𝒷𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒶 - 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓇𝓁𝑒𝓈 𝓁𝑒𝒸𝓁𝑒𝓇𝒸

𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝒻é

Kateriina woke up in her king size bed of the hôtel de Paris, she was confused, she didn't remember how she got there, the last thing she remembered was sobbing in her father's arms where she felt like a little girl again.

and then she remembered, Oh boy, she told her father everything, what would he do? has he already killed Dimitri? Oh my god this was terrible, she didn't want her father finding out like that, she wanted to tell him after the race in the peaceful night of Monaco

She looked at the clock, it was 9:37 and today was the first day of practise, in about 2 hours she should be ready so she got up and went straight to the shower

she got off her pyjama and went inside the shower, turned on the water and after some seconds it was already regulated to the perfect temperature. She started by her hair, clean it , massage it, brush it and then her body routine.
When she got out she dried her hair and body, got comfortable and started doing her make up, she wanted it to be very natural so she only put concealer, blush, mascara and highlighter.

after all the previous steps it was already 10:54 so she went to her wardrobe and put a simple flowery white and pink dress, with a pair of white espadrille platforms, and two gold bracelets, one golf ring in each hand with a little diamond in one of them, a pair of golden pearls as her earrings and finally her Chanel sunglasses.

Then she grabbed her espadrille purse and put inside of it her sunglasses' case, her hotel key, her car keys, her airpods, her iphone, a pack of tissues, a hair clip, her digital camera, some money and finally a pack of Marlboro Gold

and after making sure she got everything she needed she got out of her room. Stepping outside the luxurious hotel, without knowing where to go, she let her legs get her to the place they wanted, it was relaxing even if the streets were super busy for the monaco gp.

And that's how she ended in the little cafe that had a nice view of the old street inside of monaco, there she discovered that their cafe was the best one she had ever had and that their pastry was one of the tastiest one, she noted to take here Ace and Rianna one day

Thats when the bells of the door rang.

"Salut Mirabelle, Ça va?" ("Hi Mirabelle, everything alright?") A happy voice of a male said, it was notorious that they knew him well, I mean they were the only ones inside of the quite café, and he knew everyone

"Ça va Charles, êtes-vous prêt pour la course? ("everything alright Charles, are you ready for the race?) the older woman who's name is Mirabelle said with a huge smile on her face while she prepared a coffee and a pastry for the man who is speaking with her, clearly it wasn't the fist time he came here, she knew his order by heart.

after taking the pastry and the cafe from the counter he said "Ah oui, et aussi très excité, j'ai le sentiment que cette année va être l'année" ("Ah yes and very excited, I have the feeling that this year will be the year") as he turned around with a smile on his face, looking for the table he always sat but this time there was a woman looking outside the window drinking her coffee, he though about sitting in another table but that was the table he wanted and a bit of company wouldn't mind

"Hi, can I sit down?" He said a bit timid, looking at his coffee,  his pastry and the table, the woman who's name was still a mystery looked at him then it cliked, she was Kimi's daughter

"eh yes, of course" she said after doing a bit of space for him in the small table giving him a weird smile

gosh she was even more beautiful now that he had her in front of him with the light hitting her face, the words left his mouth, he couldn't speak, what was happening to him? this had never happened before

"I'm Kateriina, a pleasure" she said in a small voice, he nearly fainted, her voice was literally one of the angels'

"Charles, the pleasure is mine mademoiselle" he said gaining a bit of courage "Are you new around here, I have never seen you and this caffe is not know around the tourist" smiling a little bit while he stirred his coffee

"Yes, I have come for the race, I have some family in monaco so I took the opportunity to come this year" she said taking a sip of her coffee and looking outside the window, she was a bit confused, this had never happened to her before

"oh, is it your first time watching the race? are you a fan of it?" Charles said a bit hopeless, he didn't know why was he asking so many question, if he continued she would literally run from him

"no, it's not the first time when I was  younger I watched some races, my dad is a huge fan of it but right now I'm a bit lost, since I started studying I have left it aside of my life"  kateriina said looking into his eyes, she now noticed how green they were, it was like a jungle that tried to keep you inside and never let you go

"maybe, if you like it, you could start watching it again" he said hoping she said she would do

"yes defenitly, and you? are you a huge fan? you sound like one" she said laughing a little when his face turned as red as a tomato

"you could say so, since I was a kid my whole family has watched it and being from monaco has helped a lot" the green eyed boy said smiling at the memories of him watching the race from his friend's apartment which was on top of the streets the cars went by. "do you have a favourite team?"

"I think that it's Ferrari, my dad was kind of a fan so I also followed his liking" She said making charles' heart go 100 km/h.

" me too! it has been my favourite team since forever, this years it has been a bit tough for them but I'm sure that they'll reach the top again" charles said opening his mouth to keep the conversation with the beautiful woman but he was cut short by his phone.
He cursed whoever was calling, how could they stop their chat with her "excuse me one second" he said giving an apologetic smile, she just kept looking at the  streets of monaco watching old people go through the thin and stony street

"DOVE SEI?, DEVI ESSERE QUI IN MENO DI 10 MINUTI" (where are you? you have to be here in less than 10 min) Andrea, his trainer and friend screamed.

charles' eyes opened like crazy, he didn't look at his watch the entire time he was with her, and now he would have to run, if he didn't Andrea would literally kill him.  Walking in quick motion to the table he grabbed a paper and put the pastry that was left inside of it, so he could eat it in the way to the paddock "Sì sì, arrivo, mi dispiace ho incontrato una persona importante e non ho controllato l'ora, scusa." (yes, yes, i'm coming, i'm sorry I have walked into someone important and i didn't watch the time, sorry)

"I'm sorry, I have to go, someone is waiting for me and I can't be late, it has been a pleasure to meet you kateriina, hope you enjoy the race!" he said leaving the café and leaving a confused girl looking at the door and the bells.