Formula 1 House // 2022

♥️ TWENTY TWO ♥️

Daniel sat himself up, it was the middle of the night and thunder was echoing outside. He got up and went downstairs, he noticed Mick was downstairs too. He assumed the German couldn't sleep because of the thunder and rain. It was odd to have thunderstorms when it was early autumn and they were in Monaco.

"Are you OK, Mick?" Daniel asked softly, noticing the Haas driver's hand being a little shaky.

"Yeah, I just don't really like storms. It's OK though, I'm just going to sit here for a bit." Mick smiled slightly.

"Don't worry about it." Daniel smiled back, sitting beside Mick and patting him on the back. They just sat talking to each other for a little bit, it was around 2:30AM so nobody else would he up. The Australian reckoned Lando was awake and cuddling with Carlos because he knew the other McLaren driver was terrified of thunder. Daniel and Mick were quite good friends to be honest. Mick was visibly exhausted but he couldn't sleep when everything was so loud. Carlos entered the room and noticed the two.

"Oh, hey." The Spaniard greeted.

"Hi, is Lando up?" Daniel asked, curious.

"Surprisingly not!" Carlos shrugged. Daniel look a little bit surprised but didn't comment anything.

"I'm just here to get myself a snack!" Carlos smiled, grabbing a packet of crisps and heading back upstairs.

"OK, night Carlos!" Daniel waved goodbye to his friend and got Mick a hot drink. The German eventually fell asleep and Danny picked him up to put him on the sofa since he didn't want to risk waking anyone upstairs up or accidentally dropping Mick since he was a bit heavy. He moved Mick's hair out of his face and put a blanket over him before creeping upstairs and sneaking back into his own bedroom. Though he held in a scream as when he entered, Max was staring straight at him.

"Oh my God, my heart, my weak, sensitive, old heart." Daniel murmured, taking a deep breath as the Dutchman laughed.

"You're fine!" Max chuckled, pulling the covers back up towards him.

"I think I'm going to go back downstairs." Daniel grumbled, pouting.

"Don't sulk Danny." Max held in laughter as he got out of bed.

"Hmmmphh." Daniel crossed his arms and looked away. Max couldn't contain his laughter and fell to the floor crying in laughter. Daniel stopped sulking and did the same. They could hear Seb's footsteps approaching and they both dived into the same bed. Daniel was giggling but Max put his hand over the Aussie's mouth and they pretended to sleep. Sebastian opened the door and squinted to see, he looked confused when he saw Max and Daniel were 'asleep'. He moved on to check Carlos and Lando's room. Daniel sat up and started laughing again, Max did too.

"Stop I'll cry!" Daniel chuckled, his laugh a wheeze now. Max wheezed, slapping Daniel which only made him wheeze louder. Seb was checking on them again and they had to hold in a loud wheeze. Daniel couldn't help it and just started laughing.

"I knew it!" Sebastian crossed his arms and scowled.

"I'm sorry Sebbbbb!" Daniel wheezed.

"Is Max awake?" Seb huffed.

"No, just me." Daniel couldn't stop laughing.

"Be quiet then!"

"Oh yeah, by the way, Mick is sleeping on the sofa downstairs. I'll tell you what happened in the morning." Daniel let him know.

"OK, goodnight Daniel. Be quiet please." Seb sighed, closing the door behind him. Max looked up.

"Man I love you for that one!" Max joked.

"Yeah I'm the best liar."

"No you're not!" Max rolled his eyes.

"I so am!"

"Whatever helps you sleep at night Dan..."

"Why are you so mean Maxy!" Daniel complained.

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

That went on for awhile but eventually Daniel gave up and just passed out on Max.

Kevin was sick and tired of everyone being loud at night. He placed his pillow on his head and went to sleep like that.

In the morning, the smell of pancakes overwhelmed Mick's nose and he jolted awake. He rubbed his eyes and peered into the kitchen, his hair fluffy and messy. It was Lewis and Checo cooking today. Some drivers just weren't allowed to cook at all. Mainly the younger drivers and Daniel. Charles walked in and noticed Mick, eagerly walking over.

"Hey Mick! Sleep well?" The Monegasque spoke in an especially thick accent in the morning so it was a bit difficult to understand.

"Fine, thanks. How about you?" Mick yawned, messing with his own hair.

"I slept great!" Charles smiled, hugging his friend and as they both sat down on the sofa.

"Valtteri suggested we all party tonight. I can imagine it not going well." Charles told Mick, chuckling.

"Oh Gosh! It would be funny though. Is Daniel asleep?" Mick laughed.

"I think so, yeah, why?"

"He was up pretty late during the thunderstorm."

"There was a storm?" Charles looked surprised.

"Yeah!" Mick furrowed his brows.

"Guys wake up everyone who is asleep!" Lewis called. Lando ran to Daniel and Max's room, he really wanted to wake them up. He forced his way in and looked surprised at the sight. He took a quick photo then ran towards them, shaking them both.

"Wake up!!!" He screeched. The two jolted awake and sighed, glaring at the Brit.

"We're up." Daniel groaned, hopping out of bed.

"Good morning sleepy heads!" Lando giggled.

"Yeah whatever." Max groaned, getting out of bed slowly.

Alex walked into George's room and clashed some frying pans together.

"WAKE UP CAPTAIN SHAMELESS!" He screamed at the top of his lungs.

"I'M UP!" George jumped to his feet as Alex hysterically laughed, "Not funny Alex, not funny."

"It was so funny. Now come on, it's breakfast time!"

"I'm coming." Russell grumbled.