Unchained Melody (Daniel Ricciardo)

Blue diamond

"I don't want our vacation to be over. I don't want to leave this place." Ayla almost cries when they are having breakfast on their last full day on the resort.
Tomorrow they will have to go back to the airport for the flight home.

The last days have flown by. Daniel and Ayla have had another talk about the whole egg donation discussion and Ayla now fully understands what Daniel's objections were and she agrees with him.

He turned it around and asked what she would think if Sebs sperm was the problem and he offered to donate his.
Physically it would have been a lot easier. He would only need to wank and aim in a cup.

But that would also mean that Seb and Melissa would have a baby which was biologically his and Melissa's.
Once Ayla let that sink in, she realized she wouldn't like that either. Especially if they wouldn't have a child of their own yet.

So she admitted he was right and she was sorry for offering to donate, without even talking to him about it.
They cleared the air and there was no more tension between them.

Daniel posted the video of McLaren sacking him which caused absolute mayhem online.
Blake was bombarded with interview requests, but he told them to watch the video and that was all they would get for now.

That same day McLaren posted that they signed Oscar and another tsunami of comments and posts flooded social media.
Daniel's fans were all appalled by McLaren even though Daniel didn't say anything bad about the team.

His fans are not so forgiving and they have been dragging Zak and McLaren through the mud.
Ayla secretly enjoyed to read all the negative comments about the team. She doesn't agree with the threats Zak and other members of the team received and she definitely doesn't agree with people being nasty towards Lando. In the end it's not Lando's fault, so they shouldn't blame him or be mean towards him.
However the support Daniel got from his fans was heartwarming and is was a boost for Daniel's confidence to know he has so many fans.

There has been an outpouring of support and love from the other drivers and people Daniel worked with at Red Bull.
Christian sent a text, sending Daniel his love and support which was very nice.

Ayla plans to have a little chat with him as soon as they get back to work. Hopefully she can work something out with the Red Bull team principal.
Daniel doesn't know, he probably won't let her. He would feel like she was begging for a seat with his old team boss and he is too proud for that.

Ayla first wants to test the waters with Christian to see if he would be open to her suggestion. She has it all worked out, all Christian has to do is agree. And then they will have to get Helmut on board as well. He will be the biggest road block. That's for sure.

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Ayla and Daniel are having breakfast on their deck, enjoying the view of the ocean and the sound of the water splashing around the wooden poles holding the deck in place.

"I don't want it to end either. But we will for sure come back here. And we still have today. I've got something amazing planned." Daniel grins.
He has it all worked out but he is very nervous for Ayla's reaction. Either she will love it or hate it. He hopes for the first.

"Are you going to tell me what the plans are or not at all?"
Ayla likes a surprise, but it also makes her nervous not knowing what's to come.

"Nope, you'll just have to go with the flow and show up looking as beautiful as you do now."
Ayla laughs, she hasn't even brushed her hair yet, so she looks far from pretty.
All Daniel told her was to wear something nice, but not too fancy.