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Chapter 32

FEW WEEKS LATER

The new season of F1 was right around the corner and preparations were underway for pre-season testing. Lilianna was in the RedBull headquarters accompanying Max who was doing a media event and Isla along side her who quietly playing in the corner of the room. "Isla, stay here. I'll be back soon." the 23-year old says to her now 6-year-old daughter. "Okay, mummy." Isla says, not looking up from her colouring book.

Lilianna heads to the bathroom, a sick feeling rising in her stomach. The girl crouches over the toilet and immediately throws up. "Someone in here?" a female's voice asks. "Yeah. Lilianna." the Northern-Irish girls says, before throwing up again. "Which cubicle are in, Lily?" the voice became familiar and Lilianna recognized it as the voice of Christian Horner's wife, Geri Halliwell. "The-the second one." Lilianna says inbetween her being sick.

The cubicle door opens and Geri immediately crouches behind the girl. "Easy. Let it out." the former spice girl singer rubs the girls back. "This is so shit." Lilianna groans. "Do you want Max?" Geri asks as Lilianna nods, her head hanging over the toilet. "Okay. I'll go get him now then watch Isla." Geri says, leaving the girl alone.

Lilianna had been feeling ill and had been throwing up the last week or two. In the middle of what felt like an endless cycle, Lilianna hears some footsteps come in. Without a word, the door opened yet again. "Aww, baby. It's okay." Max's voice says behind her. "I want this to stop." Lilianna groans before throwing up one more time. Once Lilianna had finally stopped being sick, she sat back against Max.

"That's it. Just sit here for a bit until you feel better." Max says, gently rubbing his girlfriend's arm. "I don't know what's going on. I've been like it for a few weeks now. I can never keep anything down." Lilianna says, her hand gently massaging her stomach. "Lily, I dunno if this is a possibility but are you maybe pregnant?" Max asks. Lilianna pauses for a moment and takes a deep breath. "It's a possibility. Can you get a test out my bag. They're fresh as I'm carrying them for emergencies." Lilianna stutters, motioning to her bag that's on the floor beside the toilet.

Max reaches over and grabs it, taking out one of the tests. "Listen, I have something to do so I'll be about half an hour to an hour. You do everything you have to do and I'll come meet you and Isla after." Max smiles as Lilianna nods. Once Max had left, Lilianna stayed in the toilets and took the pregnancy test while anxiety coursed through her veins.

Lilianna takes the test and waits for the result. Her legs bouncing as she waits for the results. A 6-year-age gap between Isla and her possible baby is going to cause a stir if not a storm in the media for sure. A few moments pass and Lilianna grabs the test off the side. She turns it over and sees 'positive'. Immediately, tears formed in Lilianna's eyes as she didn't know what to think.

After the tears subsided, Lilianna places the positive test in her pocket and leaves the bathroom to find Isla colouring in with Geri. "Thank you for look after Isla." Lilianna smiles at the Spice Girls singer. "Of course. She's an absolute joy to be around. You have one wonderful little girl, Lilianna." Geri smiles as she sits beside Isla on the floor. "Can I speak to you actually in private? It's important." Lilianna asks, shyly. "Of course." Geri warmly smiles. "You stay there, Isla-Rose. We'll be back in a moment." Lilianna looks at your young daughter who smiles up at her with a nod.

Geri and Lilianna head to the other side of the room so Isla doesn't hear their conversation. "What's up then?" Geri asks, sitting beside Lilianna. "I need to tell someone this because I don't know what to do." Lilianna starts before taking a deep breath. "I took a pregnancy test while I was in the toilet. It was Max's idea and it's positive." Lilianna says with more or less a straight face. "What? Congratulations." Geri smiles as she and Lily briefly hug. "Thank you. But, there's the 6-year-age gap between Isla and the baby. How will Max and I manage?" Lilianna asks. "Lily, you both will be fine. Isla will completely understand when you tell her." Geri reassures the Northern-Irish blonde.

Lily nods before the two hug again and head back over to Isla. "Mummy, how long will Max be?" Isla asks. "I'm not sure sweetie. We'll stay here and wait for him though." Lilianna smiles, sitting beside her daughter on the floor and Geri sits the other side. "Okay." Isla smiles as she continues to colour. The three all stay in the lounge as they wait for the event to finish.

Lilianns feels a nudge on her shoulder. She turns and looks at Geri who mouths "When are you going to tell Max?". Lilianna takes a deep breathe before responding, "tonight." Geri smiles and nods.

THAT NIGHT

"How was the event?" Lilianna asks after putting Isla to bed. "Good. The car looks fast. Hopefully it's as fast on track as it looks." Max smiles, placing his arm around Lilianna's shoulder. "That's good. Are you excited?" Lilianna asks, laying her head on Max's chest. "Of course. The new season is always the best." Max smiles, planting a soft kiss on Lilianna's head. "Did you take the test?" Max asks, referring to the pregnancy test he told Lilianna to take earlier in the day.

"Yes, I did." Lilianna starts, sitting up and turning her body to face Max. "And?" Max asks. Lilianna takes the test out of her pocket, upside down and hands it to him. Max turns the test over and immediately jumps at Lilianna, hugging her. "We're pregnant." Max mutters into her shoulder. "We are. Well, I am. You did 2 minutes of the work. I think your pull out game needs improvement for next time." Lilianna jokes, her arms wrapped around Max's shoulder as he playfully slapped her.

"Should we tell Isla in the morning?" Max asks as Lilianna nods. The dutchman looks up and faces his girlfriend. "Yeah. She'll be so happy." Lilianna smiles as Max passionately kisses her on the lips. "I can't believe we're going to be parents." Max smiles as Lilianna does aswell. "Come on, it's getting late and it's been a long day for both of us." Lilianna says, standing up and holding her hand out for Max to take it.

The couple head upstairs and for a change, Max checks on Isla and sees the little girl still awake. "Hey kiddo. What's wrong?" Max asks, walking into the room. "I had a nightmare. Can I sleep with you and mummy?" Isla asks, hugging her stitch teddy and rubbing her eyes. "Of course. Come on." Max says, picking the little girl up into his arms. She lays her head on his shoulder as he carries her to his and Lilianna's room. "Hey baby girl. What's wrong?" Lilianna asks as she lays on the bed, looking at the door as Max and Isla walk in. "I had a nightmare, mummy." Isla says as Max places the little girl on the bed as she shuffles over to her mum while the redbull driver changes.

"Aww, baby. It's okay." Lilianna says as Isla cuddles into her and the young blonde mum begins playing with her hair to settle her daughter down again. Max lays the other side of Isla as the little girl cuddles into both of them. She settle back down and soon falls back to sleep. "I can't wait for us to be a family of four." Max says. "Neither can I." Lilianna smiles, looking up at Max and softly pecking his lips before turning back to her daughter and continuing to play with her hair.

The couple enjoy the silence as Isla's light snores filled the room. After a while, Max eventually fell asleep. Lilianna glances up from her daughter to Max and smiles contendedly. The girl carefully leans up and gently kisses Max's cheek before falling asleep herself.

A/N: Happy August 1st people. Hope it's a good month up until race weekend on the 25th. And remember this fact, Las Vegas is a Saturday race 🧡