𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐌𝐞 - 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐜

𝟬𝟬𝟮. 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗯𝘆𝗲𝘀 & 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘀

Charles stood outside of the team hub feeling rather sorry for himself,

"Charles you can't avoid her forever," 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐎𝐒 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐙 spoke in a duh tone as he followed his teammate out,

"I can if I don't go back there until the team meeting," the Monegasque already came up with a plan as he didn't want to see her,

"What's your issue with her anyways?" The Spaniard asked as he never really got an answer from his teammate,

"I don't like her and she doesn't like me, simple!" Charles began,

"So I don't get why she made the move to Ferrari," he added as he ran his fingers through his hair,

"Because it's a good opportunity," Carlos was completely playing devil's advocate in an attempt to try to a better answer from his friend.

"Yeah for someone with a bit of talent," the Monegasque spat now clearly feeling annoyed,

"Cha-" the Spaniard tried to intervene but it was unsuccessful,

"She only finished third that one time in Spa because of the rain," Charles still wasn't impressed with how people were talking about her in qualifying,

Especially when he had spent that whole night planning how to beat her,

"She wouldn't be here without her fathers last na-" the boy added but was finally cut off,

"Charles!" Carlos yelled as he hit the younger boy's chest,

"What?" The Monegasque matched the boy's tone as the older boy motioned behind them,

Valentina stood there with wide eyes and a clenched fist as she locked eyes with Charles,

Yes, they hated each other but at least he never brought up her last name,

Or at least until now.

Before either boy could try to say something to salvage the situation the girl walked into the Ferrari hub as she tried to keep her composure.

"How much do you think she heard?" Charles asked in a whispered tone as he had a weird feeling in his gut,

"All of it," Carlos confessed as he knew there was no way to deny it,

"Now I'm the bad guy," the Monegasque let out a groan knowing that this was the last thing they needed before they became teammates.

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The race had ended and despite getting P4 Valentina couldn't shake the words she heard the previous day.

"You okay?" 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐄𝐋 𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐎 asked as he saw the girl sat out on the ground hiding from the media,

She found this place during her F2 days and still went whenever she needed a moment of peace.

"Just thinking," Valentina sent him a smile as she shifted over to make room for him,

"That's dangerous," the Australian joked,

"Seriously though what's up?" He quickly changed his tone noticing the girl didn't giggle like she usually did,

The duo had been paired together for press conferences on her debut race weekend and they just hit it off, since then Daniel was the older brother she never had.

"Do you think I'd be a driver if my dad wasn't my dad?" There was no way to beat around the bush when the German spoke to Daniel,

"If anything I think you would be a better driver," the McLaren driver spoke plainly as he felt that sometimes the pressure got to her,