Secrets with Wolff - Max Verstappen

12.

We arrived in Italy a couple of hours ago. Charlotte and Lando's friend Max really seemed to hit it off.
I was sharing a hotelroom with Charlotte.
"Thank you for inviting me. I really needed this" Charlotte was fixing her makeup in the bathroom. I was happy to see that because that meant she was feeling better. "I really missed you, I still can't believe you thought I was dating Charles" it slipped my mouth. I didn't want to bring him up because I knew she was trying to forget about him.
"I am sorry, my mind just went crazy" she sighed, putting her makeup down. I was hoping this trip could take her mind off things.

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It was pretty calm in the media center so I could study for my classes in peace. Everyone was probably getting busy for quali and luckily Olivia was gonna do the post quali interviews so I could focus on my classes.
I actually started to like her and she seemed to trust me more. She told me about her and Charles. It was now pretty clear that he dumped Charlotte for Olivia.

I looked up from my laptop, just staring in front of me. I saw Max, Charles, Daniel and Olivia laughing together. I now realized we got divided in two groups.
One group was Charlotte, Lando and I and another was them. Carlos and Isa were probably floating between our groups.
I sighed as I saw Max laughing. It was his real laugh, I haven't heard that laugh in a while.

"Welcome back to earth" A voice snapped me out of my thoughts. It was a smiling Lando. "Hi babe, what are you doing here?" I looked up at him, he was leaning on the table. "I wanted my good luck kiss before qualifying" he smiled, leaning closer to me and kissed me. He was so cute. "Good luck I know you'll do great." I put my hand on his cheek, kissing him another time.
"Will I see you after quali? We could stay in and watch a movie together?" He looked down at me. I just nodded but then I realized Charlotte was here too. I couldn't just leave her alone. "Can Charlotte come too? I don't want to leave her alone." He nodded. His best friend would probably be there too so it wasn't much of a date anyway.
He waved at me while he walked out of the media center.

I saw him walking to Max and the other guys. He greeted them smiling. I wondered if Max actually knew I was dating Lando? Did they talk about it already? They're good friends so Lando probably told him.

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Max ended up on pole, Lando was on P3. I was so proud. He did such a great job.
I was walking with my laptop in my hand through the paddock, I guess the post quali interviews just ended because the drivers were walking back to their hospitality.

I smiled when I saw Olivia and Charles. I guess they really liked each other.

My smile quickly dropped when I saw Max walking around with his new PR manager. She could be a copy of me. She had straight black hair, with dark eyes.
He was holding a Red Bull in his one hand, his other was brushing against her hand, he whispered something in her ear and she started laughing. I remember when we were like that.

I didn't expect to feel like this seeing him getting close to someone else.