Royal Speed | Leclerc & Verstappen

4 | black car

-|- Monaco 2021 - F1 race weekend -|-

With big eyes I turned around and immediately Verstappen rowed back.

"Sorry sir, it's just a lot of corridors and stairs like in a horror movie." he explained himself, a little smile on his face at the last part of his sentence.

Even I had to smile slightly before I quickly turned around again, opening the door as I felt the heat creeping up my cheeks. I turned on the light over the switch next the door and stepped aside so Verstappen could also come inside before I closed the door again.

"Wow." he breathed, stunned by the many cars that were on the left and right side of the little hall.

A red carpet led the way in the middle and marble columns made the whole thing look like a kind of temple, chandeliers hung from the ceiling. It was really elegant and glamorous garage with luxury cars on each side of the the red carpet in the middle.

"It's beautiful, I'm stunned every time I enter this hall." I said with a little smile as I let my look wander over the cars, to a specific one in the back.

Slowly I started walking and half way I turned around just to see Verstappen still standing at the door with big eyes, looking over all the expensive cars. A short giggle left my lips as I was proud of my self that I had this idea.

It was great showing hims something that he liked and to be honest I kinda wanted to impress him, even though I had no idea why I had the need to do so.

"The Ferrari is in the back." I said after a while starring at him and immediately his head snapped towards me, his deep blue eyes sinking in mine.

"Yeah, I'm coming." the Dutch returned before he started walking, while looking over all the cars on his left and right, "I wasn't sure what to expect in the Monegasque palace but this definitely exceeds all my expectations."

A warm feeling rushed through my body as I saw him this happy, with big eyes and jaw slightly dropped. I walked further down the hall before I stopped in front of my Ferrari, that I had gotten to my twentieth birthday four years ago.

"Wow, this car looks amazing, such a beauty." Verstappen breathed as he stepped next to me.

A cold shiver ran down my back as my mind played me with his words, pretending that the last part was meant for me.

"T... Thanks." I therefore stuttered, but the Dutch wasn't really paying attention, as he stepped closer towards the car before he carefully brushed over the black hood.

Suddenly an alarm went off and I shrugged together, same at the Dutchman, who immediately pulled his hand back. Quickly I walked over to the wall, typing in some numbers in the small device on the stone wall, which luckily stopped the high sound.

Unfortunately it looked like that it was already to late as I heard muffled voice from the corridor outside. In panic I looked around and stumbled quite a bit, as I suddenly felt a broad arm around my waist, pulling me into a little niche on the side of the hall.

I widened my eyes and look up into Verstappen's, who was not five centimeters away from me, still holding his arm around my waist.

"Sorry sir, but I" he started, but stopped as we heard the door being opened.

Muffled voice from the front could be heard before the light was switched off and the door was closed again. Even though the voices of the men were long gone, my chest was still moving heavily as I tried to calm down.

"It's not illegal that we are here." I breathed while I tried to regain my calmness again.

"Sorry sir, I... I just thought... because you were looking so panicked and... and I thought..." the Dutch stuttered and it was the first time that I saw him in this state as he normally was pretty confident and sure about his words.