"I love you" I said as I hung up and threw my phone to the side. I closed my eyes for a while. I was so jetlagged again. The calendar for this year was definitely fucked up. We were going from one timezone to another without a proper break. How did they expect us to do well when we were tired all the time?
I had to beat this jetlag and that meant staying awake as long as possible. I grabbed my laptop and started to play a game with Max, my best friend. He could always cheer me up. "Good job in quali mate" he said through discord. "Thanks, are you gonna stream?" I asked as I loaded the game. "Yeah" he responded. We always had to be more careful with what we said when he was streaming. Everything could be clipped and be all over the internet and that was exactly what I didn't need right now. I was happy he found his passion or atleast something he like doing. He was also very good at it. The chat really liked him. "Thank you Nate for the sub, yes he is in Miami right now" I heard Max say. He was obviously talking to his chat. They asked a lot of questions about me on his chat, I knew it kinda annoyed him but he got used to it. "Trying to stay awake" I replied because I knew his chat could hear me as well. "He's going from one jetlag to another" Max replied laughing. The guy kept asking questions, I could see that in his chat but Max ignored most of them. "Anyways, I am going to sleep" Max said after a couple of games. It was pretty late for him already so I completely understood. "Goodluck tomorrow mate" he said to me. "Thanks man, bye chat" I said as he stopped his stream. I played a couple more games before turning off my laptop. I should try to sleep as well, but lately I slept better when I was cuddling Avery. It sucked that she wasn't here.
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I walked in the paddock after a short night. I just couldn't fall asleep even though I was tired as hell. My eyes were burning, I was honestly so tired. It was raceday today but before the actual race, we still had to do interviews and videos and whatnot. Carlos walked passed me and nudged me from the side. "You're going to the fanzone as well?" He asked. I nodded as I looked at him. He looked tired as well. I guess he didn't have a good night of sleep either. "Let's catch a ride together" he said as he pointed at the caddy in front of us. I chuckled as we both jumped on the back of the caddy. Millie wasn't with him today so it was the perfect time to talk to him. "You lost your PR manager?" I asked. "She's not here yet. I guess she will be here later" he didn't seem too bothered about it. "How's Avery? Isn't she here this weekend?" I shook my head. I haven't heard from her today, I texted her but she didn't respond yet. Maybe she was busy or maybe she didn't hear her phone, it was okay. She needed some rest anyways. I actually wanted to talk to him about something else but the caddy stopped in front of the podium. Carlos quickly jumped out and patted my back. "Good luck cabron" he said as he walked away.
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After all the necessary things I had to do before the race I wanted to take a quick nap. Only a couple of minutes would be good enough. I sat outside of the hospitality and put my feet on the chair in front of me. I put my cap over my eyes and closed them. I think it only took a couple of minutes to fall asleep. And I think it also took a couple of minutes to wake up again. Sienna was standing in front of me. She nudged me a little, I looked up at her and I immediately saw something was wrong. She wouldn't wake me up for nothing. She respected me too much for that. "Hi Sienna, what's up?" I asked with a little smile on my face. I readjusted my cap and sat up. "Something happened to Avery" she said. She was trying to stay calm but she was worried. "What do you mean? Is she okay?" She immediately nodded. "Yes she fell down the stairs so she couldn't reply to your texts, she will call you as soon as possible" She explained. Why couldn't she text me? She called Sienna instead of me. It kinda hurt but it was her sister, she probably wanted to talk to her first. "But she's okay yeah?" I asked again and she nodded again as well. "Just a couple of bruises" she pointed at her head. Did she fall head first? I definitely should call her before the race. I needed to know what really happened.
