The driver, The Girlfriend and Me

Birthday celebrations

When I woke up I realised how late it was, then realised that I had slept through my alarm before realising I hadn't set one in the first place and that vijay was going to murder me. The last thing on my mind was my birthday.

"Happy birthday to me" I muttered to myself as I walked out of the motorhome and down the pitlane as fast as I could. As soon as I reached the garage I braced myself for vijay. He wouldn't be happy with me.

I found a not attached to one of the monitors.

Dear Sophie,
Happy birthday! Please come down to the drivers room, we are having a meeting.
Vijay

Great. A meeting on my birthday. Thanks guys.

Eva was kicking a lot that day. I was in a horrendous mood. To make matters worse, I was also one year older.

I walked into the room to find it black. No lights on. No sound.

They've tricked me. It's meant to be my birthday.

I felt around for the light switch with one hand on my stomach. I eventually found it and turned it on.

"SURPRISE!"

Every single F1 driver and member of Force India was there. I got the shock of my life!

"Oh my god!"

"You should have seen your face!" Nico R said.

"Jesus Christ guys! You'll make me have a baby!"

They all laughed as I walked into the room.

"What's the port of call for tonight?" Sebastian asked.

"I usually go out for drinks, but I'm a little bit pregnant"

"A little bit?!" He replied.

"Just turned eight months to be precise"

"So, how about we all go out for drinks anyway, but keep you away from alcohol!"

"Sounds perfect!"

"Come on boys, you've still, got to do qualifying, otherwise it'll be a fight to the death for pole position" Vijay said.

"Are you feeling okay, Sophie?" Nico asked. Laura was with him. I felt rather intimidated as I looked at her sweet smile.

"My back aches" I said bluntly.

"I'm not surprised! You're eight months pregnant!"

Laura's smile dropped. I knew she still wasn't happy about the baby.

We all went back to the garages so that I could watch qualifying and they could take part.

***

Wow. Wow wow wow wow.

So there i was, watching qualifying when, with 2 minutes left of Q2 there was a massive crash down at turn three. As per usual, Maldonado was involved. He'd smashed into the back of Kvyat. Thankfully, there were no injuries. The session was red flagged and would be resumed as Q3 which meant that Nico had made it again! He had been saving his tyres in hope of being in Q3. It had payed off.

We sent him out on one flying lap. He came around the final corner. He went P1! We didn't celebrate as we knew it wouldn't last. Rosberg P1. Hamilton P1. Hulkenberg P3!

"Oh my god! He's done it!" I screamed.

Laura glared at me.

"And on your birthday too!" Checo said, who hadn't made it out of Q2.