Red past | Charles Leclerc

The new start

The 2022 season starts in less than a week and I am no where near ready, I'm still in Monaco and barley packed with a very heavy hangover from last night. My brother has texted me many times about his 'excitement' to see my race this weekend.

"You do realise that our plane is in less than 6 hours?" That's Arthur my best friend in F2, he has always been there for me ever since we were kids. Although, his brother I would happily forget.

"I do know that, I'm not stupid but it only takes me like 45 minutes to pack," I lie.

"Do you want me to help?"

"Yes, please," I plea giving his puppy dog eyes to try and convince him.

He chuckles at my response, I lead him to the wardrobe and hand his some clothes that I want putting into my suit case that I definitely will not fit everything into.

"Why do you have a Mclaren hoodie?"He asks peeking at my hung up clothes.

"It's lando's, he insisted that I keep it even though we broke up because mclaren is the 'superior' team," he nodds at my answer and goes back to folding clothes into the suitcase.

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"See that wasn't soo bad, it only took like an hour." It would have taken less time but we spent a good 20 minutes trying to close the suitcase.

I glare back at him as I roll the box of clothes near to the door before collapsing onto the couch.

"Are we going to talk about it?" He questions, not being specific enough for me to understand.

"Talk about what?"

"What's going to happen between you and my brother considering our races are in the same place this season?" Usually when I go and watch my brothers races I just stay in the redbull or mclarren garages but when the F1 and F2 races are on the same track, I can't avoid the Ferrari garage for the sake of Arthur.

"I'll just ignore him, and if he pisses me off, I'll punch him in the face," I laugh at my unrealistic response. Arthur gave me an unamused look.

"I honestly don't know." Me and Charles have been at each others throats for years, since 2020 to be specific and unless my hatred for him transforms into love. Which will never happen. Then I plan to keep hating him for more years to come.

"You know sometimes I miss the way things used to be, even though it was extremely awkward."

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Security at the airport was surprisingly easy to get through, so we were able to get onto the plane 1 hour earlier than planned so Arthur fell asleep on one of the benches while I watched YouTube videos on how to draw a mustache on his face without him waking up.

I failed at my attempt because he woke up the second I stood next to him. After another 20 mins of him holding a grudge over my so called 'betrayal' we were finally able to take off, beginning our 5 hour plane journey.

"Oh come on, I didn't even get a single dot of ink on you," I yell jokingly knowing that he won't ignore me forever.

"You still tried to though." Yes, I did indeed try but I also failed so what does it matter.