Just Another Championship - The Battle for Wolff | Max Verstappen #2

Austin

In the end Emilia convinced me to go to Austin, she'd arranged for us to stay in a house away from any possible media so that I could actually relax and not be conscious that someone would see my bump now it was become more visible. Especially considering how hot it would be there, this way I didn't have to cover myself up unless I was going to be at the track and that was going to be a challenge in itself. As soon as we got to Austin she started acting incredibly shady, I could tell that she was up to something. I assumed it had something to do with the fact it was my birthday coming up especially when she made a huge deal of taking me out for the day. Emilia made me have my hair and make up done, and made me get changed into a new dress before heading back to the house. Every part of me dreaded what I was going to be walking in to, I just hoped it wasn't some kind of surprise party. That was precisely the last thing I wanted right now.
When I walked into the house i was completely taken back with what I saw. There was balloons and white roses everywhere, it looked like something straight out of a movie. I was speechless, all I could do was turn and look to Emilia who had a huge smile on her face. So this is what she'd been planning and the reason why she'd been acting so weird since we got here. "Did you do this?" She smiled and shook her head "no but he did" she relied pointing towards Max who was standing on the other side of the room. These two really had become something of a force together, never did I imagine they would be able to spend more than 10 minutes in the same room without arguing let alone working together for my sake as much as they had been the last couple of months. "He's a good guy after all" she whispered to me before practically pushing me in the room and closing the door behind me.

"What's all this for?" I asked as I looked around the room still taken back by it. I couldn't help but smile at him, all this effort he'd gone to even with everything that was going on. "You didn't think I'd forget your birthday did you" he had an accusing tone to his voice but a smug expression across his face, he was clearly very pleased with himself. "It's not my birthday yet" I sighed back sarcastically, he knew how much I hated my birthday yet I couldn't deny this did feel different, it felt special. "well I also thought it might be a good chance for us to talk" that put a dampener on the joy I felt. I knew what he wanted to talk about but I didn't know if I was ready to really have that conversation with him. Max seemed to sense my apprehension because he chuckled slightly and came towards me. "But that can wait till later, first let's eat". He guided me into the kitchen where dinner was waiting for us.

I looked at the food in front of me trying to build up the willpower to eat it. It genuinely looked beautiful and delicious but something about the way it smelt made me feel incredibly nauseous it was something that kept happening ever since I'd been pregnant. Max quickly picked up on the fact that I wasn't eating yet. "You don't look very happy" he said cautiously. "Max it looks amazing" I paused not wanting to fully finish my sentence. "But Its making the room smell weird" I felt awful saying it he'd gone to all of this effort for me and there I was sitting here not being able to bring myself to even go near it. "And I'm really uncomfortable" I continued pulling at my dress that was sticking into different parts of my body and made me feel like a lump. Max started laughing, he didn't seem offended in the slightest. "go get changed I'll order us something". I didn't even hesitate to take him up on his offer. I quickly rushed off to get changed into clothes that were so much more comfortable. When I came back he was sat on the couch waiting for me to choose what I wanted. I reeled off a list of things that I wanted to eat, at first Max just looked at me completely bewildered but it wasn't until I finished every single bite that he really seemed surprised, I quickly realised that me being sat there stuffing food into my face with a bump was probably not the prettiest sight. "I bet you find me so attractive right now" I laughed thinking he'd reply with a sarcastic comment "I think you're beautiful" he didn't seem like he was being sarcastic, It actually felt like he genuinely meant what he was saying.

I sat opposite him for a moment not quite sure of what to say back. Max sat himself upright and looked like he was preparing himself to say something, making me feel slightly anxious. "Remember when You asked me why I was being so nice to you" okay so here was the part where he wanted to talk, I worried about what he was going to say next so i decided to start doing something to distract myself. "I'm going to tidy this up" I said as I stood up and started to gather things up in an attempt to avoid the conversation. "Kaycee I'm trying to tell you something" Max said as he started to follow me around. I knew what he was going to say, he was just here because he thought the baby was his and he felt like he had no other choice. I really didn't need him to tell me. I wandered around muttering to myself ignoring his attempts to try and talk to me. "Will you just shut up and listen to me" I turned round expecting him to be frustrated with me but he had a smile on his face. "You really are hard work you know that right" he started laughing awkwardly, I could tell he was anxious about what he was going to say next and quite frankly he wasn't the only one. "Kaycee I'm trying to say I love you and your making it very difficult" I was completely taken back by what he said surely he wasn't being serious right now "no you don't" I replied turning away from him. How could he say he loved me with how big of a mess everything was right now. He didn't love me. Surely he didn't. Max came to stand in front of me, he really wasn't going to let this drop. "I love you, always have and always will" he said gently as he tried to take my hand. I don't know why but I felt so angry and swatted his hand away. "stop saying that" I shouted at him. I didn't mean to but I just wanted him to stop before I started to believe what he was saying. Max sighed, he was definitely starting to become frustrated now "when are you going to wake up" he paused and before I could even say anything he reached up and placed his hand on my cheek. I went to move away but Max gently pulled my face towards his making our lips touch. I could instantly feel the fluttering in my stomach that I used to feel. The butterflies were still definitely there. "I love you stupid" his whispered against my lips and then kissed me.

Me and Max spent the rest of the evening talking, there was so much that needed to be said between us and for the first time we both gave each other time to really explain how we felt about everything that had happened. Not just this baby but everything including Kelly, and Charles as well. I was terrified of saying it all out loud but it was relieving to have someone know what was really going round in my head. Max really wanted for us to give things another go, I wanted nothing more than to be with him but it really wasn't going to be that easy. I couldn't deny I was apprehensive. I still loved him and he kept saying how he loved me but all I could think about was how complicated things were now. Whatever the results of the paternity test bringing a baby into this would make it so difficult and what if they came back saying Charles was the father. How could I even expect Max to still want to be with me after that. But for the first time I didn't just bottle up my concerns and keep them to myself, I explained all of this to Max but he just kept telling me that it wouldn't change how he felt and what he wanted.