ariadne said already in the seats - "I mean, we're right in front of the field, I can't believe it, this is so exiting! How did you got these? "
"I told you, I'm from here"–Eames slimed naughtily-
"What did you do?" – Ariadne said curious-
"A little inside job… "- Eames laughed.-
"What did you do?" – Ariadne was inquisitive-
"Got into Bruce Buck mind… stole some valuable information."
"Who's he?"–She was clueless.-
"Chelsea's FC president, but don't tell Yusuf... that was before you and him, even Arthur was on a little hiatus that time… Just Nash, Dom and I"
"When?"
"Two years ago"
"Damn! Well, I'll give you this, freaking good seats!"
The first half was really entertaining they could see everything really close, Ariadne who wasn't exactly football savvy asked Eames wherever doubt she had and Eames was more than pleased to answer.
"This is only the second time I'm in this stadium" – he said.-
"Really? I though you grew up here. "
"This is a new structure; I watched the games in Highbury when I was a child"
"I should have noticed this was new, I mean, is really modern… I'd like to see Highbury too!"
"It was demolish I'm afraid… but we can go, there's a few pubs I like."
"Demolish? I see…Pints after the game then? "
"You bet!"
The first half was about to end, Ariadne enjoyed to see Eames cursing Liverpool players while telling her facts "that's Gerrard the lad from Arthur's shirt, he's a good captain I'll give him that he's also England's captain" , "that's Césc Fábregas, he's Spaniard and our captain, fucking awesome player, hope we're lucky enough to see him scoring today"… "He's cute" Ariadne said "yeah he's not too scruffy", "the club is 124 years old" , "wow now I know why you get mad when Americans call this soccer, I mean this is what real football is all about!" , "wise words pet, I never understood why you call it football, I mean is not even shaped like a ball and you carry it around like a purse" Ariadne was completely amused, laughing very loud, but it didn't matter because everybody was chanting and jumping and no one cared about her loudness. The first half ended in zero for both teams…
"Oh, Yusuf just texted"
"Where are you?"
"We exactly are we Eames?"
"Lower tier, block number 5, text him there's two free seats over here, bring you something to drink?"
"Just water!"
"Alright, be right back."
By the time he returned with water, drinks and ships Arthur was sitting in Arianne's spot and she was a row further with Yusuf "here's your water, got tired of me?", "Oh no, Yusuf was telling me about the best three years of his adolescence I'll be with you in a bit!" Eames smiled giving up on her, he sat next to Arthur.
"I really, really thought you were a Chelsea fan."
"Why?" – They weren't looking at each other, their eyes right on the grass.-
"Don't know really, maybe because I met a few blues back in Liverpool and they had a bit of your attitude, actually that's one of the first things I thought about you 'sure he's a pensioner'"
"Gunners are also tough "
Arthur was about to said something when he was interrupted by Ariadne
"Yusuf is telling me that by your raise location you should be a West Ham fan"
"Well darling, if we take Yusuf raise location he shouldn't even be a bloody Chelsea fan but he is… isn't right my Bandari FC friend?"
"You got me "– said Yusuf in laughter-
"But why are you an Arsenal fan then?"
"My mom is an Arsenal fan."
"And your dad?"
"I don't have a bloody clue about that."
"Did I say something wrong?" –Said Ariadne embarrassed.-
"Not all at sweet heart, I was raised by a single mom and two older sisters, gunners, all of them."
"So your mom is from south London?" – Asked Yusuf.-
"That's right and my two sisters…"
"Are they older than you?" – Asked Arthur who had remained in silence for a while.-
"Yes."
"Can we know their names?" - Asked Ariadne.-
"Sure, Maggie is the oldest she's 40 and Amy, she's 35".
"Did they dressed you up like a girl and gave you names?" – Asked Ariadne laughing- "because my cousins do that with my little cousin Joe, they called him "Florence""
Eames started to laugh really hard followed by Yusuf and finally Arthur
"Yes they did, of course, but my name was Emily."
They laughed at the same time as they started to eat the snacks.
"what was like the Diamond's club?" Eames asked to Arthur "snob and half" he replied, they looked at each other for a few seconds and then the second half was on.
"One of my cousins, Amelia, clothed me with her snow white dress once, it was very traumatic, my grandpa found me in it, I was 8 and God, I remember everything very clear."
"What did he do?" – Asked Eames.-
"He told me "son, boys don't dress like girls" and he gave me that look" – he mimicked the hard and disapproved look, Eames smiled- "I cried so hard, for hours and it wasn't because of what he said I knew that but that look, he never looked me like that again, never and it's stuck in my head…" - said thoughtful-
"Why are you telling me this?" – Eames was genuinely confused.-
"I don't know" – he said still pensive- "I just wanted you to know."
"Well – he said looking at him side wards. - I appreciated."
They smiled at each other for a moment and then at minute 58 a Fábregas goal, they game would end up Arsenal 1 -0 Liverpool
"Pints on me!"– Said Eames chipper. – I find me self in good spirits…" - he said sarcastically looking into Yusuf and Arthur direction.
"I'm texting Dom" – said Ariadne.-
"Tell him we're going to The Bank of Friendship for a post match pint, he knows where it is."
"We're going to "the bank of friendship", don't be a party popper and join us, pints are on Eames"
"Arthur" – Eames said raising an eyebrow sarcastic. - "You might want to change that t-shirt it is a gunners pub. I don't want get in a fight to defend your honor, sugar"
Arthur raised his eyebrow "not amused, not amused at all" he said taking off his Gerrard t-shirt.
Here I'm busted, I love football and I'd like to think that Eames is a Gunner instead of a blue (I can't stand blues IRL) and I wanted to go with Fullham or West Ham originally but it was nicer to make him fan of a big team like Arsenal FC because is one of my favorite teams of the Premier League (even though I was made for Liverpool and Liverpool was made for me, YNWA) and it wasn't fair to make Eames a red since in my mind (and having awareness of Tom's background) he's a London lad so I went for Arthur and make him a red and Yusuf a blue because I can see him wearing a blue Chelsea t-shirt since the Bandari FC (a mombasa football team) has a bit of blue as well :)