All of You (Sebastian Vettel)

41. No Place Like Home

After a few more days in Abu Dhabi while Seb took part in the post season tyre tests,  he and Alyssa finally arrived back home and normality resumed.

Alyssa woke up late on the Friday morning. She reached out for Seb but his side of the bed was empty.  It was also cold, he'd obviously been up for a while.  

As she became fully awake she became aware of loud music playing from somewhere upstairs. 

She climbed out of bed and headed straight for the toilet to relieve the pressure on her bladder, then she went in search of Seb.  

She soon found him in her old bedroom.  He'd spent the previous day finishing clearing it out and he was now crouched down on the floor dressed in some old ripped blue jeans that had seen better days and a plain white T-shirt.  The smell of the white gloss paint he was spreading on the skirting boards hit her. 

He hadn't spotted her yet.  He was too busy singing along tunelessly to the song that was playing loudly out of his Bluetooth speaker. 

"I'm a shooting star leaping through the sky
Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity.
I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva
I'm gonna go, go, go
There's no stopping me!
I'm burnin' through the sky, yeah
200 degrees
That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit!
I'm travelling at the speed of light!
I wanna make a supersonic man out of you!"

"Hey!" she called out, making him jump and smear a streak of gloss up the wall. 

"Fucking hell Aly, you made me jump," he exclaimed.

"It's a good job that wall's going to be painted over," she laughed.  He laughed too. 

"Did you sleep well?" he asked. "You were snoring your head off when I got up.  I woke at seven and couldn't get back to sleep, so I thought I might as well make a start on the Bean Cave."

"Yeah, I slept soundly for once.  I was woke up by Bean 1 kicking the hell out of me though."

"That's our footballer!"

"Have you eaten? I'm just going to put some bacon on."

"I already had some porridge,  but as it's winter break I'm sure you could persuade me to eat a bacon sandwich."

"Mug of hot chocolate too?"

"Absolutely.   I'll meet you down there.  I've just got to wash my hands and change out of these clothes.  I don't want to get paint all over the place."

Alyssa headed down the stairs and turned the hob on to heat up the frying pan.  It wasn't the healthiest way to cook bacon, but that's how the Beans liked it. 

She switched the kettle on and when it had boiled she made two mugs of hot chocolate. 

She'd just put the bacon in the pan when Seb walked into the kitchen, wearing just a pair of grey joggers and his slippers. 

"Hey, smells good." He sat down at the table. Alyssa placed his mug of hot chocolate in front of him. "Thanks baby. So, have you got any plans today? I know you were thinking of going around Sienna's."

"Yeah, I'm going to text and make sure it's still ok. She was talking about us going out for lunch.  I can't wait to see Amelia again."

"When is your dress fitting? I know you told me but I forgot. I've got so much to remember."

"On Tuesday, after the girls finish school. And remember, you and Joel need to go and try your suits on next Friday. Hopefully Fabian's will
be ok. I know he can't get over until the 22nd."