Driving Miss Catherine

Spain/Monaco

Kevin watched the Spanish GP from the pitwall. He'd almost skipped it he was so mad. Why was a reserve driver in his car, after he'd gotten his first podium of the season last race? What did he do wrong? Kevin kept his anger to himself and tried to take it professionally, but this was really a shock to him.

Out on the track, Seb was thinking of anything but Kevin. He knew why Kevin wasn't racing, but that wasn't important right now. Beating the Mercs was all he had in mind right now.

Cat watched the race from New York while finishing up her final project. She had gotten an extension so she had a few more weeks to finish it up. With any luck, she would still graduate in time to be able to celebrate at the Monaco GP with Seb.

Albert and Mina sat in an office in Helsinki. Their lawyers were both present as witnesses and watched over the procedure carefully, advising their clients when necessary. It wasn't a complicated process, really. Lots of people did it and, and for Albert and Mina, it was their second time-but their first with each other. Yes, Albert and Mina were getting married and dividing their assets. On the outside, it was purely a business move, and that's what they want everyone (including their own children) to believe.

Heikki, equally unaware of his mother's activity as Cat was of her father's, sat on a boat in the North Sea looking over the radar and really hoped Putin hadn't put a nuclear bomb in one of the strange vessels that appeared off the coast. Would fishing boats really be out that far? He didn't think so.

Another podium, and another third place for Seb. He should be happy, but really he wanted nothing more than to beat one, if not both, of the Mercedes. He'd done it once this season, then surely he could do it again, right?

Maybe, but not this race. There was nothing to do but look forward and prepare for Monaco. It was always a fun race with an exciting atmosphere, so maybe things would shake up. But first, he had to fly to New York City and watch his girlfriend graduate from college with honors. He was looking forward to that most, because he hadn't seen her since shortly after the Bahrain GP. She left to return to New York to finish her project right after her little confession.

She didn't know if he would be there. She didn't blame him if he didn't come. He was busy, and after all, she had kissed his teammate. Seb wouldn't see it that way, though. He assumed she meant Kevin had kissed her-it had to be that way. So he angrily stormed into Maurizio's office and demanded Kevin be fired, or released from his contract, whatever it took to get him away.

But Maurizio wouldn't hear any of it. "That's nonsense, he just got his first podium. Why should we do that?"

"Because....because I'll leave if you don't." Seb was angry and not afraid to hide it.

"Please, tell me what is going on? Why do you react so strongly to Kevin? He's a good driver, a good person, I think he's helping the team quite a bit." Maurizio tried to reason with Seb.

"He's not," he said between his teeth. "He kissed my girlfriend, and I want him out of here, or I'm leaving!"

With that, he turned and left the italian's office, not waiting to hear his response. He found Cat and managed to say an angry goodbye to her, still upset from his conversation with his boss, before she left to return to NYC. She was crying, and he knew it was because they would be apart for a while, so he tried to comfort her the best he could.

While Maurizio could not fire Kevin, he did manage to get him out of one race and replace him with reserve driver Esteban Gutierrez . His reasoning was a little complicated, and unorthodox, but he made sure Kevin did not clear his medical exam before the Spanish GP. It was not right, he knew it, but hopefully it would allow whatever was going on between Seb and Kevin to cool down.