Anti-Stall

Rookie pact.

England

"A country club? Will we even be allowed in?" Erica asked me as she frowned at the road ahead.

 "Yeah, see! Here's the address Arthur sent me" I said showing her my phone.

"Periwinkle! I'm driving!" she yelled at me.

I couldn't help but laugh.

It was Wednesday, 3 days after I had had the whole conversation with Arthur. He told me that he was in England this week to catch up with a couple of his friends and wanted to have a little chat with me too. 

He texted me the address of the place he was going to be at and here I was, with Erica driving to fancy country club, where I'm pretty sure I wouldn't even be eligible for a membership.

The setting of the club was elegant and the weather was pleasant. Arthur was at the gate, waiting to receive us, an Uno reverse! I chuckled to Erica. 

"Good morning Natalie, glad you could make it." 

"Good morning Arthur, thanks for inviting us, This is Erica! She's basically my sister now!" I smiled.

Erica gave him a polite smile and shook his hand, the effect she had on people. Arthur was most definitely flattered, his pupils dilated and he seemed flustered.

"Me and a couple of my mates were just playing some golf, we're going for brunch now. Food and chinwag?" he asked. 

"Isn't that what we're here for?" I laughed. 

We walked to the restaurant inside the club. I couldn't help but observe the people, they had a different air to them, all wearing pretty clothes, behaved elegant an just looked expensive.

"Boys! Our guests are here." Arthur beamed at a table full of young men. 

All of their heads turned to us, why was I surprised? All of them were young Formula 1 drivers Tim had told me all about. He introduced us to all of them; Mick, Callum, Lando and Alex. 

Tim was not wrong at all, they were all colorful personalities. Brunch was really fun! All of them were really lively and funny, I lost track of time, after all I was surrounded by good food and great company.

"Arturitoooo! I'm going to playyyy golffffffff" A very happy Lando squealed. 

"Yeah, I'm going to supervise him." Callum said shaking his head.

"You think we're going to let one clown babysit another? I'm coming too." Mick chimed in.

 "Rookies, everyone knows I have the most experience, I'm joining them! Erica why don't you join us too?"Alex said.

 Erica accepted his invitation, Arthur and I were left alone at the table.

"Waaiiitttt! I know you. I recognize you. aren't you the girl who was creeping around our motorhomes in Melbourne? You scared me-" 

"That's enough bullcrap Lando let's go!" Callum interrupted him. 

Yikes, my face was turning red. I did not need to be reminded of that, I wanted the ground under me to split open and swallow me whole.

"Are you alright?" Arthur continued," Don't mind him, when he has too much of sugar he gets a sugar high. we don't call him the baby for no reason!" 

I let out a small giggle. "So getting back to this brunch, I am so so so sorry! I did not mean to accuse you of anything. You're right it was ignorant of me" I rambled on.

"No no no! Don't apologize! It was stupid of me to lash out at you from frustration about something else." He said.

"Frustration about what?" I blabbered. ah shit! Here we go again.