Love Unexpected

Chapter 1

March 2022
I had finally fully recovered after my accident in Las Vegas, everything was back to normal, almost everything, I had to quit competing in show jumping because my old injuries could still affect me after so many years later. But my love for horses would never die, I just had to be careful when I went riding. I still had Victor since he had retired after some good season with breeding and now, he was just enjoying his days grazing in the back yard of my little house on the property of my grandparent's estate, just outside of Copenhagen in Denmark.

I was just packing up my suitcases and getting dressed in a black pair of jeans and a white wool knitted sweater by my grandma and got ready to go travel with Kevin to Bahrain for testing before the 2022 season would start full on. I had gotten myself the job as Kevin's PA.

Since Kevin had been a little pain in the ass for Guenther back in 2020, Guenther had called me personally to ask if I could be Kevin's PA to keep Kevin in check; I quote and I say as Guenther "so he does not fok smash my door again" I chuckled when I thought back to when Guenther had said that.

I had experience from being in the public eye myself in my time as a horse rider and trainer, so that's why Guenther wanted me as Kevin's PA, and because I was Kevin's sister that could be the only one to keep Kevin in check through the new season with HAAS.

I look out the window and see Kevin pulling into my driveway in his red Ferrari Purosangue, I pull my black winter coat off the rack and put it on since it still was march and winter here in Denmark, I had to stay warm until we got to the airport.

I take last look around before I pull my suitcases to the door just as Kevin opens the door and greats me with a hug. "Hvordan har du det, sis? Klar til at rejse til Bahrain?" He asks me. I nod "Alt godt, lidt ømt I leddene men ellers alt godt. Og så klar så jeg kan blive" I answer him and hugs him back. He takes my suitcases and put them in the trunk of the car while I take a last look inside before I lock up my door.

(English translation
"How are you sis? Ready to go to Bahrain?"
"Everything is good, just a little sore in my joints, but otherwise all good. And I'm as ready as I can be.")

I look over to the fence by the side of the house and see Victor standing there to say goodbye for this time since I'm going away for a few weeks.

I walk over to the fence and gives him pat on his nose. Victor then lays his head on my shoulder like he's giving me a hug. "Kevin! Kom og tag et billede af os!" I shout over to my brother as he's done putting my suitcases in the back of the car.

(English translation
"Kevin! Come and take a picture of us.")

Kevin walks over to us and puts out his hand to me "Giv mig din telefon" he says to me. I pull out my phone from my pocket and gives it to him. He takes it and gives Victor a little pat on his nose before he takes a few steps back and unlocks my phone to take a few pictures of me and Victor.

(English translation "Give me your phone then.")

Kevin gives me my phone back. He had bought me a new phone as a gift to saying yes to being his PA so it would help me better than my old phone that was of the old model of iPhone 7 Pro Max, he had now gotten me the newest iPhone 14 Pro Max in blue since it was my favorite color.

After giving Victor his last scratches on his neck, we walk back over to Kevin's car, and I get into the passenger seat while Kevin takes a seat behind the wheel. He pulls out of the driveway and heads towards the Copenhagen airport. It's a half an hour driver there from where I lived.

"Så hvordan har Louise og Laura det? Vil de slutte sig til os senere i år?" I ask my brother while we're driving towards the airport.

(English translation "So how is Louise and Laura doing? Will them be joining us later this year?")

"Johanne, time to start talking more english now since it's what we have to stick with while working. And yes, Louise and Laura are doing great, they will be joining us at the first race in a week, so you will get your auntie time with Laura" Kevin looks over at me while answering me and then looking back at the road.

I nod "Yes, I know just wanted a little more danish out before we left you know, but I will be speaking danish to you or myself if something is bothering me" I chuckles and looks out the window and sees we're nearing the airport now.

Me and Kevin had a close sibling bond, it was only 5 years between us, and Kevin was always the protective big brother that always stood up for me.

Kevin had been devastated when he got the phone call from our mother after my accident in Las Vegas and he couldn't be there with me. And he couldn't just leave his job neither, so he had to wait patiently for me to get flow back home to Denmark to the hospital back home, where I stayed in a coma for little over a year.

Kevin always visited me in the hospital and sat by my side every time he could and had time off from his work. But luckily, he was the one with me when I woke up from my coma and was devastated and in tears because I didn't understand where I was but the familiarity of home, Kevin's hug made me calm down. He asked me if I remember what happened, but I shook my head. It eventually came back to me after some time.

"Earth to Johanne, you're doing it again!" Kevin said as he touched my shoulder. I shook my head and looked at him. "Sorry, was just thinking back to the day when I woke up from my coma" I say with a nervous smile. Kevin nods "I know that accident will always be with you, but I'm always here for you sister" he gives me a slight side-hug from the the driver seat. We had finally parked in the parking lot at the airport.

"Let's go Johanne, we got a plane to catch to Bahrain" Kevin says as he gets out of the car and heads back to the trunk of the car to get out our suitcases.

I get my purse and gets out of the car; I head over to get a trolley for our suitcases, so we don't have to carry them all with us since we had a few suitcases with us to survive for the next few weeks on the road with the team.