"Hello." Sophie answers her phone whilst lying back on her bed.
"Sophie what have you done!" Debbie shouts down the phone in panic.
"Nothing wrong the last time I checked but your tone tells me that's incorrect." She pushes herself to sit upright, now also panicked because Debbie had never used this tone with her before.
"I know you don't have social media on your phone, but you do know that you're trending right?"
"Clearly not." Sophie begins to pick her lips in worry. "Trending in a good way or a bad way?"
"Well they are saying that you and Charles are dating and that you went for a date in a fancy restaurant in Milan together." Debbie huffs.
"We did go out for dinner but not as a date. We're both here to support Pierre." Sophie rolls her eyes as the media for once again misconstruing her life.
"Well there's videos of you laughing and smiling together, and then fans have posted pictures with you both."
"Okay, so what do we do? I'm happy to ignore it and then address it if needed if it's brought up in the media pen in 2 weeks time." Sophie offers.
"I'm going to talk to Charles PR and see if we can come up with a plan. Just be careful for the next few days and lay low." Debbie offers.
"Okay. Love you Debbie." She smiles as she hears Debbie laugh.
"Yeah, yeah, love you too."
Sophie hangs up, letting out a sigh. This is why she can't have nice things. A simple dinner with a friend can get twisted and turned and slap her in the face. With Debbie's tone she knew she didn't want to see the articles, once again they'd be portraying her in a negative sense, probably commenting on all of her insecurities. But instead of letting this ruin her day, she decides to brush it off, claiming it to be a future problem.
Walking in to Pierre's living room, she sees the to boys sitting on the couch, playing a video game.
"You're in big trouble Leclerc." She uses a singsong voice as she sits on the back of the couch behind them both.
"What have I done know." He jokes back smirking, still intently focussing on the screen.
"I'm guessing you haven't spoke to your PR manager then." She replies, still staring at him.
"Why would I need to speak to my PR manager?" He pulls a face, trying not to allow his confusion to distract him from the game.
"Well then I'm gathering you haven't been on your phone either, because I am just off of the phone with Debbie and we're both in trouble." She sighs dramatically, making Pierre laugh.
Instantly Charles pauses the game.
"Hé mec! Qu'est-ce que tu fais, je gagnais!" Pierre shouts, gesturing at the screen as he's evidently annoyed.
[Hey man! What are you doing, I was winning!]
"Why are we both in trouble?" The Monegasque turns to Sophie and looks at her concerned, placing the controller down on the coffee table, giving her his full attention.
"The media took our day out too far and is trying to convince the world that we're dating. I've not read the articles and I'm not going to because I can tell they're bad from the way Debbie sounds." Sophie huffs, leaning back to lie down across the back of the couch.
"I better go answer the phone then." He rolls his eyes, pushing himself up and making his way to his room, leaving Sophie and Pierre.
Sophie dramatically rolls from the back on the couch forward, ending with her head next to Pierre's lap, looking up to see the boy smirking down.
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Fiksi PenggemarWhen Sophie Stoddart enters F1 it isn't exactly lights out and away we go. With a few stalls and bumps in the road she needs her friends and family to support her through the highs and lows - perhaps she needs one of them more than the rest. Interes...
