Mon Amour | 𝑪.𝑳

Part 24

Lyla Andre-Accardi liked to annoy Lewis Hamilton.

Whether that had been by taking cursed photos of him when she was younger, or standing next to him and tugging his shirt because she knew it annoyed him, or pouring water over him when her and Michael Schumacher were playing pranks on the drivers, it could've even been by Lyla running to him in his team garage and using the British driver as a safe haven to escape whoever was angrily waiting for her in the pit lane.

Despite the years going by and the hardships she had been faced with. Lyla did never lose her annoyingness according to the Hamilton man.

This was displayed when Lyla walked into the Mercedes garage on the Thursday before the start of the Spanish Grand Prix at the side of Toto Wolff with the pure intention to annoy his star driver - and Lewis knew this the minute he laid eyes on her.

Toto Wolff was all for Lyla coming into the garage. The Austrian man had loved the young girl like a daughter when she was around the paddock during her younger years and had even referred to her as such when her name was mentioned to him during press conferences or interviews.

So when she approached him with the evil plan of 'getting the stick out Lewis' arse', Toto jumped on it immediately.

Okay, maybe he only wanted to spend time with Lyla since she never came around his garage anymore - but even then, Toto Wolff was always down for some mischief himself.

"LEWIS HAMILTONNNNNNN!" Lyla calls out, spotting the British driver.

"Toto!" Lewis cries to his boss, who was grinning at Lyla's side. "Why is she here?"

"To get the stick out of your arse." Toto says nonchalantly, shrugging.

The mechanics around couldn't help but step back and laugh as they watched Lyla begin to walk over to Lewis. The minute she got close enough, Lewis started running - although he didn't run very far, instead, he ended up running circles around his car whilst Lyla stood back and watched in pure amusement at the scene, knowing full well that cameras dotted around were filming it.

It was safe to say that Lyla had been thoroughly missed through the Mercedes garage. The mechanics and engineers left their driver to his running to approach the girl and say their greetings, Lyla's voice echoed through the air as she caught up with all the people she had formed bonds with during her younger years when they had to deal with the likes of her and Michael Schumacher annoying Nico Rosberg. Lyla hadn't really been back to the Mercedes garage since the end of the 2013 season after Michael had his skiing accident - she had told Nico that it was to painful to be around when she knew that Michael wasn't going to be there so until Arden and Pierre had joined F1 she had spent her races with either Sebastian in Red Bull/Ferrari, Kimi in Lotus/Ferrari, Jules in Marussia, Fernando in McLaren Honda with Jenson or Daniel in Red Bull.

When Valtteri Bottas walked into his team garage an hour later, he was surprised to find Lewis sat on a stool in the corner of the room with his arms folded across his chest and a pout on his face. The Fin had originally been questioning why his teammate seemed so moody but then he saw Lyla and Toto talking together on the other side of the garage and couldn't help but laugh.

"Are you torturing Lewis again, Andre?" Valtteri asks, approaching his boss and Lyla.

"I haven't done anything to him other than be present in the garage." Lyla shrugs.

"Have you seen him?" Valtteri questions again. "He's acting like a child that didn't get his way."

"I CAN HEAR YOU!" Lewis shouts. "I HAVE EARS, VALTTERI, I'M NOT DEAF!"

"GO BACK TO YOUR POUTING LEWIS!" Toto calls out.

"So not only is it every driver its my bloody team principal as well." They could hear the champion mutter to himself, shaking his head.