~The Fast Lane~

12.

-hotel

Kate trows her phone on the couch and walks over the safe for her laptop. She presses the code and pulls the small door open. She takes her laptop from the safe and walks over to her bed. She sits down and starts her laptop. Kate opens FaceTime.

She searches for her friend Rosey and starts a call. FaceTime connects and her friend appears. 'Hi! Katey.' Her friend speaks and she is already in her pyjamas with red hearts. 'Hi, Rose. How was your day?' Kate asks. 'Amazing! me and my family went to six flags (Walibi Holland). It was so amazing. It reminded me of your first time in a rollercoaster.' She laughs loudly.

'That wasn't funny! I hated rollercoasters.' Kate yelps. 'But how was your day?' Kate smiles awkwardly. 'Yea well, it started with me walking into the wrong garage and that was extremely awkward and a driver stole my phone...' Kate thinks about Charles and grins. 'And I was the engineer of Max second practice.'

'That's so cool! Did you get your phone back?' Rosey questions. 'Yea but that driver is extremely cute and I was mad with him... he doesn't like me and because of that he treats me a bit as trash.' Kate tells and feels tears in her eyes. 'Ahh no, Kate. Your amazing and if he keeps annoying you. Just call me and I'll take my car or a plane to you.' Rosey comforts her.

'Thanks.' Kate starts laughing. 'Back to your phone, did you check it since you don't have a password.' Rosey asks and Kate mouth dropped open. 'Oh boy...' she mumbles and got off the bed. She sprints towards the couch and grabs her phone.

Kate walks back to the bed and got on it again. 'Ohhh, exciting.' Rosey says. Kate opens her phone and all her apps are closed. Only some notifications. 'Check WhatsApp first.' Rosey proposes. Kate clicks on WhatsApp. She opens her family chat. Nothing* Kate sees her sisters chat... 'he um chatted with my sister.' Kate says and Rosey starts laughing loudly. 'Ahhaha Omg! Did your sister know?'

Kate looks and they both talked about Lando Norris, her sister had no clue who she was chatting with. Kate laughs about what Charles told her sister. 'My sister had no clue.'

Rosey laughs louder. 'Send screenshots and check your photos.' Kate listens to the proposal and goes to photos. She holds her hand for her mouth. Really? 'What's wrong?' Rosey asks curious. 'Snapchat... photos of ferrari and he spotted me at Redbull.'

'Damn girl.' Rosey comments. 'Wait? Ferrari? Charles?' Kate nodded at the question. Rosey grabs her phone and Kate studies her for what she's doing. 'Ahahaha, he posted some photos from your phone.' Rosey laughs. 'Really? Photos of me?'

'Noo but he does give you credits for it.' Kate sighs out of relief. 'I don't think, he hates you or something.' Kate shakes her head. 'Well he does... you must know him in reallife.' Kate snaps at Rosey. 'I don't want to make you upset or something maybe you think you know him. You have to understand him.' Rosey advised.

Kate didn't want to listen. 'I have to go Rosey. I'll send the screenshots. Good night.'
'Bye.' Kate closes her laptop and scrolls through her Instagram feed. Many of her friends and family messaged her about Charles.

Amberln/Amburrrrtje: ummm why did you have your phone to a Ferrari driver? He credited you with the photos on his insta story and I got the feeling I chatted with him... check WhatsApp and tell me it was you or not... 🤣
16:46 pm

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Next day: P3 & Qualifying
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During practice 3 Kate never spoken to Charles or even seen him. Kate stayed in the Redbull garage helping with the tyres and the crew with data analysis. Kate worked hard and talked to Max before he got out on the track. Kate made a new friend. Mike he is a part of the crew and he's funny.

Mike has a strong Scottish accent and sometimes it's to hard to understand him. Mike told about his house in Scotland and his parents. He had so much funny stories. Kate told him about Amber and Six flags when she got in her fist rollercoaster. They both had the time of their lives.

Max came back multiple times and more data got collected. Finally Redbull got what they wanted for a good achievement. Max got out of the car and after 5 minutes the last practice ended. Max told Kate about how he felt in the car. After their long conversation, Mike and Kate fetched some lunch.

Kate had a grilled cheese sandwich and Mike had simple a dish bacon and eggs on bread. While they walked back to the garage. Kate spotted Charles who was talking to someone from Ferrari. Kate looked at him and he noticed. He stared back at her uninterested and Kate looked away from him. She felt a stomachache. Mike waited for her and she hurried to him.

Mike asked what's wrong. Kate told him that she said something to Charles and now she's sorry for saying that. Mike understood her.

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Qualification
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Christian Horner walks over to her and smiles. 'Hi!' He greets and Kate greets him. 'I got a task for you, take your phone and turn on your camera. Film for us Max' pit exit for social media.' Kate likes the task. 'Cool but is it allowed to stand near the exit?'

'Don't worry! 5 mins till qualifying, so go ahead.' Christian Horner says and Kate gives Max a fist bump who is waiting in his car. 'Good luck Max.' She tells him. 'You to Kate.' Kate meets Mike and talks with him for a couple of seconds. Mike gives her earplugs and Kate leaves the Garage. She turns right passing McLaren and Lando's car is ready to enter the pit lane.

He waves at her and Kate waves back. Kate checks her watch, 3 minutes remaining. Kate has to hurry, the cars are getting ready to enter the pit lane. Kate passes more garages and after 1 minute of hurrying. She hears cars leaving their garages. For a line up at the pit exit.

Kate makes it to a safe spot. She grabs her phone from her pocket and waits for a sign from Redbull. One alfa Romeo passes and waits in front of the pit exit. This is going to be very noisy... more cars lined up.

Then a Ferrari lines up beside her. Kate knows it's Charles and she didn't want to look awkward. So she turns her phone on and gets her camera ready. She makes a fast picture for a streak with Two cars, the Ferrari of Charles and a racing point behind. 30 seconds to go. 'Start filming.' She hears coming through. Kate films and after some seconds. The first two cars left.

The Ferrari and racing point left the pit lane and finally the red bulls showed up. Kate films Pierre driving by and Follows Max with her phone. Pierre is the first red bull who's leaving the pit lane. Kate films the rear of the cars and Pierre enters the track and after 20 seconds Max enters the track as well.

Kate stops recording when she lost sight of Max. She rewatches the clip and it looks like a documentary clip. Kate finishes her streak. Streaks! #Qualification Kate saves the streak and walks back to the Redbull garage.

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Max qualifies P2 and Charles P3, the silver arrows P1 and P2. Kate hears cheering from The grandstands. The race is nearby and Kate knows it's gonna be exciting.