Switched | Sebastian Vettel

Chapter 31 | The attention

I wasn't sure whether Sebastian had planned for me to stay in his hotel room or that he had arranged another hotel room for me when we arrived at the hotel. Honestly, I didn't mind if he had planned for the first thing to happen, but in the end, it was actually the hotel room from Maureen that I got to use. She didn't use it anyway as she slept in Daniel's room, which was new news to me. Sebastian stayed with me for a little while in my hotel room, but as it was going to be a long day for him the next day we didn't make it a too long of a night. He told me that his PR Britta would text me tomorrow so that I could go with her to the circuit as Sebastian like to be earlier on the track then is needed. 
The next morning Britta even texted me if I was up to have breakfast together and we did. I started to realise how close Britta and Sebastian were and I couldn't help but see Britta like a motherly figure the way she talked, but also the way she cared about her driver. We were currently walking through the paddock on our way to the Red Bull garage and I felt that excitement flying around my stomach again. There was something magical about walking past these different garages, even if it was just the back of the garage and therefore you couldn't even see inside. 
'And now, you're finally back in the Red Bull garage,' Britta smiled as she knew the whole story about Maureen and me because Seb told her. 'How does it feel to be back?'
'Different,' I said as I followed Britta to Sebastian's side of the garage. As Britta walked over to Sebastian who was talking to his engineer I felt a lot of eyes on me. Even more when I heard Maureen greeting me.
'Sister!' She called out as she grinned at me while she stood up from where she was busy with the car. She walked over to me and gave me an extra long hug. 'The boys are very curious to see us together as they didn't really believe me when I told them I had a twin sister,' She told me quietly before she let go of me. I gave her a short smile as I looked around the garage. Lot's of eyes were focused on us. Lot's of curious looks to be precise. It was one of Seb's mechanics, Adrien that was the first to come over to us. 
'This is so weird!' He laughed as he gave both of us a good look. 'If you had the Red Bull uniform on, I would not have known who was who.'
'Yeah, and you better not fooling us again by having switched clothes,' Brad smirked as he joined the conversation. Maureen looked at me.
'Ah no! You got us! Maureen, it's over,' Maureen said to me, pretending to be me to confuse the whole garage that was listening. Brad frowned as it was now his time to look closely to both of our faces. 
'Wait,' he said confused, looking from Maureen to me. I couldn't help but laugh as I shook my head. 
'She's just joking,' I laughed as I gave Maureen a playful push as more people from RedBull came to join the conversation. I felt bad keeping them all from their work. 
'Daniel?! Can you tell which one is even your girlfriend or do you just guess?' One of the mechanics said which I believe was from Daniel's side of the garage. 
'Of course, I know which one is my girlfriend,' Daniel grinned as he walked over to the group. 'It's the one that still limps a bit when walking.'
The biggest grin was showed on his face while Maureen looked at everything but amused, she even punched Daniel against his shoulder. 'Rude,' she said. 
'Can you please leave my guest alone guys,' Sebastian said, also now joining the conversation. I smiled at Seb who stood next to me as he handed me a headphone. To my surprise, he put his hand on my back and pushed me away from the group and instead lead me to Britta and his trainer, Antti. 
'I apologise for those noisy people in the garage,' Seb grinned as he looked back at mostly his mechanics. 
'It's not like this is the first time I met them,' I laughed back. 
'You're right,' Sebastian told me with a smile as his hand was still on my back and it felt like it was burning my skin. Not long after practice one started Seb's attention was fully back to focusing on his job, leaving me with Britta. After he left the garage with his Formula One car Antti joined us again. 
'I guess I should introduce myself properly although we've met before,' Antti grinned at me. 
'So Seb told you?' I asked while my cheeks started to burn. I pressed my lips together as embarrassment flew over me. I really hope Seb didn't tell him about our night together.
'Don't worry about Maya. I see it as a great prank and you were very convincing as I never really thought like; Mmh, what is Maureen doing strange these past few days. It was more to me that Seb did a bit strange, right Britta?' I looked at Britta with a curious look as Antti just had a big grin on his face. Britta's lips curled up and she shook her head. 
'A little bit yes, but you haven't got that from me,' she said quietly to me. She winked at me before all our attention got back to the screen. It was definitely different to be standing in the Red bull garage instead of doing Maureen's job. I already felt my hands itching to just get to work.

I honestly enjoyed my first half of the day at the Red Bull garage, even standing on the sideline to watch the screen and the guys in the garage was more enjoyable than I first had in mind. Britta had to go eventually, probably doing some work relatable stuff. Therefore I was glad I had Antti to talk to. He informed me on every single detail that I missed or just didn't know and it only made me fall more in love with this experience. When lunchtime had started I wasn't sure if Sebastian had time for me as he still looked very busy ever since the first practice had started.  I was glad when Maureen came up to me and asked me to join her little group. I agreed of course and Antti told me he would inform Sebastian for when or if he asked where I was. 
'I don't know how many times I'm gonna tell this, but if you two both had a Red Bull shirt on, I really couldn't tell you apart,' Adrien said as we all sat down and had our lunch. I pointed at my, to me, very noticeable birthmark between my nose and right eye. 
'Doesn't this do the trick?' I asked the guys around the table who all shook their head. 
'Honestly, that isn't as noticeable as you think.' Bradd said with his mouth full and still chewing on his food. 
'Maybe not for you men,' Maureen said with rolling her eyes. That comment made all of the boys look very offended at her, but before anyone could respond to that some other people joined us. 
'Maureen introduce me to your sister!' Christian Horner stood behind Brad and had his hands on his shoulder while Sebastian and Antti stood beside him. 'Oh wait, Maureen is the one in the Red Bull shirt, right? Or have they switched again?'
'Oh, you know it too.' Maureen said surprised at her boss who smiled back at her. I decided to stay quiet and just smile like the others. 
'The whole garage knows, of course I know it too.' he smiled and give me a look. My eyes moved over to the man next to Christian, Sebastian. He looked back at me and smiled at me. His smile felt very reassuring to me.
'I'm not in trouble for that, right?' Maureen asked in a more serious voice, making me start to worry. I didn't even think about Maureen getting in trouble for this. 
'We'll talk about that later. Enjoy your lunch first,' he responded before walking away. I raised my eyebrows and looked at Maureen. 
'If you want I could take all the blame?' I asked her, not wanting her to get fired over something stupid like this. 
'Don't worry about it. He actually loves this story that happened inside his garage,' Seb said, joining the conversation as he stood behind Maureen and me and I could feel his hand on my shoulder. 'Wouldn't surprise me if he's gonna brag to the other team bosses about this story.'
'I hope not,' I mumbled, not wanting any more attention than I already got. To me, this was already enough attention for one day, or well... maybe my whole life as I never saw myself that much on a screen getting filmed as I did in practice one. 

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A/N: Sorry for being a day late with this chapter. I was/still am very busy with school and I'm really tired so I hope I didn't make too many mistakes in this chapter. If so, let me know.