All of Me (Sebastian Vettel)

18. Not His Usual Type

Joel placed a can of Diet Coke on the table in front of Sienna. He handed Alyssa a cup of tea and sank down onto the wooden dining chair next to his youngest sister.

"I can't believe this," he said, for what seemed like the hundredth time. "It's so good to all be back in the same room. Alyssa was such a little squirt then, still a short arse now mind you."

Alyssa picked a piece of popcorn up from the bowl in the centre of the table and threw it at her brother. It bounced off of his forehead and fell to the floor.

"Oh you want to play it that way do you kiddo?" He grabbed a handful and shoved it down the back of her top. Sienna roared with laughter. She had missed this so much. She'd missed out on so much of their childhood, still the important thing was that they'd found their way back to each other again.

"I don't know what you're laughing at Sisi," Joel said, throwing a handful at her.

"Right, this is war!" Sienna declared. Things quickly escalated from there and soon the dining room was covered in popcorn.  All three siblings were laughing heartily.

"Oh I've missed you both so much," Sienna said, pulling some popcorn out of her long blonde hair. "It was fate that Seb recognised you that day in Barcelona Joel."

"I'll be honest with you, I don't know whether I wanted him to or not. Part of me was hoping he wouldn't I guess. I was rather angry with him, I still believed you and him had abandoned us. I was hating myself and was angry at the world. Now, I can't remember ever being this happy. I think maybe subconsciously I did want him to recognise me."

"Don't get me wrong. I've had a happy life with Seb, and with the girls, but there's always been something missing," Sienna told them. "And now I feel complete. I must admit when I was on the phone to Seb earlier, when he said he couldn't see the girls today, I thought he'd found another woman. I mean I want him to be happy, but I just don't want the girls to end up with an evil stepmother. I was so relieved when you took the phone off of him Alyssa."

"Seb would always put the kids first," Joel said. "That's why he just has Tanya when he feels the need for some...well, you know."

"Tanya?" Sienna said, confused.

"His friend with benefits," Alyssa answered, feeling more than a little jealous. "I have no  idea who she is but I believe she's from the team. He told me it's just race weekends, or he goes to her place if it's not."

"Why do you two know more about Seb's sex life than me? Tanya, who is she Joel? What does she look like?"

"Tanya is one of the team hostesses. She looks after all the important visitors and bigwigs. She's about your age Alyssa. Tall, blonde, skinny, flat chested, Seb's usual type according to Antti. No offence intended Sisi."

Sienna laughed. It was true. Joel could have been describing her or the other two friends with benefits Seb had had since the divorce. He'd told her about them, but she'd not heard a word about this Tanya.

Alyssa fell quiet.  Seb had a usual type?  And from the sound of things it was the complete opposite of her.  She was a short, curvy, brunette with big boobs.  Had he just been messing with her? She knew he wouldn't have been doing it to be mean, he wasn't that type of person. He'd probably just been wanting to make her feel better about herself, for her to feel desirable. 

She felt embarrassed as she remembered how she'd told him to kiss her.  It was a good job they'd been interrupted.

"You alright Alyssa ?" Joel asked, noticing her silence. 

"Yeah, I'm just tired.  It's been an emotional couple of days."

"It certainly has," Sienna said.  "And it's not over yet."  Alyssa looked at her questioningly. "The girls. They're going to be over the moon. I've told them all about their Aunt Alyssa."