Unchained Melody (Daniel Ricciardo)

It's a start

Ayla is already at the office when Tina comes in with a massive smile on her face.
It's obvious last night went very well, she has that post sex glow and her eyes are sparkling.

Ayla grins widely, finally Tina fixed things with Lando. Hopefully she won't let anybody chase her away ever again. Lando really is a good guy and he loves Tina very much, they can handle some internet trolls together.

"Girl what have you been up to last night? Did you give the poor boy some time to sleep? You do know he needs to qualify today right?" Ayla jokes, causing Tina's face to turn crimson red.
"I.... He... we..." Tina stutters.
"Oh I think I can think of a few things you may have done. You did have some time to make up for, so I don't blame you."

Ayla loves how red Tina's face is. The young Slovenian girl isn't used to being so open about sex, not like Ayla who got the birds and bees talk from her mom when she started her period.
Not that she did anything until that one night with Daniel. She will never regret having her first time with him.
It was already amazing them, but now it is absolutely mind blowing.

"Yeah well... you don't look too rested either." Tina says as she sits down behind her laptop.
"That is very possible. We didn't get that much sleep either." Ayla admits.
Tina just looks at her friend who is never afraid to talk about things that happen in the bedroom between couples.

For Tina that is very different. Growing up, her parents didn't really tell her much about it. She had to figure it all out herself and with friends at school. She was definitely not very well informed when she had sex for the first time and she had no idea what she was doing.

She is still learning with Lando, but with him it's amazing. Luckily he does know what he is doing and he has helped her gain some confidence in that area. Hopefully someday she can be just as open as Ayla and not feel ashamed about it.

The two women get started with their preparations for the day, their office slowly filling with more colleagues. While it was pretty peaceful  when it was just the two of them, now the room is buzzing with activity and conversations.

They are looking forward to creating some amazing content again and Ayla sends out their photographer and videographer to get the much wanted photos and videos of Max and Checo arriving.

Ayla is just sipping her coffee, trying to decide on a background for a time table she wants to put on their Instagram story when Christian walks in.
He looks a bit better than yesterday, he shaved and he seemed to have had some sleep.

"Good morning Christian. How are you today? Any news?" Ayla asks him.
The team principal sits down in one of the vacant chairs and sighs.
"So far he's still stable. Apparently he has been awake a few times, but he can't really talk and he still has that one sided paralysis. They aren't too hopeful that he will get full function back and he may never be able to talk properly again. I will go see him after qualifying. His family arrived last night and they are trying to get everything arranged so he can recover closer to home." He explains.

"That makes sense. It will be much easier for them if he is closer. But what you're saying? Will he ever come back?" Ayla understands that might be too soon to say, but it doesn't sound very promising.

"I don't know, but if I'm completely honest... I don't expect him to. First he will need to stay in hospital for quite a while. Then he will have to go to a rehabilitation facility to get as much mobility and speech back as possible. So even if he comes back, it won't be for a very long time. He didn't want to retire, but this will force him to."

Ayla nods slowly. She never has been a big fan of Helmut, but of course nobody deserves to go through something like this. She knows Max is very fond of the old man, so he would be pretty upset if Helmut never comes back.
She would like to know what this could possible mean for Daniel, but she doesn't feel like right now is the time to ask Christian about it.