Midnight Rain | MV33

05.

My fingertips pressed against the plastic at the bottom of the team headphones as I was listening to the team radio. The scratchy material of the chair made small muffled noises against the waterproof material of the coat Lewis gave me to wear whilst he was in qualifiers so I wouldn't get cold as it was only just coming to the end of winter months here. "Well done Lewis that's P1, P1" Bono spoke through the radio as the sound flowed through the headphones. After the eventful forty five minutes passed Lewis came out P1 leaving Max P3. A smile made it's way to my face after thinking about the bet me and Max had made, part of me secretly hoped he'd win not that I would ever let him know that though.

A light hand was placed onto my shoulder, instinctively I looked up to see who it was revealing my favourite ginger haired girl. Alannah Banks. She looked down at me with a warm smile, "Hey love" she spoke in her familiar British accent which had a tinge of Spanish to it which she'd picked up from her mother. She pulled out the seat next to me sitting down with her body facing me as I took off my headphones. "What are you doing right now?" she questioned, "Nothing, so I'm all yours" I smiled looking back toward her, "Good" she beamed immediately standing back up and dragging me away from the garage and out into the paddock. Linking arms we walked through the crowd together as I pulled my sunglasses off my head to put them on my face. "Girl it's literally cloudy and cold, why on earth have you got sunglasses on?" Alannah laughed tipping her head back, "It's fashion ok" I jokingly sassed back at her as we made it to the Mercedes motorhome where catering was. "Hold on is that Sir Lewis Hamiltons jacket?" Lana dragged out playfully, "I was cold ok!" I whined taking the seat opposite her resting my arms on the table, and it's true was freezing. "Anyways what are you doing today?" I questioned diverting the topic of conversation away to her. "Well that's why I came to find you" She began which hooked my attention "So I have to do this interview today with Charles and Carlos" she continued "You want to sit behind the camera and watch" She smiled at me. "Umm of course" I spoke matter of factly "When do you start?" I questioned further, "We've got 20 minutes, so I'm thinking we get one of those cookies from over there and take a slow walk over" I grinned at her as if it were one of the best ideas I'd ever heard. 

After both collecting our cookies we left the motorhome heading towards the Ferrari garage where Lana said we'd meet the two drivers there. Walking through the crowds I earned a few questioning looks from people as I wearing Lewis' team coat with a grey tank top along with my sunglasses and a black mini skirt with thin tights you could still faintly see my skin through. I held my cookie with both hands as it was still warm whilst simultaneously staying close to Alannah for comfort within the big crowds. A few meters away I spotted Max within the middle of a big swarm of fans, Max turned his head so he was facing me. As soon as we made eye contact he was smirking at me but as his eyes travelled down my body seeing the coat with the number 44 printed in the sleeve his brows furrowed almost scowling at me whilst being rushed into the Redbull motorhome by his Press officer. I brushed off what just happened quick enough so Alannah wouldn't notice as we arrived at Ferrari. The Monegasque and Spanish drivers appeared into my line of sight as both me and Lana greet them, "Ok do you want to sit whilst we do it or stand?" Alannah questioned "That's what she said" I giggled to myself earning a light slap on my arm from Lana. The two unanimously decided to sit, grabbing chairs from around the motorhome we all sat around as the media crew set up the camera. I pulled out my phone as I sat waiting for them to start when I saw a text from an unknown number. My face scrunched as I was completely confused as I opened it. '44 hmm' it read, I gave a breathy laugh knowing exactly who it was. 'How exactly did you get my number Verstappen?' a smile made it's way subconsciously to my face.

It wasn't long before the interview started and after 30 minutes of questions it was over, Alannah stayed with the boys to help them with media prep whilst I made my way back to Mercedes to sit in on the strategy meeting. As I entered the room I saw a seat next to Lewis which was free so I decided to make my way over, as he saw me he pulled out the chair in preparation for me. I smiled at him gratefully as I sank into the grey seat, bringing my right arm up I rested it on the plastic armrest leaning my hand against my face. I felt the touch of lewis' race suit brush against my thigh, I looked down to the contact first before looking up to Lewis' face to see him smiling but still focused on the screen displaying his statistics in-front of him. Hey I'm not complaining. Leaving my leg there enjoying the small contact I continued to listen to my dad and the team discussing the statistics for tomorrows race. Once the meeting finished up people began to disperse from the room with my dad leaving first, "You warm enough?" lewis questioned with a small laugh, "No I think I need a heated blanket it's that cold" we both laughed as we stood up ready to leave the room. My phone beeped with a text as I looked down to the contact name reading Azalea's name. "You got to go" Lewis spoke which came out as more of a question, "Probably" I spoke hesitantly not really wanting to leave so soon. Lewis nodded whilst pulling me into a side hug briefly, I lifted one shoulder out of his coat to return it before I felt his hand quickly lift it back up "Keep it, I have like 5 more and it looks better on you anyway" he said softly his fingertips brushed against my exposed collarbone. I turned my head so we made eye contact, he looked me directly in my eyes practically staring into my soul, "You know if you aren't careful someones gonna think we have a thing going on" I smirked whilst his hand moved down the side of my body to be placed on my hip. This felt natural to me, kind of like deja vu back to when me and Lewis would have this secret thing going on a few years back.  "Would that be so bad?" he was still holding the eye contact which was starting to make me nervous, "You know we can't do this again" I said softly. "Yeah I know" he smiled as we both remembered the agreement we made at the end of 2019 where we promised to just be friends so things wouldn't get messy. "I need to go" I said just above a whisper as I read Lea's text saying she needed help with something and wanted me to meet her back at the hotel. "I'm happy you're here" He said into my hair as he pulled me in for another hug good-bye. Pulling away I smiled at him as I took steps toward the door pulling it open and leaving the paddock.

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Ok guys! Here's chapter 5, I hope you enjoy it!❤️