The Secret of Us // Oscar Piastri

06

Casey woke up to the sun blinding her. It was shining through the gaps in the curtains. At first she thought she was in her room, as it looked the same but then she saw a suitcase on the floor that was not hers and all the memories from last night came flooding back to her. Casey couldn't believe what she had done. She looked to her side and found the bed empty. The bathroom was empty too by the looks of it. This was good. It meant she could make a non-awkward get away. She jumped out of bed, looking for her clothes on the floor and began putting them on. She was only in her underwear when she heard the door open. She froze in place and in came Oscar with a try of coffees and a paper bag with what smelled like pastries in it. Oscar stopped when he saw her. "Where you making a quick get-away?" He asked. "Uh." She said. "Maybe."

"Guess I don't need to ask if enjoyed last night or not then." He said, placing the breakfast done on the table in the room. "Are you crazy?" She said without even thinking. "I'm very much surprised we didn't get noise compliments from how much I enjoyed it." She crossed her arms over chest.

Oscar was left looking stunned, but couldn't hide a slight smirk. "Then why the escape?" He asked, throwing an arm up at her.

"You are my brother's friend."

"I wouldn't say friend. More colleague."

"Well, he has said friend and that's enough for me to know that I shouldn't be sleeping with you. Not to mention that I don't have to good track record with relationships."

"Okay, well I also enjoyed last night a lot and would very much like it to happen again. So, I'm going to throw out a couple of suggestions."

"Okay?"

"George never finds out, nor does anybody, and it can only be sex, not a relationship."

"Like that would work." Casey sighed.

"Why wouldn't it?"

"So many reasons." She said, bending down to pull her dress over her body, as she came back up Oscar was stood in front of her and kissed her, his hand going to the back of her. After a few seconds, he pulled away. "Tell me you don't want that to happen again."
He said.

Casey looked at him, directly in the eyes. She tried to get the words out, she really did, but all she could do was put her lips back on his. "I can't." She mumbled as she kissed him and she could feel it when he smirked as he kissed her back.

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"Why are you hungry?" Audrey asked from across the table. They were at breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Casey had a plate of fruit in front of her, but she was full from the pastries Oscar had brought her earlier. They ate them in bed while watching MasterChef. She really liked his company. She hated for herself for getting into this mess. And now she was even lying to her best friend. "I'm not hungry. Woke up feeling sick." Casey said, feeling bad as soon as the words left her mouth. "Aw, you poor thing." Audrey said, swinging her hand across the table to feel her forehead. "You feel okay."

"I wish I could feel it." God, she was laying it on thick.
"I'm sure I'll be okay later." She said. "I hope so, Case." Audrey said, taking a sip of her black coffee. "Good morning, ladies." Lando said, appearing out of nowhere. He sat down beside Audrey and took a grape from her plate. "It was." She said, making Casey smirk.
"Well, aren't you just the sweetest?" Lando played with her. "Why are you here?" Audrey asked him. "I'm away out, just wanted to say hi."

"And bye?"

"As I said, the sweetest."

"So, where you going Lando." Casey asked him.
"The track." Audrey and Lando said within the same breath, making them turn to look at each-other. "How did you know that?" He asked. "I told you, I'm a motorsport fan. I know how the race week works for you drivers." She placed a grape in-between her lips and Lando watched closely like he was studying the action. "Okay." Casey said, pushing herself up from the table. "Well, I'm feeling like a third wheel. So I'm going to go to my room."