Paper Rings: O.Bearman

𝕮𝒉𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓮𝓻 49

Arriving at the celebration, Hannah linked her arm with Ollie's as they sat in the car on the way there. "Ready?" he asks, glancing at her. "Yeah. Time to have fun and celebrate this season." Hannah smiles, leaning her head onto Ollie's shoulder. "We are having fun tonight. No worries needed, just fun." the Chelmsford boy says as he sees Hannah's mouth form into a smile. "Yeah. Lets just have fun. Just make sure that if I get drunk I don't try and fight a man twice my age and size." Hannah chuckles as does Ollie. "I'll look after you if you do. I promise." the brunette responds.

Arriving at the venue, the pair got out the car together. "May I?" Ollie asks, holding his arm out for Hannah to take. "Yes you may." she smiles before wrapping hers around him, the pair walking into the venue together, the girl with her purse in her other hand. The coloured lights associated with the colour in the F2 logo lit the venue. "This place looks incredible." Hannah says in awe as she looks around. "It is. Come on, lets go find the others." Ollie says, the duo making their way through the venue to join their friends.

"Here they are. Double trouble." Fred jokes as the pair join. "You and Thèo are worse, Frederik." Hannah laughs as she greets the Danish driver with a hug. "How are you? Especially after the news." Fred asks. "I'm better now than when I got the news. But, lets now dwell on that and tonight all of us are going to have fun." Hannah smiles as she and Fred part from their hug. The group chat before they all head to the tables and find their seats. Hannah was sat between Ollie and Fred, which she didn't seem to mind. Arthur sat the other side of Ollie with Jack next to Fred and Thèo opposite her.

As the celebration gets under way, food being served and drinks flowing. The awards were given out aswell, Ollie recieving one and Hannah couldn't be prouder of him. "Well done." she smiles, leaning over and hugging him, placing a soft kiss on his cheek as he sits beside her again. "Thanks Han." Ollie smiles as he places his award on the table. Under the table, the boy takes the blondes hand into his, his thumb gently rubbing the top of her hand. With her free hand, she grabs ahold of her glass of champagne and take a sip of the chilled drink as the last few awards are given out.

"Let the party begin!" the host announces as the music begins to play. "I'm going for a refill. I'll be on the dance floor soon." Hannah smiles as she stands up and heads to the bar while a lot of the driver head straight for the dance floor. As she walks away, Ollie watches her walk over to the bar. "So, are we going to have to set you two up?" Arthur chuckles as Fred joins in the conversation. "Yeah. It's like so clear you two like each other. It's been known since you two became close back when youse were in F3 together with Prema." the Danish joins in. "Guys, she's George Russell's sister. I doubt he'd allow me to date her. We've all seen how protective he is of her." Ollie sighs.

"Ollie, mate. Even George can see it. I'm sure he'd allow it to be you that dates Hannah. He's seen how close the two of you are. If anything, he and their older siblings would want their little sister to be happy." Fred says. Ollie takes a moment to think before slightly nodding in agreement. "Well, don't leave it too long because someone else might just end up dating her." Arthur says, patting his best friend's shoulders before standing up and walking off towards the dancefloor.

"What are you going to do then?" Fred asks the young brit. "I don't know. One thing I do know, tonight is about having fun." Ollie smiles before glancing at the bar where Hannah had grabbed her drink and was heading back to the table. "I'll leave you two for now. Hopefully youse will join us on the dancefloor." Fred smiles before standing up and walking away. "What was that about?" Hannah asks as she watches him. "Nothing important. Just boy talk. What have you got to drink now?" the brown-eyed boy asks.

"Dark fruits cider. Want to try?" Hannah asks as she holds her glass to Ollie. "Sure. I'm sure it's not bad, right?" he questions before taking her glass and having a sip. After trying it, Hannah laughs at his reaction. "How can you like that?" Ollie asks, wiping his mouth. "It's nice. Better than beer." Hannah chuckles. "Have i got it all?" he asks, turning to the girl. "No. You missed some here." she chuckles, wiping some off his chin.

After she does that, they both lock eyes, neither looking away. His brown ones looking deep into her green ones. The tension between them was palpable and could be seen by everyone but them. Ollie's eyes flick from Hannah's to her lips and back to her green eyes. He could look into them all day if he could. Both of them waiting for the other to make the first move. "Umm, come on. Lets join the others. We shouldn't be keeping them waiting." Hannah says, looking away. "Sure. Come on." Ollie nods before standing up and holding his hand out for her to take. She smiles before taking it and the pair heading to the dance floor.

Jägerbombs, shots and more were enjoyed over the course of the nignt as the music played and all the drivers celebrated the night about them and their achievements that season. As he watched her, Ollie noticed how wobbly Hannah's steps were. "Are you okay there?" the Chelmsford boy asks. "I'm fine. But I am tired and this place is emptying quickly." Hannah says, sitting beside her best friend and laying her head on his shoulder. "You're clearly very drunk. Do you want to head back, sleepy?" Ollie questions her as she tiredly nods.

"Come on then, lets get your stuff together and get your drunk ass to bed." he laughs, helping her stand up and taking her purse into his hand. As he helps her walk out the venue and to the car that dropped them off. "How many did you drink?" Ollie asks, looking at the girl. "I don't know. 5 maybe 7." Hannah shrugs tiredly, her head placed in Ollie's shoulder. "A lot then." Ollie chuckles as Hannah nods.

As they get back to the hotel, with his arm around her shoulder, Hannah and Ollie head up to their room. As soon as they get there, the Kings Lynn blonde collpases onto the bed. "Hang on, lets get you changed." Ollie chuckles, taking her hands and pulling her up. "Uh, I just want to go to sleep." Hannah groans as Ollie heads over to his suitcase and finds a spare shirt that she can use. "Here. Use this. It should cover your whole body." Ollie smiles, handing her his shirt. Kick her shoes off, Hannah makes her way to the bathroom and changes out her dress and into the top.

Once she left the bathroom, Ollie walks into the bathroom and changes into his pajamas. Walking back out, Hannah was removing her makeup using some makeup remover solution and makeup remover wipes. "How are you feeling?" Ollie asks, leaning on the counter beside her. "Tired, got a headache. A lot really." Hannah chuckles, binning the makeup remover wipes. "Come on, lets get you into bed." Ollie chuckles, as he heads over to the bed and Hannah following.

As soon as her head met the pillow of her comfy hotel bed, Hannah was instantly asleep. While he laid beside her, Ollie chuckled as the exhaustion caught up to Hannah. He couldn't help but admire how her features softened and how she shifted to cuddle the duvet as she slept. Laying down and facing her, Ollie could feel the smiles on his face as Hannah slept with her back to him as he fell asleep after a long night.