Sway with Me

Isabelle smiled as she opened the door to her apartment to greet Cristiano, she paused slightly confused at the sight of him holding his son; she was wearing a Ganni woven tee dress in palm print with patent leather belt paired with black flat-form sandals.

“You ready?” Cristiano asked making the red head nod as she moved to collect her black flat pocket across body bag before she stepped out of her apartment and locked the door behind her.

“So what are we doing?” Isabelle asked curiously as Cristiano balanced his son on his hip as they headed down to his Porsche Cayenne that was parked outside, the Portuguese flashed her a smile as they exited her apartment block.

“Zoo Aquarium de Madrid,” Cristiano said as they stopped by his car, the footballer had hoped that the red head would bond with his son and that they’d get along.

Isabelle quirked her head at him making Cristiano smile as he set Junior into the car.

“I want you as a permanent part of my life Isa… my son and you mean the world to me,” the Portuguese said making Isabelle smile before she pecked his lips.

Isabelle couldn't believe how sweet he was being and how much that he seemed to care for Junior, from what she had heard through the media; Isabelle had assumed that the footballer didn't spend a lot of time with his son since there weren’t a lot of pictures of the two of them.

“After you,” Cristiano said as he moved to open the passenger side door for her, Isabelle smiled at him before she kissed his cheek; she didn't often get to see him like that and it was nice.

“Gracias,” Isabelle said making Cristiano smile as she climbed into the car and he closed the door behind her, he was glad that he was getting the chance to show her the real him; he hoped that his bad boy image wasn’t going to cause a problem for them.

***

“So do you come here often?” Isabelle asked as she walked alongside Cristiano while he held Junior by his hand; they had been at the zoo for a while now and Isabelle was being given a look at the real Cristiano Ronaldo.

“As often as I can… Junior likes it here and the paparazzi don’t follow me as much when I am here,” Cristiano said looking down at the two and a half year old, which was holding his hand as they walked past the lion’s enclosure.

Isabelle nodded her head as she felt Cristiano wrap an arm around her shoulder’s and pull her close to him; Cristiano chuckled as he pressed a kiss to the top of her head.

“Were you expecting this?” the Portuguese asked as they stopped walking and he picked his son up, Isabelle smiled as she looked at Cristiano with his son; he really wasn’t how everyone described him and it truly surprised her.

“No… then again, you aren’t what I expected either,” Isabelle said making Cristiano look at her, the red head blushed at the look that he gave her before she turned her attention to the lions making Cristiano chuckle as he stared at her.

“What did you think that I would be like?” he asked as he balanced Junior on his hip, Isabelle licked her lips as she thought back to her thoughts from seven weeks ago.

Taking a deep breath, Isabelle looked at him and sighed as she gathering her thoughts.

“Honestly… I believed what I heard in the papers and the media,” Isabelle said making a hurt look flicker over his face; he’d had a terrible image before he came on Más que baile.

The red head watched as he schooled his face trying to hide the hurt that he felt at her words,

“But now I see it’s nothing put an act… a mask to protect yourself from the world, from the pain that someone caused you,” Isabelle said making Cristiano look at her; he hadn’t expected her to say anything like that and yet she had.

The two were silent for a moment before Cristiano sighed and looked at Junior then at his watch.

“How about lunch?” he said as if trying to avoid the question that he could sense that Isabelle wanted to ask; it was the same one that he’d asked her not long ago.

Isabelle nodded as she watched him, it was clear that someone had broken him and that he didn't want to talk about it; at least not yet.

“Lunch sounds good… and Cris, you don’t have to talk about it but I’m here if you do,” Isabelle said making him look at her and nod his head before they started to walk towards the one of the café that was located inside of the zoo.

***

Cristiano couldn't help but smile at the sight of Isabelle with Junior, it just seemed right that the red head was carrying his son and he felt content for the first time in a while.

“Stop looking at me like that,” Isabelle said as she spotted the look on Cristiano’s face as she bonded with his son, the Portuguese grinned as he moved closer to her and kissed her lips.

“I can’t help it… you look beautiful,” Cristiano said as he rested a hand on his son’s head, Junior seemed to get along with Isabelle better than he had ever gotten with Irina; something that Cristiano had taken as a good sign that things with Isabelle would work out better than they had with Irina, who had despised the child.

“This is nice… not what I was expecting, but I had fun,” Isabelle said making Cristiano chuckle as she handed him a sleepy Junior back; the little boy had fallen asleep on their walk back to the car while Isabelle and Cristiano had talked.

“It’s not a problem… I’m glad that you had fun before we start rehearsing the Argentine Tango,” Cristiano said making the red head smile at him as they stopped next to the car.

The two of them had agreed that they’d wait until after the show had finished before they came out with their relationship, even if it would be difficult with the media following them nearly all of the time and wanting to know the inside gossip of Más que baile.

“You did well with the normal Tango… I doubt you’ll have problems with this one,” Isabelle said as Cristiano carefully settled his son into his car seat; the red head watched him with a small smile gracing her lips.

Isabelle hadn’t really thought about her future beyond Más que baile but after today, she had decided what she wanted to do when she ended her professional career.

Isabelle wanted to open up her own dance school something that she had known for a while, but she had never considered the thought of getting married and having children until she spent time with Cristiano and Junior.

Cristiano looked at his girlfriend and tilted his head as he looked at her, she looked thoughtful and it made him wonder what she was thinking about.

“Isa, you okay?” the Portuguese said making her blink and look at him before she nodded her head, a blush on her cheeks at being caught day-dreaming.

“I’m fine… so what are we doing next?” Isabelle said as she tried to cover that she had been thinking about him, she knew that it was too early to start talking about a family with Cristiano; but she adored Junior and hoped that one day she’d have some of her own children like him.