the F1 journey begins | Part 2

Chapter 15 : What will Charles do?..

(Charles' POV)

I felt numb. The crash had hurt me badly. It was and felt like a high G Force. Although Monique refused to tell me how much force was put on my neck, i knew it had been a bad crash. My stomach was sore and I felt it burn badly every 5 minutes. Monique couldn't do anything. I knew I had let her down. I couldn't believe I had let myself crash like that. I knew she had cried as her eyes were red. I saw the TV and saw how I crashed. It looked rough. The guys were still at their interviews and the girls were with them. "Monique, are you okay?" I asked her as I got up a bit more on the bed. "It's better that I ask you that, because you scared the hell out of me." She replied as she gave me her angry look. God what had I done?

"I'm sorry, I don't even know what happened to myself. I just completely saw black and all of a sudden, I crashed." I said as I bit my lip. She gave a sigh as she hugged me. "It's fine, let's hope you're fit enough to drive for at least the real race." Monique said. I didn't have the black smoke smell anymore, and I had wiped some of the black off my face. I was dressed now in a white shirt and jeans.

I decided to try and get up. I had gotten some help from Monique as I stood up slowly. I felt well enough to walk. Even though my stomach still hurt a bit, my neck was fine now. As I walked around the room, I got closer to Monique as i grabbed her from the waist and kissed her. I knew she melted in the kiss. As I let go slowly, I saw her smile. "Are you angry at me now?" I asked her as she murmured a tiny "No.." "Hm? I can't hear you, my love." "I'm not angry anymore." She said as she flushed and looked a bit down. I hugged her tight as I heard someone come in.

It was the medic. "Hello Sir Leclerc." He said. He was a tall, blonde man with light brown eyes. "Please, call me Charles. And you are?" I said as I shook his hand. "I'm Doctor Andy. And you are, ma'am?" The doctor said as he held out his hand towards Monique. "Monique, Charles' girlfriend." She lied. "It's a pleasure meeting you." He told her as he winked. I felt disgusted. Monique didn't take his hand, though. All she did was give the man a small smile as she turned back to me. "Charles, I'm going to the bathroom real quick.." "Okay love." I replied as I saw her hurry and close the door.

"Alright Charles. You have had the crash of 78G force to the neck." He said as he looked down. "78G force?! How am I alive?" I replied to him as I walked around the room slowly. "We don't know how you survived it, but consider yourself a lucky man." He told me. How was I getting lucky? I have never been lucky. Maybe god knew I don't deserve to die whilst doing something I love? "According to what I saw, your car isn't as beaten up as it looked. You still might have enough time to get to the Sprint tomorrow." "But am I fit enough to drive tomorrow?" I asked as I gave the man a weird look, hoping for a good answer. "If your stomach keeps getting worse, I'd not want to be in the car." Doctor Andy replied as he got up from hanging his back past the wall. "I better be going, anyways, you have some visitors." He said as he left the room. "God he's a creep!" Monique said as I turned back towards her, forgetting she was in the bathroom.

"Ma chéri, you know I hate it too when men do those things, especially to you." I told her as I walked towards her and gave her a sign for a hug. "Charles?.." She said as she wrapped her arms around my neck and laid her head on my shoulder. "Yes, my love?" There was a large pause as she gave a deep breath into my shoulder. "What are we, exactly?" Monique asked. "Well.. I don't know, actually. But I want to ask you properly and at the right time." I replied to her as I gave her a tighter hug.

We heard a bunch of people running as we broke the hug and saw the others. "Ay dios mio! You're alive!" I heard Carlos say as he came to hug me. "Don't ever do that to us again you muppet." Lando said to me as both me and Carlos let him join the hug. I saw Monique run over to the girls and whisper to them as they screamed. It was probably because of the fact that I was going to ask her out. "You really got us worried, Charles" Leah said as Faith and the others agreed.