versace on the floor 𝘓𝘈𝘕𝘋𝘖 𝘕𝘖𝘙𝘙𝘐𝘚

three

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the cafè had pretty paintings on the walls, mostly flowers but also some portraits of old ladies with dogs, small tables with just two or three chairs, everything was white and brown with some gold details on the door. she felt good there and even better with Arnold in front of her reassuring her about the flight they had to take on thursday. they met there after talking for three days straight, he understood how scary this new experience may seem 'cause he felt like this too and wanted to make her feel comfortable and confident. when the waitress came to their table they asked for two americanos and some cookies, the old woman nodded and, with a smile, left.

"so are you a formula 1 fan?" Arnold didn't know much about her personal life and he could smell that it wasn't just a one time thing for Zoe, Melania was too stressed with her newborn to come back to work this soon.

"yeah, me and my grandpa used to watch it every sunday with our Ferrari shirts and some cookies" she already felt this way of sadness coming her way everytime she mentioned her beloved grandpa.

"DID YOU SAY FERRARI" he screamed so badly that the girl behind the counter almost let their americanos slip on the floor

"yeah, my family and i are big Ferrari fans" Her grandpa used to work in touch with cars almost everyday and as soon as Zoe became old enough to understand something about them too they started this Sunday Race tradition. but why Ferrari? It just felt right. Now time had passed and she still roots for the most famous scuderia in the entire would but now that Max became the national pride, she supported him as well, she liked how he drove and also his personality.

"FORZA FERRARI SEMPRE" she just hoped Arnold would stop screaming soon, her ears were almost gone.

"i guess you like it too"

"you guess? my blood is red!"

"Arnold, everybody's got red blood" she chuckled.

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it was finally thursday, but it was pretty different from the ones she used to live. they were mostly characterized by school books, coffees and Alex. this routine had now changed, she just took a plane to London and then a cab to Silverstone. Zoe was really excited for various reasons, she would finally appear on tv and also she could visit such pretty places like this one. without any further notice Arnold took her by her arm and run to the hotel in front of her.

this was fun, he was fun.

she wasn't as worried as she was before thanks to him. she got to know him more in fact he wasn't edgy as she thought, actually, he was an amazing dude full of surprises and really inspiring.

"our rooms are not that far away so if you ever feel overwhelmed or worried come to room 53 or just call me" Zoe just nodded and opened the door with the key the hotel gave her.

the room was bigger than she thought. it had white walls and a big bed that could fit two people. the bathroom reminded her of the ones she used to see in those vogue beauty secrets videos and the room had a little kitchen with a not so big table with a basket of flowers on it, she smiled not being used to these expensive hotel rooms. and then she saw the beautiful landscape of the city from the balcony, which she didn't notice at first. she stood there watching the sunset for at least 15 minutes and  she was amazed by it.

she felt good and inspired so she wore her most comfortable shoes and left the hotel to find out more about the city.

unfortunately, there wasn't much to see if you didn't count the bars and discos, so saddened, Zoe understood that it was better to come back to the hotel and watch a film, until she saw a little place next to her hotel. there weren't lots of people in it and the bright lights of the hotel made it almost disappear in humans eyes. without any doubt she entered, and she was shocked when she understood it was an ice cream shop. her eyes shined as soon as she saw all the different tastes they offered and opted for a pistacchio ice cream. she was about to leave the shop when she saw a familiar face.

he was max verstappen.

she smiled, knowing that she will probably have to see these faces for the entire week.

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"are you ready?"

"oh dear am i dreaming" Zoe and Arnold were too close to the cars, she felt like it was just a dream. Leclerc's car was just next to her and she could even ear some italian swear words coming from the engineers.

"free practice starts in 15 minutes, how are the drivers feeling?"

"it seems like Ferrari hasn't changed anything to their car, am i right Arnold?"

talking to Arnold like this wasn't feeling forced at all, actually, everything felt natural. she has talked to a camera often so it was fine to her, the audience was just different.

the first two days went fine and the sudden change of reporters didn't cause much confusion between dutch f1 fans. she even saw some celebrities and talked to Toto Wolff which was a lot to bare for her. she still couldn't believe it was real, she was in England right now, commenting a f1 race.

the race in question was about to end, everybody knew who was going to win but p2 and p3 were pretty exciting.

"Max Verstappen wins again!!"

Zoe smiled, Dutch people are proud again.

"Zoe come here we will have to interview them later"

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"Hamilton could have been won today!" Zoe and Arnold were commenting the race in front of the camera, trying to not sound biased or disappointed from the typical bad ferrari race.

"also Norris what a surprise today right?"

"speaking of him, hi Lando could you come here" Arnold waved at the curly haired brit with still a smile on his face. It was her first actual interview to a f1 driver and hoped to not sound nervous at all. luckily both reporters were pretty good at english, as most dutch people are.

Lando made his way to the camera and smiled at Arnold and then looked at her.

she felt like his glare was about to burn her skin, he was only looking at her.

"Lando how does it feel like to be on the podium on-"

"are you new?" his eyes never leaving her figure, she exchanged the look but hers was different.

"yeah oh and he's talking to you don't be rude!" she could see his cheeks turn pink, he smirked but never stopped looking at her, even when he was talking to Arnold.

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hi!!! they finally met!!! how are you feeling about this??? she's sassy ehehehe.