Something Gained

Chapter Seventy-Four

Daniel called the agent for the house and we would sort everything later, hopefully we had enough time to do the right paperwork and checks before we left England. We made our way into the MTC, Daniel was whisked off for training and other commitments, I had to catch up with the teams, I grabbed a coffee and went into my office to settle my things, Hannah was in there already.
"Morning sunshine" Hannah smiled, she was rubbing her belly and it was so cute
"Morning, how are we today?" I asked her
"Feeling good, how are you?"
"I'm good" I closed my office door. I wanted to tell Hannah. I sat down at my desk, Hannah on the sofa. "I've got some news" I told her
"You're pregnant" she laughed
"No no no" I shook my head, that was not on the cards for me for a long time, I was okay with it I think. I knew it was best and Daniel had made it apparent it would happen at some point when we were fully settled in life.
"Damn, what is it?" Hannah asked, I laughed at her
"So you know we were looking for a house?" I said, Hannah nodded. "We've found one, Daniel found one and it's perfect, Hannah it's so beautiful and not far from here, we went to view it this morning" I gushed, I was so excited and talking so fast I nearly stumbled over my words
"Omg really! Do you have pictures I want to see" Hannah said, she jumped up from her seat and came and stood next to me as I nodded and pulled out my phone, I handed it to her so she could scroll through my camera roll of the pictures I took
"I'm in love with it Hannah!" I said excitedly
"It's beautiful, omg look at the entrance. Wow" Hannah was in awe "we have to have a house warming party" she yelled
"Oh I will! It's honestly perfect"
"I'm so happy for you Alex" Hannah handed my phone back and hugged me
"I'm so happy to!" I said
"Look at us growing up, a baby and a house" Hannah said as she returned to her seat. We chatted about things before we headed to our meetings. We had to meet with the media team, and social media guys and work out the rest of the season, and then what we would be doing during the winter break.

The day flew by, finally I was on my way down to the media room where Lando and Daniel were waiting. I walked in and Lando was sitting with his feet up on the table. Daniel opposite him, both on their phones.
"There she is" Lando smiled as he heard the door close behind me. I smiled and sat down next to him.
"You guys okay?" I asked them, they both nodded and put their phones down
"Daniel told me you found a house, are you excited?" Lando asked turning his attention to me, I caught Daniel smiling over at me as I nodded
"So excited!" I said. And I was, I knew we still had to wait to see if our offer went through and them to do the checks but I wanted this house so much. The fact I would be living with Daniel, and no matter where we were in the world, we would be together, it made me so happy.

The time in England flew by and we worked hard getting things ready for the last two races. Things with the house weren't done in time, but they had done the background checks they needed to do and our offer was accepted but we still hadn't officially signed anything yet, but they were going to email me over things while we were away so it was a waiting game to see when that would be. Daniel and I were going to LA straight after the season ended to move my things out and into his house, before selling my apartment. It may be the end of the season but we had a couple of things work wise to wrap up inbetween, then we would head to Australia to see all his family and things before heading to Monaco to chill out before the season began again. It was going to be busy, but I was excited. I was Daniel Ricciardo's girlfriend, and I was going to living with him, travelling the world with him, and most importantly being loved by him. Nothing else mattered.

I was snapped out of my thoughts by Hannah tapping me. We were on the plane to Saudi Arabia and Hannah and I were working part of the flight.
"Alex, you're zoning out again" Hannah said, I shook my head and sighed
"I am not with it today" I said to her and she laughed
"Late night?" She asked winking. Which it was, we had an early flight but Daniel and I decided to go for dinner, we went to the cemetery again to put some more flowers there for my mums birthday, and then went for some food, it was such a romantic dinner. But when we got back to the hotel things got a little intense and I don't think we went to sleep until 3am and we were back up at 7am, I wasn't mad about it to be honest, I enjoyed myself immensely, I knew Daniel did, but lucky for him he could sleep, I had to work. Sleeping was exactly what Daniel was doing, I looked across the plane and he had his headphones over his ears, his eyes closed and leaning against a pillow, he looked so peaceful.
"You could say that" I chuckled. Hannah and I worked for a little while before shutting the laptops and sitting back. I picked up my blanket and draped it over myself and settled down watching a film.

I woke up to someone sitting next to me. I jumped because it scared me and I heard the same laugh I loved, Daniel chuckled next to me. Hannah was asleep opposite me.
"Why did you wake me?" I grumbled as I changed positions and rested my head on his shoulder
"We'll be arriving soon" he said. I had really slept that long, I was still tired. I grumbled a reply and cuddled into Daniel, wrapping my arms around his. I felt him kiss the top of head and I was so close to falling asleep again.