My Fire -Charles Leclerc

Chapter 40- Behind the mask

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When the partys overs- Billie Eilish

April 19th 2018- Los Angeles, California

"Serena it's time to go" I say trying to grab a very drunk Serena out of the club

It was 2:37 and the night needed to end after Serena's stunt she just pulled. Lucky for her I stayed sober as I always did when I would go out with her knowing she would do something stupid that could put her life at risk

"No no, please Maggie let's just stay. Mason told me he had a friend who wanted to meet you he just went to find him" she slurs

"No Serena it's time to go, I don't want to meet him"I try to argue back as mason, Serena's boyfriend comes up with a guy I've never seen before

"What's going on?" Mason asks

"Serena almost just fell off the bar because she was drunk and dancing on it.so it's time I take her home " I say as mason rolls his eyes

"It's one drunk stunt Magnolia, let her live Jesus ducking Christ." He says as i scoff

"You are quite literally the dumbest person I've ever interacted with" I say pulling Serena off the chair

"Maggie Maggie, just one more drink, I'll have one you have one then I promise we can go" she says as I sigh

"One drink, only one and we will be going after" I say  sitting in the chair next to her

"Anyway Maggie this is Ryan" Mason says

"I'm sure your a lovely guy, but I'm uninterested" i scoff and turn to face the bar

At the moment I was currently on a break with Greg, probably our 7th 'break' of the year. But I always stayed loyal even though he didn't.

Serena hands me a drink and I begin sipping on it as she rolls her eyes.

"Bottoms up maggie" she says as i scoff

I just wanted to get her home so I did as she said and drank the whole thing.

After about 2 minutes I knew something was wrong. My stomach was hurting and my head was spinning. My vision was also blurring and my ears were ringing.

"Serena what-" I paused fumbling over my words

"What was that" I complete the thought

"Just a little relaxer, now let loose and have fun" she says

"Did you drug me Serena?"I ask

"It wasn't anything heavy" she tried to defend as I stand up slowly and leave the bar and walk over to the bathroom that was closest. Little did I know there was someone else coming to the bathroom aswell.

As soon as I got into the bathroom I darted to a stall and hunched over the toilet and threw up, whatever it was Serena gave me, it didn't sit well with alcohol. I remained hunched over because i still felt unwell and like I would throw up again when the door to the bathroom opened

"Magnolia?" A voice said

This club was loud and I was drugged so I couldn't even begin to make out who the voice was. "Go away Serena" I yell

The footsteps come closer and stop in front of the open stall door

"I said go awa-" I say turning and seeing not Serena but Ryan

"Wha- what are you doing in here?"I ask as he walks in closing and locking the door after him

"I'm just trying to help you out." He says coming closer to me and pulling me off the ground

"I'm fine" I say walking to the door when he pulls my arm back and slams me against the stall wall, throwing a hand over my mouth in doing so.

"Don't make a sound"he says and moves his hand and reaches down and begins unbuckling his belt

Realization sets in my brain as I start to understand what's happening "No no no, please don't" I say trying to get out of his hood

"Shut up" he says pushing me back against the wall and covering my mouth again

In the next minute many articles of clothing are removed from him and im still wearing my dress the only thing is that he has completely removed my underwear leaving me completely vulnerable.

The next 20 minutes blurred but one thing I know for a fact is that I was raped. My friend drugged me and then her friend raped me. And there was no coincidence about it.

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April 30th 2023- London, England

"Maggie are you alright?"christian asks as I snap out of my thoughts and zone back in

I was sitting on the couch watching the Grand Prix with Christian but I found myself doing out and my mind drifting back to the night 5 years ago.

"Yeah sorry, just thinking" I say

"About what?" He asks

"Nothing, just like work and stuff, what I always think about" I lie

This was the secret, the secret nobody knew about me, not even Christian. After the events of that night I couldn't bring myself to say anything to anyone.For the most part I was embarrassed, embarrassed I didn't do anything to save myself and embarrassed it happen in the first place.

"are you sure? You know you can talk to me" he says as I nod

"I'm sure," I say and look back at the tv

Charles started from pole but ultimately fell to third and it looked like this is where he would end the race given there was only 2 laps remaining.

"What time do you have to be at the airport tomorrow?" Christian asks as I take my attention off the tv

"Well my flight is at 7:45, so like 5:00 do you have training tomorrow?"I ask as he looks at his phone

"Tomorrow I think it's at 2:00 so I'll have enough time to go back to bed trust me." He says and I nod

"The race is still starting on Friday right ?" He asks

"Yeah, I'm leaving early because I'm going to hangout with Devyn and your parents." I explain as he nods

"Well how did it go with João yesterday? I saw you were dancing with him"Christian asks

"Yeah, it's just chill. We are on the long road if anything" i say as Christian nods

We sit in a respectable silence until the last lap of the race when Christian begins speaking

"Looks like your boy is getting third, you can give him a congregations kiss now" he jokes as u chuckle

"I'll text him before I go to bed" I say as he nods

"Maggie can you do me a favor" he asks standing up

"Anything for you chrissy" I laugh as he rolls his eyes at me

"Just give João a chance. He does like you,like a lot. He gushed about you the whole warmup."he says as I nod

"I'll see this one through, I promise" I smile as he nods walking down the hallway

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