PROLOGUE

Bisan Kanaan was known as the friend and best friends of quite a few Formula One drivers.

She was always shy when with people, whether she knew them or not, and even her best friend that she had known for a long time knew that she would always be the introverted friend amongst the friend group.

When Bisan met Oscar Piastri, she felt seen for once in her life.

She felt as if somebody else knew how she felt, not speaking unless she wanted to, not interrupting people's conversations, just sitting there quietly as the conversations flowed around her, listening yet also immersed in her own world in her head.

It was how she liked it.

Oscar understood her like nobody else did, and so it was only natural that the pair would want to spend to a lot of time together, bonding over their shared awkwardness.

They were friends and they were always going to be friends so when the air changed amidst them and they found themselves wanting to change that, the pair both individually panicked, too scared to act and allow their feelings to develop and be shared.

It was then and only then, that they needed the others, the extroverted friends who were not afraid to tell the truth, to give them the reality check that they both needed.

That way, they could tell each other that they loved them.