Love, Eternal

Australia

Nola and Charlotte walked into the paddock, scanning their passes as they walked in. Charles was already here, he had to come in early for meetings so Charlotte and Nola went for breakfast before coming in a little later. The sun was shining, Nola put sunglasses over her eyes and chatted to Charlotte as they walked. They had been in Australia for three days already, time had flown. Nola hadn't spoken to Pierre and she felt a sense of sadness, like she missed him. Nola didn't want to miss Pierre, it meant she felt something for him but she couldn't explain it, she just did.

Pierre was walking up the paddock with his trainer and spotted Nola and Charlotte. He saw Charlotte whisper something to Nola before leaving her quickly. She walked past Pierre and smiled at him and disappeared, leaving Nola standing there. Pierre left his trainer and walked up to Nola
"Hey" Pierre spoke "sorry I haven't spoken, been so busy" he said
"No need to apologise, you don't owe me anything" Nola said to him. She meant it he didn't have to apologise to her, he was his own person
"I do" he said, Nola looked down at her feet. Pierre hoped she wasn't uncomfortable
"Erm, so are you coming for dinner tonight?" She asked him. It was Thursday, and Daniel had organised dinner for a few of them tonight, due to being in his home country
"I am indeed, why would you miss me if I weren't there" Pierre teased Nola
"Wouldn't be worth going if you weren't" Nola said teasing him back. Pierre liked her being like this
"Ooh someone's getting confident" he said back. Pierre turned to walk with Nola in the direction she was walking
"Is that an issue?" Nola asked, she felt confident about it, something she was becoming more aware of around Pierre
"Not in the slightest, you look good today" he said. Nola was wearing black high waisted trousers that were flared and a black cami type top, her shoulders and arms exposed to the sun
"This is just casual" Nola said, brushing off her outfit
"You can make anything look better than casual" he said, "did Charles mention anything about the plane journey?" He asked quickly changing the subject
"He keeps telling me to go with the flow, I don't think he cares" Nola said, she was being more honest then she thought she should of been
"What's stopping you?" He asked
"I'm not sure" Nola said. "I gotta go find Charles though" She didn't want to leave him. Pierre didn't want to leave her but he had to do some work
"See you at dinner" he said, Pierre hugged Nola, he wasn't missing a single opportunity to touch her, he then whispered in her ear "I'll save the seat next to me for you" his voice sent shivers down Nola's spine, she hoped he didn't notice but he did, and he liked the effect he had on her, Pierre let go of her and he smiled before walking away and Nola walked into the trailer to find Charles.

She walked up to his room and he was sitting there with Charlotte. He smiled when his sister walked in and flopped down on the sofa, she was still thinking about what Pierre's voice did to her.
"We're going to the garage soon for practice" Charles said as looked over, noticing his sister was in a daze he looked at Charlotte who smirked. She had told Charles that Nola would have seen Pierre, Nola shook her head noticing the exchanged looks, she was begging for them not to ask about the conversation with Pierre, not that is was an issue but she was bored of talking about it and getting the same advice. She knew they were coming from a kind place and had her best interests at heart but she wanted to do whatever it is she was going to do in her own time.

Charlotte and Nola walked behind Charles, Carlos and their team as they walked down the paddock, towards the Ferrari garage. It was so nice out Nola was enjoying being in the warmth and how nice and chilled out Australia seemed to be
"Oy oy" Nola heard behind them. Lando and Daniel were behind with their teams also walking towards the garages. Nola slowed a little with Charlotte to say hello. Charlotte knew them both fairly well as she had hung out with the girlfriends before.
"Hello" Charlotte and Nola chorused which made them both laugh
"You're coming to dinner as well aren't you?" Daniel asked walking with the girls. Nola smiled, it was that accent she had learned to appreciate. Being surrounded by her own accent, or that of French and Italian people was great, but Daniel's was different.
"Yep" Nola said, "who have you invited?"
"Just a few drivers, Alex, George, you guys, your boyfriend, Max, Lando obviously" he said, he looked right at Nola when he said boyfriend, making Lando laugh
"Boyfriend" Charlotte said laughing
"What is with you people?" Nola muttered, she must of had a sign on her permanently saying 'please wind me up'
"Pierreeeeee Gaslyyyy" Daniel shouted, they had turned the corner and Pierre was further down, he turned at the sound of his name and waved. Coincidence that he was around at the same time
"Are you now a secret supporter of Alpha Tauri then?" Lando asked
"Are you still going on about who I support?" Nola sighed, he was like that annoying brother, apparently Nola didn't have enough of those
"Pretty much, you looked all cuddly and cute on the plane" he said
"Wait what?" Daniel asked and Carlos turned round and stepped into the conversation with Charles, it was public interest apparently
"They fell asleep together and were cuddling each other" Lando said
"Pierre was spooning her" Charlotte added, Nola rolled her eyes for the 100th time this week
"Weird, I always saw him as the little spoon" Daniel said laughing, which got the rest of the guys laughing
"If I said I slept with him would you leave me alone?" Nola said messing about, trying to take it on the chin and brush it off
"Nope, that just gives us more juicy gossip" Carlos said laughing
"Guys guys come on, leave her alone" Charles said finally stepping in. Some protective big brother he is.

The girls got ready in Nola's hotel room later in the evening, Nola was doing her makeup on the bed while Charlotte sat at the dressing table styling her hair.
"I want to text him" Nola said out of the blue, Charlotte turned to face her with the biggest smile on her face
"Text him then!" She said
"But what do I say?" Nola asked
"Just send him something flirty" she said to her "I'm glad you want to though, he's a great person, exactly what you need I think" Nola smiled at her. So she text him, she didn't really know what to say so she typed the first thing that popped into her head

"I hope you're still saving the seat for me and you don't find someone better to occupy it"

Nola cringed at herself and pressed send before she could change anything. She threw her phone down scared and Charlotte started laughing at the girl who was all in a panic over a boy already.
"It's not funny, I don't know how to do this" Nola said to her
"What? flirt?" She asked, Nola nodded and she laughed all over again
"Just go with it, whatever happens happens" she shrugged, right as Nola's phone buzzed. She stared down at it and Charlotte came running over and jumped down on the bed next to her to see what Pierre had said.

"Of course I am, there's no one better than you"

"Oh stop it!" Charlotte shouted. Nola started giggling which was a rare occurrence for her honestly.
"What do I say be back?"
"Be bold and confident" she said. So Nola typed a message in response and started laughing with Charlotte
"Come on, otherwise we're going to be late and Charles will kill us" Nola said to Charlotte. They got up and finished getting ready, and got dressed. It was a casual evening but they thought they would make an extra effort if Nola wanted to flirt more. She walked out of her bathroom in her dress and heels, her long dark hair slicked back in a straight ponytail
"Jeez, you're gonna do him in here" Charlotte said, "you look hot" Nola smiled, she liked her choice. Charlotte was wearing a dress, and as always, she looked stunning.