In Love With Formula 1

Part 75

I spent the next few months training and doing more work at MTC and in Italy at Prema, I was the more than prepared for the season ahead, it was also a distraction from what had happened in Abu Dhabi, I had isolated myself slightly, I hadn't spoken to many people unless it was at MTC or Prema.

It was now the beginning of December and I was sat in my conservatory watching the sunset with a cup of tea with a blanket wrapped around myself, it was so peaceful where I lived, and being by the sea made it so much better.

I had done more work on my house and it was now modernised and up to scratch with how I wanted it, I also made some veg patches in the massive back garden and I was going to grow my own veg like I used to do as a kid.

I had also gotten a few tattoos, I had a few to begin with but now I had a cupid on the side of my rib and a few angels in clouds around my bicep along with the two elephants I had on the inside of my bicep to symbolise my mum and I which obviously went to shit, I had some flower designs around my knees and some of my own stick and poke tattoos on my thighs. I definitely dealt with a breakup through pain, it probably wasn't healthy but I was happy. 

I had another tattoo booked for the following day and it was for the nape of my neck to have the quote

'Kill or be killed' 

I went to bed and just slept, no interruptions, until my alarm went off and I went straight to my appointment.

"Why are you getting so many tattoos Iz?" My artist asked me

"Well, I always wanted them, and now I have the money to afford them"

"How do you afford them?"

"I'm a racing driver, you get quite a bit of money for risking your life" 

"That's not funny"

"It is though" 

I was done with my tattoo soon enough and I walked back to my house, I looked at my phone to see a text from Charlotte

'You have to come to Monaco this month, I feel like I haven't seen you in forever!'

'Okay okay, I can come whenever, I am ahead of all the work I need to do for this year'

'Tonight?!'

'We'll see ;)'

I got home and packed my bag whilst calling a taxi, I had already planned to go to Monaco, but booking plane tickets, 8 hours before the plane left was slightly stressful.

I got on the flight and I landed in France at 3pm, I was about to order a taxi when I saw my Nissan Sunny being driven by none other than Charles Leclerc.

"You drive her?" I shouted as I ran to hug my car

"Yeh, it's pretty retro, I don't know how to get the music to work"

"You are both older than me and still don't know how to use a cassette player, mamma mia"

I threw my bag in the boot and got in the back seat and got some of my favourite cassettes out and showed them both how to use it. They got the hang of it and we were listening to music on cassette and driving through the south of France.

"I can stay at a hotel it's okay" I said to Charles as we drove in to the city centre

"No, you are staying in our apartment" Charles sternly said back

"Jeez sorry mum" 

We got to their apartment and it was so much bigger than my old apartment, but it still felt homely, it was so nice to have tiled floors and not carpet, it felt like I was on holiday.