Love, Eternal

Target

The buzz of the sprint race today was all anyone was talking about, along with another subject that Nola wasn't aware of. She walked into the paddock scanning her pass and walked to the Ferrari trailer, there was cameras and journalists everywhere and Nola was their target. She kept calm, wondering what was going on.
"Hey" Lando walked into the paddock behind Nola and saw her, and saw the cameras and walked straight up to her to make sure she was okay.
"What is going on?" Nola asked, grateful that he was there, she was fine with them, but she didn't expect them
"You and Pierre, it's everywhere" he said as he walked, with his arm around Nola, trying to battle through the cameras
"Ohhhh" Nola said. She didn't even make the connection
"And you didn't even tell me" he sighed
"It was only last night, I haven't had a chance. I'm sorry" Nola forgot to even think of messaging Lando, but he would forgive it
"It's okay, I'm happy for you. You're my best bud" he said laughing as they arrived at Ferrari, his trailer was opposite
"Thank you for saving me" She said to him
"No worries, see you later?" He said. Nola nodded and went to walk in the trailer when she heard a ball being kicked, Charles. She walked round the side and saw him and Carlos playing football in their race suits. It was a warmup for Charles sometimes, it really relaxed him and took his mind off of what was to come when he kicked a ball around.

"Bonjour, Hola" Nola said greeting them both
"Here she is, the talk of the town" Carlos said laughing, Nola smiled at him, as he put his arm round her shoulders and hugged Nola. She was happy today so she didn't mind
"I did not expect that. Lando had to come and save me, paparazzi everywhere" Nola said
"You should of called me!" Charles said as he walked over to his sister, concerned for her. Carlos took his arm away
"It's fine, I'm fine. Just didn't expect it that's all" Nola said. Charles bear hugged Nola as he normally did
"Pierre said you didn't care" he said
"Do you and Pierre talk about anything else besides me?" Nola said as joke
"Of course, but we were both concerned. But apparently we don't need to be" he said
"So how is Pierre?" Carlos asked as he took the football off of Charles to play again. Nola had already received a good morning message from Pierre which made her smile
"Good I guess" Nola said, she didn't know what to say. It was Nola's second relationship in life, so she didn't know what to answer with, and considering it had only been a whole 12 hours at most, there was hardly anything to report about
"Young Nola has got herself a boyfriend" Carlos teased, Nola poked him in the arm
"As much as I would love to be wound up, I need breakfast" Nola said to them
"We go to the garage in 30 minutes" Charles said, she nodded and turned back to go into the trailer to get some food. 30 minutes before Nola's younger brother did his qualifying, and then her older brother would follow.

Nola walked out of the Ferrari trailer with Charles, they were both under one of the Ferrari umbrellas yet again as the rain showered them. It was not ideal, but it wasn't as bad as it was before.
"I don't like the rain Charles" Nola said moaning
"Why? Afraid your hair will get wet?" He joked
"No, I worry. Anything could happen on the track with the rain" She said to him. Charles put his arm round Nola
"I promise we'll be okay. Aie foi soeur" he said
"I have faith, I pray. But I still get scared, I don't think it will change" Nola said to him shrugging, they made it to the pit lane where she saw Arthur getting into his car, she quickly passed him and gave him a high five and told him to be safe, before they stood waiting for him to come past on track. Lorenzo joined his younger siblings at the wall, he put his arm round Nola's shoulders, hugging her while he chatted to Charles as they waited. Arthur was sitting in 21st position which wasn't ideal, but Nola had faith. She said a little prayer as she did for Charles and they watched his qualifying. Brilliantly he made his way up to 14th, he was exactly like Charles, he wasn't happy unless he was winning, so although he'd made up some places he still wasn't thrilled.

"Enz I'm so glad you don't race. I couldn't deal with three brothers" Nola said. Arthur got out of his car and came over to his siblings
"You love us really" Charles said laughing. They all hugged each other and dealt with a disappointed Arthur. She looked around at the rain and Charles' voice brought her back to reality.

"Why don't you go and see Pierre before we go out?" Charles whispered to Nola, she smiled at him. She walked past the Ferrari garage, she would come back and find Charles before the sprint. Her Ferrari umbrella was probably not a welcome sight to most of the Alpha Tauri team, but it was to Pierre. He come out, his race suit round his waist, his muscles showing through the white top.
"You came?" He said as hugged Nola underneath the privacy of the umbrella
"Can't stay for long" Nola said to him
"I'm glad you're here, even if it's for a minute. But not sure the umbrella is appreciated" he said laughing
"Probably not, worse for you. Dating a Ferrari girl" Nola said to him giggling because the word dating sounded so alien to her
"Dating a Ferrari girl, I like the sound of that" he said
"Well I wanted to make sure you were okay and wish you good luck, I'll be watching as I always have been" Nola said to him
"You always watch me?"
"Of course I do, always have"
"Pierre, deux minutes" Pierre's head engineer called out
"Well I'm glad you do, say a little prayer for me"
"I will, please stay safe. I'll see you afterwards, good luck" Nola said as she gave him a hug, her head burying into his chest
"Always am fleur" Pierre pulled away slightly and tilted her head up and planted a soft kiss on her lips. Nola got lost in everything until they heard his engineer again
"Pierre allez" he said, she broke away from him
"I'll see you after" Pierre gave Nola another quick kiss before ducking out from underneath the umbrella. Nola walked back to Ferrari and the rain had stopped completely which made her put down the umbrella and also smile, and saw Carlos and Charles zipping up their suits
"Mieux?" Charles asked, Nola nodded. Carlos bumped fists with Charles and then Nola, they had become closer as well, she did see Carlos most days. Nola gave Charles a hug
"Be safe, love you" Nola said to him
"Love you to Nola, cheer me on as always" Nola smiled and the guys got into their cars.

Nola felt a lot calmer as she sat down with her headphones on waiting for the sprint to start. Arthur and Lorenzo both in the garage with her watching their brother. Charles got away well and was leading the sprint for a good while. Pierre got a puncture early on from a knock with another driver so had to pit and was sitting towards the back of the grid. Nola was looking forward to seeing Charles, Lap 20 he was still leading until Max overtook him. Nola was so annoyed, she knew how much being on pole and winning meant to Charles, what it meant to all of them. Coming second was not their forte. Carlos was 4th, again he wouldn't be as happy as he could be but happy enough, it was all in the race tomorrow. Pierre come in 17th. As soon as Charles stepped out of the car, he did his media and then came and found his siblings in the garage, he had seen Pierre was 17th.
"You did good Charles, tough end. But tomorrow you'll be second and have a good start" Nola said to him, he nodded and gave her a hug as he always did after the race, before greeting his brothers. He was disappointed but tried to get on with it, tomorrow would be the day.
"Let's have dinner tonight? Us four?" Arthur spoke. Nola, Charles and Enzo all nodded, Lorenzo went off with Arthur to do his bits, Charles and Nola went to the Ferrari trailer so he could do a briefing before they could leave.