Champagne Problems

ᴛʜɪʀᴛʏ ᴏɴᴇ- ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴅᴏ ʙʀᴏᴋᴇɴ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛs ɢᴏ

Charles and Carlos eventually got to the team lunch.

Charles put on a good act to fool everyone, but if you looked closer you could see it.

The red eyes from the lack of sleep and crying. Yes, crying. After he held the apartment keys he cried for a while. He couldn't cope with the thought that it was all his fault they broke up.

and he just realised it now. He put away his stubbornness and thought about everything and if he wouldn't have acted that way maybe him and Amélie could've worked out the second time around.

and as you say „People always see each other two times in their life" and this was their second time.

but everything was different now.

He thought by keeping her away and being mean to her he would do himself a favor, but it didn't work the way he wanted to.

At the lunch they all got wine poured into their glasses to toast the win.

Carlos sat directly next to  Charles so he nudged him and gave him a look thats said he shouldn't drink more.

Charles just stared at him with empty eyes and then raises his glas to drink.

People from the team noticed Charles strange behaviour, but they didn't think much of it and thought he just normally didn't get enough sleep from the adrenaline.
I mean it's plausible. After a win in Monza with Ferrari everyone would be full of adrenaline.

Maybe you could say Charles is full of adrenaline, but not because of what they think.

Charles could, as said, put up a good show in acting normal, but he couldn't help but staying quiet during the lunch. The only thing thats in his mind was the kiss between him and Amélie. The scene played right in front of his eyes again and again.

After a while Charles wanted to pour in it fourth glass of wine, but Carlos took the bottle out of his hand.

„Charles this is enough. You are not even sobered up." Carlos whispered in a strict tone

„I'm totally fine" Charles slurred his words a little bit

„Charles, you're slurring your words already. You are not fine"

„But I feel perfectly fine, Carlos" Charles tried to assure him.

Carlos rolled his eyes and focused on the conversations again. He puts the wine bottle further away from Charles.

The rest of the lunch Charles only got water which sobered him up.

Carlos and him went back to the hotel and got in the elevator to their floor.

The door opened and they got out. They walked together till Charles had to stop for his room. He was confused as Carlos also stoped.

„Why did you stop too? Your room is down the hallway" Charles confusingly said.

„I want to hear the full story, Charles. You've never behaved like this, not even after you and Charlotte broke up" Carlos told him.

„But—" Charles started

„No buts. You know I want to help you" Carlos said. Charles sighed but knew that Carlos was right. Maybe he should talk to someone different than Pierre and his family.

„Okay come in" Charles eventually said and walked into his hotel room.

They sat down and Charles started talking. From the day when they met to the break up to now. He told him everything.

„Wow this is... I don't even know what to say" Carlos said after Charles was done

„I fucked up so bad, Carlos. There is no way she will forgive me" Charles told him.