love to hate you.

"He coped brilliantly"

"Pierre my dear, how are you" she hugs him. His eyes meet mine but I walk past him. I keep my distance while they all catch up.

His eyes always drift back to mine. I'm pissed.. like what the fuck does he want?!

"Guys I will head to the motorhome. You can stay tho I'm just hungry." They nod and I turn around and leave.

I'm minding my own business. My coffee. My food. All I need.

Am I pissed that Mr. Gasly is present ? Yes.

Can I change it? Sadly no.

Charles comes up and sits down next to me "hey where are the others?"

I'm trying to keep a straight face. Charles doesn't deserves my bad mood so I give him a slight smile "Catching up with Pierre"

He sighs "Yeah.."

I just smile "I wasn't in the mood so here I am"

He laughs "Food is definitely the better option" he steals a peace of my pancakes.

"You're lucky I like you"

"Naah you love me ;)"

"Sometimes."

"Emilia there you are!" Pascale hugs me once again tighter then ever which made me giggle "why did you leave so quick?"

I try to keep up my smile "I was hungry! You know me I need my food!"

"Okay my dear" she smiles and we all sit together at the table.

Charles heads off to some meetings and I spend the time with Arthur, Lorenzo and Pascale.

The relationship between me and my family has always been difficult.

The Leclerc's have always been more my family then my biological one. Some people would say it's sad but for me its the opposite. I love them more then anyone.

I wouldn't be who I am without them and I am forever great full that they entered my life.

The race was about to start and we all watched it from the Ferrari garage. It was an incredible race.

It always fascinates me seeing how talented Charles is.

Just one corner left.

"I can see the celebrations starting. He's got one more corner the famous parabolica to go. Mercedes threw everything at him today. Charles Leclerc has coped brillliantly! He won in Spa. HE WINS IN MONZA. Charles Leclerc is the WINNER of the italian Grand Prix!!"

Pascale, Arthur, Lorenzo and I hug each other and my eyes tear up. He did it. In FUCKING Monza!!

I run as fast as i could to the podium to see him get out of the car throwing his hands in the air.

God I was so proud of him!!

I was cheering on him standing intront the Ferrari mecanics because they let me thru.

Charles run towards all of us and he jumped in the crowd. Everyone clapped him on the back and the vibes where just amazing.

Seconds later he pulled off his helmet and hugged me. He lifted me over the fence and spun me around.

This.

This was everything I needed.

My best friend doing amazing.

Charles gave me a kiss on the forehead before he left for the podium.

I always loved Ferrari.

A wise man once said "Everybody is a Ferrari fan. Even if they're not, they are a Ferrari fan. Even if you go to the Mercedes guys even if they say oh yeah Mercedes is the greatest brand in the word. They are a Ferrari fan."

He was right. You just have to love Ferrari. The Tifosi where amazing.

The podium celebration was more then breath taking. Arthur hugged me from behind an we where watching Charles. We all had tears in our eyes.

In that moment nothing else mattered.

I was just happy.

We went back to the motorhome waiting for Charles to finish his media duties.

I was walking backwards so i could face Lorenzo while talking to him about our plans for the night. As i bumped into someone and fall to the ground. Lorenzo and Arth just laughed at me. The guy I bumped into was Pierre. Perfect.

Pierre hold out his hand to me to help me up but my bitchy self decided to go up on her own.

"You okay?" he asked.

I concidered ignoring him again but instead i just nodded and left. That was the best thing he would get from me right now.

The four of us are having some drinks in the motorhome as Charles finally comes in "Who's ready for a fat party tonight?!"

I get up to him and jump into his arms "You did amazing Charlie!! I'm so proud of you!"

He gives me a kiss on the cheek and hugs me tight "Thank you Em"

"Now let's go we have a club to attend to!!" He giggles and shortly after we all leave the paddock.

Back at the hotel the boys and I get ready to go out.

After Charles and I got ready I looked for Arth who just came out of the shower. "You should try and be punctual once Arth." I say laughing.

"Beauty takes it's time you should try it too Ems"

I punch him playfully against his arm. I helped him choosing an outfit because otherwise he would've taken an hour or two longer.

We got out of his hotel room back to Charles and mine but he didn't open up first. I searched for my Card and entered the room seeing Charles and Pierre talking.

I didn't expected this to be honest but deep down I was happy for Charles because I know he needs his best friend.

I slightly smile "We wanted to leave are you coming?"

"Yeah of course" he answered looking between Pierre and me unsure how to act. He walks towards us and Pierre doesn't move at all.

I sigh and turn back to Pierre "Do you want to join us tonight?"

I see a slight smile on his lips as he nods and follows the boys outside.

We all take a walk to the club because it isn't far away. The boys got along pretty good as always which makes me happy but Pierre still annoyes me so after a few minutes i let myself fall back a bit and bring a distance between me and them.

Pierre is the only one who seems to notice but he just turned back to the others again.

After a ten minutes walk we arrive at the club..

.. this is gonna be a long night.

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Hey guys! Sorry for not uploading lately I had a lot of stress at work :/

If there are any spelling mistakes I'm sorry but I got Covid for the first time ever and it's messing with me a bit. But now that i have "time" i still wanted to write for you so yeah <3

I hope you like the Chapter!!

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