Under the surface

27.

"So guess I am not banned, huh?" Ollie spoke.

He looked at Aurelia to find her already asleep, so he lightly kissed her on the forehead and walked out of the room.

The next day, the Doctor told both of them he would need a couple days to make sure Aurelia was fine, but only told Aurelia that by Wednesday, she would be discharged.

Ollie had to leave for Texas on the Monday, so Aurelia had a whole 2 days to kill in the hospital before she could leave.

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Aurelia's first day alone began boring, as she had go say goodbye to Ollie, and remind him not once, not twice, but three times which flight he was on. He ended up making the flight by 1 minute, because some fans recognised him in the airport.

Aurelia also found out about the #RecoverAurelia hashtag. Turned out that hashtag went viral, and over 350,000 tweets included it in their descriptions. Aurelia's socials also skyrocketed, she climbed from 120,000 followers to over 1 million.

The day drastically peaked when she got a phone call from reception.

"Erm, Miss Aurelia? We have a Marc Perceval and his girlfriend here to see you?"

Aurelia has no clue of who was asking to see her, as she knew no-one by the name of Marc with the last name Perceval, but out of the sheer boredom of the hospital walls and her curiosity, she invited him up.

When the mysterious Marc Perceval opened the door, she was utterly shocked when Charles Leclerc, and his girlfriend Alex stepped into the room.

"Wh- wh- what? Charles Leclerc?! Wh- what are you doing here?!" She shouted, surprised.

"We thought we would pop in." Alex replied. "I was watching the race when you crashed, and it looked terrible, so Charles reached out to Ollie to see how you were, and if we could come and see you."

"When Alex said she was watching the race, she really means she has been watching all your races. She is obsessed with you Aurelia!" Charles chuckled.

Aurelia was still speechless, utterly starstruck. She still couldn't believe that THE Charles Leclerc and THE Alexandra Saint-Mleux were standing in front of her.

"Well the first woman in Formula 2 is a bit of an eye-catching thing. Anyways, Aurelia, I got you lots of stuff. Ollie mentioned that you liked Apples, so I grabbed a few, as well as protein shakes, protein yoghurts, protein vitamins..." the list went on with various other foods with protein in front. Alex definitely went slightly overkill, but it warmed Aurelia's heart that she had.

For the next 3 hours Aurelia sat with Charles and Alex and chatted. They asked her about her childhood, about her karting career, and she basically told the story of her life. When she mentioned about her father's passing, Charles hugged her, clearly sharing the same sorrow.

"I am just apologetic it happened to you so young. It's a really hard thing to go through when you are that age, I know."

Then she got onto Formula 2, and Alex begged her to go on about how she started dating Ollie, so she did. Then Charles revealed he had something special for her.

"Alright Aurelia, don't get too excited. Me and Alex both decided that, and we asked the doctors before to check, that you could fly to Austin with us on Wednesday! We would obviously be careful, and you would not be racing but I have arranged for a VIP pass to the Ferrari lounge for both you and Alex."

"I will be at your side the whole time Aurelia. I promise. You can also meet some of the other WAGs, we all go for a dinner in Austin, at this luscious Steakhouse."

Aurelia felt a few tears form in her eyes. She barely knew Charles, only from the Ferrari challenges they did together in the past, and Alex she had only just met, but out of the kindness of both their hearts they offered her a flight and VIP pass to the Texas weekend.

"Now, Aurelia, we didn't consult Ollie on this. So if you wanted to consult with him before..." Alex giggled.

"No. I want it to be a surprise. I can't wait!"