𝐅𝐀𝐓𝐄, o. piastri

ii. surf

20th february 2023, morning
melbourne, australia

"good luck dear." nicole, oscar's mother, hugged him before his father, chris, got his turn. their son was about to leave for his first formula 1 testing in bahrain ahead of the first race of the 2023 season.

"can't believe you're leaving me." olivia chuckled. oscar wasn't only leaving for bahrain testing but was also officially moving to the UK. "i might actually miss you, piastri."

oscar smiled down at the short brunette, his best friend since they were 7 years old. "livvy, can you look at me?"

she shook her head, "if i look at you— i'll cry."

oscar was taken aback, olivia was the strongest person he had ever met. in fact he couldn't remember ever seeing her cry.

the aussie gently held under her chin, lifting her face up. his bottom lip jutted out in a pout when he saw stray tears betraying her as they travelled down her cheeks.

olivia immediately buried her head info oscar's chest. the force of her hug pushing his back slightly bit he steady himself and her. his arms wrapping around the brunette's small frame as he pulled her impossibly closer.

"listen," oscar whispered, olivia wiped her tears and looked up at him, "i'll only be one phone call and plane ride away, okay? the second you feel sad, lonely, anything, tell me and i'll book you a flight to me."

olivia nodded feeling more at ease knowing that she wasn't losing oscar forever. "thank you and good luck. i'm so proud of you, oscar."

oscar smiled, "i'll see you at the first race, liv."

olivia bit her lip, pushing herself onto her toes and planting a quick kiss on his cheek. "see you soon."

"do you not know what knocking is?" olivia jabbed as her two friends entered her room in their shared apartment.

"we didn't hear you come in." delara ignored her comment.

"oscar's gone?" olivia nodded and fell back in her bed. "you doing okay?"

delara and caleb had been friends with olivia longer than oscar but they knew the pair were way closer than olivia was with either of them.

"i'll be okay." she assured but it sounded more like she was assuring herself than the other two in the room.

"and we're still here!" caleb tried to lighten the mood. olivia lifted her head and laughed.

"you're right. what do you guy wanna do?" she pushed herself back up, trying to stuff the saddens she felt from oscar leaving.

"surfing?" delara suggested.

"now you're talking, mate. lets go!" the hurled chuckled at caleb's enthusiasm before following behind him.

olivia sat on her board waving at caleb who wasnt too far from her on his own board. caleb pointed towards an incoming wave, olivia nodding and readying herself to catch it.

like a pro, she surfed the wave side by side with caleb. the pair cheered together. up ahead, another surfer rode the same wave as them.

olivia paddled into calmer water, taking a short break from her surfing to view her surroundings. her eyes caught the other surfer, the one from earlier. she watched carefully as he tried yo catch another wave, unfortunately the current was against him pulling his board out from under his feet.

olivia winced at the wipe out, watching to see the man re-emerge from the water, but he didn't. olivia's brow furrowed. she saw his board bobbing in the water and then his body but his head was facing down.

her mind panicked, immediately her arms shot into the air waving for help and hoping the lifeguards would spot her. she pointed towards where the surfer's body floated in the water.

when she saw someone run out of the tower she turned her attention back to the surfer. laying flat on her bird she began to paddle as quickly as she could towards the man. thankfully he wasn't too far.

"please don't be dead." she whispered repeatedly as she reached her arms for his limp body trying her best to pull him onto her board.

olivia managed to get his upper body onto the board, shaking the man's chest to try and wake him up.

"pass him here." a lifeguard who had arrived at the spot reached out his arms to take the surfer from olivia. she helped push his unconscious body onto the lifeguard's surf board before following him onto the beach.

the moment they reached shore another lifeguard started CPR. "how long had be been unconscious?"

"i don't know, three minutes maybe." olivia was shaking, her brain in overdrive as multiple thoughts ran through her mind.

she flinched at a cold, dry hand on her back. looking back to see it was delara looking worried about the surfer and her friend.

two agonising minutes of CPR, two whole minutes where olivia could feel a panic attack coming on at the thought of someone dying, two minutes later he started to cough.

an audible sigh of relief escaped from everyone who had gathered around, especially from olivia and the lifeguards.

the man gasped for air as he continued to cough up water. the lifeguards sitting him up before calling an ambulance.

"are you okay?" olivia immediately asked sitting down in the sand beside the man, "you scared the shit out of me."

finally regaining his voice, the man spoke, "what happened?"

"you wiped out in the surf and swallowed too much water." the brunette explained.

"and who are you?"

"i'm olivia. i'm what's your name?"

"aiden." olivia smiled slightly when he remembered his name. at least he didn't have any type of memory loss.

he opened his mouth to speak but before he could a squad of medical personnel surrounded him to make sure he was stable.

olivia watched as he was carefully taken to the ambulance, feeling at ease now that he was in the hands of professionals. she spent the rest of the day on the sand, far away from the water.

SUNNY SPEAKS
liv being a hero and saving lives is so iconic!! what are our thoughts so far on the story and on olivia??? i hope you guys are enjoying it cause i have such good ideas for this :)

also can we talk about mclaren recently!??!??? LIKE THEY ARE COOKING!! OSCAR PIASTRI ROOKIE OF THE YEAR MARK MY WORDS!! P4 & P5 in the last two races AND his sneaky move yesterday at the start of the race to take P2 WAS INSANE DRIVING! and lando's back to back podiums IM IN TEARS! what a time to be a mclaren fan ;)