Broken - Carlos Sainz

12

"Sshh Lisa doesn't know we are here." Max says softly as he adds ice into the coolers. With this type of weather it is nice to have cool drinks.

"What do I not know?" I smirk as I lean against the wall to face all the guys and some of their girlfriends in the backyard.

The carride back home was pretty nice. Carlos drove, obviously. I could feel that there was something going on. I had this feeling, where I couldn't really point a finger at.
Carlos decided to take the long ride home, which normaly would have been all fine. But now I could see all the cars parked down the dunes and that was exactly the route he was taking.

"Sorry guys, I took the wrong way home." Carlos says as he scratches his neck.

"I recognise that Ferrari everywhere." I smirk as I pull Charles into a hug and the others quickly follow.

Daniel is the last one, we know eachother for a really long time but the last three years we have became closer and closer. His arms sneak around my body and he pulls me closer. I glance over his shoulder to meet Carlos his eyes. 'Thank you' I mouth so only he would be able to see it.

The smile he is giving me, is one he rarely shows. I believe I have seen this one only a handful of times and during these days already twice.

"He likes you." Daniel murmers into my ear.

I gently pull away and meet Daniel his eyes with a slight surprised look on my face. "I don't think so. We are only rebuilding our friendship." I say just as soft.

Would it really? Would Carlos be into me? Nah that can't be possible. He is handsome as hell and I am not. He could get every woman he wants and I am still the little sister of his best friend.

"If you say so." Daniel chuckles and sits back down onto the couch.

I take place with Kelly, Kika and Heidi. They hand me a glass of wine along with a wink. I take a sip and sit back. "I must say that today wasn't as bad as I thought it would be." I wonder out loud. And once again that gorgeous sparkling smile is plastered on his face. This smile really suits him. Am I maybe falling for him? Nah that can't be happening right?

Charles gives me a side eye and motions me to follow him inside. "Come we will get the food."

I set my glass on the table and follow him inside. The moment I set foot into the kitchen, he closes the door and leans against it.

"What happend between Carlos and you?" He smirks, showing off his dimples.

I turn towards the fridge, to get some of the meat out and so Charles can't see my blushing cheeks. "Nothing special, we are just rebuilding our friendship."

"Yeah yeah and now serious. I know you Lis. I have known you since we where 4 years ol.." Charles isn't able to finish his sentence because Pierre comes in together with Max.

"Like I said there is nothing going on." I should keep saying that to convince my mind that it is only rebuilding our friendship and nothing more.
"Even if I liked him, he would nev.." Oh shit! I already said way to much. All the guys are smirking widely, they seem not to mind the idea. I bet that is a good thing?

"You seem well rested." Max changes the subject, little do they know why I slept allright. I slowly nod and Charles his smirk widens even more. "And I know why." He smirks as he wiggles with his eyebrows.

"Nothing special happend tho, it was only sleeping and not what you think it is." And again, way to much info. Okay these guys are my best friends and we share litteraly everything together. But they are guys and with stuff like this I like to first talk to Sophie or one of the girlfriends. They know how a womans brain works and how complicated it can be.

"You sit." Pierre says as he points at the kitchen counter.

I raise my eyebrows and cross my arms. "I am not you puppy." I scoff but in a joking way.

Pierre sighs and chuckles. "Ofcourse not, but we would like to talk to you. Because we are friends and friends tell eachother everything. The way the both of you look at eachother is obvious. It is obvious that you like eachother. You are smiling and laughing Lis. He is smiling, the glares you both share, we are definitely not blind."

"And you are still wrong. He wouldn't like me in that way. He can be together with any supermodel he wants. Not his best friends sister, who avoided him for quite some time. He wont date someone like me. Because of all what happend. I refuse to believe that a guy like Carlos would fall for me. That's impossible." I ramble. I have a habit of rambling when I am nervous or lost in my thoughts.

They all sigh and shake their head. "Remember my words Lis." Pierre says and presses a kiss on my forehead before he leaves to go back outside. Max does the same but Charles stays a little longer.

"We all mean it." He says as he stands infront of me while I am still sitting on the kitchen counter.

"I told him yesterday some things about what happend with Harry." The way Charles tenses up by hearing Harry his name is cute, he really is a true friend.

"I fucking hate that guy." Charles says through gritted teeth. I place my hand onto Charles his shoulder to assure him that I am allright.

"Cha he wont hurt me anymore. He is not aloud to come near me. I want to believe he wont come close again." The look Charles is giving me, squeezes all the air out my body. My body language show off that I am in full panic modus.

"When Charles? When?!" I fold my hands together and take a couple deep breaths to not end up in a panic attack.

"He was at the track. Arthur saw him. I believe that because you where with Arth he wouldn't dare to come near you."

He was at the track? Why didn't I see him? Why did he come? He did said in court that he wouldn't accept the outcome.

"Lis, Harry wont hurt you. Most of the riders know about it. Their teams know about it. He is on the blacklist for being on the grid and be part of the teams. He wont be able to come near you at races."

"During the races yeah, but he could follow me and when I go out of the track, he could be there." I didn't realise my breathing got worse. I didn't realise Carlos came inside. I didn't realise I was shaking.

Carlos and Charles share a look and they both nod. Charles gives Carlos the quick version of the story while he sits down next to me.

I lay my head down against his shoulder and his arm creeps around my waist. Charles stands infront of me and holds my hands. "He wont be able to hurt you Lis. He wont be able to touch you. Please print that into your mind." Charles repeats.

How is he so sure? If he can get at a racetrack he can easily go to the same club as we go. He can stay at the same hotel. He can be on the same flight. "If you say so. We have a barbecue to run. I would like some food." Charles raises one eyebrow and wants to say something but Carlos shakes his head. It is good that I would like something to eat.