In Love With Formula 1

Part 84

I woke up on Christmas morning to the Church bells ringing, I wasn't practicing any religion but I always went to Church on Christmas day out of respect, apart from last year in Monaco. 

I quickly got changed in to this dress I had that was sleeveless but went down to my ankles, I slipped a black long sleeve top on underneath it to compliment the green colour of it, I then tied my hair up in a low messy bun and put on my doc martens after I used a makeup wipe to clean them up a bit, shiny shoes always went down well whenever I went to church.

I followed the masses of people walking down the streets, following the sound of the Church bells until we got to the Church doorway. The church was magnificent, it was white and had beautiful mosaics on the windows and the door was in the typical arched horse shoe shape with big steel bolts on it, the inside was just as stunning.

"Feliz Navidad" The vicar said to me as I walked in to be seated in the pews

"y tú" I said back with a smile and a nod before sitting down in the pew

I sat down and found the hymns that would be sung, unsurprisingly they were all in Spanish, I knew this would help me learn some more Spanish, I was also hoping it would be a similar service than the ones I had been to in the past, I had brought around 5 euro to donate near the end. 

"Me encanta tu atuendo" (I love your outfit) A girl who looked around my age said to me

"Gracias, sus zapatos son frescos" (Thank you, your shoes are cool) I replied looking at her boots that were very heeled, giving me the impression she was a bit like me

"For someone who doesn't know Spanish, you are quite good" The girl whispered to me as the vicar walked down the aisle

"How do you know I'm not Spanish" I whispered back with a wink

"You are Izzie Bewdley, French is your thing"

"Shh, don't let me secret get out"

"Why are you here anyway?"

"I usually go to Church on Christmas day, tradition"

"Ahhh, I see, well enjoy"

We both looked forward and the Vicar started speaking, I understood some of it but when it came to the hymns I tried my best to get the pronunciation right and I found a pencil in my bag and wrote the translation underneath, well the bits I knew anyway.

The service was actually really fun and everyone had these amazing skirts and suits and dresses in the Church, when the service was over, I walked out after they had fed out in an orderly fashion, I loved the organisation, the back rows left first, there was no pushing and shoving, it satisfied the Brit in me that was used to queuing for hours.

When I got outside and it was starting to warm up a bit I saw the girl who was sat next to me with her family, before I could go over to her she was coming over to me, with her whole family.

"Izzie, how was your first Spanish Christmas service"

"It was actually really good, I enjoyed it, you probably saw me scribbling down on the hymns, I was trying so hard"

"You're the racer!" Her older brother interrupted

"Stop it Mateo" The girl shouted at her brother

"Oh I forgot to say my name is Ana" she added

"Enchanté Mateo et Ana" I said before stopping and realising I had said it in French

"Shit sorry, nice to meet you" I corrected myself before slapping my hand over my mouth for swearing so close to the Church

"You aren't very good at this" Ana said

"I can't help it, it took me forever to find a dress that was appropriate, I forgot I packed this top as well" I replied pinching the fabric of my black top

"I was going to come with a similar outfit don't worry, oh and also, my brother thinks you are really fit, but he still thinks you are with Lando"

"We could get his hopes up and tell him"

"Shall we?"

"Can I just take this top off, I am boiling"

I took the straps of my dress off and then took my black top off, exposing my tattoos and burning my innocence to the Church with it.

"Wow, I didn't know you had so many tattoos" Ana said inspecting all of my tattoos

"I have more on my legs don't worry"

We walked over to Ana's family and I introduced myself in Spanish, well I tried to, they were very understanding.

"So, Izzie, how come you aren't with Lando?" Ana said winking at me getting the attention of Mateo as well

"Oh, you know, we went our separate ways, he cheated on me, I'm fine though" i said with a cheeky smile

"Wait, you broke up?" Mateo asked

"Yeh, quite a while ago actually, it's on youtube, me breaking up with him" I replied 

"How was I not aware of this?"

"I don't know Mateo" 

"Wait, why are you in Spain?" Mateo said excitedly

"Well, I was in Valencia, I had an interview here, and then I went back to Valencia for a few days and now I'm back here"

"Why Valencia?" Ana asked raising an eyebrow

"There is one famous family there, that also is involved in motorsports, and was born here"

"The Sainz's!" Mateo shouted

"Siiii, well done"

I didn't feel like explaining why I was with the Sainz family, I was starving.

"Really sorry to cut this short, but I'm going to get some breakfast at my hotel" I said as I placed my hand on Ana's shoulder

"It was lovely to meet you, your fans were right, you are lovely, have a wonderful Christmas"

"Feliz Navidad" I said with a smile and made my way back to my hotel

I looked at my phone as I was eating my breakfast to see a text from Carlos

'Feliz Navidad, that means Merry Christmas btw'

'I know that, I'm not that stupid' I replied 

'what are you doing today?'

'Well I just got back from Church, I think I'm going to walk around the city, it will be quieter'

'You went to Church, since when?'

'I always go, last year was an exception, tradition'

'My family went as well, what did you think?'

'It was amazing, similar to the French but slightly different to the English'

'Did you understand it?'

'I wrote down translations as I went along, it was actually a really good learning place'

'Okay, well have a good day'

'You too x'

I then took a photo of the little book with all my translations on it with my breakfast, it looked very aesthetic, I finished my breakfast and headed out, I walked around aimlessly for hours taking photos of everything, I posted on my story on instagram quite a bit and just enjoyed Christmas, even if I was by myself. 

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A/N

bit of a filler chapter, i hope everyone liked it, i thought it was quite sweet, i have some more chapters planned that should come out over the next couple days, some old characters might be making a return, make your guesses on who!!