The unknown driver

chapter thirty-three

Amelias POV

"These tyres are complete shit"
"Amelia there are only seven laps to go."
"I know but I'm slipping around every corner with them"
"We can see. But Charles is only 1.5 seconds ahead of you try to get the drs"
Sometimes my team gets on my nerves a lot during a race. They sometimes don't understand the struggle if you're slipping around the whole time. I mean driving this car isn't like driving an other car you know.
I try to concentrate on the race again.
Charles is only 1.3 seconds ahead of me they tell me.
I started fifth today since quali didn't go as planned.
I'm now fourth and I want this podium.
"Amelia only 1.08 now"
I can do this.
"Drs. Amelia drs"
I push the drs button and try to overtake him in the next straight.
I get the inner corner perfectly and overtake him.
The only problem: He's not gonna give up and will keep driving in the drs zone.
The next straight he overtakes me again.
"Only two laps to go"
I get drs again and overtake him in the exact same way as earlier.
The last straight. I see him trying to overtake in the innercorner and try to defend myself. 
He can get past me and we're head to head now.
I speed up and try to take the last corner when my tyres start slipping again and I almost drive into the wall giving Charles the chance to overtake me.
I rip the stearing wheel around and manage to also get on the track again. 
Carlos overtakes me too.
I finish fifth.
I get out of my car and immediately get into my drivers room and lock the door.
I throw everything to the ground.
"Amelia come on.", a guy of my team says.
"No wtf I told you these tyres were complete bullshit but you just wouldn't listen to me"
"We're sorry", I hear another voice say.
I sit down in the corner of my room and say nothing.
I know it's a little overdramatic but I almost drove into the wall again because of these tyres and they cost me my podium.
I'm just very dissapointed in myself.
I don't know for how long I've been sitting in there when I hear a knock on my door.
It's silent for a few seconds before I hear a male voice say: "Come on Amelia let me in"
I get up and open the door. Charles is standing there completely wet from the champaign.
I fall into his arms.
"It's okay don't be so hard on yourself."
"I know sorry. Congratulations on your podium"
"Let's not talk about that let's-", he suddenly stops and his eyes grow wider.
He slowly let's go off me and walks in front of my little cabinet.
I turn around and see why he's so worried.
In there are my clothes ripped apart and also a little teddy but his head is ripped off and there's a knife sticking where about his heart should be.
Charles takes up the card next to it and reads: "From your secret admirer. Amelia you broke my heart so now I'm going to break yours"
He pauses for a second before he asks me: "Why would someone do that"
"I don't know. I didn't even notice because of the race."
"Amelia we need to call the police"

Charles POV

It's official now, Amelia has a stalker.
When the police arrived we told them everything. It wasn't the first time this happend and that she first thought this was a fan.
They also watched the videotapes but couldn't find anything because the cameras have been hacked and turned off.
I'm really worried for her.
We also talked to them about the accident with my brakes and that they were sabotaged. The police said they couldn't exclude that the stalker hasn't done that too.
We immediately decide to fly home.
She's going to stay with me of course I'm not letting her go back to her place where he could already be waiting for her alone.
No, she's going to stay at my place with me and Arthur.
I already called him and told him the news.

It's about 3am when we open the door.
We get inside and see Arthur asleep on the couch.
I take our things inside and we get ready for bed.
We're almost asleep when she says: "Charles I'm really afraid."
I pull her closer and say: "Don't be I'm here and I'm not going to leave your side okay?"

Amelias POV

"No, I'm afraid that something is going to happen to him you know? Because the stalker wrote 'I'm going to break your heart'. The only one that could break mine would be Charles"
"Don't worry okay we're here for you.", Lando says and Pierre smiles at me two.
I asked them to meet me in my drivers room earlier today since we're already in the Netherlands and I didn't know where else to speak to them in private.
We continue talking until it's time for quali.
I haven't seen Charles since yesterday evening when he said he has something to do. Since then he hasn't come back.
I get a message on my phone. It's from Charles.
'Good luck. Love you'
I smile and get into the car.
Quali goes by well and I get P4.
Charles has P2 so I'm going to see him afterwards.
I go to my drivers room and check my phone.
I see a lot of messages from instagram and click on it.
I almost let my phone fall to the ground when I see the picture.
It's a picture in Ibiza when we were clubbing and he's kissing Charlotte on it.
A tear rolls down my cheek.
How could he do that?
"I need to leave", I say to myself and don't even change my clothes. I put them in my bag and leave my room.
Pierre comes my way.
"Where are you going? What happend?"
I just give him my phone with the picture on it and start walking to my car.
"Wait Amelia. I'm sure it's just a missunderstanding"
"Oh so he couldn't tell me earlier when it happend? He had enough time to tell me"
I run to my car get inside and drive off.

Charles POV

I got P2. I'm really happy about that.
I'm heading to the redbull garage when I see Pierre coming my way. And he's, holding Amelias phone?
"Charles wtf did you do", why is he so angry?
He showes me the picture.
Shit.
"Wtf did you do mate?". He's now shouting at me.
"It's not what it looks like"
"Then what is it Charles? Don't tell me you haven't kissed Charlotte in Ibiza."
"I didn't okay? She kissed me. I pushed her away and said I don't like her and that I'm in love with Amelia."
"Mate you fucked up badly"
"Why? Has she seen it? Where is she?"
"She practically threw her phone at me and left"
"Fuck"
I really fucked up.

Throw back to Ibiza

"I'm going to the toilet", Amelia says.

I nod and continue sitting at the bar. I'm looking around when someone taps my shoulder.

I turn around and see Charlotte standing there.

"Hey Charles. I missed you", she says and hugs me.

I hug her back but slightly push her off of me after a few seconds.

"How are you?", she asks.

"I'm good and you?"

"Me too. With who are you here?"

"Amelia", she makes this disgusted look and I look at her questioning.

"Oh god you two can't be serious. Charles we were so much better together. We were the best couple and everyone loved us. Don't you miss that too sometimes?", she puts her hands on my shoulders.

"I-", but before I can say more she shuts me up and kisses me.

I push her off of me.

"Wtf why would you do that? I don't love you anymore okay? You're so selfish Charlotte. You broke up with me remember? You left me with a broken heart and didn't even care. And when Amelia enters my life and I start to be happy then you get jealouse. Wow"

I start walking away but stop when she says: "Wait or I'm going to show her the picture."

She holds up her phone with a picture of her kissing me a few minutes ago.

"No you wouldn't"

"Charles you have no clue what I'm going to do. Break up with her until the dutch garnd prix or I'm going to show her the picture and tell her my side of the story and we'll see who she'll believe"

Shit.

"Okay but don't tell her".

"Wow, that's some jealouse shit", Pierre says after I told them the story behind the picture.
We're sitting in my hotelroom after we searched for Amelia the whole night.
"Yesterday she called me and asked if I broke up with her. I of course said no and that I'm not going to. She then asked me to come see her and I also said no but she blackmailed me with the photo again so I left. I talked to her the whole night and told her to not do it and in the end she said: 'fine I'm not going to do it. You two deserve eachother'. I thought that it would be over now but I guess not. She sent it to multiple fan accounts and they later posted it."
"We have to find Amelia so you can tell her this story too", Lando says.
"Do you thing she'll stil listen to me after all this?"
"Mate she still loves you.", says Pierre.
"I know"
I start crying.
"We're going to find her okay?", Carlos says.
"What if something bad happend to her? I'll never be able to apologize to her and I'll never forgive myself if something happend". I start to cry even more.
"It's not your fault okay?"
But is it really?