love at first sight?

calm after the storm

*Charles*

2 hours before
I don't like leaving Ivy alone now at all, but Ferrari didn't really give me any options. They needed me at the factory immediately. When I arrive at the airport in my Alfa Romeo (because Ivy insisted on taking the Pista), I already see some other people that will fly with me. I already see Eloise coming towards me and groan internally. That's the last person I want to see right now. "Charles, how lovely to see you again", she smiles and goes in for hug. I quickly pull away and offer her the littlest smile possible instead. "Yeah, where are the others?", I ask and start walking. "They're at the gate", she answers walking beside me happily brushing her arm against mine. I move aside and keep more distance. When we finally arrive at the gate after going through security I greet the other team members and pull out my phone to text Ivy.

Mon cœur ❤️
Just arrived at the gate, waiting to board now. Hope you're feeling okay, I'll text you when we land. I love you!

"Are you still with her?", Eloise asks annoyed obviously looking at my phone and reading my messages. "Yes, I am still with her. Because I love her and she loves me. Perfect match, right?", I answer sarcastically. She's annoying me so much. "Whatever", she turns around and starts to chat with Fabricio, who she probably just wants attention from. I sit down on one of the chairs and scroll through my Instagram feed. "Guys, the flight is delayed", Antonio sighs looking at the digital display panel. I look up and see that the flight is delayed for a whole hour. How can this even happen with a private jet? "Agh, no. An hour? Why?", Fabricio groans. This is so unnecessary. I could've spend one more hour with Ivy and now I'm sitting here just waiting.

35 minutes before
We have been waiting for an hour now and the jet is still not here. It's so annoying. I've put on my headphones a long time ago to keep Eloise from talking to me constantly. My phone starts ringing suddenly and I see Arthur's name light up. My eyebrows furrow because I can't think of any reason why he would call me now. I quickly pull off my headphones and accept the call.
"Arthur? Quelque chose ne vas pas?", I answer and get up from my seat. ("Is something wrong?"). "Charles, you need to come here right now. Ivy's mother just broke into your apartment-", he starts but I cut him off completely overwhelmed by everything. Broke into our apartment? "What? Is Ivy okay?", I ask while packing my things to leave as fast as possible. He's quiet telling me something is seriously wrong. "Arthur, is she okay?", I ask again a little louder, my nerves getting the better of me. "She's locked up in the bathroom but I don't know what her mother is going to do", he says obviously panicking. "I'm on my way to her with police, just hurry please", he says quickly before hanging up. My heart is beating so fast everybody can probably hear it. I don't think anymore, there's only Ivy on my mind. Her mother got into our apartment and she's alone right now. She's probably scared to death. I quickly take my backpack and my car keys. "What do you think you're doing?", Eloise asks. "I'm going, I need to go home. Emergency", I just say and start to run to the exit. My mind is racing. She wouldn't hurt Ivy right? But she literally broke into our apartment. Fuck. I jump into my car and start to drive as fast as possible not paying attention to any speed limits. I need to get to her now. I try to call Arthur again but he's not picking up my calls. Shit. That can't be good.

10 minutes from home, I try to call again but still no one picks up. A minute later I get a notification. "Come to my place", Arthur texted me. No information if Ivy is okay, nothing. "Fucking hell", I groan and step on the gas pedal even harder. I arrive at Arthur's and jump out of the car parking where I'm not allowed to park. I speed up the stairs and bang on his door when I'm finally there.

Present
He opens the door a few seconds later. "Where is she? Is she okay?", I hurry and step in. My eyes scan the room until they find her. She's sitting on the couch with a blanket wrapped around her. Shes still shaking and her eyes are still wet from crying. She starts sobbing again when she sees me and I run towards her. "Baby, are you okay?", I kneel in front of her taking her head in my hands and looking if there are any visible injuries. She doesn't answer and just throws her arms around me. "Shh, it's okay. I'm here, baby. I'm here", I wrap my arms around her and gently rub over her hair. "I'm so sorry, Charlie. She destroyed one of your helmets", she sobs. "I don't care about the helmet, baby. Are you okay? What happened?", I look at her red eyes and wipe away the tears that flood down her cheeks. I get up from the floor and sit down next to her, taking her hands in mine. Arthur disappeared into his bedroom, giving us some privacy.