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After five hours I have four systems set up.

Sainz
Riccardo
Norris
Russel

I sigh before closing my laptop and looking at the time.
'Oh- Shit.' I jump up, seeing that my appointment is only ten minutes from now.
I quickly grab my things, unable to find my key 'fuck fuck fuck.'
I hurry to the nightstand on the other side of the bed, finding the key there.

I hurry out of the room, making my way to the lane of cabs outside the hotel.
'Circuit Paul Ricard s'il vous plaît.' The man nods and head on his way.

When I arrive I pay the drive and run to the McLaren garage.
I turn a corner, slamming into John, Lando's trainer.
'Oh god. I'm sorry.' I say as he chuckles 'You're in a hurry.'
I glance down at my watch 'Yeah I'm a little late.'

'no it's okay, I was about to come pick you up. We're late too.'
I let out a breath 'really?' He chuckles and turns from where he was coming from.
'Yeah, follow me.'


When we enter the garage everyone is there.
Carlos, Lando, and Zak in the middle.
Zak is the first to walk up as John joins the others.
'Amelia. Glad you could make it.' He says.
I smile at him 'thank you for the invite.'

Zak lays his hand on my shoulder as he stands next to me.
'As you can see the entire team is here.' I nod at his words.
Yet I have no clue why, they all seem happy to be here.
'We want to officially welcome you to the McLaren team.'

Someone pops a confetti cannon, making me jump and laugh as everyone cheers.
'Oh that's so nice! Thank you so much.'
Even though they all know I won't just be working for them, they still do this.
'You've so far proven to be able to take good care of our drivers, so we have a present for you.' Zak says before pointing at Carlos.

'I got you a room, so you can have a small office closer by.'
I smile brightly as he pulls out a pass. 'Ahw. Thank you Carlos.'
A quick hug before he hands me the pass.
It says my name, with a picture of me that I haven't seen before.
'That pass gives you access to the entire building.' Zak adds.

I look at him 'is that even allowed?' I ask with a chuckle.
Zak nods 'it also give you the ability to get food in our cafeteria.'
I take a look at the pass again, before looking at the team, my heart warm.
'This means a lot to me. Thank you so much.'

They give one big group hug.

'Welcome to McLaren.'
I've seen the woman around before.
'Thank you.' I say shaking her hand.
'I'm Charlotte.'
I smile at her 'oh nice to meet you! I'm Amelia.'
She giggles 'I already knew that.'

Something gets put on my head.
When I turn to who it is that did it, it's Lando.
'If you're part of the team you have to wear teamwear.'
He says as I take the cap off of my head.

'Oh and it has to have your brand on it too?'
I raise my eyebrow as I notice the four on top and his logo on it.
He chuckles 'they ordered a different one, but you can have this one till then.'
'Ah, okay. Thank you then.'

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