Neighbours, Friends, Lovers

45. Dog dad

▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄ Charles Pov ▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀

Someone keeps ringing my bell.
"Ahhh!" I yell still so sleepy.
I look at phone before jumping out of the bed and it's seven thirty.
"Ma chi cazzo rompe le palle così presto?!" I swear in Italian wondering who is at the door this early, especially in my free day.

I open the door with my eyes still a little open and her face amazes me.
She's showing me a little smile that means a lot to me.
Her lashes are coated by a thin layer of mascara and her cheeks with some blush.

She's wearing a long sleeve shirt, jeans and Nikes at her feet. Her big handbag and her laptop in her other hand.
She's holding the leash and when I look down I see Leo tickling my feet's with kisses.

"Good morning." she starts and my heart stops for a sec.

I've missed her good morning.

"Good morning..." I say still sleepy.
"Here." She says and I don't get to realise that the leash is in my hand.
"What?" I ask furrowing my forehead.
"You said you wanted to take care of him when I'm gone." she reminds me keeps smiling at me.

I keep looking at her and then down at Leo that it's already undue of my apartment pulling the leash to explore more of my living room.

"You are letting me? For real?" I ask looking at her and she's looking at Leo that is playing a bit too iperactive.

"Yeah why not." she says shrugging her shoulders like it's the most natural thing but for me it's a really big step toward of what we were a bit ago.
"Here if you need to get his things like food or toys." she says passing me the big handbag.
"You look beautiful." I say after grabbing the bag while I really can't help myself from stop staring at her. She looks so gorgeous and I'm dying over here from the need of hugging her.
"Then I'm giving you a ride to class." I say taking my keys and going to put on my shoes.
"No need." she says stepping father from my door.
"I insist. Give me a sec." I say disappearing and going to brush my teeth and washing my face super quick.
I throw the first hoodie that I grab and I go back to the living and I find her sat on my sofa playing with Leo.

My heart seems to faint a bit seeing her in my place sat and not standing like she comfortable with being here playing with Leo.

"I can drive myself. Thank you tho." she says standing up and my mouth drops.

She what?

"You what?!" I ask disbelief.
"Yeah I bought a car." she says and I can't believe ay what I'm hearing.
She finally lost her fear and she's driving her own car? She did all this without me?

My heart aches thinking that I didn't got to see the moment she bough the car and drove it for the first time.

"When?!" I ask still can't understanding if all this is real.
"Last week." she says and I see how proud she is of herself.
"I want to see it." I say taking the apartment keys and locking the door behind us.

We take the elevator and I couldn't take my eyes away from her reflection on the elevator walls.
We get outside and she presses the button to unlock the car and the lights of a Alfa Romeo Stelvio lights up.
"I'm sure you look so good driving this thing." I say after reaching the car and looking it closely.

I'm kinda proud of her tastes and I'm also proud of the fact that she bought her first car from a company that been my first F1 team.

"Then we are coming with you and the we will come by walk or go to uncle Ricky's home." I say opening the passenger seat and once I'm inside her smell invades my senses fully waking me up even if all this closeness makes me feel a bit like a dream. A week ago everything felt so lost and now I'm in her car with her dog.
"Alright then." she says placing her laptop on the back seats and the putting her seatbelt on while Leo stares at her interested of what's happening.