The morning was bright, through Celine's closed eyes anyway. She woke up with a wide arm stretch and a little squeal. The white sheets from Ryan's bed covered half her body and the black blanket was on the edge of falling of the bed. But, on Ryan's side, the bed was completely neet. Not a wrinkle or a bump. She did notice that the night before, the fast that he was so neat and clean and oragnized but thought nothing of it and still didn't at that point. Celine took in a deep morning breath and sat up on the bed. She looked around to her advantage, the room looked different with sunlight shining through the windows. The dark red walls look lighter and more vivid. The dark wood turned more of a red and the pictures much more alive. The bedroom itself was more homely and comfortable, Celine really enjoyed it even more.
Celine discovered a door that led to a bathroom and it was a nice bathroom, from her perspective. Black tiles occupied the floors even in the shower. The shower was big and placed in a corner with two fogged glass walls that made the almost square form. The tiles on the wall inside the shower were white with tints of blue and a rainshower head.
Then there was the black granite tops that surounded the big white sinks, and yes, there were he and she sinks. There was the odd little decoration dispersed in the room and a cologne bottle or two on the counter. She dug through the cupboards under the sink and she found a unused toothbrush still in the package and took it out. Afterwards, she cleaned up her face, removing any left over makeup from the night before and added light makeup because she didn't think she was much of a morning looker.
She quickly threw on a sports bra, some sports panties and her spandex short shorts with her soccer practice t-shirt and did a quick bun. She made sure everything was back in her duffle bag then walked to towards the kitchen, out of Ryan's bedroom and up the stairs and ended in the kitchen.
Still no sign of Ryan, but the smell of coffee changed the thought on her mind. She found a mug after exploring all the cupboards and filled it with the delicious liquid, it's only so fabulous if you add the sugar and cream as well. She then sat down at the island on a bench.
She waited a few minutes and thought Ryan had left so she was just about to call him till a stumble through the door scared her.
"Hey! You're awake..." Ryan said as she shut the front door with his foot, since he had a 2 litre jug of orange juice, two bananas, tub of yougurt and a bag of bagels in his hands, plus a newspaper in his mouth which made what he had just said really hard for anyone to understand.
"Um, sure, what ever you said." She said as if she had heard him and then went over to help him. She took the bananas and the newspaper and placed them on the counter.
"I was just stated the fact that you were awake." She smiled as she watched him struggle to put everything away.
"Well, I have a few errans to run."
"In your soccer uniform?" He asked just as he turned towards after putting everything away.
"I haven't been playing so well lately so I am getting some one on one help. Trust me, I need it."
"Well, you aren't leaving just yet are you." She took the last sip of her coffee and walked over to Ryan. She stopped right infront of him and kissed him. He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her in.
She couldn't let the kiss go any longer because she was planing on hitting the field early before someone planned on using it, so she couldn't spare any time.
"I have to go. Thank you, for the night." She smiled at him. "I needed that..."
"Wait, can we just have breakfast together, please?" He begged with those puppy dog eyes.
"Fine, but I don't have much time..."
"I'll make a smoothie, that's what you eat in the morning, right?"
"You remember?"
"I guess..."
Celine helped Ryan make the smoothie and clean the left over dishes. Then they sat at the island and Ryan red the paper and Celine made her call.
"Hey!" She said into the phone. "Helping me with practice today?"
"A little one on one? Doesn't Eric take care of that part of our relationship?" She felt the smile in his voice.
"We'll talk about that later, so, you in?"
"I guess so, when?"
"I don't know, umm... I guess you can meet me ther ein about 20 minutes."
"Alright, I'll pack some equipment."
"Thanks, I'll see you soon!" She hung up and Ryan turned a page to find the last thing he had expected.
"Celine? That's you!" Celine rushed over to him.
"I'm in the paper?" She looked over his shoulder.
"Who the hell is he?"
"Hey, that's me and Ronaldo, no way! I don't remeber the last time we were both in the paper, let alone myself in the paper . Geez, must have been the world cup two years ago..."
"The two soccer hot shots were seen exiting a coffee shop yesterday morning after a small morning flirt over a cup of coffee. The two have been known for their small relationship in the early years of Celine's soccer career. Cristiano had presumably come to Miami on vacation purposes but now many suspect he is here to visit is ''old friend and trainee'' but we all know the truth. They were also seen taking a few water breaks together outside the arena, spending all the time they could together but still looking their professional selves. Are they secretly together again?..." Ryan read part of the article out loud. "So that's the guy your spending today with? An ex soccer playing boyfriend?"
"He's helping me with my soccer. You obviously don't know him, or how good he is at the sport because you could care less about what I do but he is amazing at soccer. He is considered one of the best players in the world and he has been nice enough to help me with my career. The press twist things, we were discussing the schedule he had in mind for yesterday's practice."
"I'm sorry. I just got you back, I don't want to lose you again."
"You left, what did you think was going to happen?" Celine drilled to him with a hint of annoyance. So she lied to him, her and Cristiano had a little somethin' somethin' going on between them but she had every right. Her and Ryan weren't exactly in a relationship because it takes time to build one, even if your in love and her and Ryan have only been together for two night. Well dinner during one night, and actual togetherness the next. She didn't belong to him, she still had the right to see other people with out feeling guilty till they were married, or alsmost anyway.
"I have to go, I am going to be late and we just happen to be working together on the field, alone, today." She stomped towards the door, putting on a pair of running shoes.
"Your going to train with him? Alone?"
"What, you afraid were going to sneak some sex time in the goaly net." She stood up and watched move closer to her. She just stood there.
"I trust you. It's just a shock, that's all. I never really stoped to think about all the other guys in the world."
"Yeah, I can't just be friends with girls. And, nothing is wrong with me having a friendly relationship with an ex."
"Of course." Celine looked down to her feet, picked up her duffel bag and started out the door.
Before she could leave, Ryan pulled her to him, kissed her and apologized with a small good bye at the end.
"I love you." He said as he backed away from her car window, which belonged to a blackcherry Cadillac CTS.
"I love you." She said, then put on her sunglasses and sped off to the stadium to meet up with Cristiano.
