You Belong With Me

10.

Charlie's at the airport and she hates saying buy to Stoffel especially when she knows he's going out on the track. As Charlie's hugging Stoffel goodbye she can't help but cry, "heyyyyy don't cry it will be okay, I'm going to be fine I promise and I'll see you soon. Say hi to mom and dad for me, I'll get Anna to text you what's happening when I'm on track." Stoffel didn't want to see Charlie cry. Max and Anna also hugged Charlie goodbye, they watched Charlie leave. They would fly out to Barcelona in a few days. Max was a little gutted Charlie couldn't come with them but he needed to focus on testing so he tried and not to get too hung up on it.

In the car journey home Stoffel knew Anna was up to something and she was tapping away on her phone smiling. "Oi you, what are you up to" Stoffel said looking over at her in the passenger seat. "Just booking tickets for Barcelona" Anna simply replies not wanting to give too much away. "You've got tickets?" Stoffel is completely confused as to why Anna would buy tickets when he got her them. "Not for me dipstick, for Charlie why do you think I persuaded to go to Belgium a few days early and my great acting skills that I would miss her. I was gonna book her tickets anyway." Anna said smiling, "babe be careful you know what Charlie's like are you sure she's going to like it?" Stoffel said warily as he knows what his friend can be like. "Relax Stoff, she can have a few days at your parents house and she will fly the day before the first day of testing and get here for the second day, trust me I've got this planned" Anna said very confident this will work. "Wait so this means Charlie's coming?" Max adds, "Yes. Yes it does" Anna said sounding happy with herself.

A few days later
Charlie gets a FaceTime call off Anna which was strange as they would be flying today. "I'm just popping upstairs Anna and Stoff are calling me" Charlie said to Stoffel's parents, "that's fine dear, send my love to him" Stoffel's mom replays, Anna texted Stoffel's parents the plan so they know. "Will do" Charlie says walking to her/Stoffel's room.

"Heyyy girl" Charlie says as she answers it, Anna is in the living room and Max and Stoffel are last minute packing as always.  "Heyyyy, how's Belgium?"
"Very relaxing actually, i mean it's lonely but it gives me chance to catch up on work and clear my head."
"Well I have news" by now Stoffel and Max have come to sat with Anna
"Go on, oh and Stoff your parents send their love and luck"
"Tell them I'll Skype them later on in the week" Stoffel says
"Anywayyyyy" Anna continues "your coming to Barcelona!" Charlie doesn't say anything, she doesn't know what to say. She wants to go to be with everyone but she doesn't know if she can face it. Them Charlie had this sudden burst of adrenaline and thought to herself that she has to get over her fear of cars sooner or later. "Fine" Charlie admits. "What!!!Really?!?" Max and Stoffel say in unison. "Yeah I may as well, but don't guarantee me to be at the track everyday."
"YAYAYAYAYA! I'm so excited, right be at the airport in an hour I've emailed you your flight tickets and the hotel." Anna screams, before Charlie can reply Anna ends the call so she can't her mind.

Charlie goes downstairs to talk to Marleen (Stoffel's mom) "looks like I'm going to Barcelona" Charlie said laughing. "Are you sure you want to do this, make sure Stoff looks after you" Marleen says concerned, she's always seen Charlie as her own child especially when her parents died. "I'll be fine don't worry, it's going to be hard but i need to get past it" Charlie admits with a shaky voice. "Okay, Patrick (Stoffel's dad) will drop you off at the airport" Marleen says kissing her goodbye.

Charlie has never been bothered flying alone, she enjoys her own company just her and her music. Once Charlie gets to Barcelona she notices how cold it is and she was expecting it to warmer. When she got to the hotel room she rang Anna who told her to come to her and Stoffel's room. Once Charlie got there all 3 of them looked puzzled, "what's up guys?" Charlie asks concerned, "I've kinda messed up, I only booked 2 hotels rooms and they won't give us another as they're full" Anna said. "Oh well I don't mind sharing with Max, Max?" Charlie asks Max. "No I said I don't mind at all" Max said smiling. "Okay good at least that's sorted, anyway did you have a safe flight? Anna asks while hugging Charlie. "Yeah yeah it was decent, but I could do with a lie down so I'm going to head off to our room" Charlie said picking up her case. "Yeah I'll join you, see you guys later for some diner" Max says following Charlie's actions. "Um well I was actually going to take Anna out for diner as it our 2 year anniversary tomorrow and I'm going to tired tomorrow.....sorry" Stoffel says feeling really guilty. "Honestly it's fine Stoff, have a great night" Charlie says winking at them.

When Max and Charlie get to their hotel room it's very spacious but then they realise there's only one bed, they both look at each other "I'll take the sofa if you want" max offers. "Don't be stupid your trainer would go mental if he found out his driver was sleeping on a sofa. And it's not like we having shared a bed before." Charlie says mischievously. Max just rolls his eyes and laughs "I get left side" Max says as he jumps on the left side of the bed. "That's fine because I'm always right......get it because I always win arguments" Charlie says laughing at her own jokes. "Oh god just leave" max says laughing along.

"So what do you want to do for dinner" Max asks. Charlie wasn't in the mood for going out as she was tired and didn't want to be tired for tomorrow "room service?" Charlie smirks. "You know my trainer will kill me" Max laughs knowing that Jake would kill him. "Pleaseeeee" Charlie begs. "Fine I'll just have a salad" Max gives in to Charlie. Charlie enjoyed this, a relaxed environment, chatting away and it just being the two of them. As they were eating Charlie found a series on Netflix to watch, she found The Vampire Diaries which she heard great reviews about. Max just gave her a look like seriously, "trust me you'll love it and if you don't I'll kill you" Charlie giggles. After a few episodes Max must admit it was quite good, "I definitely want Damon and Elena to get together" Max said. "WHAT! No Stefan and Elena all the way" Charlie protested. "You only like Stefan because you think he's sexy." Max jokes. "Hmmm he's alright" Charlie smirks even though she definitely has a man crush on Paul Wesley who plays Stefan.

Max and Charlie both get into bed, Max wear shorts and a t-shirt even though he would normally sleep,in just his boxers he didn't want Charlie to feel uncomfortable. Charlie wore a tank top with some shorts as the hotel room was boiling. "Night" Max simply said, "night" Charlie replied. They turned their backs to each other and Charlie tried to hide the fact her heart was racing and she couldn't stop smiling.