The Secret of Us // Oscar Piastri

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Oscar had left to go and get ready for the Grand Prix in his room. Casey was laying in her bed, now wearing a hoodie and sweatshirt when she heard a knock at the door. She wasn't sure who it could be, George had been round earlier to drop of her and the other's paddock passes and stuff and she wasn't expecting anyone else. Oscar had to hide in the wardrobe when George came by, she'd forgot he was coming.

She opened her hotel room and in came Rowan, in his boxers as he almost always was. "What do you wear to Gran Prix?" He asked. "George brought us Mercedes T-shirts, since we'll be in there garage." Casey said and Rowan made a face. "What?" Casey asked him, a hand on her hip. "Nothing, it's just Audrey said they're a shit team." He scratched the back of his neck.

"And you believe everything she says?"

"Don't you?"

"That's besides the point." Casey said, going across the room to get the bag filled with the T-shirts. "George is doing us all a favour by letting us be in the garage. The least we can do is support him by wearing his team's T-shirt." She took the plastic wrapped T-shirt in her hand threw it at Rowan. "Now please leave, I need to shower."

"Can I stay in here? Audrey's in my room with like all her clothes and will not calm her tits about what to wear."

"Why did you come to you?"

"She says I have the better fashion sense."

"Well that's just brilliant."

"It's also true." Rowan added, throwing himself on her sofa.

"Where does she think you are?"

"Breakfast."

"In your boxers?" Casey asked with a chuckle and he just looked at her with raised eyebrows. "You're right, that's 100% something you'd do."

-

The water fell down over Casey's bare skin and it felt cleansing. Casey knows everything she's being doing with Oscar is wrong, but it ends today and that was making her feel better but also a bit disappointed. She had enjoyed her time with him and yeah, there was a chance she'd see him again today but it was still going to be the last day she ever did.

Casey tired to distract herself with using her fancy shampoo and conditioner, the ones that smelled like roses and made her feel dignified even if she had didn't have much dignity left. She also had a rose scented body scrub and wash, which she enjoyed inhaling the smell of as she rubbed them on her body. When she came out, she did her skincare and placed a towel around her and her hair before walking out into her room.

"Um, why are you here?" She asked, anger bubbling under her skin at the sight of Lando beside Rowan on the sofa. He looked over his shoulder. "Rowan's helping me pick out a gift for Audrey." Casey tried to pretend that she wasn't at all offended by him asking Rowan to help him and not her. Was her taste really that bad?

"In my hotel room?" She asked him. "Rowan told me he was here. Apparently Audrey's going apeshit in his room over what to wear." Lando replied, not looking up from the laptop him and Rowan had their eyes glued to. Casey left out a loud sigh and slammed the door from her bedroom to her living room closed so she could get changed.

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The hot Australian sun was shining down on Albert Park. The circuit was packed with fans and Casey, Audrey and Rowan were finding it hard to navigate with so many people being around them. Audrey had been to a Grand Prix before, but not the Australian one so she was just as lost as Casey. She'd been here one Friday but apparently her and Lando took a different route and there was less people. "Just call him." Audrey said to Casey, having to raise her voice to be heard of the crowd that surrounded them. Despite spending the day with Mercedes, Audrey was wearing her Ferrari jacket. Casey did tell her no, but Audrey had never taken that word seriously before in her life, so here she stood wearing the jacket. Casey was wearing a black Mercedes top, the that George had given her so she'd have something to wear. He'd also gave her one for Audrey and Rowan, but only Rowan was wearing his. Casey had paired the top with a long white skirt.