Starting Again (A Charles Leclerc Fic)

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The events of this chapter took place a day after the Instagram post which was roughly a day or two earlier than the previous chapter which was written in Charles' Point of View.

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Katrina's POV
(Day after the Instagram incident)

I knew I was a bit petty last night when I blocked him and his friends. I also had to endure an hour long lecture from Maxie and Sammy about how I overreacted. I understand where they are coming from but I can't help what I feel.

I came to Monaco to start over, to start fresh and away from the prying eyes of people I don't know. I knew that from the very moment I welcomed the Formula One racers in my life, I am once again putting myself out in the open. To be honest, I don't think I would have a problem with that since I am no longer Luna and I'm just living simply as Katrina from Monaco, but Charles blindsided me. A little warning would have been better, at least that way I can prepare myself from what could possibly happen.

Aside from that, it might be a cultural difference but what does he mean when he posted my picture with the caption that he can't do this anymore and that he's waiving the white flag? What is he giving up on? Is he giving up on our friendship? What did I do? Is this over for us?

Charles has been one of the most special people in my life right now. He's a good man raised by a loving family, he's career driven and passionate with the things that he loved. He was also very caring, attentive and protective over the people in his life especially 'his girls' as he affectionately call the women in his life. Spending a lot of time with him didn't immune me from slowly falling for him. I just woke up one day with overwhelming feelings for this young Monegasque.

My mind was filled with these thoughts last night that I can barely sleep. As much as I hate to admit, I am counting down the days until Charles would return from Maranello. I really want to hear his explanation because this is making me go crazy. He couldn't just say things like this and expect me to wait for his explanation.

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You have 31 new messages

George
Hey , Charles is really worried about you, can you perhaps unblock him so he could talk to you?

Alex
I know that the others has been trying to contact you but our group chat has been active since last night

Sofia
Knock knock, open the door Trina

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I looked out of my window and saw Sofia standing in front of my door. I walked down and let her in my house.

"You're here very early"

"Promise me you won't get mad at me" She said the moment she entered with her hands behind her back

"Why would I get mad at you?" I asked her confused

"Just promise me first"

"Fine, I'll try not to get mad"

"Okay that's good enough..."

She slowly showed me her hand and gave me a small bouquet with a printed picture of Charles holding a sign that says "Sorry, please unblock me". A small smile unknowingly crept up on my face as I find his action cute.

"My cousin is an idiot sometimes... but he always mean well. I won't excuse what he did because when he explained it to me, I was also on your side completely. It's not my story to tell but he's been through a lot. I hope you won't stay mad at him for long. He also wants you to have this because he said max talked to you and that you were sad because of him. He said this was your comfort food, he was mad at himself for making you sad" She gave me one pint of the ice cream we taste-tested in Lumiere. I smiled at the thought of him remembering something I told him just in passing when I thought he wasn't listening or paying attention to me.

"I am not mad at him Sofia" I explained to her calmly

"You're not?" she asked me surprised

"I am not. I was just as confused as anyone else in the comment section of his post. I asked him for an explanation but he told me he's not ready to give it over the phone and that I should wait for him to explain personally next week. It made me frustrated and anxious but that's it... I can never stay mad at Charles"

"Looks like he's not the only one down bad. Why block him if you're not mad at him?"

"I know that once we talk and he asked for it again, I would just say yes to him."

"Why block the others too?" She added

"Because I know that he'll use them to talk to me and he already tried that last night. I think the only one I didn't block from last night was Max. Today, George and Alex were still texting me, I just kept ignoring their chats"

"You know that you need to talk to him soon right?" 

"I know, and I will. I also told Max that I understand that he's not ready and I respect his request to delay whatever talk we need to have."

"If that was the case why is he still bombarding me with messages?" 

"Well... I also kinda told Max that I want him also to respect my decision of not talking to him until he's back" 

"It's scary how you and Charles are so alike, you're both stubborn and has a huge tendency of becoming extremely petty." 

"So I've been told..." I told her laughing