Pole position

7

While walking downstairs I rubbed my face.

I slept great.

Walking into the kitchen I saw Liam sitting on a bar stool eating breakfast.

"Good morning" I said.

"Good morning" he said.

I grabbed my usual breakfast and grabbed my phone.

I sat down next to Liam and I began eating. 

I opened my Instagram and saw that I had a lot more followers than I had, I saw than formula one had posed the video of me doing the Netflix introduction.

People commented a lot of positive things and my day began great, I also saw that Lando and Max posted something an ugly photo of me and the caption read 'welcome to the chaos Em'. 

I smiled liking the posts. 

"So what on the menu today?" 

"Uh, family time. I was going to visit mom and dad, want to come with?" 

"Of course" 

I walked into the hallway stopping once I spotted my old karting pictures.

It was a nice time, I was one of the best racers on this circuit. 

I had the lap record for girls and was not far behind the record for boys.

When I started, I raced against girls but I was too good that I lapped almost everyone.

I needed to visit the boss of the circuit and he told me, that he wanted me to race against boys. 

I of course said yes and then the races got more difficult.

My mom and dad always supported me and that helped me too to get my goal. 

And then I qualified for international races. 

I was so happy when I heard that. 

And right now I am just as happy as then. 

I am going to race against the best racers in the world. 

This is the top.

Nothing is higher than this.

I looked at other photos with me getting my first win, getting second place and winning the Championship. 

I came from far but now I am here. 

Sometimes it's good to think about your achievements.

 That will boost your confidence.

I am super scared to race in formula one next year, I really am.

Because I ask myself am I good enough?

Can I do this and all the other things?

I walked downstairs and grabbed my backpack, coat and my phone.

I called Liam and a few moments later he was downstairs.

Grabbed my car keys on the way to the door and we got out. 

I closed the door and locked it.

We got in and drove to my parents house.

But first we needed to buy some flowers.

We went to the nearest flower shop and bought nice red roses. 

They're my mother's favorite. 

I gave them to Liam and we drove further.

We arrived at the house and I knocked on the door. 

A few moments later my mom opened the door with a big smile on her face.

"Hello darlings come in please" my mom said.

"Hello mom" I said.

We walked in and I gave her the roses.

"Oh you didn't have to do this" she said while she gave me a kiss on my head.

We walked to the living room and I saw dad sitting down. 

He saw me and got up.

"Hello sweetheart, we are so proud of you. You're a formula one star now huh" he said while giving me one of his famous hugs.

"Yeah I guess I am" I said.

I went to sit down when I got a call.

I looked at the person who was calling me and saw that it was Christian. 

I answered the phone quickly.

"Hello" I said.

"Hello, it's Christian, I was just calling to inform you that you have to go to the factory tomorrow. You need to do some sim work and a seat fit. Is that alright with you?" He asked.

"Yes of course" I said.

"Can you be here at 11 am?" He asked me.

"Yes I will be there, thank you" I said.

"See you tomorrow" he said.

"See you tomorrow" I said.

 I hung up and placed my phone down. 

My dad looked at me with curious eyes.

"Who called you?" He asked me smiling.

Oh he knows who called me.

"Just Christian Horner the team boss of red bull racing. He just called me to say that I have to go to the factory tomorrow for some racing stuff, nothing important" I said casually.

"Oh cool" he said playing along.

We both bursted out laughing.

Mom came in with our drinks, she got me my favorite drink, ice tea green. 

I thanked her and she sat down as well.

"When did you hear it, because we saw it in the news paper the same day as you told us?" My mom asked.

"Well I heard it the same day as it came out" I said.

"Wow that was fast then, the same day everyone else also knew it" my mom said.

"Yeah, I wasn't prepared for the video. Not for the new, I thought I would be a reserve driver" 

"Your father had seen a few rumors but those were fake?" 

"No, I talked to Christina before, but not only Christian many other teams. And someone probably spotted me but we talked about the reserve spot" I said. 

"So you don't have time to go on vacation with us?"

We always go to Austria for snowboarding and skiing.

But this year is going to be hard due all the preparation and I can't break anything. 

If I do I am screwed. 

So maybe something else like a trip to an other city in England or to a warm country. 

That's an option.

"I don't think I am allowed, if I break anything.."

"No we understand, we can go somewhere warm?" she proposed.

"Yeah" I said.

My mom cooked some lovely food and after that we went home.

Tomorrow is going to be a good day and a day to learn more about the behind the scenes of red bull.

I probably need to do some interviews but I don't mind them unless they are annoying interviewers.

I went to bed and closed my eyes of prepare for a media day.

How much I hate those.