NOTHING IN THIS WORLD// MAX VERSTAPPEN

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"It's quite a peaceful morning, don't you think?"

Ocean Walker found herself smiling as she relished in the sunlight, the golden beams of sunrise shining down on to her face, her eyes closed as she bathed it in.

She hadn't slept since she had done a long shift at the training hospital, and she had known that she would not be able to sleep, so she had exited her brothers apartment at four thirty in the morning to go for a walk across the beachfront of Monte Carlo, and text her friend to join her.

Because, why not?

"Absolutely, we've got vegan milkshakes, a sunrise, and a beautiful woman."

Max Verstappen smiled as he sat opposite the Walker woman, his eyes only concentrating on her, even though the sunrise was nice, she was so much more beautiful.

He felt pride erupt within his chest as he watched her laugh, her cheeks lightly tinging a shade of pink as she blushed, smiling at her hands as she refused to meet his eyes.

Ocean didn't quite know what to say. She was flattered, of course she was, but how was she supposed to respond to the compliment?

She wasn't very good at taking and accepting compliments, so she had no idea what to do or what to say.

Why was she speechless? What was wrong with her?

"Uh, thanks, dude."

Ocean mentally face palmed as soon as the words came out of her mouth, lifting her hands up to her face to bury her head within them from the embarrassment.

Max's face screwed up at the word's leaving her lips, trying not to laugh from her reactio, which he couldn't help but find adorable.

"Uh, let's pretend that I never said that, because what the fuck!" Ocean giggled, cringing at her own stupidness, wanting the world to open up and swallow her whole.

How embarrassing.

"Yeah, no problem, dude." Max teased her with a smirk, watching as her face got more and more red from the embarrassment.

He loved the way that she always got embarrassed because to him, it was just so cute.

Her nose would scrunch up tightly, her ears would go bright red, she would pull a disgusted look, which was very cute, her hands would cover her face, she would either squeal or laugh in such a way that it always made his face light up in to a bright smile.

He knew that he liked her, really liked her in fact, so he knew exactly what he had to do next.

He had to tell Alex.

Alex would be against it at first, probably telling him to fuck off or something, but he would show that he really did care for Ocean and all that he wanted for her was the best because that was what she deserved.

If he was able to prove that he cared for and liked Ocean, then he knew that Alex would accept him, because if he just didn't acknowledge Alex's dedication to protecting her, it would cause so much drama which had the possibility to upset Ocean and he would never do that.

Alex was her life, her best friend and her brother all in one.

He had to respect that.

So, he had to tell Alex.

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"You're up early."

George Russell smiled as he watched his sister enter his apartment at six o'clock in the morning, his face tired but happy to see her, even if he was confused as to where she had been.