Deep Breath | Daniel Ricciardo

Part Three

It had been 6 weeks since starting on that cold November morning, we'd had Christmas break, new years and way too much alcohol. Christmas had not been ideal. I had travelled back intending to stay for the whole of the holidays while the headquarters were closed, but being home had just caused more anxiety than sanity.

My toxic ex, mark had been hanging around trying to find me in places alone. Supermarket car parks, he'd crashed a girls night on Boxing Day kicking off, ending up with me at home hiding in the house. But even that didn't stop him, he knew where mom and dad lived, came knocking on the door or waiting for me to come out side. As you can tell it wasn't exactly a mutual agreement to split and he wasn't happy about it. So I headed back to my apartment in Milton Keynes alone and fed up... happy new year.

Luckily I had found a good group of friend in the new junior staff at Red bull and could rely on them for a good night out. Lauren, dealt with quantity and numbers of parts and specifications of materials, while Jamie worked on the hands on mechanical parts of the car so we didn't see him as much in our little office other than an breaks and if he had paperwork to fill out. Connor was also a new junior who worked with the strategic department, again he wasn't around as much as me and Lauren but we saw a fair bit of him, he was mainly heads down get the job done kind of guy, not up for chats about who was going to win dancing on ice. But that was fine, we all seemed to settle into our roles well.

We'd spent the cold January morning catching up on holiday antics and what our families had done to push us off over the edge this year, while working through the hundreds of emails we seem to acrew... even though no one was working. Lauren and I seem to be glued to our desks with the work load we had been getting while Jamie and Oliver flitted between offices and into the workshop.

"Lunch?" Lauren looked hopefully at the clock then at me. It was already nearly 2pm

"Definitely," we headed down to the canteen for Lauren to grab some lunch, I preferred to bring my own, but I got a latte and headed back to the office. We hadn't quite gained the courage to eat in the canteen with everyone, or at least I hadn't and Lauren didn't mind heading back to the office.

"Have you seen any drivers today?" Lauren asked peaking around the offices as our door closed with a 'click'

"No, I know they have got to be here today cause I'm supposed to be having a meeting with Charlotte and well I'm guessing Daniel?" I was originally going to be assigned to Checos team but with all the changes I wasn't actually sure who I was working with this season.

"So you'll be like the full time media manager"

"No not full time because I'm allocated days off in my contract. From what I can gather, Charlotte takes the ropes until I have enough practical skill to take over some of the roles. I've already started a lot of the admin and scheduling part which she said she's happy with" I shrug my shoulders

"Ha this is going to be great, you can't even talk about Daniel without smiling or blushing. He's your favourite driver, he's hot as fuck and you practically get to be with him all day everyday"

"Lauren!" I exclaim, "yes, thanks a lot for that, I do not blush and it's going to be completely professional. He's not going to be interested in talking to some junior who is bussing around Charlotte all day"

"Babe your hot AF. All eyes will be on you," I roll my eyes at Lauren's comments, "lib you've got to admit he'd be a great shag!"

I smile, "oh my god yeh, I'd so hit that!" we both smile and burst out laughing, until we hear someone clear their throat.

"Ahem," both our faces drop as we swing back round turning our faces to the now open door. " I was just looking for Libby," he smiles looking between the both of us. Slowly Lauren points across to me saying nothing, " Ahh, okay! Just to let you know we'll be meeting the conference room in about 45 minutes with Charlotte but I was hoping I could have a quick chat before to erm.. introduce myself. So are you good to meet in 30 minutes?" A huge smile sat on his face, his eyes full.

Daniel Fucking Ricciardo. Great timing. Silence sat in the room, no one moved, spoke or even took a breath. I nodded my head and turned back to my computer while my insides screamed in pain. Well that was fucking humiliating.