𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐀 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 - 𝐌𝐚𝐱 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧

𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭

As the race came to an end Francesca was sat with the others as she got checked out by the medical staff,

"I'm fine," Francesca grumbled as she pushed the flashlight away from her,

"I think I'm just a bit dazed," she added with a bit of a giggle,

"More like concuss," the examiner explained as she zipped up her bag,

"Avoid bright lights and take it easy for the next few days," she added in a serious tone before she finally let the female driver go,

"Fran, you okay?" Lando asked as he had just come back from the podium,

"Yeah I'm good," Francesca looked up with a smile,

"Are you up for media?" The Brit cocked his head as he hugged her,

"Always," the Scot nodded as she patted his back,

"Great," the brunette smiled as they began to walk back to the main part of the venue,

"Because they want both of us," he added as he looked at her,

"Wait what?" The blonde had to blink as she listened to what he said,

She didn't think that she heard him correctly.

"They want us both in the press room," Lando explained in a duh tone as he continued to walk,

"You coming?" He added quickly stopping as he didn't hear another set of footsteps,

"Yeah just give me a moment," Francesca nodded as she let out a yawn,

"I wanted a drink but I guess that will have to wait," she added with a grumble,

"I'll get you one when we get back to the hotel," the Brit knew that the incentive to get the girl to hurry up would work,

"You know if you weren't like my brother and single," the Scot began and it was obvious that she was starting to feel the effects of her head trauma,

"I would seriously make a move," she added with a soft smile as she crossed her arms,

"Thank you?" The brunette couldn't help but laugh as they had, had this conversation before during a different race in F2 when Lando got hurt.

"You're welcome," the blonde smiled,

"That sounded a lot less weird in my head," she quickly added as she chewed the inside of her cheek,

"I know," he had seen her reaction to processing what she had said and it was obvious that she knew that it didn't make a lot of sense.

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Francesca and Lando were in the middle of getting mic'd up when the questions already started,

"Francesca I think we should start with asking if you're okay?" 𝐉𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐖 looked at the girl who smiled,

"I'm fine," Francesca nodded as she fiddled with the end of her braid,

"Just a bit sore but it honestly worked out great," she added as she tried to think of a way that didn't make what she wanted to say sound like she didn't care that she was out of the race.

"I am just glad that everyone got out of that," the girl shrugged as she really didn't know what else to say,

"It has come out that Charles' car was the one that malfunctioned, do you have anything to say to that?" 𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐊𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐙 asked as he was listening to the information as headquarters received it.

"Crashes happen," the Scot sighed as she fiddled with her fingers,

"We all got out safe and that's the important thing," she had seen the crash and knew that it could have gone worse for all of them,

"Don't try to make something out of nothing," she added as it was obvious they wanted her to lash out,

"Let's maybe move on," Lando spoke up in what was barely a mumble,

"This is the first time you haven't come first, how does that feel?" 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐕𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐓𝐓 asked as he cocked his head,

"Winning for the third race in a row would have been nice but my focus is now on the next race," Francesca shrugged as there was nothing more that she could do about the race that had already gone,

"You came third today how does that feel?" She added as she turned to Lando wanting to get some of the questions focused on him,

"It feels great!" Lando looked to her with a nod,

"The first podium of the season," he added with a grin.

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The duo arrived back at the hotel and since Max had to talk to his friend Francesca made her way back to her room,

"Hey!" Amaia smiled as she sat on her bed,

"Are you okay after that race?" She quickly added as she realised that the girl was walking back into her room,

"Yeah I'm fine," Francesca nodded as she shut her door,

"Just got a few bruises," she added with a sigh as she wanted nothing more than to just get in bed,

"How is Charles?" The younger girl asked as she smiled assuming that she had spoken to her boyfriend,

"He is good," the Kiwi nodded,

"He seemed to get the least amount of damage," she added as his car seemed to push everyone together so he was in the outside of it,

"What are you looking at?" She quickly realised that the girl wasn't paying attention,

"Someone sent me beers," the Scot explained as she grew confused,

"I wonder who it was," she added in a mumble before flipping the camera to show the pack,

"Check the note!" Amaia noticed that there was a white card on top,

"Heard you wanted drinks, took you as a Heineken kind of girl." Francesca read out as she furrowed her eyebrows,

"Does it say who it is from?" The kiwi asked as she grew curious,

"Nope," the Scot shook her head as she couldn't find any name,

"What if coffee-boy wants to start a truce?" Amaia almost sounded as though she was joking,

"Max?" Francesca cocked her head,

"I highly doubt that," she furrowed her eyebrows as she smiled wondering who had sent them to her.

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𝐀𝐍: 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬?