the man- f1

twenty one

veintiuno

the man

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hermosillo, sonora, méxico

after spending a week in the uk, she went to mexico.

landing in her beautiful but annoyingly hot birth city, hermosillo, she recognized her parents by the exit, running to hug them and greet them.

"mi bebé!" karla exclaimed happily as she hugged her.

"how was the flight?" jean asked after letting go of his hug.

"same old. same old." tali shrugged.

"we have to get back to work, your dad drove your car here." karla said as they walked out of the airport.

ah, yes. her car. a beautiful shiny, practically unused mercedes-amg cle coupé. and it's lilac too!

it was 10 am and despite the jet lag, she missed her friends. they were at school so she made the choice to go and catch up with class too. but mainly to see her friends.

the 25 minute drive left her with five minutes to spare before the next class started so she went towards what she knew was her classroom and knocked on the door, hearing a teacher say 'come in'.

"i'm sorry i'm late. can i come in?" she asked with a smile.

"tali!" her friends shouted and made their way to her to hug her tightly.

"¡las extrañé mucho!" she exclaimed as they split from the hug.

"and i didn't finish today's presentation so i say no class." the teacher said with a smile.

"why don't you tell us about the races that have happened so far?" one of her classmates asked.

"i don't want to bore you guys." tali shook her head.

"nonsense." another said and so she sat on a desk and started to talk about the last month.

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after school she chose to pick her brother up since his car was getting fixed and she wanted to surprise him since she had only told her parents she had landed.

"i'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror. it must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero." she sang as she parked near her brother's school building. her car was bright. easy to gain attention so by the time she walked out people were already filming and taking pictures.

"no mames, es tali rodriguez?" she heard people whisper.

she was walking near the tables, knowing her brother's classes were over and was probably hanging out with his friends.

looking around she finally noticed a mop of curly hair and started walking in his direction. one of his friends noticed but after seeing the girl's mischievous smile chose against telling luca she was coming, taking his phone out instead to film.