Legado | 𝑫.𝑹

Part 18

Emilia didn't want to leave Daniel's side.

The Brazilian had come to adore the sense of safety she got when she was around the Australian.

And after the day before, Daniel become very protective of her all of a sudden. He didn't want to leave her side and it took a lot of convincing on her end to get him to leave when it came time for Emilia to go into the McLaren garage.

The minute the first free practice session had ended, Daniel was waiting for Emilia outside and the Brazilian rushed forwards into his arms when she saw him waiting.

"You feeling okay?" Daniel asks, hand on the small of her back as he lead her through the paddock.

"Better than yesterday." Emilia replies. "Oh, I heard from Zac that they've dropped my fine for what happened because Kimi stormed into their office again with the photos."

"Did he go Finnish again?" Daniel asks.

"Seb had to go and find Lewis who had to find Valtteri to translate until Kimi calmed down."

"Ah, is that all?"

"No, whilst they've taken the fine away for that, they've fined me for not doing media yesterday."

"Emily-"

"You know I have to pay it." Emilia cuts him off, shaking her head. "Having you boys fighting my battles every time means it's just proving what they think about me."

"Opinions that are completely false and untrue."

"They are. But let's just focus on the fact the major fine is gone yeah?"

The duo walked into the private area of the paddock behind all the motorhomes only to find the majority of the grid already there. Emilia chuckled at Kimi who was sat silently - she was informed he had spotted Helmut in the paddock and had to be restrained by Sebastian and Lewis, therefore reverting back to Finnish.

Valtteri was acting translator.

"How angry is Kimi?" Emilia asks, sitting next to the Finnish Ferrari driver.

"Very." He grumbles.

"Full Finnish angry? One worded answer angry? Or just angry?"

"Second one."

Valtteri nodded at Emilia, thankful that his old teammate was able to stop him from being Kimi's translator since no one else could speak Finnish on the grid. Emilia just smiled as Kimi rested his head on her shoulder, the Brazilian placing hers on top of his as Daniel took his space next to her.

"Practice good?" Sebastian looks to his best friend.

"Not as good as normal on my half." Emilia sighs. "And Fernando is still struggling with the car."

"It wouldn't surprise me if he retires at the end of the year." Sebastian sighs.

As conversation flowed between the drivers, Emilia lifted her head from atop of Kimi's when she felt Daniel grab her hand. She had to hide her pink cheeks as she shared a smile with him before being dragged into conversation by Lewis.

The drivers liked to use the secluded area as a space to hide from everything happening around them and more often than not they lost track of time when they were back there. During 2014, they had gotten so distracted during a race weekend that they forgot they had qualifying to do and were late to the start. So it was no surprise when they were all rushing out of the area and to their team garages with five minutes to go until the second free practice session began.

"Your very close!" Zac Brown calls out as Fernando and Emilia burst into the garage.

"Lost track of time!" Emilia calls out.