Unwritten Endings [Daniel Ricciardo]

A Night Away

I don't know if it was to Daniel's luck that I didn't know Monaco that well, but it probably was because I literally had no idea where we was when we eventually left the streets of Monte Carlo.

It took all my power to not start asking Daniel where we were going, and he surely knew that questions could come as he turned on some music, the speakers being able to muffle any sound that could leave my lips even if I tried to scream it out. 

As I spent most of my time in the car trying to find any details around the driveway that gave me hints about where we were going, I chewed on my lower lip in pure frustration as I soon realised that it was worthless, because the longer we drove away from Monte Carlo, the less I knew where we were headed. I knew that we were in France and that we had passed Nice, not only because I could read the signs around us, but also because I recognised the way there after all the times I had gone to Monaco by now. 

"No hints?" I eventually blurted out, playing around with one of the golden rings that covered my fingers. 

A side glance from Daniel told me enough to let me know that he wouldn't give me anything so I could figure out where he was driving us. "Nope. As a matter of fact, I'm still debating on whether I'll cover your eyes as I've seen how you look for hints for every metre we pass." 

Snorting, I rolled my eyes at the man next to me who placed his hand on my knee. With my arms crossed over my chest, I tried to look as pissed as possible for not getting any information out of him, but the way he now pouted towards me made me start laughing instead. 

"Stop it! This is one of the worst things I know Daniel, to not have any control over the situation." 

"Well, it was you who accepted the offer to join me, otherwise you could've stayed at home right now and I could've gone to this secret place. All by myself." Daniel smirked at me annoyingly, and if it hadn't been for the fact that he was driving in a rather high speed and I didn't feel like killing us both tonight, I would've punched his arm, so hard. 

Deciding to eventually drop it, when I knew that it was useless for me to even continue to try get some hints from him, I stayed quiet as I watched every sign we passed as the darkness eventually started to surround us, the only lights coming from the small villages next to the ocean, as well as the cars passing by. 

The only sound in the car once I decided to not say one more word as I thought the time would pass on quicker, was the music that Daniel had been in fully control of, as well as his not so grammy-worthy singing voice that filled my ears, and in the corner of my eye I noticed him literally dancing around in his seat to the songs, clearly going all in for his small karaoke-session. 

With laughter, I finally gave in and watched Daniel next to me, who not only had full control over the car as well as the high speed he drove us in, but also his movements that came the exact moments of the beat. With a side glance over to me, he smiled widely as he continued to sing to a song I hadn't heard before, but listening to the words, while he sung along to them, made it feel like he tried to prove a point to me. 

With my stomach doing somersaults by all the feelings filling me up like a bottle soon to be overfilled, I quickly looked down at my fingers continued to play with my rings. The way I found myself being shy in Daniel's presence, at the same time as he made me smile like a fool, I simply had no idea how this date would be like. All I knew, was that I was in the right place in life right now, and nothing could hurt me or turn it to something worse. 

Just as I noticed a sign with St. Tropez written on it when I quickly looked up at the road again, I gasped when Daniel took the turn to the left. "Daniel, you are crazy?! St. Tropez?!"