Forever and always

Chapter fifty-two

Olivia's pov:
August 2022

Charles's summer break was over and the formula one season was now back on, I had been working a lot the past few weeks so I could go with him to the first Grand Prix after the break. - We were in Belgium which has a special place in my heart, since I'm half Belgian. I agreed on watching the race on Sunday in the Red Bull garage to support my brother, at his almost home race. And then I will watch all three practices and qualifying at Ferrari to support Charles.

We arrived earlier today, today is Thursday so Charles has to go to the track today as well. Normally I don't go with him on Thursdays because there really isn't much to do these days, but he asked me if I wanted to go with him today, so of course I agreed.

We arrived at the spa-francorchamps track, where we as usual went to the ferrari hospitality to say hi and let people know Charles had arrived. Then he had a few things to do, so for the next couple of hours I'm all alone, which is fine. I said goodbye to Charles and then I walked to the big common room, where I grabbed my laptop and did some work in the meantime. I also got myself an iced coffee, so I was more than satisfied..

After a few hours Charles and Carlos walked towards me. "No mate, I won!" Charles said firmly. "In your dreams mate, you know I always win these things" Carlos laughed. "What are you two arguing about this time?" I asked as they had walked up to me. "Your boyfriend lost the C2 challenge, but he is sure he won!" Carlos said and rolled his eyes, with a smile on his face. "Oh god, I know how he gets, I'm sure you're right Carlos" I laughed. "Hey! I did actually win, " Charles said, while both Carlos and I laughed at him. "We'll see when the video comes out!" I answered. I then packed my laptop, then we said goodbye to Carlos who had to leave now, and we had to leave as well soon..

"Ready? I asked as we had got a beautiful white bouquet of flowers. "Yeah.." Charles said and nodded, I took his hand and then we walked together on the track, towards where Anthoine crashed in turn 4 back in 2019. We arrived and there were already a few bouquets laying there, it was really touching and emotional, I could really see the pain in Charles' eyes. "I miss you mate.." Charles said quietly but loud enough that I could hear it, then he laid the flowers down on the ground. I went to give him a little comforting hug. " I know it's been three years now but I miss him so much, love.." he said. "I know..But remember he will always be with you, same as Jules and your dad" I said and he smiled a bit. "Thanks for being here with me, I really wish you had gotten to meet my dad, Jules and Anthoine, they would have loved you" he smiled. "I would have loved to meet them" I said and smiled his way..

"My dad would have loved you like his own daughter, Jules would always laugh at your terrible jokes because your humor is the same, and Anthoine would make fun of me and say you're too good and beautiful for me but I know he won't really mean it" he said. "They really sound like amazing people, I'm sure I would love them as well" I said and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "I know you would, I love you," he said. "I love you too" I smiled.

After we had laid the flowers we quickly said Hi to Pierre who also had visited the place and had laid some flowers there, they had done this the past two years. They talked a bit about everything, before we headed home to the hotel, I was a bit tired since we had been traveling here today, plus being on track most of the day.

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Thursday and Friday went by fast. The first two practices was alright, both Max and Charles had good positions, so it looked really promising for today's qualifying.

"So there was something I was thinking about" I said and sat down on the bed after I had just finished getting ready, while Charles was getting dressed. "Yeah, what's on your mind, love?" he asked. "Should we maybe publish our engagement on insta? I mean it's pretty hard to hide my ring" I said, while letting out a little laugh. "Oh yeah we can absolutely do that, if you want to" he smiled. "I will, go finish get ready! I'll figure out what picture to choose" I smiled, he nodded and then went to give me a kiss on my forehead before walking into the bathroom to finish getting ready.