Strangers- Bound to Fall in Love

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After all the confusion, I quietly opened the bathroom door, hoping Max wouldn't hear me. I quietly took my things and was about to open the door.

,,You want to go already?" Max looked at me questioningly. I hesitated for a moment and looked at him.

,,No, I wanted to get breakfast" that was an excuse, I didn't want to hurt him by just disappearing.

,,You don't have to do that, let me come with you" he got out of bed and was about to walk  into the bathroom.

,,No, it's fine, let me do it quickly. I'll be back in 15 minutes!" I rushed out of the door and pulled it shut behind me. Outside, I stood speechless in front of the door. I had to process everything that had happened in the last 24 hours. But I had to pull myself together, I am a grown woman, and somehow it was my own fault. I made my way to a nearby café and got breakfast for us.

After 15 Minutes

When I arrived back at the hotel and knocked on Max's door, I hoped he hadn't seen the story yet. It was just too embarrassing, I mean this story looks like we are a couple, which we are not. When Max opened the door, he stared at me with a broad smile. He looked at me up and down and then took the bag with the breakfast and walked towards the kitchen. I followed him quietly, not wanting to bring up what had happened last night. I was afraid of it somehow.

,, I think we should talk about what happened between us yesterday" Max looked at me and I returned his gaze. This was exactly the conversation I had been dreading, but it had to be cleared up.

I sighed, "I was pretty drunk yesterday, and I didn't know what I was doing". I felt my legs start to shake, I was getting nervous about what Max would say now.

,, I think we were both pretty drunk yesterday, I saw your story on Instagram" Max suddenly smiled after these words. I thought he was kind of angry, but on the contrary he looked pleased.

,,You're not mad about that? I mean I put a picture in my story where we are kissing and it looks like we are a couple" I looked at him and he just shook his head.

,,I like being with you, everyone should know that. Ophelia, I want to get to know you better" I was a bit speechless after those words. I mean, I like being with him too and something tells me that I should try it with him.

I smiled, "It's worth a try".

After we had finished breakfast, Max had persuaded me to come with him to the race track. At first I wasn't so convinced because I'd probably run into Lewis and he'd confront me and because of all the looks and questions from the others. But I agreed that I would accompany him. After Max finished getting dressed and walked out of the bathroom he threw me a redbull t-shirt. I quickly put on my t-shirt and smiled. We looked like a real couple. Max came up to me and stared at me. Out of nowhere he came closer and kissed me softly, I returned the kiss.

After the unexpected kiss, he took me by the hand and we walked out of the hotel. A chauffeur was already waiting downstairs with Max car.
Max opened the car door for me and then walked around the car to get in as well.  Arriving at the race track, the sun was shining and a light wind was blowing. Everything was so perfect.

Max took me by the hand again and we walked together to the teams' garages. I started to enjoy this with Max and I had to admit I liked him. Maybe even more than just a normal friendship.

,,Come on, we'll go to the others, they're probably all together." I nodded and we walked together to a large garage, which was probably some kind of staging area for all the drivers. When we opened the door and walked in together, everyone looked at us. And luckily for me, it was pretty much all the drivers. I had to say I felt slightly uncomfortable and stared uncertainly up at Max who just smiled.

,,You can do it, just be yourself. I'm right here with you" I looked at him sourly for a moment.

,,That's easy for you to say!"

Max greeted everyone and spoke to them briefly. After he finished, he turned back to me and pulled me closer to him.

,,This is Ophelia," he looked down at me and smiled.

,,We saw you together yesterday and we wanted to know if you were a couple" that was Lando, the driver for McLaren.

I felt the stares looking at us and didn't know what to say.
It seems Max didn't quite know what to say to the others either.

,,Anyway, Max is lucky with you" that was Pierre the driver for Alpine, I met his gaze and saw him grinning.

,,Ophelia we need to talk" I knew the voice, but this time it was different. It sounded angrier and not as usual. I turned around and looked into Lewis angry eyes. I had never seen him like this before, so angry but worried at the same time. I was kind of afraid of it because he seemed so unpredictable.