second chances ~ ollie bearman (2)

part 54

eventually, we were pulled away for safety checks before our interviews which kimi does first whilst i stay with ollie.

" so what are we doing tonight to celebrate?" i ask him.

"you'll see." he replies, a shine in his eyes.

"you'll can't tell me now?" i ask.

"nope, it's a secret. but it's not a party." he says.

"well, i'm sure we can party on our holiday." i remind him.

"it's the summer break now, i didn't even think." he says, just before i was pulled away for my interview with jenson button.

"p2, great result. i can imagine your very happy with yourself, and ollie."

"yes, he's done such an amazing job today considering he isn't in the best car."

"now, about your team radios. you've had a replacement engineer today, and from what we see you don't get on very well."

"we aren't exactly the most civil people."

"you said "you aren't paid to complain about my driving" to him, would you explain for us?"

"f1 is incredibly critical, that i am very aware of. but it's not my place to be told to stop whining, and i wouldn't leave it there. i won't throw myself  under the bus."

"and can we have confirmation on whether or not your radio was working."

"yeah, perfectly fine the whole time. do i need to work on it?"

"just a little, maybe get some acting lessons?"

"thanks for the tip." i say as the interview ends and i head to the cool down room where kimi was already sat.

(italian)

"what a race, huh?" he says, as i enter the room.

"incredible race, i think we definitely deserve the summer break now."

"oh yeah. and your overtake on me was amazing." he says, as i take a seat in the p2 chair.

"and yours at the start, i was actually shocked. it was amazing, but i mean ollie? he was on rails today." i say, kimi agreeing.

"he got driver of the day right?"

(english)

"talking about me are we?" ollie asks, walking in with the biggest smile on his face while he walks over to kiss me, despite him being quite sweaty.

"my boyfriend an f1 race winner." i say, once he pulls away

"maybe one day ill match your race wins." he says, sitting down in his chair as the highlights of the race begin to play.

"that overtake." ollie says, complimenting my overtake on my brother.

soon enough, it was time for the podium. kimi heads out first, and we could hear the cheers for him. as i hear my name, i squeeze ollie's hand before heading out onto the podium. i heard people cheering my name, especially my team down below. not to mention jules there as well, cheering through the pain he was no doubtlessly feeling.

and then there he was, the biggest cheer of them all. ollie, the winner, my boyfriend who i was indescribably proud of. he takes his place on the first step of the podium, returning the smile back to me.

once the trophies were handed out, the british national anthem begins to play. my heart melted, seeing ollie so happy was honestly the best thing for me. he looked so proud of himself, i was so proud of him.

once the national anthem was over, it was the champagne shower. and it would be wrong if me and kimi did not fully drown ollie in champagne.

"that was so not fair." ollie says, once me and kimi were out of champagne.

"it was very funny though." i say, stepping onto the top step of the podium for the photo, before tripping backwards. thankfully, ollie helps me up so i don't fall for a second time.

however, as he goes to put his arm across me, he tips champagne onto me, laughing along with my brother.

"you idiot." i say, hitting him on the arm before taking the photos.

me and kimi leave the podium, letting ollie have his winners photos whilst we waited behind. once he was done, i hold out my arms and he runs into them, hugging me. both of us were drenched, kimi not so much.

"pour the rest on kimi." i whisper as we pull away.

ollie pulls kimi into a hug, and as i suggested, he pours the rest of the champagne on kimi as cameras film our celebrations.

"i knew you would do that." kimi exclaims whilst me and ollie laugh.

a few hours later...

there had been a lot of celebrations since the race and the podium, so many that i couldn't actually find ollie after the day was over. he had told me to change back into my clothes from earlier as we were heading straight to whatever he had planned for us, yet i couldn't find him?

not just him, i couldn't find kimi or eli. and to be honest i was quite confused. had he just forgotten about his plans?

i was about to leave the aston martin garage, when paul runs up to me.

"paul! i haven't seen you since the driver parade." i say, hugging him.

"angel, i haven't seen ollie but would you pass on my congratulations." he says, pulling away.

"yeah, i will. when i find him."

"is he not here?"

"i have no idea." i say, shaking my head, as paul's phone goes off.

"he's busy." he says.

"what? whose busy?"

"ollie, he's just messaged me. should be finished in haas soon." he says, very unbelievably.

"okay, well. i will go and meet him there i guess." i say.

"no, no. he's erm in a meeting."

"messaging you in a meeting?"

"yeah, crazy right? anyway he said he will come and meet us." paul says.

"right, shall we sit then?" i ask, spotting a bench not too far away.

|| authors note ~ hope you enjoy 🫶🏼

PAUL IS FINALLY AN F2 WINNER IM SO HAPPY!!! and ofc for ollie's win yesterday! but i actually feel so bad for lando today 😭