(to me) your face is love | Daniel Ricciardo

Part 6 - mark my words

"So, me and the boys were heading back home for a summer break after working in Hungary." He began

By working he must mean racing

"But one of my buddies Max brought a bunch of alcohol for us and we ended up getting pretty wasted on the plane" "And all of a sudden I managed to suggest that we could go on a small summer break together" "Somehow I found this destination generator and here I am" he chuckled

"Wow, that's as random as it gets" I smiled and we both burst into laughter. When the laughter had subsided Daniel admitted

"Not to offend your hometown, but we were kind of hoping it was more to do here"

"Non taken" I smirked

"But now I understand why the generator brought me here"

I could feel my eyes lit up and it got silent for a second. We looked into each others eyes and I kind of wanted to kiss him but I was too scared and quickly asked

"You said you were in Hungary for work, what do you do"

"I'm a racing driver, I drive for Red Bull in Formula 1" he casually responded

"That is so cool, I'm not going to lie and tell you I don't know who you are" "But it still took me some time to remember where I'd seen you before" Daniel started smiling

"I used to watch races with my dad but you were a third driver for Red Bull if I remember correctly"

"You are hundred percent right, I was" "But after last year's season Red Bull's driver Sergio Perez retired, which led me to take over his seat this season"

"I'm so happy that you are back on the grid, good for you" I applauded him

"But you said you used to watch it with your dad, who was your favorite?" Daniel started flipping his short hair in a silly way to make me say he was my favorite. I started laughing but quickly let him down

"Actually, I wasn't very into it. I only watched it because I enjoyed doing something with my dad"

"Ouch" Daniel dramatically said while pretending to get a knife in his chest with his hands. That guy couldn't make me stop laugh

"But if it's to any help my dad was a huge Fernando Alonso fan, no offense"

"Non taken" Daniel imitated

The waitress approached our table with our starters and it looked absolutely delicious. We both thanked the waitress and instead of taking a bite of the food, I took a sip of the wine. Daniel noticed and smirked

"I have to admit, since you didn't do your stalking before the date one of us had to"

he paused to look for a reaction before he added "And I didn't know you could sing"

My hands glued to my mouth as my eyes went wide open, I might have looked like a crazy person. My face turned tomato red and I started laughing

"You were not supposed to see that"

When I was 16 I made an instagram account where I would post short clips of myself covering mostly pop songs. I frequently posted until I was around 20 when I kind of lost motivation. I had overheard some girls from high school calling the account cringe and it made me think that everyone else shared the same opinion as them. Looking back, I should have just continued doing what I love, but it's too late to start again now.

"You have nothing to be ashamed of [Y/N], you have a beautiful voice" Daniel expressed with a calm smile and I believed him.

"You are too sweet, I always wanted to make a living out of making music and perform" "But in reality, that's almost impossible so I started studying teaching instead" I could tell by the look on Daniel's face that he was upset that I had thrown away my dream