Paper Rings: O.Bearman

𝕮𝒉𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓮𝓻 43

At the after party, Hannah arrived with Ollie, Arthur and Carla, Arthur's girlfriend, after they all arranged to meet in the lobby of their hotel. "Ready for a night of fun?" the Monegasque asks the other three. "You bet. But, Arthur, I'm stealing your girl and we're going straight to get some drinks." Hannah smiles as Carla links her arm with the british girl. The two blondes head towards the bar while the two boys head to find the other drivers.

"Hey! Here they are. We were wondering when youse were turning up." Jack smiles as he sits beside Théo. "Well, we had to wait for two blondes to get ready." Arthur shrugs as he greets everyone before sitting down with a seat beside him left free for Carla. Ollie greets the others as he finds two spare seat, taking one himself and leaving one for Hannah. "So? Where's Hannah at?" Fred asks the british boy. "She's with Carla getting some drinks. They'll join us soon." Ollie speaks.

Soon enough, the two girls join the table with four drinks in hand. "Here you go. One beer served cold." the Monegasque girl smiles as she hands her boyfriend his drink. "Thanks cherié." Arthur smiles, pulling Carla down and sitting her on his lap. Hannah hands Ollie his drink and sits beside him as he places his arm around the back of her chair. While some futures were guaranteed for some of the F2 drivers, others remained uncertain.

"Here they are. The future stars of F1. Oh look, my sister and Carla are here too. Are you two handling this lot very well?" George grins as Hannah playfully rolls her eyes. "Haven't you got a boyfriend to meet up with?" she sarcastically asks. "First of all, Alex is NOT my boyfriend. Secondly, I was dragged here by Carmen as she wanted to celebrate my third place and the end of the season with everyone." George speaks. "Well, go find Carmen, buy her a drink and dance with her. She is your girlfriend of like forever. And you've missed so much time with her this season, it's time to make up for that." Hannah smiles. "Easier said that done." the mercedes driver winks, looking between his sister and the boy beside her before walking off.

"Even George sees it." Arthur laughs as Hannah and Ollie look at each other confused. "Anyway, I'm also off to see Carmen and terrorise my dear brother so I'll be back later." Hannah smiles before standing up and heading through the club, looking for her brother's girlfriend. "Hey, uh, Hannah?" an american accent asks behind her. The girl turns around and sees Oscar and Logan behind her. "Oh, hey guys. What's up?" Hannah smiles. "Wow, for a rising F2 star, we thought you would have forgotten us." Oscar laughs. "No. I would never and I did expect it to be the other way round." she laughs.

"Can we talk somewhere quickly?" Logan asks. "Sure. Not too long as I'm on the hunt for Carmen and George." Hannah smiles as she follows the two young drivers to a secluded area of the club. "What's up?" Hannah asks. "Listen, we know we exactly haven't put the most effort into maintaining contact and slowly lost that close friendship we had. That's mainly on us. But really, we just wanted a catch up." Logan explains. "Okay. Well, I understand youse have been busy since you both made it to F1. The more races, the shorter breaks between some. It's been difficult maintaining our friendship." Hannah sympathizes.

"Yeah. Anyway, how has your season been? We've seen bits but how was it for you? Your first in F2?" the Australian asks. "It was okay. Except for that really rough patch where I had a bad run of results, it's been okay." the brit shrugs. "But Silverstone is the highlight I bet." Logan smiles. "It is. The feeling winning my home race is beyond indescribable. Don't worry boy, youse will get to experience it one day." Hannah grins. "Everyone was proud of you. How's things with you and Max now? I know they were rocky back then?" the Williams driver asks.

"It's better now. After Qatar, we resolved everything and we're working on building a stable friendship." Hannah smiles. "That's good. And how are things with Ollie? You two are pretty close." the Australian McLaren driver smirks. "It's good. You know, we're close friends and we have fun." Hannah smiles. "You're so blind." Logan and Oscar laugh. "What do you mean?" the british teenager asks confused. "You and Ollie are literally in love with each other. It's so obvious to everyone that you two are head over heels." the American laughs. "Me and Ollie love each other platonically, you know, like you two." Hannah frowns.