Nola is the younger sister of Monégasque formula one driver Charles.
Being close to her older brother means she now travels the world with him as he races in a Ferrari car, delve into the rollercoaster of events, emotions and trials of Nola.
Nola walked into Charles' house with a few boxes of stuff. Most of it was clothes. Pascale had taken her daughter moving out well, she was already prepared as Nola was going to move out before. She also knew it didn't make much of a difference as Nola would be away from home completely for majority of the year. Charles dropped Nola off and helped her with her stuff before he walked back out the door to go and see Charlotte. Nola knew her way around, she had been here plenty of times before. She took her stuff into the spare room, which was now Nola's room. Nola started unpacking, she was completely knackered. It was 6pm but it felt later, travelling, time zones and jet lag messed with Nola big time. She got changed into pyjamas and went to bed.
Nola woke up to her phone buzzing. She groaned and rolled over and picked it up. She looked at the time, 8am, she slept for over 12 hours, she clearly needed it. She then saw a text from an unknown number. She opened up my phone.
Hope you got home safe, see you in Australia x
She had no clue who it was though, which further baffled her as to who had her number? She shrugged it off and text Freya. She needed to have a girly day and the weather was lovely out today!
Beach day, one hour. We've got so much to discuss!x
Her reply was instant, of course. Nola looked around the house realised that she was still the only occupant, Charles' must have stayed at Charlottes. She made some breakfast and then got ready in a bikini with a white summer dress over the top, she slipped on her converse and added sunglasses and headed out the door, locking it behind her. The beach was a short walk from here, as was Freya's, it was a good middle point for the pair. She slowly walked through Monaco, appreciating the sights, sounds and smells she missed, everywhere was starting to open up for the day, people going to work, but everyone did it in a calm and happy way. Nola walked down towards the sea and saw Freya already sitting on a rug on the beach. "Bonjour" She yelled as she got closer to her friend "Nola" she clapped excitedly, happy to see her friend. Nola sat down next to her looking out to the sea. It never got boring here. "So fill me in. What's happened?" She asked "Well obviously first race was great for Charles, we went out and celebrated afterwards we were at this club and Pierre was there of course, I needed some air and Pierre came outside with me and we talked a bit and he brought up Anthoine" Nola dived straight in telling her friend everything that had happened, Freya's head snapped towards Nola, she couldn't believe it "You're joking? Why would he do that?" She asked "I don't know, but I talked and then went back inside to find Charles and it really upset me so I ended up arguing with Pierre. But he didn't get angry or defensive, he even said like it's my fault I'm sorry. But by that point my blood was boiling" "I'm not surprised, Its not an easy thing to get over. You lost your best friend and soulmate" Nola nodded in agreement "I ended up going back to the hotel and going to bed. But Pierre, he was staying in the same hotel and I saw him for breakfast he came and sat with me and apologised again. Obviously I was calmer" "You're a hot head so that surprises me" she laughed which made Nola laugh "But yeah he apologised and we were fine. But he had asked me if I wanted to go for lunch or dinner the night before, and he asked me again later that day at the track, so I said oh who's going and he said well it will just be us, and I said I don't think I can do that right now because it's not fair to him, and he said that's fine and then said when I'm ready he'll be there" Freya's jaw dropped. She knew Pierre had always liked Nola, but he really really liked her. Asking her out for dinner already "What?" "Yeah" "I mean it makes sense, he's had a crush on you since were a kid remember? Charles told me" "But surely that's non existent now?" "Obviously not, and you chose Anthoine. They both crushed on you like crazy and Pierre never got a chance, which he clearly wants the chance now" "I can't do that. He's my brothers friend" Nola sighed "Anthoine was your brothers friend" Freya said, it was a fair point from her, Nola couldn't use it as an excuse when she had already done it, "and after Anthoine passed, you told Charles and he was fine with it, so he could very well be fine with Pierre" she continued "There's nothing to be fine with, nothing is happening" Nola huffed "Okay okay, don't get defensive" she said holding her hands up. "But when we were on the plane Carlos, Charles' teammate asked me if I fancied Pierre" "Ooooh must be something there then" "It just isn't going to happen. Pierre is someone I've known for a long time, he's friends with my previous boyfriend and my brother. It's just weird" "He's someone who's fancied you since you were kids" "And?" "Okay I'm not getting anywhere with you so that's that, let's talk about something else" "What is there to get at?" Nola asked her. She was feeling frustrated like Freya was seeing something she wasn't "I just think if he's fancied you this long give him a chance maybe? I know you'll always love Anthoine and truly there is nothing wrong with that, and I'm sure Pierre knows that, they were best friends. But how do you move on if you won't allow yourself?" She asked.
Nola stayed quiet unsure how to even answer her friend, the whole thing was weird. Yes she had known Pierre for years, very well in fact, but all this had happened in the space of three weeks and to Nola it wasn't something she was confused by that much before, and now after speaking to Freya there was more to it. "You do what you want to do. But just incase you need to know or need to hear it, there's nothing wrong with it, if you went and dated Pierre or any other guy, it's normal. And Anthoine wouldn't want you to be sad and lonely for the rest of your life, and you're not disrespecting him in anyway" Nola nodded at Freya "I'm sure you're right, but I just don't feel ready" "Well he'll be there when you are by the sounds of it" "And I don't want to hurt him"
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Nola and Freya spent the day on the beach enjoying the sun, Nola tried to forget about the whole thing with Pierre. She knew Freya was right and she needed to move on, but to lose the love of your life in such a horrible way was devastating. It was nearly three years ago but it never got easier. Nola's phone broke the silence and snapped her out of her thoughts when it rang.
"Hello?" Nola said as she answered the phone to her brother "Nola, where are you?" He asked "Just at the beach with Freya, what's up?" "I'm having a get together with some friends later, do you want to come?" "I don't mind, where and when?" Nola asked him "Just at Louis, bring Freya of course" "Fancy, okay no worries I'll be home soon anyway" "Okay see you soon"
"Dinner with Charles and friends, wanna come?" Nola asked Freya as she put the phone down and turned to her "Always, I'll bring Olivier" she replied jumping up. Olivier was Freya's boyfriend, he was a really lovely guy, perfect for Freya they balanced each other out so well. "Come on, we need to get ready!" She said pulling Nola up. The girls went to Freya's house first to get her things before returning to Charles' house to get ready for dinner.
