Amor

The Story of the Two Graces

Another story loosely based on a tale told by a friend.

Note: This story has been altered, but still contains names and places. It's just a retelling and here's a warning, not for NSFW, but because this is an LGBT story. Love exists everywhere, and I may have been mistaken by not adding that tag in the first place, but here it is.

It all started during a futsal tournament. For those of you who don't know what futsal is, It's a variation of football that is played on a hard court, mainly indoors. So of course, Me, Regina Grace, who is not so bad at football and futsal, was requested to join. Except that they only told me the day before, so it was pretty rushed and rough. I got teamed up with her. Her name is Diana Grace. I didn't know her yet since we came from different places. I first noticed her because of her light attitude, and for always making everyone laugh.

Before I proceed with all that stuff about what happened next, let me tell you about our lives before meeting each other. I had this friend, we were really close, and he was a guy. Yeah, I had a guy friend. He wasn't really my boyfriend, but he would take me out, walk me to school, all that stuff. My friends would even be joking around and asking him to buy them Starbucks in order for him to pass their test. Of course, that never happened. She had a relationship during that time, but that story would be for later.

What I didn't know then was that she was a really powerful striker. I instantly developed a crush when I saw her score a header goal. I was already watching her after that, and she was just so cool!

I didn't think I'd see her again after that, but I did. It was in another tournament, and we were on different brackets, so this time we weren't teammates. So while waiting for my game, I was sitting in a friend's tent, when she went in. It turns out that they were friends too. The only place that was available was beside me, so that's where she sat. She just finished a game, and it was hot inside, so I fanned her. I don't know why I did so, but I did. Then she also did something that was unexpected. She leaned her head on me. When I ask her about it now, she also doesn't know why she did it in the first place.

During that month, she was dating someone else, her friend of two years, and they had been dating for a month. They even had a polaroid picture together and she kept it on the back of her phone since her phone case was clear. She probably thought I didn't see it, and she turned it so I wouldn't see the picture, but as I said, ever since the first game I've already been observing her and I've already seen it. She doesn't know this, but I was secretly taking pictures of her. I'd noticed that she had tattoos on her leg, but I didn't care and took pictures anyway.

So here's the thing. She broke up with her then girlfriend of one month, and she says it was because she had a crush on me then. That was also the reason why she turned her polaroid. So that's where we first got close to each other.

Next was at a mall. We met there since we lived far away from each other and the mall was like, the middle point, the in-between place. So we were walking, and it was already late, so I had to go home. Anyway, on the way back, we were walking when we both smelled waffles from a nearby stall. We literally stopped and looked at each other, then backpedaled. You know how good waffles smell when you're really hungry, well, that's what happened. So, it was already late, and we were still eating waffles. What we forgot then was that there was a national transportation strike then, and there wasn't any public transportation anywhere. I called a friend to try to book a grab, one of those hitchhiking apps, but one already stopped in front of us so we went in.

So we were on a grab home, and the driver was really friendly. He got curious about us and started asking about our relationship then. we didn't know how to answer him, of course, since it was just our first Ummm, I guess you could call it a date. And here's a funny story about that trip home. When we reached my house, since my parents knew I was alone, I told her to hide when I went out of the car. It was really funny how she actually obliged, laying down at the floor of the backseat, so when I went out, they didn't see her, and she took the same grab back home to her house.

Since that first date, we had a lot of other meetings and chats as well. We talked over messenger, and we got to know each other better. That was the time she told me she actually had a crush on me since the first game where we met. Then we talked some more, and I told her how I'd want to play with her again. How I would like to be her teammate again in the next game, or maybe they can let me join their team.

On another occasion, we had another tournament. This time we were opponents. As I've said before, she was a powerful striker. Well, me, I was a defender, and I was her guard. Every time she tried to take the ball, I would be there blocking her. Except for that one time where she got past me and scored a really cool goal. My coach was fuming. How could I let her through? Well, I couldn't help it if she was really good, right?

Then on another game, yes, another one, we're both players so we have a lot of those, it was sort of the championship already, I guess? We had a penalty kick, and if I got it in we would win. She was there, with some of her friends, and they were actually cheering me on. "Go, Regina! You can do it!" she said, then she did one of those cute finger hearts at me. I got the goal in that day. What I didn't know then was that they took a video. They sent it to me on chat and she complimented me, and I really liked it. We were already really close at that time, though what they know from my side of the family was that we were just really close friends.

During Christmas, she gave me a puppy. It was really cute and adorable and I immediately fell in love with it. I had dogs before, but they'd died, and she knows that. Her giving me a puppy was a really wonderful gesture. Me, I gave her booty shorts. You know those really short shorts but not really too short? Yeah, that. She always said she wanted one, so I gave her one, although she couldn't really wear it outside since she had tattoos on her legs. After that, she stayed at our house overnight. Her parents knew about us, and they'd been supportive, but as I said, my parents only know her as my best friend. So, she got to stay with us.

We're still going strong, even though we had some problems, but what relationship doesn't have problems? This upcoming January would be our birthdays. Her birthday was on January 8, and mine is on January 9. Hopefully, we would get through everything.