The other woman

Old habits

Fuelled by the wine she'd been drinking, Alex strode confidently along the pavement with Jake beside her towards the nightclub that he'd recommended. Jake was young, a sun bed worshipper and gym goer with dirty blonde floppy hair and a very muscular body. He was good looking with blue-grey eyes, extremely whitened teeth and a well defined, chiselled jawline. He also came across as vain and with a big ego, something that Alex hated but she was prepared to let him hang around with her - at least until she found someone better.

Walking at a careful distance behind her was Seb and Chris. Against Britta's advice, Seb had decided to follow Alex and Jake. Like he still didn't really know Alex, he didn't know Jake at all and was wary of how the young member of his pit crew had attached himself to his PT so quickly and with Alex having consumed a few glasses of wine, Seb felt like it was his duty to keep an eye on her. He'd also figured that maybe this would be a chance to get to know the woman who'd, so far, kept the personal side of herself hidden from him.

"This place is a bit old school but I think you'll like it." Jake held the door open for her, eyed her behind as she walked past him and then looked at Seb and Chris as they approached. He'd got no idea why they'd come along, neither of them seemed like night club people and he knew that Seb had a full day ahead of him tomorrow at the factory so doubted that he'd want to stay out too late. Not only that but he could also imagine Britta going out of her mind with worry; Seb was well known for being an extremely private and quiet person away from F1, if he got photographed here then he could well end up in some of the papers.

Hearing a track that she immediately recognised, Alex grabbed Jakes hand and pulled him along until they got to the dance floor.

With it being a Monday night, the place was relatively quiet and Seb was thankful for that as he and Chris walked towards the bar.

"Fuck, I feel so old right now. This place looks more like a school disco." Chris groaned as he looked at all the people dancing and throwing crazy shapes to an old nineties rave track. "I expect that you don't even know this track, right?" He added, turning to Seb was impatiently trying to get someone's attention behind the bar.

"I can just about remember this from when I was at school. I'm with you though, this place is full of kids." Seb replied, briefly looking behind him.

"One drink, then I think we'll escape." Chris remarked as he spotted Alex and Jake laughing together.

After getting two beers, Seb passed Chris a bottle and then shifted on his feet to lean back against the bar. This place was nothing like some of the clubs he'd been to, this place looked old, tired and dingy and the floor felt sticky beneath his shoes. "You can go after this if you like, I think I should stay and make sure that Alex is ok."

"Alex?" Chris gave a wry chuckle. "Don't let her hear you calling her that, I got corrected earlier."

"Oh I've had that too." Seb admitted, looking at his cheap beer sceptically and wondering if it was ok to drink or if it'd give him an upset stomach later tonight. "For some reason she hates people shortening her name."

"Well I think you'd be able to leave with me if you want, I get the impression that she can look after herself perfectly well. Are you going to drink that or just look at it?" Chris noticed the way that Seb was holding his bottle up in front of him.

"I don't know if I dare drink it." He confessed. "This place is a bit....."

"Shit?" Chris grinned, knowing that he was thinking much along the same lines as Seb.

He looked at Chris and nodded with an uneasy smile. "Yeah."

The two of them stood for a while longer, both of them watching Alex with interest who appeared to have found someone closer to her own age and was now displaying some provocative moves.