Just friends?

Chapter 48

"Yeah, me and Pierre."

"You're sleeping on the couch tonight." I say to Pierre.

Daniel turns around. "Who's sleeping on the couch?"

Now everybody turns their attention to me. "Pierre thought it would be funny to pinch my toe and wake me up."

"Ooh, poor Sky."

Pierre looks at me with puppy eyes. "Do I really have to sleep alone?"

I kiss him quickly. "No, because I love you."

"Ieuw, stop doing that in front of me."

"Ahw, does baby Lando also want a kiss?"

"Ieuw no."

We all laugh. The only thing I remember after this is Pierre picking me up and bringing me to bed.

(ALMOST) TWO WEEKS LATER, THURSDAY

Today is media day at the Belgian GP. The summer break was amazing. We went on a boat a couple of times.

After the little vacation in Italy I spent the rest of the break with Pierre in Milan. We decided to not make our relationship public yet, maybe after this weekend.

"Is it okay if I leave you alone for some time?"

"Of course Pierre, go wherever you want to go."

He hugs me. "Thank you."

A little bit later I see him and Charles walking up Eau Rouge, both with flowers. Yeah, the Belgian GP. It used to be Pierre's favorite track, but since that race, he doesn't enjoy it as much as before.

About 15 minutes later Charles comes down. I give him a hug. "Is Pierre still there?"

He nods.

"Can I go to him or does he want to stay alone?"

"I think that he wants you."

"Okay, I'll go to him."

"Bye."

I walk a little before I can see Pierre. He's just sitting there, staring into the distance. I put my arm around him. "Is this okay?"

He nods.

We sit there for some time when he starts telling. About his childhood, about Anthoine, how they grew together in karting, telling everybody that they were going to race in F1 one day, about the weekend in 2019 and so on. I listen, and stroke over his back.

"I'm sorry, I'm talking too much."

"No you're not, keep going if you want, I love to listen."

"You know what my biggest fear is? Losing you or Charles. I'm just so scared that one day there is going to be another accident that doesn't have a good outcome."

I hug him. "I completely understand you, I really do."

I feel some droplets. "It's going to rain, do you want to stay or do you want to go down?"

He grabs my hand and stands up. "Go please."

We walk down and go almost immediately back to the hotel.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Pierre comes next to me, leaning on the kitchen counter. Of course we were given sperate rooms, but Pierre moved into mine.

"It's nothing."

"It's not nothing, it's 3 AM and you're supposed to sleep."

"I have a really bad headache."

"He hugs me. Is there something I can do for you?"

"Hmhm, if you could carry me back to bed that would be great."

He picks me up and I wrap my legs around his waist. "Thank you, I love you." I whisper in his ear.