Starting Again (A Charles Leclerc Fic)

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"How did we end up here?" George finally asked again. This questioned has been asked and answered multiple times today. Normally I would be annoyed but it was really funny seeing the confused faces of these racers once they woke up and realized that they are not in their own homes. 

"Everybody was wasted last night except for Charles and I. There was a miscommunication between Charles and Sofia. He was supposed to stay with Sofia but he didn't know she would stay with me. Then with the others, we were asking for your house keys but you're all passed out so we decided to let you crash here instead of sleeping in the streets. We used my car instead of going back to the harbor"

"Thank you for letting us stay here, we hope we didn't really cause too much trouble"

"No it's fine. I hope you enjoyed your stay as well"

We exchanged socials and followed each other while we were chatting.

"Do you mind me asking, why don't you follow other people?" Daniel asked curiously

"This account is my private account, I just follow those I know personally. I want to maintain the peace in my timeline."

"Is it okay if we follow you?"  he added

"yeah sure, I have no problem with that just please try not to post pictures of me, I don't want the attention"

"that's new" Daniel commented seriously which was a little bit out of character.

"why? what do you mean?" 

"It's just, majority of the people we met wanted to be posted on our socials while you, want nothing"

"I have my reasons. I like the peace and calmness that anonymity brings" 

I was happy that Daniel stopped asking because one more question, I might've already spilled the real reason why I was in Monaco. After that, one by one they all started following my account. This didn't go unnoticed by some eagle-eyed fans. They started to get curious about the random account that almost half of the grid started following. Follow request started coming in to my account.  

It was ironic how I came here to run away from the fame and yet I still ended up in a position where I am associated with famous people. It honestly scares me but I hope they won't trace where I came from.

Few months later...

It's been a few months since I met the guys. It was really fun getting to know them outside formula one. They became busy as they approached the last few races of the season. When the guys don't have training or races, they just randomly dropped by to hangout. Max was also amazing and patient with me. He has been helping me understand the basics of formula one and he has been introducing me to the members of the 2024 line up. Imagine a three time world champion was the one introducing me to this world. You can see the pure enthusiasm and love he have for his sports as he explains every terminology used. 

Among all of the drivers I met, I forged a special bond with Charles and Max. Max and I clicked in a way that I see him as someone who I can be great friends with. We have similar taste in food, music and even in games. There were times that even during a race weekend, he would invite me to play Call of Duty at two in the morning. It was amazing seeing this side of him because he was nothing like the guy Netflix is portraying him to be. Charles on the other hand, was a really gifted musician. Sofia told me that he only started learning and playing the piano during the pandemic. It was impressive because I know people from the industry who has been playing piano for a long time and still not in his level yet. We bond a lot when it comes to music. I still can't write or play that much yet but I was able to hear some of his compositions. It was really amazing and I was completely mesmerized by it. 

It was another normal day, I just finished tidying up my space and was just reading a novel when my phone vibrated. 

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