Until My Final Breath - Max Verstappen (I)

T H R E E

-Joy's pov. 

That same evening we landed in Baku, and because it was so late we went to bed right after we arrived to the hotel.

The next morning I met Max at breakfast. After a quick meal we went to the track. It wasn't my first time at a grand prix, but I still got amazed by the crowd and all the people who were doing their business at the track. Baku is a beautiful city and I enjoyed walking around the city while being there.

'Hey Max!' Someone shouted from behind us. We were doing the track walk, so I thought it was someone from his team.

We turned around and I saw a boy in a McLaren hoodie. He looked the same age as me and to be honest, he was quite handsome. He smiled at me.

Good Lord, he was cute.

'Hey Lando, how are you?' Max asked. 'Im good, thanks. Who is this lovely girl you're taking around the track?' I blushed at his words. 'This is Joy, she's my childhood best friend and we live together in Monaco.'

'Oh I see, do you work for Red Bull?' - 'No, I'm a vet student' I replied. 'Oh a student? Strange, because in all these years I've known you I've never seen you studying' Max said, and Lando started laughing. I gave Max a playful bump in his back.

After a small chat we splitter ways, and I couldn't stop thinking about Lando. I've had only seen him for 5 minutes, but I already had a little crush.

Apparently, Max could see that. He started acting really weird, but like very, very weird. 'Max, are you allright?' He looked at me and rolled his eyes. He turned around and walked away.

There I stood, all alone on the track. I had no idea why he did that, because for me it looked like nothing happened.

-Max's pov

I walked away as fast as I could. Trying to hold back the tears until I was in my room. Lando was flirting with Joy on the spot. Right in front of my face. And I couldn't say anything about it, because neither Joy or Lando knew what was going on in my mind.

Already since we were 8 years old, I had a massive crush on Joy. But I've never wanted to tell her, because I didn't want to ruin the friendship we had. We have such an unbreakable bond and it would be absolutely horrible if a wrong move in the relationship would ruin everything.

I don't wanna lose her.

The way she looked at Lando said enough. The sparkles in her eyes as if she saw the lord himself appearing right in front of her. And I hated it. I am the person she should look at like that. She should be my girlfriend. I want her.

As a kid, a tried to win her for me. But I think she wasn't interested. Every time another person would bring up the fact that we would make a good couple, she looked at that person with a deadly glance in her eyes. So I think the feelings I have for her were not the same as the ones she had for me.

And they still weren't.

When we were around the age of 9, people started bullying her. I don't know the reason, but they chose her. It lasted for 1,5 year, and she was completely broken. They called her a slut, a bitch, a disgrace, ugly, stupid, fat and so much more rude names. They damaged her stuff and also her soul. And if that wasn't enough, they beat her up. She broke her nose, jaw and eye socket. If it wouldn't have meant jail for me, I would've killed the bullies with my bare hands. She locked herself in her room for days, after she came out of the hospital with her swollen face. Even her parents weren't allowed to enter her room. They dropped food at her door, and when everyone was away, she quickly took it in her room.

But after a week or two, she let me in. I was the only one who was allowed to touch her and be with her in those times. I stayed with her every night, holding her when she cried herself to sleep. I watched movies with her, listened to her when she needed it and told her how beautiful she was. Somewhere I hoped she would fall in love with me, but it didn't happen.

And it looked like I was going to lose her to Lando Norris.