Gasoline - [Charles Leclerc]

1.4

It was a nice and sunny day out in Melbourne and Charles was desperate to get is jet lag off his body. Andrea preferred to tone the training down and get in bed to take a quick nap, but Charles was rather awake the remaining hours to the evening to sleep for a long time after the team dinner at the track. Pierre seemed to have the same thoughts, as Charles had received a text from his friend and fellow Formula 1 driver to ask if he was up for a run around the track and to chat a bit about the last couple weeks. They have surely seen each other, but of course both drivers were busy to test for their own teams and then the media duties, sponsor events, it all choked up the time to meet up and talk to one and other and keep each other up to day. Charles arrived at the track on his own, which was just a fifteen minute bike ride from the hotel he was staying at. The temperatures were nice and he didn't wear a jacket at all.

Pierre was waiting for him at the entrance and Charles happily greeted his friend with a fist bump and a small hug. "Bonjour, Charles". Pierre grinned his toothy grin when Charles parked his bike and they made their way towards the track, or well, the last preparations were done to it, as tomorrow would be the official start of the first raceweekend, eventhough no driving action happened on the track and the drivers were mainly there to do interviews and press conferences. "I heard you've been busy between the testing days". Pierre said, nudging Charles' side as they warmed up a bit. "What have you heard?". Charles asked with a slightly grin. They started to run over the asphalt in a nice and steady speed. "Caterina keeps up with all the grid gossip". Pierre laughed and waved him away. "But you've apparently been spotted with that girl from the car instagram slash YouTube channel". Pierre finished.

He could already see from the way Charles kept quiet and then laughed, looking down a this feet next, that Caterina was right. "I'm not judging! You know you can tell me". Pierre said, curious himself as well and Charles laughed again. "Yeah, I was with her". He admitted. "Ferrari invited her to come and watch the testing from my pit box. Not that I didn't want that of course, it was my request". Charles said and they took a moment to regain their breaths to not run too fast either. "What did Caterina say?". Charles asked next, curious about the gossip that maybe went over instagram. His fanpages sometimes knew more about his life than he did himself. "Oh you know, the usual girl stuff like, oh she's so pretty! I can't believe her eyelashes are that long". Pierre mocked Caterina's higher voice and it made them both laugh. "Edrice is beautiful". Charles sighed. "Ooh, Edrice is her name". Pierre teased and he rolled his eyes.

"Is she coming to visit you this weekend?". He asked and Charles shook his head. "She's too busy with filming for her channel and stuff. I understand, it takes a lot of time as she's editing some parts as well. Only things they can't handle if it's too busy is going to the editing team they sometimes hire". Charles replied. "That's cool. I think Cate watched some of her video's, but I can't remember to be honest". He chuckled. "I'm sure she'd like to meet Edrice if she comes along for another race". "I hope she will". Charles said. He never guessed they had ran the whole circuit already, but the time passed quickly as they had been talking about the events of their lifes. "You don't think she's coming soon?". Pierre asked as Charles hadn't sounded so sure, even though Edrice said he didn't have to worry about it. "No, it's not that, but she's not very attached to people and she's very independent, you know?".

Pierre nodded as they slowed down to walk the last hundred meters, cooling their muscles down. "And you are attached to people". He smiled and patted his shoulder. "I'm terribly attached to her". Charles replied with a groan and Pierre's laughter echoed over the track. "Just give her the space she needs and she'll come to visit you, I'm sure of it. Which girl wouldn't want to have Charles Leclerc as her boyfriend?!". Pierre exclaimed and Charles laughed, pushing his side. "And for how long do you guys know each other, like two months?". Pierre said and he nodded. "About it". Charles confirmed. "Then she's probably still figuring out her feelings and all, you're just thinking about your dick". Pierre grinned and it caused some of the teammembers to look at them with raised eyebrows. "I'm not! I swear, I really like her, it's not just for sex". Charles said and he meant that. "I know I'm just kidding". Pierre said next.