Red

Running Away

The next day dawned and my granddad had come on leaps and bounds from his surgery. They were looking at sending him home in a couple of days so we were all ordered to go back to work once he had woken up. My orders were to go and win the race with that racing driver of mine. I giggled. Granddad knew a thing or two about f1, well, that they drove fast cars and earned too much money, but that was about it. So, that afternoon, after much protesting, I was heading back down to Silverstone. I was actually feeling much better and was ready to get stuck back into work again. I called Sophia on the way asking about the mess that Kimi had got me in, but actually he had been good. So much so, the whole paddock was in awe at how co-operative he had been, and wondered what I'd put in his alcohol to make him so nice to people. I laughed, knowing that wasn't going to last.

After the long 3 hours drive, I was walking through the paddock, it was about 6pm and I had already caught up on the days social media takes on qualifying. Kimi was 5th and Seb 3rd, so not such a bad start. They were currently in a team meeting so I took advantage and headed to the office for a catch up with Sophia.

"Bella!!" she squeaked when I walked through the door. I beamed a smile at her. "I'm so glad you're back!" she grinned, leaping at me with a hug. "me too" I sighed with contentment. "how's everything?" she asked, even though I had told her on the phone. "good. he's good, I'm good, and ready for work" I said, "and Kimi?" she winked at me, I laughed. "I haven't talked to him since last night." I told her "doesn't he know you're back yet?" she grinned, I shook my head. "no, and they're in a meeting now aren't they" I said, making her nod. "yeah, c'mon, let's go grab a latte from hospitality" she said. I couldn't argue with that.

We grabbed a coffee and an ice cream each and then grabbed a spare couch by the window and sat down beside one another. "I got an idea" I said, pulling my phone out of my trouser pocket. I unwrapped my magnum and I took a photo.

Enjoying your meeting?! X

I text kimi. "ha! That'll teach him for telling me I had a world of shit to come back to!" I cackled. "I still can't believe he came up to you" Soph sighed. "I know, me neither." I sighed, crunching down on the crisp white chocolate. "to be honest Bells, when your mum called about your granddad, Seb told me something." I looked round at her nervously "I said about Kimi kissing you, and he said that he cares about you" she confessed, my heart skipped a beat. "Bella, I think he really does." She said seriously. I sighed, "well, back home, y'know, when Kimi 'cooked' us some food..."
"yeah" soph giggled, "well, after that I layed down on the couch to have a nap, and Kimi had gone to get me a blanket and he saw the photo I have of him"
"shit really?"
"yeah, and when he came down I pretended I was asleep, and he whispered to me that he didn't know he was my favourite, and that it was okay because I was his favourite too"
"aww fucking hell Bella how cute is that?!" she cooed. I laughed, "what did you do?" she asked, "I fell asleep" I said sheepishly, but she burst out laughing. I grinned back at her "he told me at the hospital that he is there for me and that he'd be waiting when I got back"
"what does that mean?" she asked, making me shrug. "haven't a clue" I shrugged again, but as we pondered over it, a blur of red caught my eye, "they're here" I whispered, seeing them walking through the doors to hospitality. We both watched them as they blatantly looked around for us. Kimi scanned the room, and soon his eyes locked onto me, a huge white smile appeared on his face. I couldn't help but giggle. He immediately walked over to us, leaving Seb oblivious, chattering away as he looked in the opposite direction. We giggled at him, as he looked round when Kimi didn't reply to him. He looked over and saw us sitting there and came shuffling over to us.

"you're back" Kimi smiled, sitting opposite us on the couch. "no shit sherlock" I grinned at him, making him chuckle. "how was the meeting?" I asked them as Seb joined us. "shit" he replied, making us laugh. "well you two have an interview to go to in half an hour" Sophia told them, hoping not to spoil the moment. I shook my head, "Kimi doesn't" I said, keeping my eyes fixed on him. "what?" Kimi and Seb both said, I laughed, "sorry Seb, but I got Kimi out of it," I explained, "he's been well behaved while I've been away, so I'm letting him off" I shrugged. I couldn't resist beaming a grin at the Finn as he was grinning back at me. "you've only been away two days" Seb sulked. I giggled, "c'mon Seb, let's go do the interview, then we can grab a healthy Chinese" soph tried to pacify him, and it seemed to work, he smiled and nodded and they got up. "see you guys later" I said, watching them leave.

"am I really out of the interview?" Kimi said, leaning on his knees watching me. I smiled, "yeah, you've done me proud, so come on, there's gonna be some Italian grub delivered to the hotel suite for us. Dunno about you, but I'm starving" I said, getting up. He laughed and joined me in walking out to the paddock.

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We'd spent the journey to the hotel talking about qualifying and how Kimi felt in the car. I could see he was really tired and coming up to see me at hospital couldn't have helped. I felt guilty for that, but Sophia said I was being stupid. Anyway, when we got to the hotel the food had just arrived and we wasted no time in devouring it all. It was the best meal I had had in a while, being that I was too upset about my granddad to eat. But now he was okay, I was getting back to my old self, which meant back into work mode and trying to control the wayward driver I had grown fond of.

I looked over at him layed on the couch, covered in a soft beige blanket and smiled, he was fast asleep. He needed it. Especially for the race tomorrow. My mind flew back to my earlier conversation with Sophia about him, and what Seb had told her. My stomach flipped, how could he really have feelings for me? I mean, I know he told me he was here for me, but surely that was just a friendly thing? But then he did kiss me...maybe that was the drink. But he wasn't drunk, and I knew drunk Kimi, he wouldn't wait to be arseholed to do that, he usually just fell over. I sighed, the more I pondered over it, the more my heart swelled, I knew how I felt about him, and I was becoming more and more aware of it, but I didn't want it getting in the way of my work. But when I looked at him, I couldn't help wanting to kiss him back, snuggle into his strong arms, hear that delicious accent of his whisper sweet nothings into my ear. Inwardly I groaned, it was about time I left.

I walked over to him quietly, I wasn't sure why, I could just leave, but I didn't. "Kimi" I whispered softly, not wanting to wake him, "I'm gonna go to my room now" I said, sitting lightly on the only bit of free couch he hadn't taken up. He didn't move. I looked down at him, layed on his back with the duvet crumpled up to his chest. His hair ruffled up haphazardly and a slight frown on his face. I briefly wondered what he could be dreaming about, "thank you for everything you've done this weekend, I don't know what I would have done without you there with me" I sighed, trying to hold back a tear that threatened to fall. "I wish I could tell you how I feel about you, but it would just screw everything up." I whispered softly, catching the tear that fell from my eye as I looked at him. I took a deep breath and then got up off the couch. I leaned down to him, to kiss his cheek when he suddenly moved, opening his eyes, looking right at me, causing me to startle, but before I had chance to move away, he caught my lips with his as he clutched at my wrist, holding me there.

I instantly melted into his lips as he pulled on my wrist gently, inviting me to sit back down beside him. I plopped onto the couch, resuming my original place, still with my lips attached to his. I sensed him shuffle up the couch a little, sitting up so he was level with me. I kept my eyes closed as I felt his right hand slide into my long dark hair. The butterflies in my stomach were going crazy. He ran his other down my wrist and wrapped my small fingers in his and squeezed them slightly, making my eyes flutter open and we broke the kiss.

Those icy blue eyes were staring back at me as a sudden wave of embarrassment flooded my body. "kulta" he whispered softly to me as he gently brushed his thumb over my cheekbone. I felt the heat of my blood rush my face as I blushed and looked down to my lap. "I, I can't do this Kimi..." I said in almost a whisper. He just sat there in silence looking at me. "I'm sorry" I added, getting up from the couch, then aware that he was still holding my hand. I glanced down at his fingers wrapped around mine and I pulled my hand free, letting his arm flop back onto the couch. I didn't look back at him as I headed for the door, grabbing my back pack from beside his and leaving the hotel suite.