Love, Eternal

Pierre Effect

Nola was on the phone to Pierre while she got ready for dinner with her brothers. She didn't manage to see him after the sprint so he called Nola when he got back.

"Are you doing okay though?" Nola asked him as she brushed out her hair
"Yeah it is what it is, I'll try and do better tomorrow"
"You've got this, I have faith"
"Thank you. So what are you going to wear? I'm jealous I can't spend tonight with you" there was a strange tone to his voice, almost flirty but that comment about being jealous was definitely cute.
"Aww aren't you cute, erm not sure, I might wear a dress"
"Send me a picture"
"Why?"
"So I can see how stunning my girlfriend is" Girlfriend! Girlfriend! Okay that would never get old, Nola couldn't wipe the smile from her face
"Stop it" Nola said laughing, "I will but that might make you even more jealous"
"Well I might have to come and see you after then"
"Don't think so mr Gasly, you've got a race tomorrow"
"And?" He questioned Nola
"And you have to concentrate, your trainer might not be thrilled with a late night adventure"
"What might that late night adventure entail?"
"Don't even think about it" Nola said half stern and half laughing
"Why have you got to spoil all my fun?"
"You can flirt all you like"
"Well when can I see you?"
"How about tomorrow night?"
"Tomorrow night it is, what do you want to do?"
"I don't mind"
"Well you can come here to my hotel, we can watch a movie?" He said
"Sounds good to me"
"Lovely, just come back with me after the race?"
"Yep, right I've got to get dressed as I've got to go soon" Nola didn't want to stop talking to him but Nola would be late for dinner reservations otherwise
"Okay, I'll speak to you later"
"Okay, bye"
"Have a good night Nola" he said

Pierre's flirting got Nola a little flustered, she pulled on a dress she had laid out while she was talking, it was just a simple black one, she put on the shoes to go with it and made sure her hair was good before taking a picture to send to Pierre. She put her phone away in her bag and left her room to go and find Charles. Arthur and Lorenzo were on a different floor to Charles and Nola so they would meet them in the lobby. Nola knocked on her brothers door and he opened it quite quickly, makes a change for him. Charles followed Nola into the lift and she took her phone out when it sounded in bag, Pierre had replied to the picture with some eye heart emojis. She laughed at it before replying.
"What's funny?" Charles asked looking over her shoulder
"Nothing" Nola replied quickly but he had already seen her phone
"You're flirting" he said smiling
"Well I can't help it"
"Nothing wrong, it's good to see you smile" he said, Nola exited the lift and saw her brothers
"It's good to be smiling" Nola replied
"Who's smiling?" Lorenzo asked as his younger siblings joined him and Arthur
"Nola, to her boyfriend" Charles replied, smirking as he said the word boyfriend
"I'm not sure about this Pierre scenario" Lorenzo said
"Why?" Nola was confused, and she worried, what was wrong?
"Well I'm gonna have to give him the big brother talk" Lorenzo replied smirking this time. Nola let out a breathe realising he was winding her up
"Is there a little brother talk I can give him?" Arthur said as they walked outside to the two cars waiting for them, one being Charles' and one being Enzo's. Arthur and Nola had fifteen months between them but he always acted the same as Charles and Enzo by looking out for Nola with a lot of things. It had its pros and cons with having three brothers, they always came from a good place
"There will be no talks, Charles is already fine with it and that makes you two fine with it as well" Nola said sternly
"Nola you're our sister, we have to protect you" Enzo said, he was definitely joking around. Lorenzo was 33, older than Charles by 9 years, Arthur was 21. The age between Enzo and the rest of the siblings was larger than Nola, Charles and Arthur. Thinking Charles was protective was one thing, nothing compared to what Enzo was like, but he did it in a sweet and caring way, he only ever wanted the best for his three younger siblings.
"Protect yes, don't scare him away" Nola said laughing
"As long as your happy, we're happy" Arthur said opening the door to Enzo's car. Nola nodded and got into the open door of Charles' car
"We'll see you there, follow us" Charles said as he shut Nola's door, directing his response to his brothers. Both cars drove off to the restaurant that Enzo had made reservations at for them. It didn't take long to get there and of course there was cameras waiting. Charles came round to Nola's side of the car as they parked and opened the door, he took her arm, looping it through his as they walked with their brothers towards the entrance.

"CHARLES! NOLA! OVER HERE!" They were yelling at the group. Nola and Charles smiled politely and walked past them all and into the safety of the restaurant, they were sat down in a private booth towards the back of the restaurant where it was quiet and ordered their drinks.

"They're going for you now as well?" Arthur asked
"Apparently" Nola shrugged, she wasn't too phased. They always followed Charles around anyway, but it was still new for them to be looking for Nola as well. She was getting better at dealing with it.
"It's the Pierre effect" Charles said laughing
"Am I not important enough in my own right?" She asked joking
"Yes, but he's right. The Pierre effect. So anyway how is that going?" Enzo asked
"Rocky start, but now it's smooth. I really like him" Nola said, she could feel the blush coming to her cheeks as she spoke.
"Awww so cute!" Arthur squealed. She elbowed him lightly as he was sat next to her
"And he really likes her" Charles added
"I should hope so, he's fancied you since they were in karts" Lorenzo said
"So everyone keeps saying, clearly I'm blind" Nola said as she sipped the wine that had arrived at the table
"Definitely oblivious" Arthur confirmed. Nola nudged him again and he returned the favour
"Now now kids, no fighting" Charles said in a sterner tone. Arthur and Nola laughed at him.
"Anyway, what shall we do for mums birthday?" She asked her brothers
"We'll be in Miami Nola, so we should do something before?" Charles spoke, Nola completely forgot it was Miami. It was the first Miami race, it was new and exciting. She couldn't wait, she was hoping for warmth and fun. Partying hard as well no doubt
"We go home after this?" Arthur said. We all nodded
"How about we take her on a day trip?" He continued
"What about Nice? We can go the weekend before? Nola asked them, it was near where they lived and she knew her mum loved it
"Ooh yes let's go to Nice for the day" Enzo confirmed. "We'll get a group together?" Charles asked, "I can bring Charlotte?"
"Yes, I'll get Freya to come" Nola said
"And Pierre?" Charles asked
"You want Pierre to come?" Nola asked
"Yes of course, you know mum loves him as well. Then you can do like a formal meeting of the parents" Enzo said
"Okay sure" Nola said, the thought scared her but she kept calm, mum already knew Pierre so it was hardly a big meeting, even if it was the first since they had started dating. "So we have us four, Charlotte, Pierre and Freya, that'll be good" Nola said to them continuing on
"I'll sort out the travel" Charles said. Nola took out her phone and text Freya and Pierre about Nice, they always tried to make mums day special, she was gutted about not being there for her actual birthday but she knew Enzo and Arthur would be home with her in Monaco, while Charles and Nola were in America.