Stargirl || CL16

Chapter 32

Qualifying was pretty depressing in the Ferrari garage, Seb qualified sixth and Charles in seventh, although it could've been far worse, this was unusual for Ferrari. The mood was particularly brought down by the fact our closest competitors, Mercedes and Redbull, filled the first two rows. 

Charles didn't seem too bothered about the result when we spoke about it, he was mainly focused on us. He had a few post-quali meetings, which I wasn't allowed in but thankfully Kelly came by to pick me up, I felt bad celebrating Max and George's high positions but I knew Charles wouldn't be annoyed. 

"You guys did amazing!" I saw the first four drivers on the grid for tomorrow. Lewis was on pole, Daniel second, Max third and George fourth. 

"What on Earth is going on with Ferrari this weekend?" George said as he pulled me into a hug. 

"One I don't know, two even if I did I wouldn't tell their competitors" I told him as I hugged Max.

"Both McLarens were faster this weekend, almost unheard of" Lewis shook his head. "How is Charles coping?"

"You act like he qualified p20, he's only seventh, he said to me that he's not overly bothered of the outcome, obviously he wants a podium but him and Ferrari are pretty stable in the championship at the minute" I shrugged, they were second, Mercedes were ahead of them not by a lot but this weekend wouldn't have been a massive help anyway. 

"Ferrari won't be saying that when we pass them in the championship" Daniel piped up. I passed Lucky's lead to Lewis, he wanted to walk her as we went. 

"Shut up" I pushed him "Where's Heidi?"

"Wedding plans, back in Auss" He shrugged. 

"Are you going down there between this race and Hungary, or waiting till the break?" Kelly asked him. 

"Yeah, she wants me to be involved, but honestly as long as I look good and she's happy then I'm not bothered" We were going for a walk round the paddock and he stopped to give a fan his signature.

"That's nice, but if she asks you have to act like you care, otherwise it seems weird you know" He nodded to me "What is your guestlist?" 

"We want to keep it close friends and family, don't worry, you lot are included in that" He knew that was the reason I asked. 

"Who are your groomsmen?" Kelly asked, definitely hinting that she wanted to know bridesmaids. 

"Don't even ask about bridesmaids I have no idea, but my grooms men are Max, Michael, Lando, Lewis, Carlos, Charles and George" By Michael he meant Michael Italiano, his trainer and mate. "And I think Heidi's nephew will be up there, but he's just a kid so no Stag for him" 

"Charles' meeting is done, can we go back that direction, meet him halfway" I told the group. 

"Courses" Kelly spun on her heels, she must've forgotten she was wearing high heels as she nearly stacked it, Max caught her.

We had walked for about two minutes before we saw Charles, I had told him where we were, he must've jogged here, when he spotted us he stopped running and walked at a normal pace. 

"Hey love" I went on my tip toes to give him a kiss "Enjoy your little run there" He swung his arm around my shoulder as we began walking to the car park. 

"I didn't know you lot was walking back" He must not have checked his texts. "Anyways, well done you lot, Ferrari are done this weekend" 

"I can tell mate, what's going on?" George asked him. 

"They don't know more than I do, Mattia is literally the blind leading the blind at this point" He complained. 

"Would you leave?" Max furrowed his brows.