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Marcus Armstrong | 35

being shy

Marcus was sitting in his room to prepare for the F2 race as he was scrolling through his Instagram feed.

You did the same on the other side of the globe, in Australia. You started following Marcus as he wasn't that popular and still a karting driver with less than 500 followers and he even followed back. You once saw him racing at the local karting centre and you were really impressed by him. Later that day, you two had a funny conversation and raced a few laps against each other before you had to go home. Now, 5 years later you thought about that moment everytime you saw a new picture or story he posted. You were a very shy and introverted girl so you never had the confidence to comment or react to one of his postings like other girls would do. As you were sitting at the balcony, you decided to do a story of you and the sunrise in the background. You thought it would look nice.

Your heart almost stopped beating as you had a new message on Instagram just secounds after you posted the story. And you couldn't believe who wrote you! It was Marcus Armstrong! Your breath stopped and you had to think about what to do next. So you opened the message.

"Hey, nice view! You are the girl from the race track some years ago, right?"

He could still remember you! That was crazy... You had a short conversation and he told you that he would now have to get into his F2 car but he would write you again after the race. You had butterflies flying around in your belly and you had a big big smile on your face. You promised yourself not to be too shy this time, not this time.

"Hey Marcus, congrats for P3! Great race and great overtakings."

You were unsure about whether he would really answer again but he really did!

"Thanks a lot (Y/N)! Pretty tough race but I'm very happy. I would like to give you my phone number if you're ok with that. I didn't forget about you and maybe we could meet up again at the karting centre?"

Of course was that ok! You were absolutely surprised and happy. The boy you admired for long was really interested in you and he was going to be your first date ever... a F2 driver. That was bloody crazy.

A week later you both met again in front of the karting centre and you immediately blushed as he was walking towards you. He was so athletic and almost a head taller than you. "Hey (Y/N)" he was greeting you. "I know it's somehow crazy but I didn't forget you. Really. How could I forget about such a fast girl? Do you still train karting?" You had to deny. After your brother's car accident you never stepped into a kart again. "No...I stopped after...after" Marcus put his arm around your shoulder. "I know. We both live in the same city, I know what happened. Is it ok then to go karting today? We can go to the cinema, too." You were happy about his offer bit you had to make a step forward. Running away from your problems was the wrong way. So you decided to eat at first and to go outside afterwards.

Marcus made you some compliments that really made you embarrassed. You were pretty shy and he recognized that. "It's ok (Y/N). Don't be shy. I really tell the truth. You're beautiful." Later that day, you entered the karting zone. You were pretty nervous because you didn't drive for  pretty long time. But Marcus took away your fear and you enjoyed every second of it. He was faster of course but you could ofter drive as fast as he and you had great fights and overtakings.

As you hugged and said goodbye three hours later, Marcus invited you to a dinner at a romantic sea restaurant and you accepted the invitation. Maybe this was the start of something big you never dared to hope for.

Requested by: Eu_Jovem1