racetrack of love

Party, Girls and Phonecalls

in their childhood:

Charles Pov:
He had no tears left to cry.
Since his father died his life seemed darker and less colorful.
Without his family because they were struggling themselves the only thing he found support in was racing and max verstappen being there for him.
Until one day max stopped talking to him and started to be always angry at him.
He hit rock bottom and focused only on racing and becoming a ferarri formula one driver like he promised his dad and uncle.

Max Pov:
He tried.
He really tried.
He really tried to be there for charles and supporting him trough out being his friend but there was his father who didn't allow him to be friends with anyone on the karting grid or future formula one grid.
Because they are his enemies not friends he always said.
So Jos Verstappen started hitting him until he listened and stopped talking to charles and he went on to be his enemy.

Today

Max Pov:
Its the 29.09 one day before his birthday he was driving home as he saw disco lights inside his house. First he got confused but then starting to assume that daniel prepared a surprise birthday party as he was being strange the last weeks and if we be fr daniel can't keep secrets if he's excited about something.
he opened his door and he was proofed rigth as daniel and a lot other people screamed at him „SUPRISE".
Daniel starts walking up to me as he says „nice surprise isn't it? perfect to celebrate your birthday tonight!"
I am essentially happy but I hated surprises since I often had to fake reactions because I don't feel a lot except anger, so I tried to avoid such situations.
„i know you don't like surprises but please try to look a bit more happy about tjis please"
I know that daniel obviously did a lot planning so I start smiling for daniel and accepting my fate „fine only because it's you".

Daniel starts to even smile more before he starts to talk again „and before that smile fades because i will tell you i invited your favorite french man we will go take a drink"
„french man?" I ask confused as they walk to the kitchen counter which was turned into a bar.
The only french man I know is pierre but definitely not his favorite.
„you know who i mean charles obviously" Daniel winks ate
„but he's a monegasse not french" I explain.
„but you admitted that he is your favorite monegasse or whatever." daniel teased him before putting a drink in my hands.
I roll my eyes since daniels „there's something between you two" jokes got shooter at him every day.
„Get drinks but not toon you know before midnight because we are going to celebrate you" daniel days before he leads me to a few of my and his friends to talk.

A few minutes before midnight charles is still not there and somehow it pisses me off but I ignore the feeling as it's already soon midnight (his birthday).

ten

nine

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the door opens

three
someone enters the room with red pants and a white shirt.

second
max looks up and realizes it's charles

one
I blow out the candels but start to feel angry at charles that he came so late during his moment entering more disrespectful it couldn't be

I don't get the chance to think about it more as the people started to congratulate me.
After the most people were finished with congratulations and hugs for me i decided to confront charles at a side floor „why did you come so late? you know that's disrespectful" not knowing what drives me by saying that

„umm..." charles muttered firmly with a panicking face.

„are you okay?" I ask confused nearly calming down from my anger.

„yeah yeah just had an appointment" charles answers stressed.

„oh okey wanna talk about it?" I ask almost worried not knowing where that emotion switch comes from.

„nah everything's fine congratulations by the way" charles says and before i can say anything else people walk between us and charles disappeares from his place.

I was confused and overwhelmed so i went to the bathroom window to get fresh air and decide to call charles after thinking about it for an hour.

I am calling charles as suddenly not charles himself answers the phone but a woman.

„hello?"

i don't answer

„someone there?"

I don't answer again and hang up as I realize that charles probably already off with some girl and I just wasted an hour thinking about  our conversation.

I get back to the party as daniel stumbles at me „i've been searching for you boy! Some people here are thinking you can drink more shots than me in 30 seconds"
I laugh at him.
„whoever brought that up haven't seen you drunk or don't know me" daniel explains to me knowing i would easily win such a challenge so why not brining it up.
„how about we are testing that?" I challenge him.

Five minutes later I am drunk but won against daniel with 12 shots while he only finished 8.
I feel much lighter even to everything's spins. Probably too much and too fast but who cares..