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when joão and antònio finally came out of the changing room, we got into the coach as it started to drive back to the hotel. we listened to music again on the way back.

we got out of the coach and entered the hotel, and once i had walked inside i saw kat sitting on a chair in the lobby. me, joão and rosia walked over to her.

"hey guys!" kat smiled. "congratulations on portugal for winning, i was just watching the live on my phone right now,"

joão smiled. "thanks. but i need to go shower so i'll see you guys later." he kissed my cheek before quickly leaving us and going to the hotel room. 

"i'm bored now," rosia said plainly.

kat spoke up, "well we can go to the lewy gallery i was telling eleanor about," she shrugged.

rosia furrowed her eyebrows and laughed, "the lewy gallery? that sounds funny, but let's go."

-

i texted joão to let him know that i left the hotel. after a five minute walk we reached a small building, it was quite colourful inside and the decorations were very creative. there was a small amount of tourists viewing each painting on the wall and taking pictures.

"katerina!" an old lady beamed as we walked inside and closed the door.

i turned around to look at the old lady who was talking to kat like they knew eachother. the lady had short ginger hair and she was fat. me and rosia looked at eachother and tried not to laugh - (we had an inside joke about ginger haired people being ed sheeran's relatives.)

"guys - this is mrs lisa," kat smiled. "she owns this place. and mrs lisa these are my friends, rosia and eleanor."

"it's nice to meet you girls!" mrs lisa said as she shook both of our hands. "what brings you here?"

"i was just hoping to show them my favourite place in the world. they are new to qatar so i thought why not?" kat responded.

mrs lisa chuckled, "alright. you girls have fun, i'll be behind the counter!" she walked away and stood behind the counter.

me and rosia followed kat until she pulled out three canvases for each of us. she pulled out the paint and took three brushes from a nearby pot and handed it to us.

rosia looked around cluelessly while holding the brush to the canvas. "i don't know what to draw."

"just draw whatever you want." kat smiled.

i dipped my paintbrush into the black paint and started to paint my canvas, slowly and carefully. i decided i was going to paint the dark sky and the stars cause i love astronomy.  i looked over to kat but she was texting someone on her phone so instead i looked at rosia who was still looking clueless.

"why don't you draw a sunset?" i joked. "we can be opposites."

"wait that's a great idea, thanks." rosia grinned and dipped her brush into the yellow paint.

i focused back onto mine and continued to go over my canvas in black until it was completely covered. i cleaned my brush with some water and dipped it into the yellow - i used the yellow to draw a few stars and it was done.

"i'm done." i said as they both looked at mine.

"wow. it's really good!" kat smiled as rosia nodded her head and agreed.

"nice painting." a person said behind me. i turned around and it was someone i've been seeing a bit too much recently.

"you must be stalking me, álvarez."

he grinned, "maybe. or maybe you're just stalking me-"

"cut the crap." i scoffed. "why are you here?"

"because." he smirked then slowly came closer to me, "i have to,"

i furrowed my eyebrows in confusion and spoke, "what-" until he cut me off by smashing his lips onto mine forcefully.

everything happened so quickly. 

"what the fuck?! get off me!" i yelled and pushed him away.

"what part of, 'she has a boyfriend' do you not get you fucking piece of shit?" rosia defended me and punched him in his jaw, he groaned in pain and crouched down. i stood there in shock and horror. had i just cheated on joão? hot tears came down my cheek as i became overwhelemed.

rosia picked up a can of yellow paint and dumped it right on him, he looked like a huge mess. she saw me crying and instantly pulled me towards the exit and outside -  kat had somehow disappeared so we didn't even bother getting her.

-

rosia took me to a nearby park which was deserted and sat me down on a bench as i cried helplessly.

"what if joão finds out? he's gonna think i cheated." i worried.

rosia rubbed my back, "eleanor. he loves you so much - he'll believe you, trust me. and even i was there as a witness so you have proof. you don't know how much he talks about you - it gets kind of tiring sometimes."

i chuckled softly, and then there was a silence until i spoke,

"thank you rosia, for defending me there.."

she smiled. "it's what bestfriends are there for. and plus kevin's a douchebag anyway. he deserved that." she rolled her eyes when she said kevin's name in annoyance.

"hey why don't we get ice cream?" she suggested. "it'll make you feel better,"

i smiled and nodded as i wiped my eyes and stood up. we found a nearby ice cream place and i ordered vanilla, she ordered chocolate.

"who knew ice cream from qatar was this good?" i laughed as we sat down at a table and ate our ice creams.

"i know right!" she agreed as she got a message on her phone. picking it up, she smiled.

i raised my eyebrow, "it's my brother, isn't it?"

"yeah." she said. "he's asking where i am."

rosia texted antónio and put her phone back in her bag as i finished the last bit of my vanilla ice cream.

ice cream could always make me feel better.

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i didn't want to leave the park but we had to. when we entered the hotel, we couldn't see kat anywhere. weird. i thought she had a nightime shift but i must be wrong.

i waved goodbye to rosia and took the stairs back up to the hotel room. i swiped the card to open the door.

i walked in the room to see a blonde girl with blue eyes, she was insanely pretty. she was leaning over joão on the bed while he was sitting. they both immediately looked at me as my heart dropped.

"what the fuck?"

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guys i'm so sorry for this..

and also if ur ginger pls don't take any offence i love ya'll ❤️