Red Silver

S2.C20 - Last race (Abu Dhabi, Part One)

Last race of the year, last race of the season. Isabelle thought laying on the bed of their five-star hotel room, Lewis was in the shower and she looked around in what at that time was her most familiar room. A hotel room like all the others they have been to, a Ritz hotel room, what was different between all the hotels they had been was the sight, all breathtaking like the one there, they were in the bay, near the circuit. The Rimowa silver luggage and the black one were opened on the floor, ones full of team clothes, the other full of luxury clothes. She smiled thinking how her life changed in the past two years, she thought about her carry on bag in Jeddah last year, full of red clothes and with just one non-Ferrari outfit. She looked at the Hermes sandals near her outfit for the day, she thought about her old white Stan smith she wore in the paddock in the first races, her Zara pants and team shirt. The clothes were very different from back then and she was too. The nice little girl who was still there but not shown as she used too, now on screen there was the heartless bitch that destroyed everyone on her path, the woman that Lewis loved, the one that that world broken and recreate. But they all knew that that bitch had a heart, for Lewis she had a big heart, a big love; for her friends and her team she had a heart and they all knew it. She understood now what Lewis meant when he said he needed to put on a mask in his job, she got hers now.

"You look sad, my love" Lewis said exiting the shower, a white towel around his waist.
"Just overthinking"
He smiled and got closer kissing her "what's going on inside this head?"
"I love you" she said smiling
"I love you too, little star" she smiled more hearing her nickname, Lewis gave it to her a long time before and she loved it, she was a silver star and she was firstly his little star.
"Ok, I see you're smiling know, my job here is done, we need to get ready now"

Isabelle and Lewis entered the paddock hand by hand, he was wearing soft blue trousers and a white shirt, Isabelle was wearing a dress of the same colour.
"Last Thursday of our fashion show" she said smiling for the pictures
"Sadly"
"Sadly I'll go back to my joggers and huge hoodies I steal from your wardrobe"
"And you'll be the most beautiful girl on this planet anyway"
She kissed his cheek "love makes people blind"
"I think it got me glasses" he laughed.

"Mamma! Papà!" [Mom! Dad!] Isabelle screamed running to her parents.
"Ciao tesoro, sei stupenda" [Hi honey, you look wonderful] her mom hugged her and then went to Lewis and without saying anything she hugged him too.
"Buongiorno" said Lewis "Nice flight?"
Isabelle's dad nodded and smiled.
"You invited them?"
"Yes, my dad will be here in an hour, I thought both families here will be nice"
She smiled "thank you"
"They need to see you winning" he smiled "now I have to go, I leave you in good company though"
"Thank you" Isabelle gave a quick kiss to Lewis and went back to chat with her parents.

"Anthony!" Isabelle was eating lunch with her parents in the hospitality, Lewis was at the press conference so she welcomed his dad.
"Isabelle! What a pleasure"
"Nice flight?"
"Really nice thanks" he smiled greeting her parents "everyone's here, where is my son?"
"He should be here in 10 minutes, we have a few photos to do for the end of the year and everything" she turned around to her parents "potete venire anche voi" [you can enjoy us too]
"Si" said her dad

Isabelle showed a huge smile in the team photos as the rest of them, she sat near Toto and laughed when Lewis dropped the phone trying to make a selfie.

"No glitter today?" asked George
"Today standard for the photo"
"Tomorrow gold again?"
She laughed "no, no that was Las Vegas style. We are a bit sober here"
"Lewis is never sober"
She pushed him gently "Ehi!"
"Am I wrong?"
"Ok, no but" they both laughed "you're wrong anyway"
"Oh yes?" He started tickling her, her laughs started be louder and she ran away from him, she ran to Lewis who was speaking with some mechanics "defend me"
"From what? George?" He laughed
"He is tickling me"
"Like this" he said tickling her stomach
"Stop it" but he didn't and his arms around her waist kept her there "stop it!"
"Drivers versus engineer"
Isabelle wanted to reply but she was laughing too much and could even breath.
Lewis stopped without letting her go "I stop or this sweet little angel will kill me after"
"You know me" she said between heavy breath but smiling
Lewis smiled and kissed her, her arms went around his neck pulling him closer.
"Take a room" said George acting disgusted "and both of your families are here, behave"
"Georgie?" She said breaking the kiss
"Yes?"
"How can you be so annoying all the time?"
"One of the advantages of being my friend" he smiled proudly and Isabelle laughed.