In Love With Formula 1

Part 82

I could hear the rally car off in the distance with Carlos Sr and Carlos Jr in it, I sat in the car trailer checking my phone for the first time, it was nearly midday so I felt a bit bad if I didn't look to see if anyone wished me a happy birthday.

'I can't believe you are 20, how you haven't died yet i don't know' Daniel posted a video of me getting a pillow to the face with that caption, it was an amazing video, I hadn't seen it before so I sent my thanks and made sure to tell him I had worse for his birthday.

I saw Harley had posted a photo of me karting on her story wishing me a happy birthday which was really sweet and unexpected so I replied with some heart emojis.

Sky Sports obviously posted pictures with me and different presenters, and the video of me and Daniel scaring Damon a while ago which was very funny.

I saw that some of my fans were posting edits and things which was the sweetest thing ever, there was one where it was from Lando's stream and you could hear me shouting in the background because I crashed on the F1 game with some really cool videos of me from the last year or so. I had to repost this on my story so I tagged the user and posted the video on my story.

There were loads of texts from different drivers and team members wishing me a happy birthday, Prema posted a compilation of me swearing on their instagram wishing me a 'happy f*cking birthday' I couldn't help being so British that every sentence had a swear word in it.

I saw Lando posted a few photos and videos on his story as well, they were really sweet photos, mostly of me having a massive grin on my face or me doing something stupid, I replied with 

'Thank you Lan, means a lot, hope you are okay x'

I put my phone away and when I looked up the two Carlos' were getting out of the car.

I looked at the footage from the cameras and saw that Carlos jr almost binned it on the first 90 degree corner in to a ditch, I obviously laughed, as did the other two but Carlos was not impressed.

"You have beginners luck" Carlos said to me sarcastically

"Izzie is very talented, don't say that" Carlos' cousin said defending me

"Do I hear someone talking badly about Izzie?" Carlos Sr shouted as he walked over

"What you gonna do now Carlito" I said to him sarcastically trying to hold back a smile

"Shut up" He said as he rubbed the top of my head messing my hair up

We spent the next few hours taking turns to get the fastest time and at the end of it I was only 1 tenth slower than Sr and nearly half a second quicker than Carlos Jr and his cousin.

"I dare you to walk around the town in the suit" Carlos said to me

"If you do it as well"

"Why would I do that?"

"It's my birthday"

"Fine" Carlos sighed and we drove to the town with all 4 of us in our suits still.

We got out the car as we parked up and walked like we were in slo-mo to the cafe we were going to, it was like a James Bond movie, all walking in a line in our race suits, obviously mine being a Torro Rosso one and not my usual one.

We sat down at our table and I put my helmet on just for a joke and everyone else did it and everyone who walked past looked and laughed at us as well as taking photos, it was definitely something to look at.

We ate our food and paid and we left to go back to the Sainz mansion. I was in charge of music so I put the most British music I could find as well as some standard party music that was used all around Europe, it was fair to say no one liked the British music that much but when the classic 00's European party music came on it was like a party bus.

When we got back I raced Carlos to the bathroom because I was not waiting to have a shower, I managed to get there before him and lock both the doors before he could steal the bathroom off me, it felt like we were little kids, fighting over the most ridiculous things but it was so much fun not having to worry about the media as much.

I changed in to a long white dress and put some sun cream on my face and shoulders before brushing my hair and letting it air dry, it always went more curly in the hot weather and my natural highlights were even stronger because of the amount of time I had spent in the sun.

"Happy birthday!" Carlos' sisters said as they showed me all the different fan edits people had made of me for my birthday.

"Did you see Mclaren's story?" Carola asked me

"No, what is it?"

"Look, it's very sweet"

I looked on her phone to see a montage of the photos with me and the different team members as well as a photo as me as a child with a massive Mclaren sticker on my original kart, they were the best team ever and I was so grateful for them to be one of my sponsors for the F3 season.

I then checked my own phone to see Mercedes had posted a video of me, the one where I scared Lewis Hamilton in Singapore wishing me a happy birthday, Redbull posted a normal picture of me but Christian Horner posted a video of me walking around the Redbull hall of fame saying how I was one of the happiest people ever despite my face all the time, I knew he meant well so I replied that I will smile more.

There was a special dinner made for my birthday, the Sainz's knew how to win me over, they made a fish and chip plate with proper battered cod and chunky chip shop chips, Carlos even got some Estrella Galicia and not the non alcoholic one, it was only a small celebration but I was so happy with it and I did tear up a bit when they sang me Happy Birthday in Spanish, French, English and Welsh, the Welsh was special, I had always loved my Welsh roots and was proud of my heritage, it was also a really difficult song so I was so impressed they sang it in Welsh almost perfectly, so yeh, I did tear up a bit. When they finished singing I made sure to go around and hug everyone and say thank you to everyone.

"My family absolutely love you" Carlos whispered to me as we ate our food

"Really?" I said looking at him with tears in my eyes

"Of course, I mean, you have the brightest smile and I don't think I've seen you smile this much the whole time I've known you" He replied placing a hand on my knee 

"Well thank you, I'm glad I'm appreciated"

We ate our food and then I went back to my room and saw that Flo Norris had texted me

'I can't believe I only just found out my brother CHEATED on you, mum and dad gave him a right bollocking, Christmas will be fun'

'Omg Flo it has been so long since I spoke to you, I'm so sorry, please wish the whole Norris family a happy Christmas from me, I would love to see you guys again soon!'

I then put my phone back on my bed and made my way to the beach again, a private beach, where no one could bother me was the perfect thing, I could watch the sunset and listen to the waves and feel the sand between my toes without being disturbed.

I sat down on the beach and looked over to the moon that was slowly rising over the horizon, I needed to admit to myself that I liked Carlos, but I couldn't, he is Lando's best friend, and I knew the media would try to make out that I was just going from driver to driver, but it wasn't like that at all, I had never had the amount of support I had now and I felt like I finally fitted in somewhere, as a car geek. 

A/N

i wanna hear everyones opinions on the mclaren liver, i think it is so stunning, really classic and the fact they will both have retro lids as well i am really fan girling. 

i might skip to pre season testing for Izzie after the next chapter mainly because i feel like i'm dragging it out a bit too much but i don't think you are ready for the chapters i have prepared for the end of this book

i also need some suggestions for sequel names, i am completely stuck, pls leave any suggestions you have in the comments and i will choose and credit my fave one in the sequel xx