SuperHero

Ice-cream With The Iceman

A few hours later, I was sitting in Nico’s private room waiting for him to finish up with his interviews. I was on his physio couch looking at his helmet that I had perched onto my lap, when there was a gentle tap on the door. Looking up, I watched it open slowly, seeing Nico’s head peek round it. I smiled. “you all done?” I asked him, smiling at me as he entered the room and closed the door. “yes, thank god. I hate those boring things” he sighed, dropping his hat onto the couch beside me. I smiled, “they seemed to drag even more today” he added, walking further into the room, “why?” I asked watching him, “because I knew you were in here waiting for me” he said, standing in front of me. “oh” I blushed innocently, before giggling lightly. I looked up at him, a little startled at his close proximity to my face. I couldn’t hold out much longer, and I pushed forward, colliding my lips with his, my hands instantly running up the back of his neck, into his perfectly styled blonde hair.

I couldn’t help but get lost in his kiss, especially when I felt his hands gently slide along my bate skin under my top, gripping at my hips slightly, pulling me a little closer to him, I could feel his hard body against mine.

“Hulk mate, vijay wants a word with you!” a voice called out as they banged on the door. Making us both startle and Nico jumped back away from me. “okay. Be out soon!” he called to the voice, who had seemed to have disappeared as fast as it came.

We were both looking at each other as he answered the voice, both of us a little shy and embarrassed, not expecting it to have gotten so heated so quickly. “I better change…” he said, rubbing the back of his neck. I nodded, running my tongue over my slightly swollen lips. “shall I wait for you in hospitality?” I asked him, managing to look up at him without blushing like crazy. He nodded at me, “I shouldn’t be too long” he said, making me nod back at him, as I climbed off the couch and moved to the door. “Victoria” he called, as I was about to open the door. I paused and looked round to him, he stood there in his race suit, his hair all over the place from my hands, and his lips very pink, “don’t let me come out there and find you in my car” he said, giving me a cheeky smile. I giggled at him, “well you best not be too long, or I just might!” I teased back, seeing him grin at me again, and then I reluctantly left his room. Albeit with a huge frustrated sigh too.

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An hour later, I was still in the paddock, sitting around waiting for Nico to finish his meeting with his boss. I’d had enough of sitting in the suite, and as the night air was coming in, I wanted to sit outside. So, finding a bench near to the Force India suite, I sat down, looking up at the setting sky.

“you are alone again” I heard an awkward familiar voice. I knew who it was straight away. Looking to my right, Kimi stood watching me with a smirk on his face. “it appears so, yes” I replied, amused that it was dusk but he still wore his Oakley’s. “Hulkenberg has left you again” he stated, moving to sit beside me. “he’s in a meeting with his boss” I explained, seeing him nod in acknowledgement of my answer to his statement as he sat forward, resting his elbows on his denim covered knees. We sat there in silence for a minute or so, watching the stragglers of different teams wander by. By this time the press had headed off, so for Kimi who was completely anti-media, it was the perfect time to chill out.

“so a good practice for you guys then” I said, referring to him and Grosjean. He nodded, “yes, I felt very happy with the car. Most happy of all of the season” he said, ironically he set the fastest lap, stealing it off Nico, after I had told him I’d have dinner with him if he got it. “apart from Australia” I grinned, knowing he won his first race back there. He chuckled, “maybe even better” he replied, looking round to me. I pulled an impressed face and nodded.

“so how are you enjoying your weekend so far?” he asked me, sitting back up level with me. “I absolutely love it” I told him with a grin, earning a chuckle from him. “Hulk is lucky to have a girl that has the racing bug” he said, I was surprised that he said that, “you are his girl now aren’t you?” he questioned me. I didn’t know what to say to that, “well, uh…” I must have looked like a fish, my mouth bobbing open and closed without actually saying anything. I saw his eyebrow raise up from behind his sunglasses. “he is stupid” he sighed, looking back out to the paddock. I sighed, feeling a little embarrassed. When I talked to Kimi why did he always make me question Nico and I? Besides, I'd barely known him a week and this game were moving faster than I was usually comfortable with. But then I thought about how quickly Kimi moved, how forward he was, there’s no wonder he thought Nico was floundering. “he can't be that stupid” I found myself saying. “why?” Kimi asked, seeming to be serious again. “because it doesn’t make me not want to hang out with him” I said, defending him. Kimi sighed, I desperately wanted to change the subject, I liked Kimi, but not when Nico was brought up in conversation.

“so why are you hanging around here at this time?” I asked him, hoping he would take the hint. “no press” he replied simply. I nodded, kinda knowing that already, “and I can go and steal an ice cream without my trainer catching me” he added, making me giggle quite loudly as I wasn’t expecting him to say that. He looked at me and grinned, “what kind?” he looked at me with a frown. “of ice cream” I asked, he lifted his head as he understood what I meant. “magnum” he replied. “good choice” I nodded back, “dark chocolate” he added. I pulled a face. “eeww no!” I replied, he laughed, “well what flavour do you like?” he asked, “I’m a white choclate kinda girl” I told him. “such a bad choice” he sighed. “shut up!” I gasped, playfully nudging him. he chuckled at me, “so where do you get your magnums from?” I asked, intrigued as Force India only have Ben and Jerry’s. “in our fridge” he said, “come, I will take you” he suggested, nudging me a little, and then getting off the bench. I hesitated, wondering whether this was such a good idea. “what?” Kimi asked, as he saw me still sitting. “I’m meant to be waiting for Nico” I told him, partly chewing on my bottom lip. “he will be a while yet, boss meetings always are. Come” he said, then turning and walking away, expecting me to follow him. so I did…

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Fifteen minutes later, I was walking back down the paddock with Kimi, both of us eating an ice cream. It was brilliant being here late on an evening with no one around to bother us, and spending time with Kimi was actually quite fun, even if he did still want me to be in his garage.

We were walking slowly back to where I had met him, laughing about a story Kimi was telling me, when I saw a familiar figure walking out of the Force India hospitality suite. Shit, Nico was out already. The smile dropped from my face as I watched him, looking around for me. He turned around to look in our direction, seeing the worry on his face, which immediately turned to something else when he saw me with Kimi.

“You are finally out of your meeting” Kimi said, kinda stating the obvious, which made me giggle. Nico shot a look at Kimi and then me; I felt my cheeks hot up, like I was in trouble. “Are you ready to go?” I asked him, looking up at him a little shyly. He looked at me and his stare softened, but he shook his head. “I have to stay back in the meeting” he said sadly. “Oh” I didn’t expect him to say that. “I’m going to be here for a few more hours” he said, choosing not to elaborate with Kimi being there. “Okay”
“I will call you a car to get back to the hotel, sorry about our dinner plans” he said, I sighed and nodded, I would be a liar if I didn’t say I was disappointed. But then Kimi stepped in, “it is ok, I will make sure she is back safely” Nico looked over at him with an unsure expression. I looked to Kimi and back to Nico, who kept his soft gaze on me. He looked worried. “it’s okay, I’ll be okay” I told him, knowing what he was thinking. He sighed and nodded reluctantly. “but you do owe me one” I teased him, he grinned back at me, then I reached up onto my tiptoes and placed a gentle kiss on Nico’s lips. I knew I’d taken him by surprise, but I still felt him place his hand onto my back, momentarily holding me against him.

when I’d pulled away from him, I looked up into his eyes, and couldn’t help but giggle at the goofy grin he was giving me, and as usual, I blushed. “c’mon Iceman” I called to Kimi, who was standing a few steps away from us, looking at everything but us. He shot a glance over to me and nodded, his expression deadly serious as always. “see you later” I said, turning back to Nico, who was still holding that grin. He nodded at me and watched me walk away with the Finnish driver.