Flash of love

Chapter 13: Difficult choice

Austin, USA.

There is great excitement for the grand prix; It's not an every day thing seeing both of the team's drivers starting in the third row of the grid, in fact Toto is completely immersed in meetings and supervisions inside the garage.

Instead you have to stay in the VIP area of ​​the stands, an area that shelters you enough from the harsh climate and keeps you as far away as necessary from the exhaust fumes of the cars, because that's how your doctor, and Toto, advised, or rather ordered, you to do; now your nine month's belly has become enormous and, since the day of delivery is approaching, you felt like you were bursting.

However, you decide to quickly go and greet the team principal before the start of the race so, wearing a mask, you enter the paddock and reach the garage; he is surprised to see you and, even though you were wearing protective equipment, he decides to take you away from the pit lane to talk.

"You know you shouldn't be here, right? Being at the garage when you're this pregnant is... Not in your best interest"

"You said that I can come but I had to stay far from the pit lane. I just came here to say good luck to my boyfriend and my best friend, then I'll go back to the stands."

"Fair point, but you are so far in your pregnancy that I'm still worried about your health" he says, walking closer to you and looking down at your stomach.

"Stay calm my love, i am feeling well and i can't wait to see the team compete"

"I know. I know. I worry a lot, you know that. Can't help myself"

"I know, and i like that part of you"

"Yeah? You like me worrying about you?" he says, moving his hand around on your belly and then letting it slide to your side.

"I like you all, inside and outside and from the head to the feet"

"You just... Always know what to say to make me feel good" he whispers, while giving you a charming smile and slowly moving his hand over to your back.

"Babe, I think that you have to keep the attention on today's race. Maybe if your team wins something I can gift you a surprise. Now I leave you at your work, bye bye"

He watches you turn around and go for the stands; he stares after you, his eyes fixed on your back and...lower.

He calls after you after a few seconds.

"Hey! You know you've set a really high standard now, right? Now you'll have to do quite the big surprise when we win" and, after saying that, he turns around to go back to his work, however he couldn't keep you out of his thoughts.

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The race is spectacular and you watch it screaming <go, Lewis, gooo!> from the stands, very far from the pit lane, but at a certain point you feel a blow to your belly, which then lowers to the private parts, that makes you run in the garage in search of help; you manage to reach Andrew, the technical director of the track, who listens to your call for help, as he notices your terrified expression, but since you were screaming the whole garage hears everything.

Toto hears your shouting and turns around to find you, walking into the garage, an when he understads that something isn't right his face starts showing panic.

"Hey! What are you doing here? What's wrong?!"

Noticing his face you decide to try to recover, straightening your back and pretending nothing hurts.

"I don't need talk to you, I want to have a chat with Carmen, George's girlfriend"

He raises his eyebrows, confused about what is happening.

"Huh? You need Carmen? Why do you need her? What's going on" he says, putting his hands on your shoulders to get your full attention.

"You have to look after Lewis, i thint that he is in P2. Please tell me where is she!"

"She is in Paddock Club, i'll get her" He says, still slightly panicking and quickly speaking to one of the guys in the garage sending him to search for Carmen.

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Finally a worried Carmen arrives and you take her out of the pit lane to have a talk.

After chatting, she says "I really think you need to go to the hospital y/n, you're in labor!"

You knew she was going to tell you that, but you still were a little shocked.

Toto was standing on the other side of the garage, watching both of you chatting; his eyes were fixed on you two: he tried to listen the conversation, not understanding any single word, but he became worried as he hears the word <hospital> screamed by Carmen.

The fact that he is stuck in the garage and that he can't come to help you makes him nervous, and seeing you get into the drives' ambulance drove him crazy: his heart rate increases and he feels anxious about the whole situation, making really hard to focus on the remainder of the race.