"Cause you and I, we were born to die.."
Or
In which:
Lolita rozier "lita" and max verstappen despise each other that much that they can't stop thinking About one another.
Real life
Started: 28/9/23
Finished:
Book 1 of 'young and reckless' series
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This was it.
After 23 races, 6 sprints and 9 months it was finally time for the grand finale
It was moments like this, when the final count down begun and the race crew sat down for their final strategy that made litas heart race and her consciousness glad that she chose f1 as her career.
At the track there was a certain buzz...a certain air about the place that no other race held
Everyone was on edge, even the fans especially because there were only 17 points between both redbull racers
And not much more between McLaren and redbull for the constructive team championship.
Lita stood in the garage beside her brother, she was geared up, her hair in brains and she was clinging onto her helmet
She wasn't sure if she was excited or not that this was the last qualifying of the year, that within a week she'd be back home and back to just training.
No more travelling, no more adjusting to different time zones
Maybe she'd get a cat?
"Stop looking so thoughtful, it's creeping me out" Aaron rolled his eyes as he kept his eyes on the data coming in
"Hey this feels like a break up between me and the season" she scowled at him
"I deserve a moment alone with the car" Aaron couldn't help but scoff at his sisters words
"Maybe if you nice enough, Horner will let you keep the car" now it was litas turn to roll her eyes
"And where exactly would I keep the car? In my dining room?" The brunette scolded sarcastically
"It was just a though" a childish pout graced the younger roziers face
Shaking her head, lita looked back out of the garage to the pit, watching in fascination as different coloured cars rolled in and out
She was feeling pensive.
"Start getting ready, your lovely boyfriend will be rolling in any second and it'll be time for qualifying" Aaron hummed
All of a sudden a nervous pit slowly rolled into the French girls stomach, not because of Max coming into the garage but because this qualifying was more important than the others
This qualifying would seal tomorrow's fate.
"You've got this" she slowly mumbled to herself as she moved to pull her helmet on
Whether she was ready or not, she was gonna make this qualifying her bitch. ______________________________
The familiar feeling of the wheel under her gloved hands made lita feel better
She knew this car like the back of her hand and she knew this track better than the rest after spending hours over the last few weeks practising it on the sims.
Currently lita was sitting in p2, even if she didn't make it to p1 or even win the bloody gran prix tomorrow, it would still give her enough points to win her first WDC
She wasn't sure how well max would take it if she took his fifth WDC or how she'd feel if she lost the chance of getting her first but she knew where she stood with max
And lita knew either way, no matter what happened tomorrow that her and max would be okay and they would both be happy for each other.
Homing down too the second turn, the blood pumped into her ears and through her head like the ticking of seconds
There was a slight thrill of having the Dutch men behind her that had lita pressing down on the throttle
The car cried out.
There couldn't be long left right? She had been in the car long enough and both qualifying 1 and 2 had passed
She wasn't sure if she was crazy but this qualifying felt longer than the rest of them.
Pulling a sharp turn to the right, in her wing mirrors lita could see a peak of the matching red bull creep up
As her boyfriend, the Dutch should just let her have the pole position right? Right?
Pushing the throttle to the limits, lita mannered the car to go the inner side of the tracks because she knew it wouldn't be long until her teammate tried to make a move.
Her honey coloured eyes tried to locate the vibrant orange of the McLaren that was head but there was no use
Even now if she had the chance to try snatch at pole, it would be smarter to just defend the position she already held.
"Alright Lola, there is 3 minutes of pole left" the familiar French voice of Aaron rung through her radio
"Norris' McLaren is about 5.784 seconds ahead of you while lover boy is behind you by 1.438 second behind and catching"
Well isn't that fan-tas-tic?
Not bothering to respond, lita made a move to change the cars position into the middle of the track as it barrelled down to the 4th turn
Never in her life had she prayed harder for the minutes to fly by
Twisting her lips as the two pulled onto a straight, her eyes narrowed and a small smirk slowly tugged at the corner of her lips.
Curling her hands around the wheel tighter, she slowly moved the car side to side, in a smooth rotation ton of upset it but enough to be noticeable
A small grin formed from the smirk like a butterfly from a cocoon as she saw in her wing mirrors that max had taken the bait and stopped inching forward
If only she could hold this up.
"46 seconds" Aaron's voice popped up again
She moved her car slightly to the inner side again
"32 seconds"
Lita started moving her car side to side again as max tried to inch closer
"23.5 seconds"
Lita took a sharp turn down to the 8th turn
"14 seconds"
Lita slowly moved back to the middle of the track, but she didn't bother slamming pressure on the throttle
"6 seconds"
A small smile took over the brunettes face and her eyes crinkle with delight
"And you my dear sister, do not play fair"
A giggle slowly slipped past her lips as lots moved to pull the car back to the garage
It felt good getting p2 even at Max's expense, oh well.
Au note// hello there dear readers, I hope you had a lovely Christmas and welcome back to my beloved book. I hate to say this but we are down to our final chapters...after a wonderful year it seems that rumour had it will becoming to and end but do not threat their story will continue through Daniel and autumns and of course I started another max book called love in the dark. I hope you enjoyed this chapter xx
