MARK OF A STAR // F1 ACADEMY

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"Guys, it's okay! I am totally not hurt!"

Taline Bennani raised the both of her hands as she smiled awkwardly, partly from the pain at having fallen off the uneven bars in the gym, since it was a hobby of hers.

She would never be able to get anywhere with it and she knew that, but it didn't mean that she didn't enjoy doing the uneven bars, even if she had just completely missed the high pair mid flip and slammed face down on to the mat below her.

She was definitely no Kaylia Nemour or Simone Biles.

She was girl who had many hobbies, and yet when she could've trained and become successful in all of those, she chose to go around a track in a fast car that went vroom vroom.

The Bennani girl jumped up and down a couple of times to rid her body of the pain, bending her knees where becoming increasingly more red from the landing.

If it had been a pool instead of a mat, then she would've done a complete belly flop, most likely bruising in a matter of seconds.

"You bounced up and hit the mat twice from how hard that fall was, are you sure that you're okay?"

Jendayi Ebeid hurried out from her soft plump lips as she surged towards her friend, hands placed on to her shoulders to be able to check for any severe injuries.

"Jen, I'm good, trust me. I didn't hit the bar which would've caused a lot more damage, so this is nothing." Taline reassured her friend, her chocolate brown hair pulled back in to a very tight bun, her olive skin turning more red by the second.

Jendayi always did have the tendency to worry about the people closest to her, maybe a little bit too much, but that was to be expected since she had practically raised and worried about her little brother since before she was a teenager.

Taline quite liked having a friend being so concerned about everybody around her, whether they were her best friends or a homeless man on the street. Jendayi cared for all of them.

"I should have filmed that, it would've gone viral!"

Hamda Al Qubaisi grinned as she sat on a chair nearby to the uneven bars, small chuckles leaving her lips at how amazing the fall had been to watch.

She was used to Taline and her falls during her many hobbies and sports, and the injuries of the other hobbies that weren't considered to be dangerous, since the pair had been friends for most of their racing careers.

It wasn't often that they even had the down time anyway, so it was nice for the three of them to hang out without the stress of the next race, since the next season was due to start in a couple of months.

A new season for a new racing series, known as F1 Academy.

It was supposed to help female racing drivers and wannabe racers get in with a chance of a big seat in one of the large racing series, like Formula One.

They would have to work up the different series like anybody else, but it gave teams from those series a chance to see how well they could race.

Because all they wanted was a chance.

"Next time I'll film you when you fall off your surf board then, because every single time that you fall, it's always the screams you make that get me." Taline laughed lightly, the wrinkles forming around her eyes as she did so, her smile bright and cheerful just like it always was.

"I'll film you when you stab yourself with knitting needles." Jendayi joined in, laughing as she leant her covered head back so that it was against her shoulders, her pastel pink hijab covering her dark hair just like it always was, her dark brown eyes sparkling with joy and happiness.