Forever and always

Chapter fifty-seven

Olivia's pov:
November 2022

Last race of the season, Abu Dhabi. I still can't get my head around what happened at this exact place last year, Max won his first ever formula one championship, all the butterflies in my stomach and everything felt so crazy.
This year is more chilled, everything is settled. Max is world champion and Red Bull had secured their constructors championship. What a perfect year for my brother and his team, I'm so happy for them.

Today was already Saturday and almost time for qualifying. The third practice earlier went alright, but for Charles we would have hoped for a better result..

I had just walked around the paddock with Isa since the boys are busy as usual before qualifying. But we were returning back to the Ferrari hospitality now. "So Isa, only a month from this day huh?" I asked and smiled. "Oh yes, I'm so stressed Oli" she laughed a bit. Her and Carlos' wedding is taking place in only a month. They are having a winter wedding which will be so beautiful. "I know, thankfully the season ends today and then you'll have Carlos all focused on the wedding" I smiled. "Yeah I could really use that!. How is the wedding planning going for you and Charles?" She asked.

"Oh please don't talk about it. He cares so much for this wedding it's adorable. But with him working all the time I can't do it, it's stressing me out" I answered. "I understand, I know he only wants you to have the perfect wedding. But inside all his focus must be on racing, if he likes to admit it or not" she said.. "exactly, so yeah to answer your question we haven't decided on much yet.. but we will over winter break" I smiled, and then we stepped inside the building. "That's great, I'm sure whatever you're gonna come up with will be fantastic," she smiled. "Yeah I think so too, thanks"..

We talked with the boys quickly before qualifying, and wished them good luck. Then Isa and I went to the back of the garage with our big Ferrari headphones on, and then we were ready for it to start.

The first ones to go out were Pierre, Mick and Seb. And after a few minutes both ferrari's rolled out.. It all went really well, and of course they were onto Q2. And so was Max!.. It was Kevin, Pierre, Valtteri, Alex and Nicholas who were eliminated from Q1.

After a successful Q2, the last session could begin. The most important one. It was really close between Charles and Carlos, so it was really interesting, which of the two Ferrari drivers that would beat the other one in the end. In the end it was Charles who beat Carlos, but it was seriously close between them. - Max grabbed pole which wasn't surprising, Checo got p2 and the ferrari drivers shared second startrow with Charles in p3 and Carlos in p4.

Isa and I waited at the garage for Charles and Carlos to arrive after they had finished a few interviews, it didn't take long before they walked towards us. "Hey! congrats with p3" I said and gave Charles a big hug, followed by a kiss on his cheek. "Thanks love," he smiled. "Yeah, congrats Charles" Isa said and hugged him. I also congratulated Carlos with p4.

When Charles was done with everything for today, we walked through the paddock and out to the car and drove back to the hotel. When we got back to the hotel we changed into comfortable clothes and ordered some room service, since it was getting late and we hadn't eaten dinner yet.

"Wanna look at some wedding stuff?" Charles asked and yawned a little, obviously he was really tired after both practice and qualifying. "Not now Charles, you need rest" I smiled as I was cleaning up our room after we had eaten our delicious dinner. "Sure, but I really do wanna plan our wedding" he answered and stood up from the couch. "I know you do, but you're not hundred percent focused at the moment, so go finish this season and then we can plan it.. there's no need to hurry, we have our whole life together in front of us" I smiled and walked closer to him. "Maybe you're right, I just wanna make sure this wedding is everything you ever dreamed of. I wanna give you everything you want!" He said and also walked closer to me. "It will be everything I dreamed about, as long as I have you" I said and pulled him closer in a tight hug. "You're too sweet, love.." he said and pulled me even closer in a kiss. "I'm just speaking the truth" I smiled and so did he.
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