The Racing Line | M.V.

25. A Monaco Winner

Max started brainstorming. He realized he couldn't straight up ask Liv if she had feelings for him, that was too straight forward and if the answer was no, then it could ruin their friendship forever. He couldn't give her a chance to lie either, Liv was too good at lying, she could make anyone believe anything. She had learned all of those skills while lying to Jos Verstappen for years. Max needed to make sure she wouldn't lie this time, and for that he only had one option: Tequila. 

With the Monaco Grand Prix later on that week, they couldn't actually drink, so he would have to wait a few days at least to know the truth. 

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Liv loved the Monaco Grand Prix. She loved waking up in the morning on her own bed instead of a hotel and feeling the excitement in the air. Her team had done quite well during practice 1 and 2. Surprisingly, Mercedes hadn't been showing their usual dominance this weekend. Although Red Bull was still doing brilliantly, Checo had even been P1 during the second Free Practice. Still, there was a feeling in the air. Like all bets were off and anything could happen. 

Liv drove her beautiful dark gray Porsche to the paddock that morning for Free Practice 3. She would've loved to drive her red Mustang but the team would never allow her to arrive to the paddock in something other than a Porsche. 

As she parked her car she ran into Charles and Charlotte, who were also just arriving. "Lovely morning isn't it?" she said with a bright smile as she caught up with them.

"Liv there's not a hint of sunshine" said Charles looking up "It actually looks like it may rain".

"Well I don't know" she shrugged "Maybe the sunshine comes later".

"You seem happy" teased Charlotte.

"Call me crazy, but Mercedes hasn't been doing great, they will not win this weekend and I love that" said Liv with an honest wide smile.

"I'll make sure to tell that to your boyfriend, Mr. Mercedes" said Charles sarcastically.

"He's not my boyfriend" clarified Liv.

Charlotte turned to her right away "Why? What happened? Did you two breakup?" and although the words coming out of her mouth were somber, her face was bright. 

Liv turned to her confused "No, we're still dating, but he's not my boyfriend. Not yet at least.".

"Oh" said Charlotte as the smile slowly faded from her face. 

"I see the Mexican flag" said Liv looking at the fans flooding the sides of the entrance, yelling out their names and asking for autographs "I'll see you guys!" said Liv leaving them as she walked over to the yelling fans that carried her country's flag with them. 

That left Charles and Charlotte walking alone "Leave it alone Char" said Charles quietly to her ear.

"I don't know what you're talking about" said Charlotte acting innocent.

"Yes you do. Max and Liv are just friends. Stop trying to meddle and make them a couple. Just let them be" he said before kissing her cheek and heading to the crowd of adoring Monegasque fans. 

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"Let's show them how it's done Kimi" said Liv with a bright smile as she patted Kimi's shoulder after putting on her helmet. 

"Let's get this over with so I can go back to my yacht" said Kimi putting on his balaclava.

"I'm still waiting for that invite actually" said Liv hopping into her car and seating down.