Lights out - Charles Leclerc

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📍Bolonia, Italy

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lunassainz: he got me at pasta with wine

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lilly_rhem: you're living your best life! so jealous!
💬lunassainz: don't cry! we'll be together in a week!
💬lilly_rhem: yessss!
💬louise_gilgard: i'm so excited!!

user1: but who's he?!?!?
💬 landonorris: that's what we all want to know
💬 user2: @user1 @landonorrisit's Pierre duh 🙄
💬 user3: @user2 no he's not, he just posted a story with yuki!

yukitsunoda0511: looks delicious! where is it?
💬lunassainz: it was delicious! it was Il Ristorante di Giacomo!
💬user4: this friendship >>>

isa_hernaez: that food looks way better than ours
💬lunassainz: that one hurt :(

charles_leclerc: turns out i'm not such a bad guide ;)
💬lunassainz: @charles_leclerc you definitely won a couple points with this one
💬user5: interesting... 🧃
💬charles_leclerc: i told you it was the best pasta
💬landonorris: @user5 🧃

maxverstappen1: i hope the wine didn't have the same effect as in Barcelona 
💬lunassainz: MAX I SWTG IF YOU DON'T SHUT UP I'M GOING TO KILL YOU
💬maxverstappen: @lunassainz no need to be aggressive i'm just stating facts
💬lunassainz: @maxverstappen i am too
💬user6: i still wonder what the hell happened in barcelona

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"Are you excited about the weekend?" I ask Charles as we walk towards the restaurant he made a reservation at.

He has driven us to a little village half an hour away from Emilia-Romagna hoping to be away from the crowds that gathered in the area for the GP. When we got here he gave me a little tour before heading to the restaurant, which was lovely as we got to see the sunset while walking around the old houses covered in vines.

"Of course, I hope we can repeat last weekend's result." He smiles in my direction. "What about you? Excited to see your brother racing?"

"Yeah! It's always exciting to see Carlos racing and this year it seems like you guys can do great things."

"I hope so, we sure had a great start of the season." His left dimple shows up before adding: "We made it."

We sit on the terrace as the weather outside it's lovely, warm enough to not need a coat. The place Charles chose it's a traditional restaurant of homemade food which only has six different meals on the menu. As always, I find myself incapable of choosing only one option so we end up splitting a pizza, a dish of truffled carbonara, and lasagna. All of the above, paired with red wine from a local winery.

"Okay, so what would be your ideal job?" Charles asks me before taking the final bite from the pizza slice. 

"Mmm," I take a sip of wine so that I have a few extra seconds to think about it. "I really don't know. I got my degree in business and economics and someday I would like to be in charge of a company." 

"Really? A company of what?" He asks raising his eyebrows. 

"Ideally, something related to motorsports. I would love to work with my dad and Carlos."

"CEO of the Carlos Sainz Foundation?" 

"Yeah, maybe," I smile shily. "CEO sounds like a big role, though."

"I'm sure you would do great."

"I hope so." I feel my cheeks blushing a little. "For now, I'm living my life while working for my dad, helping him with the sponsorships and other deals with different brands."

"Sounds awesome. Plus, that way you have the freedom to travel around."

"Yeah, it gives me the opportunity to follow them around their races."

"I love that because it means that you also follow me around my races," he clinks his wine glass with mine and he shoots me a wink. 

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Author's Note: Thank you, everyone, for reading! I hope you're enjoying the story. I would love to know if you like the little bits of written story, or if you would prefer the chapters without them. Your feedback is much appreciated!