Book 1 of the Swift Series
With 4 years of experience under her belt and a string of failed relationships behind her, Hannah must find a way to keep her current F1 contract by agreeing to a different type of contract.
With her friends supporting h...
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Kaylee and Megan have liked our Instagram posts so far and we must carry on with what we are doing. They said to keep up with our soft launching for now but they will tell us when to escalate it further. Oscar and I walk out of the room with a sigh and an eye roll. Them telling us when to post and what not to say is really starting to piss me off. "I know that they are doing this to help us but all of these rules are slowly starting to get a bit much." Oscar says. "Every day is a battle." I sigh. "Ok, that's a little dramatic." Oscar says with a laugh, causing me to laugh too. "I know. I'm waiting for them to tell us what captions to use. 'My love' 'I'm going to keep this one' 'Always looking for you' 'every night with you is like a dream'. You know, all of the cringe couple captions." I say, Oscar laughing at my high pitched voice when saying the captions.
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"Brilliant lap Hannah! That's p2 for tomorrow!" My head engineer, Gareth says over the radio. "Yes! Let's go! I knew it was quick, I could feel it." I cheer in celebration as I make my way to the pit lane of the Saudi Arabian circuit. I jump out of the car after pulling up behind the p2 sign and celebrate with my team before being ushered towards my live interview.
After all the photos and max accepts the pole position trophy, Kaylee walks with me to the media pen for my other interviews. The questions are all normal. "How did you feel?" "Could you have done better?" "Does the front row lockout prove that this will be another unbeaten season?" Untill I arrive at Natalie Pinkham, interviewing for sky sport. She asked all the usual questions until she hit me with one I wasn't expecting this soon. "Hannah, we saw on your Instagram that you were out with someone during the week. We also saw photos of you out with Oscar in Bahrain. Does this mean there is something going on between you two? As we also saw a photo on Oscar's Instagram yesterday." She says."I have no comment on that." I say with a smile. Not confirming or denying anything. "Ok Hannah. Thank you." Natalie says and I walk off. "Nice one, Han. After that there will be more questions like that so be prepared." Kaylee says as we walk back to the Red Bull garage for my post quali debrief.
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Oscar I see we got asked the same question
*video attached*
I open the YouTube link that Oscar sent me to find someone had put my interview with Natalie and his in the same video. My answer plays first and then it faded to Oscar's answer. "Well I am not going to confirm or deny anything at the moment but all I'll say is that she is amazing." He says with a cute smile.
Hannah Aww you think I'm amazing?
The fans on Twitter are trying to piece things together and it is so funny to read all of their comments on who they think we are with.
Oscar Of course you are. Have they figured it out?
Hannah Some have. It's a two sided debate. Either they are convinced I'm with you or they think I'm with Mbappe. Where that came from, I have no idea.
Oscar I'm sure they are having a brilliant time.
Oscar and I continued to chat until we both decided it was time to go to sleep.
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I wake up to find a message from Kaylee.
Kaylee You will arrive to the track with Oscar today. Act like friends.
I sigh. This is definitely not going to set off a media storm, especially after yesterday's question.
Oscar Ok so I see we are doing this. I'm leaving at 12 so we can go together.
Hannah That's perfect
I drop my phone onto the bed next to me, mentally preparing myself for today.
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Oscar pulls up to the track, us singing along to music the whole time even though it was a short drive. He finds a spot and stops. I climb out the car and so does Oscar. I swing my bag over my shoulder and walk around to find Oscar waiting for me. The urge to hold his hand suddenly jumps to the front pf my mind but it is immediately squashed by my logic. We chat as we walk to the paddock, like we were told to. Telling jokes so there were smiles on our faces, like we were told to do. I hear the cameras click but I ignore them until we get to the turnstiles and I scan my pass and so does Oscar as we continue our conversation. We walk until the Mclaren hospitality center. "Goodluck for the race, I'll see you later though." I say to him. "Yeah for the parade and the anthem but Goodluck anyways." I say with a small smile. "Bye." I give him a small wave and walk off to the Red Bull garage. "Bye Han." He says behind me and I smile.
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After a brilliant race, max and I stayed in first and second place, bringing back another 1-2 for the team. However, I am first this time. I jump out the car and get a hug and a high five from max before celebrating with my team. The team cheers and hits me in celebration as my huge smile is compressed by my helmet. Another win to add to my collection. After an interview full of congratulations, I make my way to the cooldown room to find max and Charles there already. There is also a camera man standing in the corner.
Max and I chat about the race as we walk towards the meeting room for our debrief. We sit in our normal seats which are across the table from each other. "So, now that we are here. What's going on with you and Oscar? Are you together?" Max asks. "Wow you really are as subtle as a brick through a window." I say with a laugh.
