ONE

"She's beautiful."

Luiz Pele Cohen muttered quietly underneath his breath as he held his newborn daughter in his arms, his eyes glistening with crystal clear tears which fell down his cheeks like a waterfall, his smile as large as a Cheshire cat, beaming.

"Did you two ever agree on what to name her?"

Kimi Raikonnen spoke for the first time since he had driven Luiz to the hospital for the birth of the child, his eyes icy blue yet somehow also struggling to hold back his own tears.

"I wanted to name her Andrea, after my father."

Sara Santos breathed out softly, her body exhausted from the childbirth, her forehead lined with sweat, her lips twitched up as she watched her boyfriend hold his daughter for the very first time.

"And I wanted to call her Larissa, after my mother. She would've loved to see this moment." Luiz smiled down at the child that was his, a pang of sadness hitting him at the thought of not being able to share this moment with his mother, the woman who had sacrificed everything for him, the woman who had birthed him and loved him.

"Do I have a say?" Kimi questioned cautiously.

"Yes."

"No."

The new parents spoke in unison, their eyes shooting to one another at their contradictory answers to the Finnish man.

"I prefer the name Larissa." Kimi spoke up anyway, not bothered at how the Santos woman had not wanted his input.

"So do I!"

Michael Schumacher shouted as he ran towards their hospital room, having rushed as quickly as he could to the hospital, since he had recieved only a two word rushed message from his friend which had alerted him to the birth happening.

Baby. Now.

"Fine. Name her Larissa, whatever." Sara Santos shrugged her shoulders before turning her head away, her eyes not daring to look at any of them, not even her newborn daughter who had begun to cry.

"I already know her middle name." Luiz grinned proudly, his eyes never leaving his daughter, who he could already tell was to be the greatest person in the world and the most successful.

She was going to achieve great things, he knew that.

"Andrea?"

"Nope. Kimi."

"Huh? What?"

Kimi Raikonnen choked on air as the oxygen left his lungs, watching in confusion as his best friend finally lifted his gaze up to meet his own, his bright and signature grin evident upon his face.

"You helped me get here to see her birth, and stayed to comfort us both, there's no greater joy than giving her your name to be her middle name." Luiz smiled, his eyes full of gratitude and love for his best friends, the both of them.

"I would've gotten you here quicker but little Mick kept needing his nappy changed every time I tried to leave." Michael laughed lightly, happy for the Raikonnen man, since he knew that he deserved the honor.

He would take the role of Uncle, instead.

Uncle Micky, he liked the sound of that.

"But Kimi told a police officer to fuck off, you wouldn't have done that." Luiz laughed, blowing small raspberries since his newborn daughter seemed to stop crying at the sound.

"No... you're right." The Schumacher man laughed loudly, lifting his hand up to slap the back of the man beside him, hearing a small sound leave the Finnish man's lips as a result.

Sara Santos watched the trio laugh and joke with one another with an unreadable expression upon her exhausted face, her eyes barely ever falling on to that of her daughter.

She had been excited to have a daughter whilst she had been pregnant, but now, the immediate joy had passed and she was left feeling as if something was wrong.

What if she failed her child?

She didn't know how to be motherly, since her own mother had vanished years ago, so she had no example as to what she should do and what was supposed to happen.

How did she breastfeed? How did she bottle feed? How did she change diapers?

How did she cope with a child that she didn't feel motherly for? She wouldn't quite call it regret for having a child that she felt, but it wasn't far off, because she just couldn't feel the love that she expected herself to feel.

What was wrong with her?

The new mother only watched with a blank stare upon her face as her boyfriend and his friends played with the newborn, their laughter ringing in her ears.

What was wrong with her?

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"It's only got three legs!"

"You try then! It's not easy!"

"Just shut up and concentrate!"

The trio that was Luiz Cohen, Michael Schumacher and Kimi Räikkönen simultaneously screamed at one another as they attempted to put together a cot big enough for the ever growing child who seemed to be giggling at their behavior.

She was just a few months old, but she already seemed to love the chaos that they naturally brought with them wherever they were.

The three racing drivers battled for hours to attempt to put the cot together, their insults yelled at one another never bothering the baby who would clap her hands together if she wanted to hear more of it.

She seemed to find it hilarious, and even though it had been nap time for her, she had been enjoying the chaos that her father and his friends had brought to had been able to sleep.

"Papa."

The smallest of voices spoke, the quietness in the room suddenly becoming deafening as they all shot their bodies around like tornadoes to face the child, her hands outstretched towards her father, a shit eating grin on her adorable face.

"She said my name."

Luiz Cohen gasped, his smile so big and bright that it was actually painful, but it was so worth it for what he had heard, he knew that.

"That's total bullshit. She should have said my name, but now she's cursed to forever be an idiot like her father."

Michael Schumacher laughed as he spoke, his grin too bright and cheerful, his hands outstretched towards his niece in an attempt to manipulate the child to move over to him.

Her hands and knees began to move as she headed towards the trio, each of them eagerly anticipating as to who she would go to, but found themselves in shock when she sat in front of her three legged cot, her head tilted as she examined it.

Luiz placed his head in to his large hands with a groan as his daughter crawled her way in to the three legged cot, nestling herself in to a ball like a cat before she began to fall asleep.

"My child is doomed, meu deus."

"Like father, like daughter."

"Kimi, shut the fuck up!"

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A/N

Sorry about the wait, I had been doing this but then got 3rd degree burns on both my hands yesterday, so it's taken me a few hours to do the last finishing touches on this

What do you think?

Anyway, I hope that you all enjoy this introduction chapter and I'll see you all soon for the next one,

I'm so proud of all of you, my loves

Love you all,

-RUBY 🇵🇸🇸🇸🇨🇩🇸🇩