The Racer ( x Madison Beer)

Ch - 6 | French Nights

We walked through the beautiful green garden at the base of the Eiffel tower, just enjoying the scenery and each others company. The area was filled with the chatter of people around us and the sound of birds flying to their nests for the night as the last rays of sunlight disappeared in a beautiful orange colour. After twenty minutes we walked to the base of the monolithic structure and entered the elevator. As it went up we could see the whole of Paris from our hotel right by the Eiffel tower to the ourskirts of town, suddenly there was a small bump and Madison grabbed my hand.

"afraid of heights?" I teased

"no, I'm afraid of falling though" she replies with a small laugh

"you'll be fine" I reply as I pat her hand softly

"how do you know?" she asked

"because I'm here" I say which made her laugh

The elevator got to the top in no time and once we stepped out a waiter took us to the front reception.

"Name of reservation" the receptionist asks

"It should be under Shelby" I reply as she checks her list

"I see you are friends with Oliver yes?" the receptionist asks

"yep known him since forever" I reply with a smile

She then ticked us off the list as the waiter led us to our table, it was draped in fine maroon cloth with silver utensils gleaming in the candlelight. I pulled out Madisons seat for her and pushed it in after she sat down as I take a seat in my own across from her. After a few minutes of us talking the waiter comes back with a bottle of fine Port wine and pours out two glasses.

"So you usually take girls out on fancy dinners like this" she said as she took a sip of her wine

"Truth be told I don't go on that many dates" I said with a small smile

"Why not" she asked

"Well you know the whole racing thing so I don't get that much free time to go on dates" I say as I take a sip of my own

"So you go out a lot between seasons to catch up?" she asked

"It really depends who I'm going with and where you know" I reply

The waiter comes back with two leather bound menus and we each take one, looking through their options from steaks to lobster and the French favourite, frogs legs.

"I'll have the garlic butter wagyu with a side of escargot" I say as I hand him my menu back

"And I'll have the seafood pasta please" she said before handing hers back

"and to drink?" the waiter asked

"What are you drinking?" she asked

"Uhm a whiskey please" I say before looking back at Madison

"Do you guys do negronis?" she asked as she looked at the waiter

"Of course madam" the waiter replied

"I'll have one of those then please" she said as the waiter left to give in our orders

"So back to our conversation, what's it like with the whole music thingy" I say

"Well it's very fun but when you have deadlines and expectations it gets very difficult" she said with a smile

"And your dating life, I know it must be hard being you and all" I reply

"Whats that supposed to mean" she said looking offended

"No no no not because you're you but because you're you you know" I say, tripping over my words

"You're very cute when you get nervous ya know" she said with a laugh

"I think you might have already told me" I reply, my heart rate returning to normal

"But yeah I guess it's hard with people wanting to get with me for the fame" she said as the waiter returned with our drinks

We continued to talk as the waiter came back with our food. I cut into my steak, the perfect medium rare while Madison spent no time waiting, digging in to her seafood pasta.

"Oh my god this is so good" she exclaimed between mouthfulls

"Mhmm this steak is the perfect medium rare" I replied, cutting into my steak

"here" she said as she put a bit of pasta on a fork and put it up to my mouth

"You're right" I said after taking a bite of her pasta

"I need to come here again" she said with a smile

"Next time we're in Paris I'll make sure to take you here again" I reply with a small laugh

"You're the best" she said as she took another bite of her food

We continued our conversation while we ate and when we both finished I pressed the remote to signal the waiter who came over and refilled our drinks. We grabbed our drinks and walked out onto the terrace, the light from inside lighting up her face. We looked out over the city of Paris as thousands of lights lit up the streets and houses.

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We got back down to the ground and were in the garden below the Eiffel tower after dinner, just us walking and talking. Her face was lit by the faint glow coming from the old lamp posts which made her look even more beautiful than normal. We walked along the gravel paths until we got to our hotel.

"Tonight was really-"

"Yeah I enjoyed-" we both started talking at the same time as we stepped into the hotel

"Thanks y/n I don't get to go out and just enjoy my evenings normally like I did tonight" she said as she started up the flight of stairs

"Yeah that was really nice, not having to worry about anything and being able to unwind" I say with a small smile

"Yeah let's do this again sometime?" she asked as we got up to the second floor

"You read my mind" I replied as we got to our rooms opposite eachother

"Night y/n" she said as she lent in and brushed her lips softly against my cheek, her lipstick making an imprint

"What was that for?" I asked with a smile

"A thank you for tonight" she replied before entering her room

"Night Madison" I say before entering my own

I fell down on my bed and punched the air in excitement. After a few minutes I fell asleep, my mind still replaying what just happened...