The Prancing Horse

XII

I screamed as I watched Lando and Charles slip while fighting and fall into the ocean. On instinct, I ran to jump after them, but Lewis caught me.

 "HELP THEM!!" I yelled at the crew who was on their way. 

People on the docks were running to watch the situation play out from afar. The crew pulled them back in the boat. 

"What the heck was that!" Charles yelled at Lando as water poured from them. 

"You're lucky that's all that happened." Lando spat. 

Charles rounded on me, "What the fuck did you tell him!" he sneered and Lewis who I'm going to dub big brother jumped up beside me. 

"Watch it Leclerc." he snapped. 

Charles rolled his eyes, "Why don't Lewis and you just get married since he's always protecting you!" he snapped at us and something in me snapped. 

"Well at least Lewis wouldn't cheat on me and impregnate another girl!" I yelled and it got dead silent. "It isn't just any girl, it's my younger twin sister!" I explained and more silence met it. By now we were close enough to the marina where everyone could hear what I yelled. "What do we do," I whispered as reporters started to get near the boat. 

Kimi smirked, "Excuse me, but this is a private situation! So if you could all scatter away from my friends before I smash your cameras on your head to knock some sense into you, that would be amazing." he snapped at them and they started yelling at him.

"Kimi maybe yo–" Sebastian started, but Kimi cut him off, "Leave me alone, I know what I'm doing." he snapped and we all burst out laughing. Kimi strode off the yacht making the reporters scatter and we all scrambled off of the yacht. 

Lewis jumped in my Ferrari and we were off. "Why is Sapphire showing up in your life," Lewis exclaimed as I pressed on the gas. "Whoa, whoa...SCARLETT!" he exclaimed as I went around a hairpin turn. "Who do you think you are...you can't drive like us!" he exclaimed and I snapped. 

I turned the car around and sped down towards a private track the royals use. Lewis was hyperventilating the whole time as I drove into the gates. "Helmets!" I exclaimed and some were given to us. "Listen up Hamilton! You might think you are the greatest formula one driver and I have to hand it to you, you are great, but let me knock you off your pedestal." I yelled and stepped on the gas. 

"SCARLETT!!!" he screamed the whole time and started crying. I was laughing like a mad man as I cut around turns and accelerated on the straight. By the third lap Lewis was shouting with joy and video tapping the whole thing. "The breaks are gone!" he said laughing as I slowed the car down and pulled into a garage. Lewis jumped "I'm alive! Thank you Jesus!" he exclaimed. I got out and he smiled, "OK I have to hand it to you, you can drive, but I'm going to knock you off your pedestal." he said and my eyebrows raised. "I can legally race in formula and you can't." he shot at me. 

I whipped out my phone with a picture on it. "Remember the racer Sebastian Rossi?" I asked. 

"Your brother he died in a horse accident," Lewis said softly. "You guys looked so much alike when you were younger!" he exclaimed remember the times, then he froze. 

"You did not!" he exclaimed. 

"Sebastian never set foot in kart or car," I whispered and Lewis paled. "We cut my hair like a boy and then I wore a wig whenever I was in public or wrapped my head. Sebastian and I were the same size and height so we could pass off as the same person. Before we got our trophies we would switch places. Everyone was in on it, except for my mother who never went to a race." I explained. 

"You could've been in Formula One!" he exclaimed jumping up and down. 

"Yes, but then he died and my dreams were crushed and I never got in a car again," I added. 

"So you didn't stop racing because of Jules?" Lewis questioned and I shook my head in response. "It all makes so much sense!" Lewis exclaimed as I drove a spare car back to the palace.

 I saw Charles and Lando sitting on the steps waiting for me to come home as I pulled up to the back entrance. "I've got this," I told Lewis who came as back up. "Lando, that was not fair to Charles. He made a mistake but he fixed it." I said in a cold voice as I saw Charles shivering beside Lando. 

"Mon Amour," I whispered kneeling to his level. He looked too broken and fragile for once with red eyes from crying. I kissed him slowly and softly on the lips trying to tell him it's ok. Charles just pulled me into his arms and we stayed for I don't know how long, but it didn't matter because at that moment it was just me and him. Always.