𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐀 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 - 𝐌𝐚𝐱 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧

𝐭𝐰𝐨

It was the weekend of the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi when 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐀 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐌𝐒 got the call,

"I'll catch up to you two in a moment," Francesca smiled as she grabbed her phone,

"Okay," 𝐋𝐄𝐖𝐈𝐒 𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐓𝐎𝐍 nodded as he continued walking on,

"Hello?" The Scot answered her phone curiously,

"Francesca hi," 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐑 took the girl by surprise,

She didn't think he would be phoning her when they were at the same hotel,

"What can I do for you Christian?" The driver asked as she ran her fingers through her hair,

"I wanted to welcome you to Red Bull for next season," the team principal explained,

"Holy shit, really?" It was no secret that the girl wanted to get herself into the main team for a squad,

"Yes, we will discuss the details of this soon." Her excitement proved to him that they made the right call bringing her on,

"Okay see you soon then," Francesca nodded as she smiled,

"Stay safe kid," Christian spoke before the line went dead,

"Yes!" The girl let out a cheer as she did a happy dance,

"What's gotten you so happy?" 𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐕𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐋 asked as she crossed her arms,

"I'm going to be a formula one driver next season," the younger girl explained with a smile.

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The day of watching the qualifiers had been really exciting for Francesca as she knew that she would be joining them during the next race.

"Wait where are you?" Francesca asked as she walked out of the Mercedes container,

"I'm about to get a bite to eat," 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐎 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐒 explained in a duh tone,

Lando and Francesca were neighbours when they were kids and they became the best of friends shortly after they were introduced.

"Where are you?" He added hearing the sound of fans around her,

"I'm on my way to find you," the Scot explained in a duh tone,

"I have the rest of the day off," she added with a smile,

She was the reserve driver for Mercedes.

"Lucky you," the Brit sighed as he needed to still go to a tactical meeting,

"Watch it!" 𝐌𝐀𝐗 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍 groaned as he bumped into the girl spilling his coffee down her shirt,

"Fuck off," Francesca sent him a glare as she felt the warm liquid go down her shoulder,

"What happened?" Lando asked as he watched the girl walk over to him,

"Max Verstappen is the definition of a prick," the girl mumbled as she hung up and put her phone in her pocket,

"You're covered in coffee by the way," the boy pointed to her white shirt that was now stained brown,

"Really?" The blonde cocked her head,

"I couldn't tell what burnt me," she spoke in a sarcastic tone,

"I can't tell if you're being sarcastic," the brunette crossed his arms as he blinked at the girl.

"Just come with me so I can get a new shirt," Francesca grabbed his arm and pulled him to the Mercedes area,

"But my food!" Lando let out a groan as his stomach grumbled,

"That can wait," the girl shot back in a duh tone,

"Fine," the boy sighed as he knew that he couldn't successfully fight the girl.

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It had been about four weeks since the final race of the season and Francesca was in England to meet her new team,

"So this is where I'll be for the next four years?" Francesca asked as she fiddled with the straps of her backpack,

"Well that is the plan," Christian nodded as he smiled and continued the tour,

"Maybe even longer if we're lucky," he added knowing that if the girl did well then they would want to keep her,

"I mean of course," the driver nodded as she tucked her hair behind her ears,

"Wow," she let out a gasp as she looked at the highlights room,

"Is it all starting to settle in?" The team principal asked as he watched the girl gasp,

"Yeah," the Scot nodded as she smiled,

"This place is bigger than I expected," she added as she looked around,

"It is rather large so just try not to get lost," the last thing that the team needed was her getting lost on her first day,

"We need to introduce you to Max," the Brit added as he motioned for her to follow him to the conference rooms,

"Max?" Francesca cocked her head,

"The person you will be racing alongside," Christian explained in a duh tone as he furrowed his eyebrows,

"Right yeah sorry," the driver nodded as she awkwardly stood there,

"Forgot about him for a moment," she had tried to avoid thinking about him after the interaction that they had in the previous season.

"Maybe just don't tell him that," the team principal mumbled as he knew it wouldn't make the older driver too happy,

"Don't tell who what?" Max asked as he turned around from his chair,

"It's you," he added seeing the girl,

"Yep," Francesca nodded awkwardly as she shoved her hands into her pockets,

"What is she doing here?" The Dutch boy looked to Christian as he grew confused,

"I'm the one who is meant to beat your ass next season," the Scot explained in a duh tone,

"So I take it you two already know each other," Christian spoke up as he could see that they seemed to know each other.

"Could say that," the duo nodded at the same time.

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