6 years, 4 months and forever

10. Charles

Sitting in a hotel alone was calming, something about being able to sit on a bed and think about your life soothed you, you thought about Charles and lando and Jules. You thought about how all your decisions led you to be sat on this hotel room and how the decisions you make today will lead to the next hotel room you will be sat in, maybe in 6 months you'll be alone or maybe you'll be pregnant or maybe you'll be exactly as you are now. Your phone staters ringing, "hello lando"- "hello darling, where are you"- "I'm sat in the hotel waiting for the car"- "ok well I've made sure McLaren have lollipops today for you"- "oh lan I didn't think you'd want me there"- "I'll always want you there Maddy your my best friend so hurry up I'm waiting" , he hung up the phone and you started getting ready, on the day of the crash lando had given you an LN4 bracelet and one of his McLaren shirts so you pulled that on and after digging through some of Charles things you put a forza Ferrari bracelet and a CL16 one on as well.

You arrived at the track to thousands of fans screaming and throwing things at you to pass to the boys, once you were into the McClaren hospitality area everything seemed to calm down, lando hugged you from behind, "Maddy you smell lovely", you laughed turning around and hugging him, he started to fiddle with the bracelet on your wrist "i didn't expect you to wear it"- "ofc id wear it lan"- "well ive got to go and meet with the team if you want to pop and see Charles Ferrari are doing there paddock walk so you should see him". you waled out of the office and were immediately greeted by a sea of red, eventually you were at the end of the paddock when you felt someone grab your wrist "mon amour your wearing the wrong colour" he wrapped his arms around your waist and pulled your body onto his, "dont worry char you know I'm yours but yesterday you nearly killed my best friend so i need to be his best friend today". He kissed you making sure you wouldn't forget him and as of he was promising to take that shirt off you later on that night. You made your way back into the garage and as you did a sky sports commentator grabbed you and asked for a quick interview, wanting to avoid the confrontation you agreed, "hello is it madelinè bianchi"- "that would be she"- "sp yesterday you were pictured running onto the track and leaving with Charles leclerc", you nodded, "but today your here with mister Norris"- " yes ive been coming to my BOYFRIENDs races all his life and through our nearly seven year relationship I've made friendships with a lot of the other drivers including lando who is my best friend"- "so the speculation around a relationship with lando is completely false correct" you nodded and walked back into the garage. As a woman in formula one there would never been anything else other than men in it for you, young girls who watch the sport must only be doing it for the fit drivers, celebrities who visit the pit lane must only be there for the money, women who have relationships with the drivers must be gold diggers.

Lando patted me on my back and passed me a lollipop pop "I got you these because I know they are your favourite", you hugged him and after a few seconds of looking at Escher he passed you a headset and climbed into his car as it was moved onto the starting grid, Charles was started p5 after the crash followed by a decent qualifying, lando was p7 after a few struggles to properly fix the  decided not to watch the race with he rain and the added competition it seemed like a disaster waiting to happen so  you sat down in the corner of the pit box behind the team and waited for the team to begin cheering, around two hours after opening your new book, lando finished 3rd in the race, you were so proud of him but you couldn't fight the massive smile of your face because Charles won, in four months he hadn't even been on the podium never mind won a race it just confirmed how much of an impact you had on him and his performance. As he stood on that podium smiling at you down below and spraying champagne over max and lando and any one else he could you realised how lucky you were to fall in love with the one who stayed up all night to talk to you, with the boy he always reminds you how beautiful you are, the boy who holds you hand when your nervous. You fell in love with the boy who watched your favourite movie on repeat with you even though he hates it, the boy who walks you to your door and kisses you because he misses you already, the boy who wants a future with you above all else, the one who supports you fully. You fell in love with the boy who would drive across the county to give you a cuddle, the boy who wants to see you happy more than anything else, the one who gives you his jacket because he likes to look at you in his clothes, the one who looks at houses and picks out baby names with you. You fell in love with the boy that you can fall asleep with and he'll still be there in the morning, the boy that doesn't blame you for his issues, the boy who shows you off to everyone, the boys who's mama love you as much as he does but most of all you fell in love with some who makes you laugh, who makes you cry, who makes you fell every emotion so intensely as if it's the first time your feeling it, you fell in love with the one that makes you feel loved, you fell in love with Charles and his watercolour eyes.