The unknown driver

chapter fourty-three

Charles POV

Today's the qualifying.
I'm feeling much better since I've spent the last few days with Lando and Pierre. I also apologised to Carlos and everyone. I'm feeling a lot better now that I've talked to them about everything.
I'm looking at my insta feed when suddenly my messages go crazy. I get tagged in a lot of posts and comments and everything. I take a look at one and see a photo of Amelia and read the caption:

Is there going to be an Chamelia come back? 
Amelia Thatcher confirms that she would get back together with her ex-boyfriend Charles Leclerc but can't because of personal reasons. What are these personal reasons?

What?
"The parade where we drive around in our cars is soon going to start Charles come on", Carlos says as he walks around the corner. He notices me and my face. He rushes over.
"Is everything okay? What-", he asks and I give him my phone.
His face drops as he reads it. 
"Is it true?", he asks me.
"I don't know"
"From where do they get that information?"
"The new video on redbull's youtube channel", I say and look at youtube. 
I search their channel and click on the video. Carlos and I watch it together.
"Yes I would...", I hear her say and my world goes quiet for a second. 
After all this time she tells basically everyone in a youtube video that she would get back together with me. 
After everything she did to me?
I look at Carlos and he's as shocked as I am.
"Hey guys have you seen the vi-", Lando shouts as he runs into my driver room but stops as he sees our faces. Pierre is close behind him.
They stop in the doorway and look at me.
I chuckle.
Their faces change to an asking look.
"She's so selfish", I say and they look at me now with a more sad face.
"How can she be so fucking selfish?", I say and start to shout.
"Charles you should-", Pierre starts but I interrupt him by punching the wall next to me.
"After everything she did to me I finally managed to get better and then she does that? She's such a selfish, self-centred bitch. She only cares about herself and never about others."
"Charles you're bleeding", Lando says and I look down at my hand. Bloods spreading down my knuckles towards my finger tips and a few drops already landed on the floor.
"How can she do that to me?", I say and my voice breaks.
Carlos gives me a hug but I walk away. Pierre tries to stop me but I push past him and leave my room. I need to talk to her.
As I want to leave the garage they stop me and bandage my hand. I justg want to leave again as someone comes and takes me to the parade car.
"No I need to leave I-"
"No the parade's now", the man says.
"But it's important"
"It can wait", he says and Carlos sits next to me.
"I need to talk to her. Now", I say and look at Carlos.
"Okay you can afterwards. But calm down a little before you do something you'll regret."
He's right.
The car starts driving and soon the other drivers join our car too and drive next to us. I see the redbull car pass us and see Amelia. She looks at me for a second with a guilty look.
She looks like it wasn't her intention to tell that to everyone and as if she truly feels sorry for what she did.

Amelia POV

Charles has seen the video. I can tell by the way he looks at me. I feel sorry for what I did. I truly do. Pierre just told me that he was beginning to feel a little better and then I say something like that in a video. I'm a horrible person. I need to talk to him.

As we arrive in a more private area to get out of the cars I get out and start walking over to Charles. He sees me coming over and puts his hands in the pockets of his pants and waits paitently. I'm almost there when a woman with a microphone and two camera men with big cameras stand in front of me. I keep eyecontact with Charles and try to push past but they don't let me.
"Please miss Thatcher just for a second. Just a few questions", the woman asks me several times still not letting me trough.
"Fine if you let me go afterwards", I say and look at her patiently.
"Okay so is it true what you said about Charles in your interview?"
"Yes"
"So are you claiming to get back together with him?"
"I'm not claiming anything. I just answered the questions that they asked me and that's it", I say and finally manage to get past them. Charles is still waiting there.
I walk up to him and stop a few inches in front of him.
I look in his eyes deeply.
"I'm sorry for what I did", I say and look to the ground.
I feel his arms on my back and he pulls me towards him into a hug. I hesitate at first but then hug him back. 
We just stand there.
Hugging eachother as if nothing happend.
With so much love and so much guilt.
So near and still so far away from eachother.
He let's go of me.
He gives me a slight smile. I smile too before I start crying.
"God I'm a horrible person", I say and chuckle while some tears run down my face.
He lifts my chin up and looks me deep into my eyes.
"Yes you are", he says sarcastically and we both start laughing. He pulls me into a hug again.
His arms feel safe. As if nothing could ever hurt me when I'm with him. As if everything's perfect and everything's alright. But it's not.
"Wanna meet in my room tonight? I think we have a lot to talk about.", he says.
"Yes. I'll be there at seven"
He nods before he turns around and walks away.
I wait for him to turn around again but he doesn't.
He just keeps walking.

Charles POV

"How was your talk with Amelia?", Carlos asks me while Lando and Pierre look at me expecting to say something good.
"We did not really talk", I say and continue grinning a little.
"What do you mean?", Lando asks me. 
"We agreed on meeting in my room at seven to talk about some stuff"
"And how do you feel about that whole thing? I mean you two talking again and everything?", Pierre asks me with a worried look on his face.
"Guys I'm okay. There's nothing to worry about", I say and they all look at me with wide eyes.
"Are you sure?", Lando asks.
"No definitely not. But I still love her so I would never say no to a chance of us talking and being friends again", I say and smile sadly before looking at my feet.
"God you're a hopeless romantic Charles", Pierre says and hugs me.
"Yeah but I would give anything to have one like Charles. No wonder all the ladys want you", Lando says and laughs. I laugh too and Carlos and Pierre join us.
The rest of the day I'm quite happy but also kind of nervous. 
What is she going to tell me?
I hope it's nothing bad.
"Charles 15 minutes from now", my strategist says.
"Okay copy", I say and start to get ready mentally for the start. I hope my results will be good. Maybe this day doesn't have to be as bad as I thought it would be.
I get to Q3 easily and start my first fast lap. I feel quite good in the car. 
"You're currently P1", someone on the radio says.
I start my second outlap before I start my second fast lap.
The time is finished. 
"What position are we?", I ask over the radio.
"You're on pole and Carlos is third behind Max"
"Oh yes haha", I say and start celebrating in my car. I drive up to the podium and get out of my car.
"Well done Charles", the team tells me and I shake their hands. Out of the corner of my eye I see Amelia standing somewhere behind all the people leaning at a wall smiling. 
We lock eyes and I smile too.
I congratulate the others before I take my interview. It's the same questions as always.
I answer them before I walk away and talk to the others.
Carlos and I are walking into the garage when we see Isa and Amelia standing there talking to eachother. They're both laughing and they look like they have a lot to catch up on. 
We walk up to them and they both greet us.
"Congratulations", Isa says and hugs Carlos before she gives him a kiss.
Amelia and I just stand there a little wierdly.
"Congratulations you two", Amelia says smiling. "I better get going. It was nice to see you Isa"
She waves at us one last time before she leaves and walkes out of the garage probably heading towards redbull.
"Amelia misses you", Isa says and I look at her surprised.
Carlos nudges her.
"Oh I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking", she says and gives me an apologising smile.
"No it's okay. Why do you know that?", I ask her.
"I could tell by the way she looked at you. I know her for a while now and she's not good at hiding things", she says and chuckles.
"No she's not", I say and chuckle too.
We stand there for a second before I leave them alone. I change into other clothes and tell everyone goodbye before I leave to go to my hotel. I take a look at my watch and notice that it's already seven. 
I hope she won't be mad.

I'm rushing down the hallway towards my room when I see a girl leaning next to my door at the wall. She notices me and turns her head. 
Amelia.
She slightly smiles at me. 
She's more beautiful than ever.
"Sorry I'm late", I say and open the door.
"Oh don't worry"
She follows me into my room and sits down onto my bed.
I put down my things before sitting down too. 
It's strange being so close to eachother after what happend. We didn't talk for weeks and now she's sitting next to me again. The same as she did in January. When she told me she doesn't love me anymore. When she ended everything that ever happend between us. 
When she broke our memories into pieces.
Our relationship.
When she broke me into pieces.