As Charles has a last-minute talk with Vasseur about Ferrari's strategies I complete my interview with the man from before. He asks me some questions about my life and about the current situation with Charles.
"And last but not least, you already have a lot of fans, what do you want to say to them?" he asks at the end.
"Wow that's really difficult because I wanna say so much to them. Thank you all so much for the great support and love I get from y'all, I love you all so so much. Thank you!" I say smiling into the camera that is focused on me.
The interviewer say goodbye and I make my way back to Charles'garage. the race was about to begin in half an hour and I was so nervous that i didn't even recognize all the fans standing behind barricades until they shouted my name.
"Amélie, Amélie can I have an autograph?" "Amélie can I take a picture with you?" I heard many voices asking.
I smile at them and sign t-Shirts, hats and take many pictures with them.
Then I see a young teenage girl, probably fourteen, blonde and really pretty. I look at her and smile but then I see a teardrop rolling down her cheek.
I immediately run up to her and ask her what was wrong.
"Nothing, I'm just so happy to see you it's unreal!" she cries and rubs her nose.
"Naww, that's so sweet, I am happy to see you here too, thank you for being my fan" I say calming her down.
As I notice she gets better I lean in for a hug and hug her tightly. And she cries into my shoulders.
After many seconds she ends the hug and looks at me again. I smile at her and bring my hand up her cheeks and wipe away her tears.
"Amélie, Charles needs you in the garage, you need to come, now!" a mechanic shouts to me in a serious tone and I look at the girl again.
"I'm sorry I have to go now, I hope you feel better now. Thank you for being here." I say to her and wipe away another tear.
"Thank you, Amélie. I love you so much, bye!" she answers and waves a little good bye as I make my way to the garage.
only now I noticed all the phone cameras and actual cameras that were recording me but I don't think about them and almost run to Charles. What did the mechanic mean by he *needs* me?
As I arrive at the garage it begins to rain. Great. Will they delay the race?
I walk into the garage and look around confused. I don't see him.
When a engineer sees my confused look he point at a door and says "He's in there"
I immediately walk to Charles cabin and knock on his door. He opens it and I look in his face.
A huge bruise on his right cheek, his eyes filled with anger. Anger and rage.
"What is wrong, sixteen? What have you done?" I ask him covering my mouth with my hand in shock.
"Just got into a little fight with someone" he grunts and tries to walk away.
"With who Charles, who did that shit to you?" I insist on knowing as I grab his hand and turn him around to face me.
"Lando. Lando fucking Norris." he admits with an angry tone.
"What, why, why did he do that. That looks awful" I respond as I brush my fingers of his blue bruise.
"Oh don't care about that. He looks much worse." Charles answers confidently.
"But why did you fight, sixteen, tell me the truth. Please" I beg him with tears in my eyes. Why did he fight. Who did he fight with Lando?
"That son of a b*tch said that if he wins the race and beats me he will get with you. He'll be your new boyfriend and it'll be easy because "you always look at him in a flirty way" he said"
I couldn't believe my ears. "What the fuck. I look at him in a flirty way? This bastard is delusional. I swear Charles, believe me, I don't want anything of him. I only want you!" I now say, again with tears in my eyes.
"And you are the only one I want, ma princesse. I was just so angry at him for saying such bullshit and then I just had to fight him" he says, wraps his arms around me and relaxes his head onto of mine.
I burry my head into his broad shoulders and sniff his good smelling cologne. We stand there like that for some minutes and then I look up and exclaim "Come on, Mr. Leclerc, let's get you on the grid and become a winner."
We get out of his cabin and take a look outside. the rain has stopped but the race is still delayed for half an hour because they have to dry everything.
The time goes by super fast and soon Charles has to get into his car.
But before he does he walks over to me again and kisses me.
"I love you so much, ma princesse. Thank you for being here" he whispers in my ear.
"And I love you, sixteen. And even if you don't win this race today, you are still my number one. I love you unconditionally and I am so proud of you" I answer and kiss him before he can respond.
"I will win this, for you Ami, ma princesse" Charles says one last time and breaks the kiss to get into his car.
He shifts into the seat and puts on his helmet.
Before he leaves the garage and pull up to pole position I bow down to him and take his head with the helmet into my hand and kiss him on the helmet. right in this moment I hear a camera snapping but I couldn't wait for the image to be posted because I think it'll be my favorite picture of us two.
I can see his eyes smiling at me as he starts the engine and rolls on the grid.
I get the headphones in which I hear the radio between Charles and his engineers and look at the tons of monitors so I can see Charles from all different angles.
One minute later all the cars are placed on their positions and the lights start to blink.
Now all the red light are on, and now they are off.
The race begins.
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