On my own-lewis Hamilton

Chapter 2

Authors note-sorry I haven't updated in several days I have been really busy I will try and update more regularly

I woke up with the flash of bright light surrounding me.
"Em time to get up darling we've got to be at the track in an hour" my dad says
I groan as I try to hide under the covers to try and fall back asleep. It's Thursday so media day which is the most boring day as there's absolutely nothing to do but I have to come as my dad says I'm not old enough to stay in the hotel room all day by myself. Like what I'm 11.

"Emma! Get up now! We've got not long before we have to go so hurry" I hear my dad say annoyed. I just nodded in response half asleep.
"EMMA GRACE get up now!!"
"Huh" I say confused realising I'm in trouble as he's said my middle name aswell
"You heard me, I told you to get up I've already told 3 times" he says stressed
"Now hurry up you've got 10 minutes"
I quickly get out of bed and get dressed into a pair of grey shorts and a white crop top. I quickly brushed my teeth and brushed my hair before rushing to put my shoes on. I don't know why I left myself so little time I should have just gotten up early.
I put on my white air forces ready to leave.
"Right let's go!" He's says a rushing
We get out of the room and we walk to the lift and I realise I've left my sunglasses.
"Wait I need to go back!" I say
"Why what have you forgotten now?" My dad sighs. "My sunglasses. I need them I can't go without them."
He passes me the keycard for our room.
"Quickly!!" I just not in response
I get into the room looking everywhere for them.
"Ugh they have to be here" I say stressed
I finally found them after like 5 minutes. I grabbed my phone as well as I realised I left it there as well. I speed walk back to my dad.
He looks as me I come finally back.
"What took you so long?"
"I dunno, I just couldn't find them" I shrug

We've finally made it to the track.as we were surrounded by fans and media. I get nervous as they start following us. You would have thought would be used to it by now but I get just as scared each time. I make sure I stay close to my dad trying not to get lost. As all I can hear is fans and media shouting his name from every direction.
He quickly signs a few things before going to the Mercedes motor home.

We get to his drivers room as I collapse onto the small sofa in his room. I yawn as I'm still tired from getting in at 3am last night.
"You alright staying here I've got a few meetings I should be back in an hour or two?"
I just nod a bit shook from the fans. I don't know why there just seemed to be more media today than normal.
"You alright Em" my dad asked worryingly
"Mhm" I say not looking at him
My dad sighs looking at me as i try to avoid eye contact.
"You know you can't hide anything from me" he says giving a small smile. " what's going on?"
"It doesn't matter your gonna be late for your meeting anyway"
"Em I can be a couple minutes late please just tell me" I look up at him realising he's gonna get it out of me no matter what.
I sigh saying " the media on the way in there was loads of them, more than normal and they kept on surrounding me and you." I look back down realising my eyes are full of tears.
"Oh Princess.." he says crouching down to me. He knows how much the cameras and media has affected me my whole life and how much anxiety it gives me.
I realise tears are now falling down face.
"Sorry.." I whisper not knowing what else to say
"No, don't be sorry princess" he says wiping my tears and bringing me into a hug.
I hug him not wanting to let go feeling safe in my dad's arms. He's one of the few only people I feel safe around. My dad lets go of me and says "sorry em I've gotta go to meeting now." He says concerned.
"You gonna be alright?" He asks
I nod while slightly smiling at

I stayed in his room most of the day as I was still feeling anxious from earlier.
I was bored most of the day with just my phone to entertain me. I go on TikTok as I realise the lip sync I posted earlier went viral. I see my followers going up and up. I look at the comments with lots of them asking if I'm 'Lewis Hamiltons daughter' and stuff luckily there wasn't any hate or bad comments on there.

About 20 minutes later my dad comes back.
"Right you ready to go" he asks
"Definitely" I say
Luckily since it was the end of the day there was much media and fans still there so we left the paddock pretty quickly.
We head to a restaurant for dinner and sat in a closed off area for privacy.
"Let me guess you getting chicken nuggets" my dad says laughing
"Maybe" i say trying to not laugh
I see my dad shake his head while laughing at himself.
"What they taste nice" I say

We finally get back to the hotel after a long day. I sat on my phone watching TikTok as my dad says "em bedtime it's late" he says
"Ugh" I say annoyed "it's only 9:30pm" can I stay up a bit longer please?" I say giving him puppy dog eyes
"No I don't care we've got to be up at 7am tomorrow and I mean actually out of bed not like today." He says stubbornly passing me my pyjamas
I get changed and brushed my teeth before getting into bed.
"Dad I'm in bed" I shout signaling him to say goodnight to me. He walk into my room after a minute or two.
"Night princess." He says giving me a kiss on the head then hugging me.
"Night dad" I say
He walks out my room turning off the light on the way.
I watch TikTok for about an hour since I wasn't tired and finally fell asleep.