History maker, rule breaker

8.

I took off my jacket and put on the top of my racesuit. 'Come on Maja, you got this. You can do it.' I thought to myself, already feeling stressed. I grabbed my gloves, balaclava, and helmet, and walked towards my car.

My race engineer walked over to me and reminded me of my strategy, stressing me out even more. "Ok, Beauvie. I got it bro." I told him. He nodded and patted my back before walking back to the team stand.

Once I was safely buckled in my car, I closed my eyes. 'Think about the future. Think about where this race can take you. Think about who you're racing for.' The next time I opened my eyes, the signature red lights were on the grid. "It's lights out and away we go!"

I crossed the line in P11. Not my best effort, yet somehow my highest place of the weekend. I felt decent with my placing, it was the first race of the season anyway. I had time to improve. I walked back through the paddock to the Prema building with a smile on my face. To be honest, that was probably one of the only real smiles of the weekend.

"Hey, Nico." I said as I walked past him. I went over to the trailer and waited for Dino to come back as he had finished P3. "Hey Paul, guess who beat you?" I said, rubbing it in his face. "Maja, you literally finished one place ahead of me. It's still not that good." He replied. I scoffed before sitting down on the other side of the couch, putting my legs on his lap. "Get those stinky walkers off of me." He said, not once looking away from his phone. "Make me, firecracker." I said, smirking.

"Well look at you two finally getting along!" Dino said as he walked in with his trophy. "Dino, help. She's assaulting me." Paul pleaded. "Oh, please. I'm literally just laying down Paul." I responded in a monotone voice. "Alright you two. Maja, come with me. We're gonna go to the post race party." He said, grabbing my hand. "I don't wanna." I responded, getting up and walking out of the trailer.

"GET IN NICO!" I yelled at him, gesturing for him to get in the golf kart. He got in next to me and we drove to the F1 paddock. "MICKY MOO HOO!" I yelled, driving to the Mercedes building. "Oh, hello Toto!" I said, walking in. "Mick's with Lewis. Make responsible decisions, Maja." I giggled and grabbed Nico's arm. "Come on, we gotta go see Mick!"

After properly catching up with Mick, Nico and I went to go see Odelia. "So how much do you like her, Nico? Is it a little crush or a big one?" I asked him. "Maja, shut up!" He whispered to me. "Ah, you really like Odelia, don't ya." I responded. Everyone seemed to know about Nico and Odelia liking each other except for them. They clearly both had feelings, I mean, it couldn't have been more obvious.

"ODELIA!" I shouted as she came into view. She ran towards me and hugged me before looking at Nicola. She paused and blushed for a second before talking to him. "Hey, Nico." I scoffed at the two. "Oh my gosh, just date already." I told them before walking away with Odelia. "Don't worry, Nico! You can have her tomorrow!"

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After loads of writers block, here it is. I'm gonna try to make the next chapter longer so I can get this part of the story along. This story's so close to reaching 10 chapters, like oml finally 😭