Love Off Track - Pato O'Ward

UNO

THIRD PERSON POV:

Catalina woke up with a massive headache, she rubbed her head and opened her eyes. Her eyes slowly adjusted to the sun that was coming through the blinds, she then looked over to the right side of her. Her eyes stopped at the naked person that was beside her, she was confused on who it was. She quietly got out of bed, trying not to wake up the mystery guy beside her. Just then she realised that she was naked, and that she wasn't in her hotel room. She quickly put on her dress from the night before, grabbed her phone and exited the room. 

Once she had exited the room, she had let out a breath that she didn't know that she was holding on to. She then realised that this was her hotel, she wasn't in her hotel room. She then quickly had seen someone in Williams Team clothing exit their hotel room, she turned around and bolted towards the elevator.  She entered the elevator and clicked her floor, "Wait, hold the door open for me!" someone said. Catalina looked up and she held out her hand to stop the elevator doors form closing, the guy entered the elevator. "Thank you Catalina, why are you in a..." the guy then looked at Catalina and gestured to her dress, "To be honest I don't know why Logan..." admitted Catalina. 

Logan laughed quietly then he spoke up "Well I hope that you had fun, I'm guessing that it must of been with someone who works for Williams?", "I guess so..." whispered Catalina. Catalina tried to remember who she had slept with last night, but she couldn't remember. The elevator doors opened and the two of them stepped out, "I promised that I would meet up with Oscar this morning, so see you soon!" said Logan. "See you at the next race Logan!" exclaimed Catalina, "Oh! and good luck at indy next week!" added on Logan. Catalina nodded her head and she continued to walk to her hotel room, she entered her room and sat down on her bed. 

• Time Skip • 

Catalina looked at her phone 10:40am, she was about to enter the Long Beach Grand Prix paddock. She was nervous, it is going to be her first time to be working in Indy. She was also excited to finally see her brother once again after not seeing him for a while, and to support him even more. She entered the paddock and she started to walk towards the McLaren area, she was walking extremely slowly.

She was then greeted by Zak Brown, her boss. "Hello Catalina! Thank you for accepting this job and working between F1 and Indy." said Zak, "Thank you for this opportunity Mr Brown!" said Catalina. She wasn't a huge fan of him, but he was her boss and at least he was nice towards her. "Follow me, I will introduce you to Pato!" exclaimed Zak, he started walking. Catalina followed closely behind him, Zak came to a stop in-front of a guy sitting in a chair. The guy instantly sat up once he had seen Zak and he shook Zak's hand. "Pato this is Catalina, she will be working with you throughout this season." sternly said Zak, Pato's eyes looked over towards Catalina. "Hello Catalina it's nice to meet you!" said Pato with a massive smile on his face, "It's nice to meet you as well!" exclaimed Catalina.

The two of them shook hands and Zak spoke up, "I will leave you two alone to let you guys talk, If you need anything just ask me.". Zak turned around and walked over to a group of people, Catalina looked back at Pato and she awkwardly smiled. She wasn't the type of person to be great at first meetings, she was a very private person. Pato looked back at her and he had a small blush on his cheeks, he was starstruck by her. "So... do you want a tour of this place?" asked Pato, "Yes please, I don't know my way around a Indy Paddock." admitted Catalina.

Pato had taken one last look at her, he started to walk and Catalina walked beside him. "You look familiar, have we seen another before?" asked Pato, Catalina opened up her moth to speak but she was quickly cut off by a voice who yelled behind her. "CATA! I didn't know that you would be here today, I thought that you were not starting until next race!" yelled a familiar voice, Catalina looked behind her and she hugged the person. "Alex! you scared the shit out of me just then, but yes I am starting now." chuckled Catalina, Pato looked between Alex Palou and Catalina. 

Catalina and Alex talked for a while and then Alex walked away, Catalina looked back at Pato and gave him a small smile. "Sorry, I'm Catalina Palou I am Alex's younger sister." chuckled Catalina, Pato let out a small chuckle and he smiled. "Well nice to meet you Cata, aka Alex's younger sister." teased Pato, Catalina smiled and they continued on with Pato's tour of the paddock.

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Hey Lovely People!!

I hope that you enjoyed the first chapter, and thank you for reading 🤍

Sorry for the slow update I was busy with school, I was also extremely sick. I hope you don't mind the small chapter, chapter two will be published soon.

Word Count: 901 

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