The Bond We Share

a practice from the box

First off all I'd like to apologise for the extreme long wait. I was very busy. (I lost my password and started using Ao3.😭🙌) But I'll try to finish this book. Have fun reading and I'm always open to tips or story ideas. :)))

Fabio and I look at each other and smile. We just kissed. I don't know why I thought that was a good idea but in the end it didn't feel too bad. Not bad at all actually.

"You can stay here and watch my practice if you want?" Fabio smile at me. "I'd like that.", I smile back at him. I can't believe he has liked me for 3 years. Why me?

"Alright I'll tell Jordan to get you a headset. You can sit here if you'd like.", he walks over to an empty seat infront of some monitors. "I have to go now. Wish me luck", he smiles and gives me a quick kiss. "Good luck and be save."

A couple minutes later Jordan walks over to me and hands me a headset. It's very heavy, it's like the once the constructers and techs wear. The headphones are covered in blue with the Yamaha logo all over it.

Jordan plugs the headset in. "Here you go. It's a spare one but we'll make sure to have a personalised one for you tomorrow.", he smiles, "This is where you can see the track and standings. Over here is the general camera, like the scenes you see on TV. This one down here is a camera just filming Fabio. And the last one on the top right is a camera on his bike." He shows me everything and lastly looks at me. "This last button is quite special.", he seems very excited to tell me," he can talk to you the entire time. If you press on this you can talk back. Don't do it too often though since he's still racing. I recommend doing it only if he talks first." "Thanks for explaining everything Jordan.", I tell him appreciatively.

Jordan goes back to his seat and I turn towards the screen and put on my headset. The practice is about to start.

This entire day has been a rush of emotions. This morning I was rushing downstairs not expecting anything. I was just a uni student that happened to be obsessed with racing, nothing else. Now I'm the girlfriend of Fabio. The Fabio. Fabio Quartararo. This sounds absolutely crazy.

I get snapped out my thoughts when I hear the engine turn on. It's time. The smell of gas and oil runs up my nose. How I've missed this. I feel a little bad for my dad, he's watching the race all by himself.

"Can you hear me Claire", I hear through my headset. I push the button Jordan showed me. "Loud and clear.", I smile. This feels so weird yet I'm very excited. "This feels crazy. Yet I'm weirdly happy. Thank you for being here with me.", I chuckle and blush a little as I hear his words. "Thank you for making this possible. I'm very glad to be here.", I laugh a little," Now have a good practice Mister Quartararo", I say sarcastically. "Will do.", he replies. And so he does.

The practice nears an end and he makes his final lap around the circuit I know all to well. I look at the screen that shows just Fabio. "Can you see me?", he asks over the board radio. "Yes", I reply. "Good".

He flips his visor up and I see his eyes. He blows a kiss at the camera and forms a heart with his hands before placing them back on the steering wheel. I blush and giggle heavily as I notice almost all of the staff is looking at me. They seem very happy for us.

Fabio arrives back at the pit box and enters the garage. His bike is taken by the mechanics and he takes his helmet off. After, he immediately walks over to me and places his helm on the desk. I'm still a little flustered by what had happened minutes ago.

"I see you liked what you saw.",he says  in a sarcastic tone and laughs. "I did. But aren't people going to wonder why you did it.", I smile at him as he realises that I'm not the only one who saw the scene. "Right, I didn't think about that...", he laughs and so do I.

After a while we walk out of the pit box to his truck. We made sure we weren't seen by anyone as we were already informed about various interviewers asking for an explanation of the heart.

We enter his truck and it's a very big and spacious place. Alsmost like a little house on wheels. "Welcome to my second home.", he smiles and opens his arms  showing the place. "It's so large. I always thought they were smaller."

We talk for a while about the practice and the truck until Fabio gets up to take a shower leaving me in the small living room and dinner area.

I pull out my phone and decide I should text my dad.

Me: Hey dad. So I kinda have something to tell you.

Dad: What's up? Are you alright? Do you need me?

Me: No I'm fine.

Dad: You sure?

Me: Yeah I'm a hundred percent sure.

I look up from my phone to realise Fabio is standing Infront of me, practically admiring me. "Hey." "Hi." I answer back and he sits down next to me. "I'm texting my dad. I feel like he needs to know.", I say and fidget with my phone a little. "Sure. Why don't you ask him to come over and we'll tell him.", Fabio proposes to me and I agree.

15 minutes later we hear a knock on the door and it opens, Jordans head poking through the door frame. He informs us no one saw anything earlier and let's my dad in.

He looks quite concerned but his face calms a little when he sees I'm actually alright. Fabio gets up and reaches out his hand towards my dad. "Hello sir. My name is Fabio Quartararo.", he introduces himself. "I know.", he laughs and shakes his hand firmly. "It's nice to meet you Fabio." He turns to me and sits down still a little confused by what's happening.

"So, uh. Why exactly are we here right now?", he turns to me and then towards Fabio. We tell him the entire story of what happend and that we are dating both a little nervous as to what his reaction was going to be.

My dad has always liked Fabio. But as a driver not as the boyfriend of his daughter. Its quiet for a while until he breaks the silence. "So you are dating my daughter?", he points at Fabio. "Yes sir." "And you're okay with that?", he asks me. "Yes. I'm more than okay with that.", I smile at him. "Well then there's nothing I can do is there.", he smiles. "That means?", I look at him questioningly. "That means I'm happy for you guys. You have my blessing.", he hugs me and then turns to Fabio. "You protect her alright? If you ever do anything bad to her I'll personally make sure you'll never race again.", he says coldly and gives him a smile right after and hugs him. "I will, nothing will happen to her as long as she's with me.", he replies.

This was a very difficult chapter to write bcs I had no idea where I had left off. :D Anyways I hope my writing is still somewhat acceptable for y'all. :) Also Happy New Year!!!