Sixteen

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"Daniella!" Pierre's angry voice rings through the cafeteria. I pause my conversation with the Mercedes HR team.

I smile sheepishly at Pierre as he walks hurriedly over to me.

"Keys! Now!" Pierre half shouts.

"Excuse me" I say and bolt from my team. I meet Pierre halfway and hand him his keys.

"Sorry, I had to make it on time" I say and shrug with a teasing smile.

"I hate you. Don't ever scare me like that again" Pierre says and I nod.

"Is Lena here?" I ask him with an excited smile.

"No, she stayed in" Pierre says and I frown. "It's my first day at a job, that she pressured me to get...and she's saying in?" I say in disgust and Pierre chuckles.

"Sounds about right" Pierre says and I shrug in agreement.

"I will catch you later, can I ride with you to the hotel?" I ask hopeful and Pierre rolls his eyes.

"Sure. I have interviews today" Pierre says and I nod eagerly.

"Thanks!" I say and ruffle his hair before leaving to get back to the table.

"You two" Stoffel tsks and I laugh and throw my fry at him.

"Shut it. I will see you back at the office, I need to get the last things set up" I say just as my phone rings. Luckily it was my work phone.

"See ya" I say and pick up.

"This is Daniella" I say and leave the table and walk out of the cafeteria.

"Where are you? We've been looking everywhere for you? George is whining and I need a break" Lewis says and I snort.

"I'm going to the paddock just now. Meet me there" I say and hang up.

I shake my head and make my way there. I see Lewis and George waiting for me and I chuckle.

"Hey girls" I say with a cheer and Lewis brings me into a hug and groans in relief.

"Girls? Why are we girls?" George asks confused but hugs me when I pull away from Lewis.

"Because I don't have my girls with me, so now you two are my girls. My bitches" I say with sass.

"Oh god, you're worse than him" Lewis says and facepalms.

"I am not! Worse than Mr. Saturday here" I say and scoff at George who pouts.

"It's a close call" Lewis says and I shrug taking it.

"What are you two doing? I have work to do" I say and let them know I can't stay.

"We got interviews and practice. We fly out tonight" Lewis says and I nod.

"You're with us in our private plane" George says and I chuckle.

"Sounds good" I say and smile.

"How's it going so far?" Lewis asks as we walk towards the pit lane.

"Good, I'm catching up to all the work" I say with a smile.

"That's good, I can't wait to see what you'll be bringing to the team" Lewis says and rubs his hands together excitedly.

"Oh you just wait, I got big plans" I say and wink at him.

"Daniella?" A familiar voice suddenly calls out, the three of us turn around and I raise an eyebrow as Charles runs up to us.

"Pierre told me to give you a ride home, Lena needed him, so he had to go" Charles says.

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