𝙈𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟗

Seb

- EMILY'S POV -

„The winner of the 2024 Bahrain GP is..." 

After we crossed the finish line, only a few seconds passed, till they announced who won. Those few seconds felt like hours, like the time stood still.

„by only 0.011 seconds, that must be a record, Emily Oswind! What a strong start for both, Mercedes and McLaren! Don't forget..."

„OH MY GOD EMILY YOU WON" „No you're kidding."  „I'M NOT"  „Oh my god...OH MY GOD" I simply couldn't believe my ears. I...won. OH my god. I know that I had already won a race before, actually a sprint, but still- It feels surreal.

It still does as I park my car at the first place and get out of it. I do the little dance I always did when I won a race earlier, while standing on top of my car. After it, I jumped off the car and immediately hugged Lando, both as sorry for stealing his win, again, and congratulation.  „Oh my god Emily you won! I'm so proud of you!"  „Thanks Lan, but you were driving so good, it was really hard."  „Aww thanks. You did too." 

I ran to the team, my family, and then Charles, who congratulated me all. We still haven't shown anyone that we were together, so now is the right time, I think. He takes my helmet off  „You were so great out there, mi amore"  „Thanks Charlie."  He chuckles and then leans down to kiss me, while I place my hand on his cheek. I heard cameras clicking and people talking about how surprising that was, but I just ignored them and they seemed to fade, until Charles pulled away. I look at him confused and he whispers in my ear  „We don't have to do that in front of everyone, you know?"  I roll my eyes as I go to Max to congratulate him for third place. It was very tight between him and Charles, but the Red Bull and the man who's driving it is still hard to beat. Well Lando and I did it, what showed that others could beat him too.

„And now, the first woman to ever win a Formula 1 Grand Prix, and the first german after Sebastian Vettel in the 2019 Singapore Grand Prix, Emily Oswind!"  I stand on the podium with a big smile, that has been on my face since I stepped out of this car. I take the Trophy in my hands and hold it into the air. Then I place in on the edge of the podium and the german national anthem starts playing. Then it plays a second time, this time because Mercedes is also german. Just like they did with Nico Rosberg. Funny is, nearly all of my idols, that got me into racing were german, Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel. Oh not to forget Lightning McQueen. This car has a place in all our hearts. I still think it looks like Charles.

I got distracted from my thoughts, when Max shot his champagne at me, so I grabbed my bottle and wanted to open it, when Lando smashed his bottle on the podium, causing my trophy to crash to the ground. He looks at it in surprise and then starts laughing maniacally, but stops when I hit him with champagne after I smashed it against my knee, like always. He immediately fought back and Max joined in. Then I drank out of the bottle, just to send the rest down Landos neck  „I hate you Emily"  I giggle and pick up my trophy. The top has come off but I don't mind it. At least wasn't it porcelain hahaha.

I was walking with Charles in the paddock, when I saw him. I couldn't believe my eyes. „OH MEIN GOTT"  „Was?"  „Siehst du ihn nicht? Da ist Seb! „Ohhh wie kann es sein, dass du ihn noch nie getroffen hast? Ich glauben dir echt nicht"  „Erstens, es ist glaub, zweitens, is halt so" „Oh shut up"
(-> „OH MY GOD"  „What?"  „Don't you see him? Over there is Seb!"  „Ohhh, how could it be that you never met him? I don't believe you."  „First it's believe (he said it grammatically wrong in german) second, it is what it is")

I run up to him and he smiled at me  „Wenn das nicht die neue deutsche Hoffnung ist"  „Oh mein Gott, ich kanns kaum glauben dich endlich persönlich zu treffen"  „Ich fühl mich geehrt. Du bist echt top gefahren heute"  „Danke, wow, ich hätte niemals gedacht, ein Kompliment von dir zu bekommen."  „Ich fands toll, endlich mal wieder die deutsche Hymne zu hören, außer für Mercedes haha, warum fährst du eigentlich nicht für Ferrari?"  „Sie hatten keinen freien Platz, und da nächstes Jahr ja Lewis hingeht, ist der Platz auch schon besetzt."  „Das wird schon"  „Hoff ich auch haha. War sehr toll dich zu treffen."  „Fand ich auch, Ciao."
(-> „If that isn't the new german hope"  „Oh my god, I can't believe I am meeting you in person."  „I feel honored. You drove really good today."  „Thanks, wow, I never thought I'll get a compliment from you."  „I liked hearing the german national anthem again, besides for Mercedes of course, why aren't you driving for Ferrari anymore, anyways?"  „They didn't have a seat and because Lewis is going there next year, there isn't one either."  „It will get better"  „I hope haha. It was really nice meeting you"  „Me too, ciao.")

I turned to Charles, who was smiling at me.  „What?"  „I didn't say anything."  „Then why are you looking at me like that?"  „Because you're beautiful."  He gently took my cheek and kissed me.

End of chapter 29

Charles number lol

I have something important to say. At first I wanted to end the story with 30 chapters, but my friend convinced me to write more, so I will end it with chapter 40. I already wrote it btw lol. I really hope that you enjoy this story!

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Hab euch lieb❤️