I've been waiting for you: P.Gasly

Chapter 11

Weeks past since the news broke of Jessica and Pierre expecting their miracle baby. Now at 25 weeks pregnant, Jessica had joined Pierre to the last race of the season in Abu Dhabi. "I miss racing but I can't wait for baby to be here." Jessica smiles. "I know you do, baby. But, we are having our rainbow child." Pierre smiles as the pair walk into the Alpine motorhome. "Jessica!" a familar french accent calls. The girl turns and is immediately greeted by the presence of Esteban. "Estie! Hi." the  girl laughs as he hugs her. "How's the baby?" Esteban asks, once he placed Jessica on the ground. "They're good. Growing and are healthy which is good." Jess smiles, Pierre wraps his arm around her shoulder.

"Yeah. Anyway, Pierre we have to go get ready for qualifying. See you later Jess." Esteban smiles before disappearing to the garage. "Okay. I'm going to go and pay Lando a visit. I got a text from him the other day saying he missed me." Jessica shrugs. "Okay. Will you be watching from your team then?" Pierre asks, looking at Jessica. "Yeah. Cheer on my team and you." the girl smiles before kissing him and leaving the motorhome to head to the McLaren garage.

"Zak, did you miss me?" the girl smiles,
approaching the pitwall. "Jess. What a lovely surprise." Zak smiles, engulfing the girl in a hug. "Hi. Take it I'm missed." the older driver smiles. "Of course you are. Does Lando know you're here?" Zak asks, pulling from the hug. "No, I'm here to surprise him as well as support the team. I'm going to go and surprise him now." Jess smiles before heading into the garage.

Stood outside, Jess knocks a few times on Lando's drivers room door until she hears a response. "Come in!" the bristol boy calls and the girl walks in. "Hey teammate." she grins peaking her head in. "Jess!" Lando yells, running over to her and picking her up. "Hi muppet." she smiles as he places her back down so she can return his hug. "I've missed you so much." Lando mutters into her shoulder. "I've missed you aswell. How's your new teammate?" Jess asks. "Good. We have a good laugh and we have fun as well as challenging each other." Lando says, letting go of the pregnant girl. "That's good then." Jess smiles, sitting on the table. "Come on, show me the bump." Lando encourages as his teammate laughs. Using her hands, Jessica highlights her growing baby bump. "It's so small yet still getting bigger." Lando giggles like a little child causing Jessica to laugh.

The pair leave his drivers room still laughing as they head to his side of the garage. "Good luck out there. Try to make it to Q3 for the baby." the girl smiles to her teammate. He nods as he prepares for the first qualifying session.

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Jessica
Always proud of you love
Smash it x

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Qualifying session 1 flew by and the second session was well underway. However, as she watched the first qualifying session, the Teesside native girl began to experience some pain in her abdomen. For the second session, Zak joined Jess. The pair stood at the back of the room to watch the second qualifying session from the screen. While keeping an eye on how Pierre and Lando were doing, Jess doubled over in pain.

"Jess, are you okay?" Zak asks, concerned about the girls welfare. "I think...something is wrong. I've been through this before Zak. Something is wrong with the baby." Jessica cries, grabbing her stomach. "Zak, she's bleeding." Xavier who is usually Jessica's head of tire change but currently has Oscar Piastri, who was chosen to fill in for Jess while she's pregnant, says. "Okay. Listen to me Jess. We're going to take to the medical center and get Pierre to meet you so you can get checked out." Zak says.

Xavier immediately runs over and picks her up in his arms before carrying her to the medical center, Zak heading to the Alpine garage to get them to have Pierre retire and rush to Jessica. "You're going to be okay and so is the baby. Don't worry." Xavier reassures her as Pierre bursts into the room. "I'm here baby. You're okay and so is the baby." Pierre smiles. "P, I'm scared." Jessica sobs as her husband takes her hand. "Jessica, we are going to take you to the hospital to make sure everything is okay." the on-site doctor says.

The whole way to the hospital was a flashback to when they first found out about the miscarriage of their first baby. The french Alpine driver tightly held his wife's hand as she hand her free on sat on her stomach despite the discomfort. Pierre continued to quietly say words of reassurance to Jess as she struggled with the pain. "I'm sorry about this. I'm so sorry about this, making you miss qualifying." Jess cries. "Hey, hey, hey. Don't be sorry. You and the baby are more important. Plus, it's only qualifying. It's not as important as the main race." Pierre reassures the british brunette, placing a hand on her cheek gently wiping the falling tears.

Numerous tests and an ultrasound had been done when Jess arrived at the hospital. She was sleeping in the bed while Pierre sat on the chair. The day had been mentally and physically draining for both of them so once they got home, both of them had agreed to have an early night. "Jessica McCabe?" a doctor asks walking in. Pierre looks up before gently waking Jess up from her nap. "Hi. I have your test results and the pain and bleeding was a result of the baby being in an awkward position and really kicking your right ovary which caused the bleeding. Now, they should move on their own however your blood work does show us that your pregnancy is high risk due to your prior miscarriage." the doctor explains. "What does that mean?" Jess asks. "The baby is likely to be early. Somewhere between the 30-35 weeks." the doctor explains and Jessica zones out after hearing the baby is likely to be early. "Okay." Pierre says. "We are going to advise no more travel until you have had the baby." the doctor says before leaving the room.

Once she was discharged, Jess and Pierre returned to their hotel and spent the rest of the night cuddling in bed after she took the necessary medication given to her to help easy the pain. As she slept on his chest, cuddling him tightly, Pierre gently ran his fingers up and down her arms as she slept his his embrace.