Between Love and Hate (Year 2)

We'll Take Our Fight Outside

A/N I have written a lot in this series but this chapter still remains one of my all-time favourites.

If you want to know how the race went in Bahrain, and if it was a good race or a bad race it depends on who you ask. Sebastian was sure if you asked Laura she would declare it her best race to date because she won after their first heated on-track battle this season. And maybe he should be happy that they finally fought on track, but he lost, so no he wasn't happy.

And clearly, he had been going on to Kimi far too much about how he was sick of Laura Aston and her fucking winning. The only win he got was China, and that was only because she fucked up and he simply inherited it. If it wasn't for that, she'd have all the wins to date. So it's after the press conference that Kimi finds him with a smile and interrupting his stomping around as he gets out of his race gear.

"So I was thinking..."

Sebastian looks up at his teammate, glaring at him because right now he was ready to take his anger out on anyone, and Kimi was not an exception.

"You want to challenge Aston?" Kimi pauses, eyes far too bright.

He's immediately suspicious but he straightens up after balling his overalls up and throwing in the corner. "What?"

"On equal terms," Kimi continues. "See whose really best. I'm suggesting a friendly little bit of competition."

Okay he was listening.

Lillian was looking between Sebastian and Laura with wide eyes as they faced each other with resolute expressions. "No Laura. No! I forbid you." Sebastian and Kimi had cornered them with the most preposterous idea ever, but her bloody sister was actually considering it – of course she was, Sebastian setup a challenge she wasn't going to say no to that.

"Do we have a deal?" Sebastian asks holding out his hand as Kimi might actually look delighted with how everything was playing out. Lillian was within an inch of smacking that look off his face.

Laura grasps Sebastian's hand firmly. "Deal."

Lillian drags her fingers through her hair as they confirmed their agreement. This could only end badly. There were cameras on them as the four of them stood in a corner of the paddock, probably wondering what the hell they were all doing. The answer was, nothing that wasn't going to end in disaster.

Laura who was still holding Sebastian's hands continues. "This is between us. No Miles." She glares at Lillian before she turns back to Sebastian. "And that means no Molly."

"Fine," Sebastian agrees. "Just us. One week from today I'll see you in Finland." Sebastian releases her hand and then spins on his heel and heads back to Ferrari.

Furious Lillian turns on Laura as Kimi saunters away. "You and I are going to have a serious word," she seethes as she walks backwards after Sebastian. Laura though seems to have no regard to her anger as she defiantly drank at her water bottle.

* * *

Laura hadn't expected it to still be so cold in Finland and she reaches up to yank her beanie lower and over her ears as she stood between Lillian and Sebastian. Kimi was opposite holding a set of keys to a fully kitted rally car.

"Rules?" Lillian asks when both and Sebastian reached for the keys only for them to be snapped back up in Kimi's hand at Lillian's comment.

"Aston and I will do fine without rules," Sebastian shrugs.

"I'm happy with no rules." If Sebastian thought he could play dirty, so could she and he smirks at her.

Lillian was staring at them both. "How about not crashing?"