Just friends?

Chapter 29

I wake Sky up. "Sky, Max is at the door, you need to go, now!"

She walks to the door. "I'm coming Max, don't worry! I'm not dead or something."

He hugs her. "I really thought you were, why didn't you open earlier?"

"I was asleep, what would you expect?"

"You almost didn't sleep last week and now you sleep until 10 AM. That's weird. You look better too. What happened?"

I hear them getting closer to the bedroom.

"Max, I need you to trust me. I know you're not going to like what's going to happen but don't freak out, and don't be angry. This was my choice, I asked and he only said yes."

"HE?!"

"Max, don't freak out. I absolutely trust him."

She opens the door and I look in the eyes from Max. "Ehm good morning I guess."

Max says nothing, and looks back at Sky. "Did you?"

"No Max, obviously not. Why would you think that?"

"How long is he here?"

"Since yesterday. We talked."

"About what?"

"Me, and last week."

"So he was the reason you felt so miserable."

"No he wa-"

I interrupt Sky. "Yes I was."

She looks at me. "No you weren't."

SKY POV

Why does he think that he was? He absolutely wasn't the reason. My parents, they were the reason.

Max hugs me. "Then, if you trust Pierre and it was your choice I think I should respect that."

I'm shocked. Is this my brother? That's not how I know him. "Thank you, he's coming to Italy if that's okay."

"Totally fine by me. See you at the track, I assume you drive with Pierre."

We laugh. "Yes, that was the plan indeed. Bye."

He leaves.

I lay next to Pierre and hug him. He starts playing with my hair. "You're not the reason okay."

"But I said..."

"Yes, you said that, but you meant it, and honesty is what counts in the end."

"But I was so scared that I lost you."

"You won't get rid of me that easily, I just needed some time."

"Did I give you enough?" 

I hug him a little bit tighter. "Of course you did, otherwise I wouldn't lie here next to you."

"That's what I wanted to hear, but we need to go now."

In the paddock I bump into Max, who is doing a quiz for Sky Sports. "Oh hey Sky, do you want to join?"

I get red. "Ehm, maybe, what is the topic?"

"Family."

"Oh yeah sure."

When the quiz is over I go to Lando, he is just walking in the paddock. "Hey Lan, can we talk?"

"Oh hey Sky." He gives me a big hug. "You don't know how happy I am to see you, do you?"

"Ehm no, why would you."

"Max told me that you weren't doing great, and you didn't pick up your phone or reply to your messages. We legitimately thought you were dead."

"Nah, don't worry about me. Weeds don't rot."

He laughs. "Okay, but to answer your question, yes, of course we can talk. When?"

"Right now, if that's okay."

"Yeah sure."

He takes me with him to his driver's room. "Where do you want to talk about princess Verstappen?"