You Belong With Me

9.

"I'm homeeeee" Charlie calls walking to the apartment, she feels happy as it refreshing having lunch with someone who isn't Max, Stoffel or Anna. Charlie notices everyone is sat round the kitchen along with Daniel "oh hey Dan" Charlie greets Daniel by hugging him. "Hey Char" Charlie rolls her eyes at the nickname which she hates. "So how was the 'date'" Max grunts. "Awhhhhh did little Char have a date" Daniel teases. "It wasn't a date and it was lovely meeting up with Charles, he's so lovely" Charlie says smiling, as she explains what happened with Charles Max just gets up and goes to his room. Charlie is confused by this, " he's hashtag jealous" Daniel says making a hashtag sign with his hands. "Well I think it's cute" Anna says getting all excited. "Do you like him" Stoffel questions. "Damn Stoff straight in there with the important questions. And no we're too similar. We're like best friends like I can't imagine myself liking him" Charlie simply says. "I thought I was your best friend" Stoffel pretends to be hurt, " you are Stoff, my one and only" Charlie says kissing his cheek. Charlie decides to see Max, it may not be the best idea as he's probably still angry but oh well she thinks.

Charlie knocks on his door and she just hear a deep grunt so she enters. "Be honest, are you alright?" Charlie asks sitting next to him on his bed. " umm yeah, don't worry about it just got a lot on my mind." Max says avoiding eye contact. "No" Charlie says bluntly "when we first met we told each other our problems and we were practically strangers, you can talk to me you know" Charlie continues. "It's just with testing coming up, where we go to Barcelona to test the new cars, and I just hope the car is better this year. And can I ask you something?" Max confesses. "Don't get me started on testing Stoff has the exact problem 'ah the cars gonna be shit this year' 'how many times do you think the car will break down'" Charlie impersonates Stoffel. "Yeah sure, ask away". "Do you like Charles" Max asks, Charlie just laughs. "If you didn't storm off then you would've heard me say that I don't like him, we're just friends. And plus I helped him get his ex back." When Charlie says this Max can't help but smile.  "Right I'm gonna catch up with Daniel, you coming?" Charlie says making her way toward the door, Max nods and follows her out.

The boys were talking about testing as they will be flight get out soon for Barcelona, Charlie imagined Anna would go with Stoffel as the majority of the girlfriends go. Charlie has never been and it hasn't really interested her, it's just cars going round a track. "Hey Char, you coming to testing" Daniel asks interrupting her train of thoughts "nahhhh I don't go to anything like that, I'll probably go to Belgium to visit Stoff's family." Charlie replies, she can't wait to get away and go back to Belgium. "What really??" Max says stunned, "yeah she don't do racing" Stoffel saying rolling his eyes jokingly. "Noooooo! You can't leave me Charlie. What am I gonna do with these for a week." Anna complains, "I'm sure you'll be fine" Charlie just laughs. "Anyway I can't wait to get back on home turf and have a break" Charlie's mind starts to wondering thinking of the place she calls home. "So you won't come out to Barcelona at all?" Daniel moans, "I mean I want to love the sport it's just hard.......you're only going for a week as well its not that long." Charlie can't help but dislike the sport as it reminds her of her dad so much. Maybe in time to come she might like it.

Once Daniel left Max sat next to Charlie on the sofa where she's trying to find a film. "So when do you fly out to Belgium." Max asks sparking conversation. "The end of this week, Friday" Charlie responds. "Thats two days away, have you even packed." Max asks as he hasn't seen any sign of Charlie going away. "Verstappen, do you even know me I'm the most organised person ever I have my passport and all luggage all packed ready to go." Charlie proudly says, she loves being organised and hates being rushed. Max is impressed and he's the complete opposite, "what film do you want to watch?" Charlie asks flicking through Netflix. "Fast and furious" max answers with no hesitation, "argh fine but next time it's my choice" Charlie says as its a car film, but hey Paul Walkers in it so she's not complaining.

It was late and Stoffel and Anna had gotten home from their date night to find Max and Charlie snuggled up together on the sofa. Anna saw the annoyed face on Stoffel "hey just leave them to it" Anna says while covering them both with a blanket. Once they're in the bedroom Anna wants to know why Stoffel was annoyed at seeing Max and Charlie. "Hey what got you so annoyed, don't you like seeing Charlie happy."   "It's not that, it's she's my best friend and he's my friend and we're all living together. The one thing I said to her is don't go falling for him, she's definitely falling for him" Stoffel defends. "So what? She happy leave her to it" Anna says, she can't understand where this annoyance is coming from. "Yeah until they argue and drag me into it" Stoffel grunts. "We will cross that bridge when we get to it......night babe" Anna says falling asleep. That's what Stoffel loves about Anna, her 'just go with the flow attitude'. As Stoffel watches her fall asleep he knows he want to be with her the rest of his life.

A.N- the story will start being more fast paced now don't worry :)
-C x