AND IT CONTINUES - Max Verstappen

13

"Slow down," Myra begged as she tried to keep up with the Mercedes driver. For some reason, Daniella was in a hurry to get inside the Mercedes hospitality as soon as they arrived at the paddock.

"I can't," Daniella replied as she looked back at Myra. "There is a fan with another "marry me" sign again," she subtly pointed at the fan following them before jogging away.

Myra looked back and saw the fan with the huge sign. He clearly had paddock passes and is now trying to get through the people on his way to reach Daniella.

The PR agent turned around and followed Daniella.

The fan backed off once the driver entered the hospitality and vanished from his view.

"What happened?" Nate asked as he came over and kissed Myra before looking at the driver.

"I think another guy was about to propose to Dani," The PR agent replied as Daniella went straight to get herself a cup of coffee.

"What? Really?" Nate laughed as he looked outside. Sure enough, a guy was standing outside with a huge sign with Daniella's name on it.

"Don't laugh.." Daniella sounded tense. "It's not funny, Nate."

"I am sorry.." He tried to control his laughter again but failed.

***

Max was about to take a sip of his Red Bull but just as he opened his mouth the can was snatched from his hands. He immediately knew who it was and just rolled his eyes and glared at his girlfriend.

"Nyck stole my coffee," Daniella explained before starting to drink the Red Bull.

"I need it," Nyck replied as he joined the couple.

"I don't see how you need my iced coffee when you can get one from the Willians hospitality," Daniella bickered.

"Their coffee doesn't taste as good as the ones in Merc," Nyck replied.

The other drivers were also around, having small talks with one another before they were called out for the drivers' parade.

"He stole your coffee so you stole my Red Bull?" Max asked Daniella, raising his eyebrows as he watched her suck on the straw.

"Yes..." Daniella sheepishly replied. "You can blame him though," He pointed at Nyck.

"Don't blame me. I am already nervous," The reserve driver warned Max before he got the chance to open his mouth. "Is this how you felt before your first race?" He looked at Daniella.

"She didn't sleep the entire week and collapsed after the race," Max replied before Daniella could. Since he was her teammate he remembered vividly how nervous she was. No amount of comforting and encouragement worked till she crossed the chequered flag and scored her first points.

"I think I will collapse after the race too," Nyck mumbled before handing Daniella the empty coffee cup and then snatched the energy drink before walking away to join his teammate.

"Stop stealing my drinks," She yelled but in return got a bunch of chuckles and laughs from the other drivers.

"Now you know how it feels," Valtteri smugly said and which earned him a glare and a subtle middle finger.

"Get me another Red Bull," Daniella looked at Max and slightly pouted.

"Yuki, come here."

***

Daniella almost wanted to yell under her helmet. The race was yellow flagged because of the McLaren of Daniel crashing on the barricade and then the safety car was brought out with only a few laps to go. She went in for a pit stop and got a fresher set of soft tyres, confident that she can overtake Charles and move up to P2 but was just informed that the race was going to end behind the safety car.

She could hear her team clapping on the radio as she crossed the chequered flag, but she was not happy with the result. She wanted to score more points.

"And that's P3," Nate said. He knew very well that Daniella was not happy and he didn't blame her. They got the strategy right but the safety car ruined their chances for second place.

"What about Lewis?" Daniella asked, not caring about her result. She could feel the championship slipping away from her despite giving her best.

"He finished P5," Nate replied. "Both of you did really well today."

"And what about Nyck?"

"P9. Scored points on his first race."

"That guy was nervous for nothing," Daniella thought as she parked her car next to the Red Bull of Max who won the race. She got out of the car and gave her boyfriend a quick hug before going over to her team as the Italian Grand Prix came to an end.

❃.✮:▹ ◃:✮.❃

A/N: Boring chapter because I was not in the right mood to write but I wanted to write something.

 Dani is now worried that the championship is slipping from her grasp. Maybe this is not her year.

 Italian GP is over and there is no race for the next three weeks. What do you think will happen in the meantime? 

Nyck scored points on his first race by driving a Williams. If this doesn't get him a seat then I don't know what will.

 Latifi is now the only driver with no points. He is a good guy but he has to go so someone more deserving can take his place.