Twenty minutes later we arrive at the circuit. If I haven't already mentioned it, we are in Spielberg, Austria. Basically a home race for me but obviously I am not a driver.
It is already completely full of people. So many happy faces. Old and young one's . As we are driving through the crowd many guys press their pones against the not see-through windows of our cab and try to get pictures of us.
As we come to stand, Charles grabs my hand and opens the door for me. We are in the middle of many bodyguards and get pushed to a stage.
I thought we are going to the paddocks? But now I hear loud applauding and a voice talking into a microphone.
"And now let's welcome Ferrari driver, Charles Leclerc with his little special guest!" a man shouts into the mic and all of a sudden I walk up the stairs to the stage with Charles. "What are we doing, sixteen?" I ask but he just smiles at me as we now stand on the stage.
I look into the crowd. At least one thousand people are standing here, infront of us.
I see Charles waving to all the fans so I do the same. I can see a lot of Ferrari fans but I also notice some McLaren, Mercedes and Red Bull Fans.
Now Charles and I sit down on a couch and I'm still shook. why am I here. Normally only Charles would sit here and give interviews. But now I am here too.
"Charles would you be so nice and introduce your little guest to us?" the interviewer asks as he reaches for another microphone and hands it to Charles.
"this here is my girlfriend. Her name is Amélie or just Ami and she's here to support me for this big day today." he answers and smiles at me happily. And then he puts the microphone into my hands and tells me to say something.
"Uhm hi." I say completely overwhelmed but the crowd applauses and screams as if I was a star. They all smile at me and shout my name. "Ami, Ami, Ami!" I hear them.
"They already love you!" the interviewer chuckles and then asks me "Tell us a little bit more about you Amélie. I mean wee had some speculations about you in the news but tell us something about you or about you and Charles." I already hear the crowd scream again. The must really like me.
I was so scared that Charles fans would hate me and think that his ex was better but how it seemed, they loved me and I couldn't be happier about it.
"Soo, as already said, my name is Amélie Roux, I am twenty one years old and I am half French half Austrian actually!" I say and everybody looks at me shook.
"You're half French?" Charles chuckles and wonders. "You're half Austrian?" the interviewer asks. I laugh and nods.
Charles opens his mouth and can't close it as he's so shocked. He didn't know that I was half French, he just knew about my Austrian family.
"Then you can speak German!" the interviewer says happily and immediately asks me something in German.
"Wir sind ja in Spielberg, Österreich gerade. Das heutige Rennen ist doch ein Heimrennen für RedBull. Bist du aufgrund dessen, dass RedBull österreichisch ist, ein RedBull Fan oder bleibst du deinem Ferrari-Freund treu?" he asks me.
"What did he say?" Charles says, now not as shook as before but laughing. "He asked if I am a RedBull Fan because RedBull is from Austria or if I'm loyal to you." I laugh and respond.
then I turn to the interviewer again. "Zurück zur Frage. Ich bin sehr stolz, dass so ein gutes Team wie RedBull aus meinem Heimatland kommt, aber ich bin schon seit dem ich ein Kind war Ferrari Fan. Also werde ich heute meine Nummer 16 anfeuern und treu bleiben!" I answer with a smile.
QUICK TRANSLATION:
"Back to your question. I am really proud that such a good team as RedBull is from my country but I've been a Ferrari fan since my childhood. So I'm gonna cheer for my number sixteen and stay loyal" I laugh and respond.
"Amélie, I would love to do an interview with you in German today, would you agree to do that when Charles prepares for the race?" the interviewer asks me, now in English.
"I would love to!" I respond and look at Charles who admires me proudly.
Now that the interview was over and me and Charles went to the paddock he says " Ami, they all love you. And so do I, Ami. I love you" I'm shocked at his words. "Charles and I love you my sixteen!"
We kiss and then hug each other. "But I'm still disappointed that you didn't tell me that you were half French." he says ironically.
"Oui oui suis française" i whisper quietly into his ear and he hugs me even tighter.
I love this guy so much.
