Starting Again (A Charles Leclerc Fic)

nineteen

The walk going to Pascale's salon was a blur. I only noticed that we were there when Lorenzo stopped and opened the door. Seeing Lorenzo calm helped ease my anxiety. If his brother was okay, then I am sure nothing seriously happened to Charles.

"Were here" Lorenzo announced.

Two sets of identical eyes turned to us. Pascale was currently seated in one of the chairs while Arthur was standing in front of her.

"Hi" I greeted them.

I heard a lot about their family from Sofia and Charles but this was the very first time that I got to meet their family officially. I passed by Pascale's Salon multiple times on my way to my freelance work but I never really stopped to introduce myself. Despite meeting for the first time, I felt like I knew his family very well. Sofia has always spoken highly when it comes to her family, the same goes with Charles who always talked about them every time he has a chance.

"I was the one who called you earlier, I am Arthur"

"We met earlier, I am the oldest, Lorenzo"

"I'm their mother, Pascale" They introduced themselves one after the other

"Hello, it was really nice to finally meet you, I heard so many things about you from Charles. I'm Charles and Sofia's neighbor, my name is Katrina"

"Charles can't shut up about you, I just hope we were meeting under a different circumstance" Arthur commented  making me wonder what kind of stories is he telling his family.

"I am assuming you asked for me here because of Charles.... What happened to him? My friends sent me tweets about him, is he okay?"

"I was hoping you won't check online but looks like you did" Arthur replied laughing a little bit..

"Sorry about that. Once I saw the headlines, I can't stop scrolling and reading"

"It's okay, everything is okay. We asked for you here personally so that we can tell you that what was written wasn't entirely false but it wasn't necessarily true either"

"So he did crash? How is he? Is he okay? Can we go see him?"

"Slow down, Breathe properly" I didn't notice that I was panicking until his brothers asked me to calm down.

"Charles is okay. It was a minor crash and for precaution, he was asked to visit the hospital"

"If it was a minor crash, why is his car wrecked like that?" I asked them confused

"The photo circulating wasn't Charles' car. He wasn't even in Formula 1 when that crash happened. "

"So he is okay?" I asked again

"He is. I just finished talking to him when I called you. He didn't know that the news circulated very fast and that it reached us already until I called him. He was really insisting that we call to inform you that he's okay. He said he can't contact you, he mentioned something about being blocked" Arthur explained

"I'm sorry about that, I currently blocked all of his accounts. That's why you asked me not to check the tweets"

"Exactly. Charles saw the pictures and panicked. His team is yet to deny the rumors"

"What happened to him? From what I learned, Charles is one of the safest driver in the grid"

"There are lot of things to consider in side the car. You can be the most skilled and safest driver and still end up crashing. That's part of the job that we signed up for"

that's part of the job that we signed up for

His words echoed in my brain.

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