Off Track

Chapter 21- Clubbing

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When you got back to the hotel you found out that most of the grid decided to fly out to Brazil tomorrow as well, so almost everyone would be on the plane together. Of course normally the media side of F1 and all the mechanics flew on a separate plane to the drivers but they all liked you well enough to let you gate crash the flight with them.

You and Lewis were staying at the same hotel as Lando and Danny so you decided to get a car down to the airport so you could all go there together and hopefully get something to eat before your plane boards if you had enough time.

At the airport you all got split up at security as for some reason you actually had to queue up to go through it instead of speeding through like you normally did. It took about twenty of your time and that was the time you were saving to get something to eat in one of the airport restaurants.

However that wasn't happening now so you all elected to go to duty free and get some snacks instead as you definitely would have enough time to wait for your food to be served.

When you arrived at the gate most of the drivers were already there. Pierre, Yuki, Max, George and you thought you saw Checo but you remembered he had his own jet and was probably flying out in that. Charles and Carlos were there too, they weirdly caught your eye. They were talking, they almost looked like they sorted things out. You excused yourself from your conversation with Lando and walked over to them.

"Hey guys" You smiled at them.

"Hello, my love" Charles beamed.

Carlos didn't say anything, he just stood there in silence. You were waiting for him to say hello to you back but he never did. "Hi Carlos"

"Hi" He waved, lips in a tight line, almost like he felt obliged to talk to you.

"Well done in Brazil by the way, a 1-2 is amazing!"

"Yeah me and Carlos were over the moon from the result"

"I bet the party was good?"

"There wasn't one, a few of us went out for drinks but that was it really" Carlos was finally talking to you.

Charles excused himself from the conversation and went to the bathroom, leaving you alone with Carlos. This was one person you didn't want to be left alone with.

You had no idea what to say to him, you felt too awkward, was he mad at you for slapping him? Or even being the main reason on why Charles punched him.

You guessed it would be the perfect time to apologise, you just didn't know what to say...

"I'm sorry..." Carlos got there first. "For everything that happened. I crossed the line. I never intended to hurt you like the way I did"

"It's fine. I did slap you after all. I'm sorry too"

"I deserved the slap. I should have left after that but I didn't and it cost your relationship with Charles. It was never my intention to do that" He sounded really guilty, at least you knew he meant it.

"Carlos honestly its water under the bridge"

"Really?"

"Well no, me and Charles broke up but it's in the past. Let's just move on?"

"I heard you're taking him back?"

You laughed. "Well not yet. I still have a few things I need to think about first"

"He's really serious about you, you can see the love he has for you is genuine. I truly am sorry for ruining it"

"Carlos what did I just say about it being in the past?"