Lock Up ⏐Charles Leclerc

Chapter 37

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"Valentiiiiiiine Belleroooose!" Daniel cheered as soon as I entered the paddock, making almost everyone glance at our direction. Lando was standing beside him, hiding his smile behind his fist as Daniel made a move to do it again but I managed to cover his mouth with my hand.

"It's lovely to see you, but please don't do that again." I laughed and Daniel nodded so I removed my hand. "Aren't you guys supposed to be preparing for the race right now?"

"We're having a break so we're stealing you from Mercedes." Lando winked before linking my left arm with his while Daniel moved to my other side.

"Alright, I have nothing else to do anyway. Can we pass by your hospitality first? Elliana brought me some fish and chips from there before and they were divine." The two McLaren boys laughed before heading towards their motorhome. We passed Yuki and Pierre along the way who were doing a challenge for AlphaTauri's youtube channel. Daniel being Daniel, he knew we had to sabotage that challenge.

Which is why I found myself sitting in the middle of the four boys with a tablet in front of me. We've been trying out our reaction times and surprisingly, I'm not in last place.

A frown was on Lando's face as the interviewer read the current points and Pierre snickered beside me as the Brit pouted.

"If I lose, you're going to pay for all of my food during the next race weekend." He said, glaring at Daniel.

"What? Why me?"

"Because I wouldn't be losing if you didn't decide to hijack this challenge." Lando complained before grabbing the tablet. Daniel was about to speak up when Lando hit his face with one of the paper plates that were used earlier.

"I feel like I'm surrounded by eight year old kids." I whispered to Pierre as we watched Lando. He got a good reaction time which was faster than Daniel's, causing a grin to form on his face. This resulted to Daniel pushing his face away to the point where Lando almost fell to the floor.

"I should be insulted but you're not exactly lying." He said and I laughed.

It was my turn next and the boys were trying to distract me. "Nobody talk or else I'm posting drunk pictures of you online." That shut them up and I smirked as fear flashed through Daniel's face because he knew I got some very embarassing shots from his after party in Imola.

My grin matched Lando's when I got a reaction time close to his, meaning I beat Daniel. "No way." Yuki breathed out in amazement beside Daniel.

"McLaren, you know where to find me." I winked at the camera but ended up giving Daniel a comforting hug as he pouted and faked some tears.

After heading to the McLaren motorhome for the food they promised me, the boys bid me goodbye as they had to prepare for the race. I joined the McLaren garage this time since I wanted a change of environment from the Mercedes garage, not that I didn't enjoy Toto getting angry and breaking a few headphones because that could be classified as cinematic in the F1 industry.

I wished Lando and Daniel good luck before they headed to the grid and I put on my headphones. Luisa was in Monaco as well but she was watching the race from the Paddock Club along with her friends while Heidi couldn't make it because of work.

The rain was pouring which made it difficult since the free practice sessions and qualifying all had good weather conditions. This was just going to make the race more difficult since overtaking was already a challenge in Monaco. It'd have to be a miracle for a car not to spin out or kiss the wall.