Reviewing priorities - Sebastian Vettel

21. Meeting the fam

The plane had become its descent to Frankfurt and Valeria's nerves had just popped up again. She kept her eyes closed, as the plane touched down and started to brake. Once the engine noise had stopped and the captain had welcomed them to Germany, Valeria finally opened her eyes again. She didn't mind flying, she hated the landing though, since she had had a few bad ones throughout the years.

'danke schön' she told the flight attendants, as she got off. She followed the crowd of people, going through the different halls of the airport, her heart beating loudly. She couldn't hear anything but white noise, as she tried to concentrate on not fainting. Valeria didn't know why she felt that stressed, she had spoken to the Vettels before and they seemed like down to earth , nice, chilled out people. She spotted her red suitcase being put on the conveyor belt. She grabbed it and made her way to the exit. Seb had told her he would have waited for her in a certain car park. She guessed people of his fame don't just hang around the arrivals with a paper sign. She smiled at the border agents who were looking at her Ferrari luggage curiously and walked out. She spotted Seb standing next to a bright red Ferrari 458. He was wearing a plain shirt and some jean shorts, black cap and dark sunglasses and still looked at his most handsome. She walked quickly towards him, smiling.

'Willkommen in Deutschland' he said, as he gave her a sweet kiss.

'Danke schön. Always inconspicuous with your cars, hey?' she joked.

'Well, you said you wanted to drive a super car on the Autobhan' he shrugged, passing her the key.

'Are you being serious right now? Do you trust me with your car?'

'Nope, but I got good insurance. And I'll be in another car, just in case' he teased her, watching her smile. He had missed her so much in the past week, he couldn't believe he had only known her for over 6 months. Valeria sat in the driver's seat and watched Seb set the sat nav. It was only a 40 minute drive down to Heppenheim, where his family still lived, most of it being on the motorway, Valeria couldn't wait to get the car up to speed.

'Knowing my luck we'll be in standstill traffic until we get there' she joked.

'well, maybe this is not the only surprise of the week' Seb shrugged. 'And before you ask, I'm not telling you anything else'

'Dick' she joked, as she finally felt confident enough to start driving. The feeling and the noise made her shiver, a sensation she hadn't felt in a while that reminded her why she had loved racing when she was younger. As soon as she saw the infamous round white sign with the black line across it, she pressed harder on the accelerator.

'This is fucking great' is all she managed to say. Seb let out a soft chuckle.

'I'm glad you're enjoying it. It's great to see people's faces when you overtake them, especially once they see me' he told her. 'you might wanna move to the right lane. We're coming off at the next one'

Valeria huffed. She was enjoying the Autobahn a bit too much. 'stupid peasant roads with peasant speed limits. She's struggling' she joked, patting the Ferrari dashboard. Seb shook his head, miserably failing to look unimpressed.

Valeria parked the car in the garage Sebastian had just opened remotely. 'you don't have to worry about meeting anyone until tomorrow. I have stuff for dinner. We can just watch a movie and chill' he told her.

'Sounds good to me.' She replied, getting out of the car. 'by the way... I don't care how much these cost, I'm buying myself one of these.' She pointed at the car.

'you can borrow mine, if you promise me you won't crash'

'Are you worried about me or the car?'