Behind walls

chapter nine

Julie POV

"No Pierre don't worry I haven't burned the house down by now. Everything's fine", I say to Pierre who's on the phone right now.
"I know but I just feel bad for leaving you alone at home. I shouldv'e brought you with me.", he says sounding a little guilty.
"No Pierre. You are the driver not me okay? I will be there again in great britain okay don't worry"
"Okay okay. How is it going with designing?"
"Very good right now. I've had a lot of new ideas and have been designing non stop"
"Great to hear. Okay I have to leave. Qualifying starts in about an hour and I have to get ready"
"I know everything's fine don't worry. Good luck you'll be great"
"Thank you. I'll call you later love you"
"Love you too bye", I say before he hangs up.
Pierre and the others are in Canada right now. He asked me if I wanted to attend the grand prix du Canada but I said no. I came to live with Pierre to follow my dreams and not to go to every formula one race. I need to build my own life.
The past week I've been feeling a little lonely to be honest. Pierre and Charles call me everyday and sometimes Lando and Arthur call me too but that's it. I just stay at home alone and design, watch movies or sometimes work out. 
I decided to get more active on social media again and earn some money there with advertisement or something. I post regularly just photo dumps with the photos of new camera like Lando and sometimes storys but I haven't quetly figured it out yet. 
My phone rings and I pick up. It's a facetime call from Charles.
"Hey Charles. How are you?", I say smiling at him.
"I'm good but I don't feel like it's going to be a good drive since I'm getting a penalty because of the new engine.", he's still smiling but I can see the dissapointment on his face.
"Oh don't worry you'll be great. And of course I am going to wear your hat again."
I take the hat from the table in front of me and put it on.
"Okay now I feel much better knowing that my biggest supporter will also be watching"
"How could I miss this Charles?"
"I know you can't."
He looks to the ground and starts grinning from ear to ear.
"What?", I ask him.
"Nothing I just wanted to call you to feel better about the race"
"Oh so I make you feel better about the race? Is it my calming voice?". I chuckle.
"Yeah. Well, I have to leave again so I'll see you after the race okay?"
"Sure no problem. Good luck."
"Thank you. Bye"
I wave at him smiling before he hangs up the phone with a huge smile on his face.
I start thinking about our little chat and start smiling again. Charles and I facetime almost every evening and talk to eachother for hours. Time flies when I talk to him.
I continue designing a little before turning on the TV.
I take a photo of me and my hat and post it on my story with the caption : ' @charles_leclerc always ready for quali' and then turn my phone off. 
The first cars drive out of the pitlane onto their first outlap. I watch q1 very tense. I hope the best for Pierre but he gets outqualified and gets P16. Charles is out in Q2 but he doesn't even drive a lap.
I continue watching and of course I'm happy when Carlos crosses the finish line as third. I hope the race tomorrow is going to be better. They really deserve it. Especially Charles deserves to win and finally gets the world champion title he deserves. Also Pierre, he's a brilliant driver. This season just isn't for him but I'm sure it'll be better. No doubts on that.
After I scroll through my phone a bit. Mostly Instagram and TikTok since I'm kinda bored. While watching some tiktoks I get a notification from Instagram. I click on it and see that Charles liked my story. A slight smile forms on my face again before I continue watching tiktoks.
After some time I decide to order something to eat. About twenty minutes later a sweet guy delivers my pizza and leaves again. I take the pizza inside and start eating as Pierre calls me.
"Hey how are you?", he asks as always.
"Still good and you? I mean after the quali and everything?"
"Oh yeah it's okay. Don't worry about me. Wait Lando wants to say hello", he says and I hear him giving the phone to Lando.
"Hi Julie. How are you?", Lando asks sounding very excited.
"I'm great. How are you?"
"Me too. You are missing out so much right now. You should be here."
"I know but I'm going to be there the next race"
"My homerace?"
"Yes Lando your homerace"
"That's great. No, that's awesome."
"What are you and Pierre going to do tonight?", I ask him.
"We're meeting Charles and Carlos to eat dinner together."
"I wish you much fun then", I say and smile.
"Thank you. Oh, I have to leave they're coming. Bye Julie"
"Bye Lando"
I love how excited Lando gets sometimes. Even the little things in life.
I continue eating my pizza and send Charles a snap of me eating. About an hour later one of him eating a pizza too comes back.
After I finished dinner I get up and clean everything up before going back to my room to go to sleep. I've been up since five o'clock this morning and it's pretty late now due to the time difference. In Canada it's now six o'clock when it's about two in the morning here. 
I got up this morning to do yoga when the sound rises. It was beautiful. I even took a video because Pierre would never believe me if I tell him that I got up this early to do some yoga.
In my bed I immediately fall asleep.