Cris was half-right, Anna was curious but not worried. Every question was related to the mysterious boy she met. The only thing Cris told Anna is that he was handsome and his name was Mario. But nothing about his work. Anna wasn't supposed to know that the Mario she was referring to was Mario Götze, the football star.

The next day, Cris woke up early. After all, she couldn't forget that she was going to have lunch with Mario. And of course, she wasn't going to tell Anna about it. At 1 PM, she got dressed with a black pair of shorts and her lovely green sleeveless T-shirt with the sentence "Wild heart can't be broken".

The excuse for Anna was that she was only going for a walk. And about the lunch, she would make up something later.

The restaurant was nearly empty. Mario was waiting for her near the door.

"We're lucky, aren't we? There's nearly anyone eating" Cris said after greeting.

"That's why I wanted to meet at this hour. Spanish time" He said, laughing a bit

"Why do you say so?" Cris said. She could think why Mario had said that but she wanted to be sure.

"Because Germans are very punctual to eat. And we have lunch earlier. So now, there shouldn't be lots of people having lunch" The boy answered

"You too?" Cris asked

"Yeah, I'm pretty hungry" Mario said, smiling.

Both entered. Cris looked at Mario again. He had the hood of his sweatshirt on. Cris knew that he had done that just to not be recognised. In fact, she didn't want to be famous or popular. Because of that, they had agreed that if their friends wouldn't know about their "dates", the press would less. So, Mario was trying the impossible to not be recognised. And it was working very well.

Cris decided to order by herself the food. And she did it perfect.

"You speak German too good to be Spanish" Mario said

"Yeah, that's what has 6 years of learning" she said

The lunch was good. Both remembered the previous day. It was funny that they had ended in the same disco (and later, together) after coming from the same place (the match and later, from their own rooms)

Cris looked for a second at Mario's clothes. Under his sweatshirt, he was wearing the "Hungry German Youth" white T-shirt. Cris wanted that shirt, but in black. She had looked for it but her size was sold out. Mario noticed where she was looking.

"Did my sweatshirt got dirty somewhere?" He asked, looking at it, searching for a possible stain

"No, it didn't. I was looking at your shirt" she answered

"You like it?" He asked, relived that he hadn't got dirty.

"Yeah, I tried to get the black one but my size, S, was sold out in both colours" she said

"Do you want one?" The question surprised Cris

"You have more?" she asked as answer

"Yeah, I sponsored them last year together with Ilkay. Didn't you know it?" He said

"I didn't know. In Spain they didn't sell them, less advertised them. The only way to get one is to order them from Germany." she answered

"Ah, it was that. I can give you one." he said, smiling

"Ok, danke" she said, just when the waiter brought the dessert, strawberries with ice cream.

Some minutes after, Cris had paid the lunch and they were out.

"Tell me why have you paid" He asked

"Because you're going to give me the shirt, so I paid in exchange, ok?" she said.

"OK" Mario said

They went to Mario's apartment again. He looked for the shirt and gave it to Cris.

"Danke" she said

"Bitte schön, you know it's nothing. I'm sure it will fit you perfect" he said with his usual smile.

"I'm not that sure but as you say" Cris said and as if it was an impulse, she kissed him. As she expected, Mario kissed her back.

They said goodbye just some seconds after. But Cris couldn't just forget that Mario's face had just turned truly red. And called him before he shut the door.

"This was a date, wasn't it?" she asked "You said yesterday that maybe, but now I'm sure it is"

"Well...yeah. I think I lo-, I mean, I like you" Mario said while his face got as red as the shirt of his new team.

"I also like you" she said

"It's not because I'm a footballer, right?" he asked, quietly

"Of course, not. I would not like or date a footballer who's not cute or is a player in Real Madrid, less if it's Ronaldo. And you aren't both, you aren't a merengue and you are truly cute" she said "And I like you as a person. If I was looking to date a footballer, I would've called the press, don't you think?" Both laughed

"Yeah, right" he smiled and kissed her.

At home, Cris had made up her excuse for Anna and went to her room to try the shirt on. "Yeah, he was right. It fits me perfect" she thought.

She took a photo and sent it to Mario.

"I knew it would fit you" he said in the SMS

Cris smiled. Just some moments after she received another SMS. From him again.

"When do we meet for next time?" he asked

"Let's see... When it's your next match?" she asked

"A friendly against Mönchengladbach at 6.30 on Saturday. Wieso?" he replied

"Can you get two tickets for me and for Anna?" she asked and continued "We meet after the match when I get rid of her. When it's about football, she always comes with me"

"Yeah, of course I can!" he answered with a smiley "Apart, I think I'll play the match"

"Yeah, sure!?" she asked

"Of course, I've got medical tests tomorrow but I think they'll give me the discharge. Today, I've completed the training with the team, so..." he replied "Ich hoffe, dass ich am Samstag spielen kann"

"Das hoffe ich auch" she said in the last SMS

German - English

Danke - Thanks

Bitte schön - You're welcome (thank you's reply)

Wieso? - Why?

Ich hoffe, dass ich am Samstag spielen kann - I hope I can play on Saturday (trying more advanced knowledge of German, I'm practising this type of sentences now)

Das hoffe ich auch - I hope it too

Merengue: Player and also, fan of Real Madrid (I'm Barça and Bayern fan so I don't really like Real Madrid. The only players I like from this team are Casillas, Özil and Isco. And I really can't stand Ronaldo!)