Chapter 1

Chapter 1 

Hugo 

I am a performer. It sounds weird to say because , I cannot see myself doing anything either than what I'm doing right now, and it feels utterly good to be where I'm supposed to be . 

The pitch is my stage ; the Stadium is my theatre, and my audience are the countless supporters I have in the stadium stands and online. I am a footballer and pretty damn good one at that .I have everything I could ever want and that includes , the cars, endorsements, the house , a girl who loves me and dare I say I am loving the good life . 

Today was a huge day for me and I couldn't be mhore excited . The team I captained was taking on our arch nemesis in the football league and this was a very important match for me because my agent had told me earlier on that ; there were going to be big sponsor's and scouts at the game . One of the scouts had an eye on me, and he had been tracking my career from when I first started playing for my Highschool team .

With the announcement of the national team coming up and having put my hand up to be picked as the national team's captain I couldn't be more excited . It was all over the news and I had a lot riding on this game. The domestic league final .

Our team hadn't won silverware in five years ,and since I've been made captain about a year ago we had been moving from. Strength to strength I have the respect of my teammates as a player and captain ,and I am unstoppable. I woke up this morning feeling good, I had an off day hey the big match and I was only due at the hotel tomorrow morning. My girlfriend Lisa was still sleeping and I was busy preparing breakfast for her. I always paid attention to her diet because; she was a model and she was really particular about what she ate . 

I was sure I was on the same page as her when it came to What we both wanted eventually. She knew that I was in love with her, and my mother did t like her. Although her opinion about who I was dating and wanted to spend my life with mattered to me , I think she was wrong when. It came to Lisa , because she wasn't the type to leave when the chips were down and she is a model for crying out load .

She was thick skinned when it came to rejection. She didn't become the most sort after model in the country overnight , she had to work hard to get to where she was . 

I kissed Lisa just to wake her up and she wrinkled her nose in disgust; 

"Eww grab a couple of mints because your breath stinks . " 

I threw my head back and laughed 

" You didn't say that when you were tasting yourself on my lips last night and this morning. " 

She pushed my face aside and grabbed the yoghurt & bran flakes cup.

" That was last night and what's that hideous smell? " 

"I had some of the left overs from last night's dinner. That I cooked and you didn't eat."

" I wasn't hungry " 

" You're welcome an I love you too ."

I stood up to go retrieve my duffle bag from the closet .

I rummaged through the secret compartment for a red box with a black ribbon.

" Aww Black come back babe. " 

" Give me a second "

I double checked the seal on the box and took a deep breath. Given the time frame I had I wanted to do what needed to be done so that I could concentrate on tomorrow's game and if Lisa wanted a glamorous announcement with the spot light on us ,then I could arrange it but right now I needed to have a moment with my girlfriend who wasn't going to be my girlfriend anymore, because she was well on her way to becoming Mrs Hugo Black . 

I love Lisa with my whole heart and I want to have kids with her one day. The last time I ever felt this way about a girl was ; a couple of years back before I met Lisa . 

Her name was Chloe .Like Lisa she had curly blond hair and dark green eyes . Lisa has light green eyes too but she dyed her hair. Chloe was the perfect girlfriend. She was there for me when I missed out on a spot in the team , encouraged me when I was low on morale ,and believed that I was the best even when I felt like a failure. Our relationship was solid until I started cheating on her with my current girlfriend. I came clean with her and told her that I had fallen out of love with her which was a lie . I got taken away by the glitz and glamour of the lifestyle that came with being a soccer star. The last word she said were ; 

" If you leave you walk out on us and there is no turning back." 

Five years later I'm still madly in love with Lisa ,though I still regret the way Chloe and I ended and my mother still calls and asks me what went wrong . I still don't have an explanation. 

I stepped out of the closet with the box in hand and Lisa jumped out of bed wearing only my long sleeve oversized grey sweatshirt that she borrowed from me and never returned in the early stages of our relationship she grabbed the box from me and untied the ribbon. 

"Lisa can I please have that box back. " 

"No can do striker . " 

"As much as I love you calling me by the pet name you have me I'm serious please just give me the box ?" 

She sat on the bed and continued to break the seals .

"What did you get me ? I hope it's that car that I always wanted or better yet new house ." 

I sat across her from the bed and watched as her eyes grew large with excitement and my heart did an instant somersault.

"Nope . You know how we always talked about taking our relationship to the next level? " 

"Yes. What's in this box? " 

She continued to break the seals and on the last one she managed to crack the box open 

"Another box." 

" Hugo? " 

" Well you know how much I love you right ?" 

" Yes "

"This is the part where you say I love you too . " 

I looked at her and she seemed more fixated on the box.

"Whatever I like you too get to the point." 

"I want us to have babies and grow old together. " 

She reached over and gently stroked my jaw . 

"Aww Black . My career comes first honey, you know I want all of that With you but not any time soon . " 

She opened the velvet box that had a princess cut diamond ring and she froze .I knelt down on the side of the bed and looked into her eyes 

" I want us to have our moment without anyone else around just us . "

"Where is the fun in that I am used to having all the attention on me . "

"Then let me be your audience of one ." 

"Are you asking me to marry you ? " I took a deep breath and nodded. 

"Will you be my ever after? " 

Lisa rolled her eyes and looked at me . 

" No Hugo Black and screw whatever moment you want to create it's big no." 

"Wow." 

" Ask me the question you asked me in a stadium full of people ; then maybe I'll say yes . " 

" What is it about you looking for attention and validation Lisa? " 

" You don't get it I feed off it . " 

I slid my hand through my hair . I was already in matching black sweats and socks all I needed was my training bag; duffle bag which had everything and I could go in early to the hotel . 

" We've never had us time. " 

"Don't we have sex every night? " 

"That's different. " 

"Well that's not what you say when I have you screaming my name in pleasure . " 

"I want us to try for kids . " 

" Is it because your teammates wives are having babies too . " 

I lifted my hands up in surrender not wanting to argue . 

"All I'm saying is think of us . " 

"It's all about me. "

" Isn't it always. I have to go ."

"Where are you going ? " 

" To work when you're ready to talk call me . " 

" You have a game to play a lot is riding on the match."

"Trust you to know that ." 

I stood up took my stuff and went downstairs to the garage and took my car I needed to drive off to a place where someone ... Anyone knew the real me . I programmed my GPS and drove out .

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