When we first met [Charles Leclerc]

2 - Charles

I don't think I've ever seen such a beautiful girl, no a woman. I could tell she wasn't much sounder than me but she looked so grown. I didn't know what was the reason for that set. All consumed by her beauty I tried to have a conversation with her. And to be honest the champagne helped a lot.
"So, Caroline, tell me about yourself"
"Well, I'm part American, part German but I lived in the Netherlands for most of my life. And I'm adopt person" she said chuckling. Its like she new how ridiculous that sounded.
"Well, that's nice to know but who are you? Not just we here you're from" she took a big sip of her drink before letting out a sigh. She stared at her glass unsure what to say.
"Uhm" she paused for a second not knowing what to tell me. "I always wanted to be a successful business woman but now I'm not sure about that anymore. I feel like I've lost myself. There is this heavy rock laying on me that's holding me back. I don't know how to get rid of it. I just don't have enough energy for that. I'm so sick of that. And I can't stop myself from falling down"
I didn't know what to say. Never had I expected that much honesty or that this stunning girl is so broken.
"This is not what my life should look like. I'm only 20 and I can't handle it anymore" Her eyes started to tear up. She stared at me, then quickly looked away. I couldn't help but hug her, intensely. Little sobs escaped from her but it was okay. I knew exactly what she felt even if I didn't know who she felt like that. She pulled away from me to grab a napkin off the bar.
"Hey, look at me, amour. It's gonna be alright. You might not see that right now but eventually you'll get over it. The darkness will turn into light and you'll find yourself again. You'll be stronger than ever"
This time it was Caroline to hug me, fully crying because she couldn't handle the pain. Definitely not what I expected when I came to the party but I wont complain.

After she told me for at least 15 times that she's alright and we're still at a party and we should at least have some fun we grabbed a bottle of champagne from the bar and headed to the sea. It was only 11pm so there were still a lot of people present. We still managed to find a quite couch far away from the others. To loosen the mood we started to play never have I ever. Caroline's favorite drinking game. At least that's what she told me. We started easy.
"Never have I ever kissed someone" Caroline said smirking like crazy. She knew exactly that we both had to drink. After taking a sip I handed her the bottle. I couldn't help myself. I just had to smile. It was my turn now. "Never have I ever drunk alcohol" I said laughing a little too much. I could feel the champagne getting in my head. That never ended good.
"Oh, you think you're funny? Well, its my turn now. Never have I ever sat on a beach drinking champagne straight out of the bottle with someone I just met" Caroline gave me a sassy face while drinking. She truly amazed me. I took the bottle from her and did the same.
"So you wanna play dirty? Fine. Never have I ever kissed that certain some one" Neither her or I could believe what had just slipped my lips, knowing exactly what my Intention was. The second I said the words I knew how bad this was but in the end the alcohol clouded my judgment. Caroline looked me deep in the eyes, put the bottle aside after emptying it and came closer.
"Are you sure?" she asked me, her lips only an inch away from mine. I could smell her. The mixture of alcohol and her scent drove me crazy. I had to admit it, I wanted her to kiss me. I didn't mind the consequences. So I nodded. I placed my hand behind her ear grabbing her hair. Our lips parted and finally touched. I should have regretted this but I didn't. How do I always end up in these screwed up situations.
Her and I both were so consumed by our kiss that we didn't notice someone approached us. I pushed away from her so see my teammate standing next to us. How am I supposed to explain this? "I hope I'm not interrupting anything here" Caroline and I both struggled what to say or do. We both stood up but I was the one to talk "Oh, hello Seb, how's it going? Are you enjoying the evening?" I said trying to distract him from the girl next to me. "Yeah, so far so good. Kimi forced me to drink with him. That man can drink" I guessed it worked but he turned his head and saw Caroline. "And who are you?" He faced her then me again. "That's not..." I cut him off knowing exactly what he wanted to say and shoved him farther away.

"Yes, I know. That's not my girlfriend. You don't have to remind me, I am well aware of that. But she decided to cheat on me and then said it was all my fault for being away for most of the time. Like what did she expected? That's basically my job and she knew that from the very beginning" I pointed out to him hoping he would understand and don't make a scene. He nodded understandingly. "Okay, wow. Didn't expected that when I met her. She seemed to understanding and fine with that"
"Well, that's what I thought too but apparently we're both wrong here. Just don't tell anyone yet. I don't think I could handle all the media and stuff, you know?"
"Yes sure. Don't worry, i won't tell anyone. But let me at least know who she is" of course he had to ask. Why not accept this?
"Her name is Caroline and she is the best friend of Max' sister. So please don't tell anyone" Seb nodded and walked away. I walked away to Caroline only to see her really angry. How much of the conversation did she get?
"What was that all about? Did I hear something about you having a girlfriend" she asked. I knew that I couldn't talk my way out of it so I decided to be honest with her.
"Yes, I actually have a girlfriend but she thought cheating on me is totally fine because I'm away for most of the time. Just know that it wasn't my intention to take advantage of you. I really like you. I know I should have told you" for my surprise she actually understood.

After talking about my (ex-) girlfriend and how screwed up this situation actually is we decided to call it a night and headed back to my hotel room. Caroline told me that she lived in Amsterdam but neither her nor I felt like going back there. We talked for a the whole night about random stuff but also had really deep conversations about life and death. Never have I ever met someone who I felt so connected with after just one night. We fell asleep while talking about our favorite Fast and the Furious movie.

Our night together stopped abruptly by a phone call. To was only 5:30AM when Caroline left me alone in my hotel room mumbling something about her best friend and Daniel. She just left me her phone number and then she was gone. And there I was laying by myself wondering what last night actually meant.
Mentally I was single. I didn't care about my so called girlfriend anymore but at the same time I felt guilty. But what are the chances that I ever got to see her again.

A/n: sorry if the last part doesn't make sense but it's literally 4:30AM and I'm tipsy so don't judge. Love y'all
-Julia