The Prancing Horse

XXI

THANK YOU!!! #1 Lewis Hamilton 4/25/20

"Scarlett we need to go!" Max exclaimed and I shot straight out of bed. 

"Max please tell me we used protection." I hissed feeling extremely sick and faint, but I pushed the feeling away.

"Of course! I don't want to be responsible for getting the queen of Monaco pregnant." He assured me. 

"So...breakfast?" I asked and he pointed to a beautiful display of food on the table in the suite. 

"Wow! Do you do this for all your one night stands?" I asked. He pulled me in for a kiss. "Max..." I whispered and he nodded his head. "I think I've fallen for you," I said against his lips which turned into a grin as he rolled over hovering over me. 

"Well, I've fallen for you too." He replied and kissed me deepening as he slipped his tongue past my lips. I tugged gently causing max to let out a loan, but of course, the door flew open. 

"FINALLY!" I heard Lewis and Daniel exclaimed as the door slammed shut. "Fuck." He groaned laying down beside me. 

"Max I hate to do this, but we either take this public or hide everything, but I promised my citizens that I would as transparent as possible," I explained to him. He opened his mouth to respond, but I suddenly felt extremely sick. I sprinted to the bathroom and emptied my stomach, but it was weird because I wasn't even that drunk. 

"Are you ok?" Max asked as he picked me up bridal style. He felt my forehead, "Max..." I whispered as I started to drift in and out of reality. 

Max ran into the hall with me, "Someone call for help!" He yelled. 

"Oh my god! Is she ok!?" Lewis said running. "She has a fever and is losing consciousness quickly!" Suddenly I felt a horrible pain in my stomach and felt as if I peed my pants. "She's bleeding"Max yelled as he put me down on the ground. I saw people from the US military running with a stretcher. 

"Your Majesty, you can have one person accompany you." One of them said.

 "I'll go!" Kimi said and nobody objected. 

"Kimi you have practice and qualifying!" I exclaimed. 

"Does it look like a give a damn?" He yelled and I shook my head. 

"Let's go!" He shouted. They carried me to the elevator and up to where a helicopter was waiting for us. The military personnel started assessing what happened and then they got extremely quiet. "Ma'am you have a slight infection, I believe you have contracted it from your surgery even though it was months ago the infection is about two weeks old. Your organs are shutting down so we have to operate immediately." The man said.

 The woman cut in, "I'm sorry to report, but you miscarried." She said softly. Our mouths dropped in shock m. "You didn't know?" She asked and I shook my head. 

"Who is the father," Kimi asked and I burst into tears. 

"Kimi it would have been Charles." I wailed and a somber silence took over the space just leaving the sound of the helicopter. Kimi gripped onto my hand as he felt my pain with me. Soon we landed at an American hospital and I was being wheeled to the ICU where I got in a gown and had IVs hooked up to me with life-saving antibiotics. 

A lady came into the room in uniform, who radiated power. "Your Majesty, my name is Captain McLeish and it is an honor to serve you on behalf of the United States of America." She said. "It is an honor to meet you," I replied. 

"We will have to keep you admitted for tonight, but thankfully this is just very minor so we will have you out and about by tomorrow afternoon for the race." She explained. 

"Very good! Kimi...you can make it back in time for practice!" I exclaimed checking my watch. 

"I don't care!" he snapped and I sent the Captain a look.

 "Look, I know you are worried about her, but I can promise that she will be here under the best care," she said to Kimi softly. 

"You are sure?" he asked.

 "Positive." Kimi got up and gave me a gentle hug, "Have some fun, and don't kill anyone." I joked and he just shook his head as he walked out of the room. 

"So, Captain Mcleish...you seem to have a question," I said and she nodded taking the chair where Kimi sat. 

"How do you do it all?" she blurted. 

"Do what, and please call me Scarlett," I said softly. 

"Well, you rule a country, but manage to have time with friends and family. Those men care for you so much, much as we do in the Navy and you were going to be a mother and everything, but what is your secret?" she asked and I laughed. 

"There is no secret, may I call you Natasha?" I said and she nodded. "I didn't know I was pregnant," I whispered. "I am turning twenty on December 31, so I'm basically still an overgrown teenager and an adult in one body. I didn't know my life would turn out like this, but I guess the secret is to surround yourself with the right group of people and everything because a little easier." I advised. 

"Are you not scared...like of any of them dying in a race?" she asked. My eyes flicked down to her ring finger, "You cannot let fear rule your life. Get married to him, have your family, and if something happens always remember the ones we love never leave us." I replied and she smiled back at me. 

"I wish the guys were like this, I mean as much as I love them." she started...

 "They just don't understand things the way we do." I finished. 

"Couldn't have said it better myself," she replied. Turns out I can make some friends because when Natasha wasn't tending t patients she was in my room and she let me cry because I felt like I horrible loss had descended upon me.