FIFTY FOUR

Charles Leclerc was running.

His feet were pounding on the asphalt as he ran as fast as he possibly could, heavy breaths exiting his lips, eyes wide in both fear and anticipation.

His heart was pounding rapidly in his chest, beating so hard that he genuinely thought that it could burst out of his chest at any moment. His lips were dry as was his throat since he had no idea if he was going to get what he wanted deep within his heart.

His friend, Pierre, watched as he ran past him in a hurry, raising one of his eyebrows in confusion until he noticed where it was that the Monégasque was going, his face twisting in to a satisfied smirk.

The Leclerc boy was frantic as he entered the garage that he needed to be in, his eyes searching all of his surroundings to find the face that he needed to see.

His eyes locked with the brown eyes of the team principal of the garage, making his body fill with even more fear since he was terrified that he was going to be told that he couldn't be in their garage.

Instead, the tall Austrian man motioned his head towards a driver trailer that was for his newest driver, giving the boy a small nod of his head before walking away to go back to his office, placing his phone back in his pocket after seeing the text message that he had recieved from the trainer of the driver that the boy was looking for.

Charles didn't hesitate to run in to the trailer, incredibly grateful that it was unlocked and open, and found two figures curled up beside one another tightly.

One of the figures was running their fingers through the others hair, but upon glancing up and seeing the Ferrari driver, pulled away and stood to his feet.

"I'll leave the both of you to it."

Lewis Hamilton spoke gently, a small smile on his face as he stared at his sister, leaning down briefly to press a soft kiss to her temple.

As he left, he raised one of his eyebrows at the Leclerc boy and gave him a look which was full of a seriousness.

"Don't mess it up."

Charles nodded his head up and down multiple times in quick succession, almost making himself go dizzy from the gesture.

Once the Hamilton man had left the trailer, he rushed forwards and collapsed on to his knees, grabbing the others hands to hold them with his own, squeezing them tightly.

Larissa Cohen slowly lifted her teary eyes to meet the chocolate brown of the Monégasque, seeing him giving her a gentle smile which was full of an emotion that she did now understand.

"Charlie, I-"

Charles shook his head from side to side, gently lifting one of his hands so that he could press his finger to her soft lips for a moment, seeing her nod her head once in understanding.

"I'm sorry." Charles uttered, wondering how to start what it was that he wanted to say.

Larissa immediately furrowed her eyebrows together, attempting to open her mouth to question him but stopped when he once again shook his head.

"I'm sorry that I didn't understand." Charles spoke, using his hand to cup her soft, tear stained cheek. "I'm sorry that I didn't get what you were trying to tell me. I'm sorry that I walked away from you when I should have stayed and let you speak."

"I'm not going anywhere, ma princesse. I don't want to go anywhere, except wherever you are. I know that you have nightmares, and I want to be there every single time that you have them so that I can comfort you. I want to be the first person that you think of when you wake up, the last person that you think of when you fall asleep and I want to be the one to wake up beside you. I want to help you when you have bad days, and I want to be with you when you have good days. I want to grow old with you and be put in a care home with you. I want to be with you and by your side for the rest of our lives. I am so hopelessly in love with you that I can't imagine my life without you in it and I want to be able to call you my girlfriend, if you'll have me that is?"

Charles breathed out once he finished speaking, cheeks bright red from both the lack the oxygen and a blush that had coated his features as soon as he took note of the woman's gaze on him.

The two of them stayed still in their spots for a couple of minutes, silence filling the room whilst he used both of his hands to wipe the tears from the dark brown eyes of the Cohen girl.

His thumb gently brushed over her soft lips as he waited for her to respond, since he was determined that he was not going to run away this time.

"I think that I can put up with you for a while, so why not?"

Larissa Kimi Cohen let a smirk form on her lips, before it turned in to a smile as she watched the relief flood his face. Her hands gently clasped around the back of his neck as she pulled him closer to her body until their chests were flat against one another, their lips meeting softly.

The two of them smiled against each others lips, butterflies erupting inside the stomachs of them both, goosebumps covering every inch of their skin except for where their skin had made contact and were touching one another.

Their heartbeats were exactly the same, beating in perfect sync almost as if they were made to be together, pressed against one another, their bodies melting in to one another as if they each were the missing piece to the others jigsaw puzzle.

They were the perfect fit for one another.

The Brazilian briefly pulled back from the loving kiss and embrace that she was recieving, breathing heavily, right hand placed on to the area of Charles' chest right where his heart was, being able to feel his rapid heartbeat against her fingers.

She opened her eyes slowly, seeing that the Ferrari driver was already staring at her in concern, worried that she was now going to reject him.

Their eyes met as she lifted one of her hands to brush over his face, softly grazing over his eyebrows, nose, cheeks, jaw and lips.

"By the way, I love you too, curaçao."

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"My niece and my team mate..."

Sebastian Vettel chuckled lightly as he took note of how both his team mate and his niece were stood in front of him, their hands clasped together tightly.

"I promise to look after her, sir."

Charles Leclerc spoke as he stood as straight as he possibly could, since he was worried that his new team mate would not be very pleased that he was now officially dating the man's niece.

"I know you will." The Vettel man nodded his head up and down, before he used one of his hands to lightly nudge the cheek of his niece, seeing her immediately squirm away from him with a childish grin on her face.

"I wish that I could say that I was surprised, but I've known for ages that I'd be seeing this soon enough." The German man grinned, eyes sparkling brightly. "Mick owes Gina and I twenty euros."

"Twenty euros? Wait, you were betting on me?"

"Why wouldn't we? We were guaranteed to win." Sebastian wiggled his eyebrows up and down teasingly at his niece, seeing her shocked face flush with a large smile.

"Wait- so you're not going to give me the whole 'if you harm her, I kill you' talk?" Charles questioned with his eyebrows furrowed together in confusion, having expected a completely different reaction from his team mate.

"No, of course not." Sebastian waited until the boy breathed a deep sigh of relief before he spoke up again. "I'll save that for Kimi and Fernando."

The eyes of the Leclerc boy widened immediately, fear flooding his body in a tidal wave effect, making his skin become sickly pale.

"Oh shit."

"Zahra will be delighted. As will Pierre and Anthoine." Sebastian smirked at the two of them, seeing them glance at each other from the corner of their eyes. "Esteban and Daniel too. But do you know who wouldn't be?"

Larissa was already ten steps ahead of her Uncle, a loud laugh erupting out of her mouth so hard that she was forced to crouch down on the asphalt  to avoid losing her balance.

"Sara and André."

The Vettel man immediately nodded his head up and down frantically, a large smug grin plastered all over his face which only seemed to grow the more that he thought about it.

When Larissa's mother and grandfather both found out about her dating Charles, he knew that it would be amazing to see their faces, knowing that they would not be best pleased.

Mainly because, André Santos wanted to be the one to give a man permission to date his granddaughter, which was amusing especially considering that he had been the one to kill the man who actually had that right.

Sara on the other hand would feel like she was being left out of her daughters life, which was exactly what she deserved. He knew that his nieces mother didn't deserve to be in her life, especially since she had helped cover up the tracks of her husbands killer.

"I don't care what they think." Charles spoke with confidence in his tone, holding his new girlfriend at her waist, gently rubbing circles on her back.

Sebastian and Larissa glanced at each other and smirked at the words that left his lips, with Larissa leaning over to kiss her new boyfriends cheek.

"Has it happened yet?"

Charles' body jolted in surprise as he heard a voice behind him, a small panicked scream leaving his lips whilst he pulled the Cohen girl towards him instinctively in case that there was danger around.

"He wants your approval." Sebastian smirked at the men standing behind the boyfriend of his niece, and laughed in happiness.

"He does?"

Fernando Alonso questioned with a smug smirk, arms crossed in front of his chest in an attempt to seem scary.

"Uh, yes I do, sir." Charles flushed red with embarrassment and fear, wondering if Larissa's uncles were going to disapprove.

"You've got it." The face of the Alonso man lit up in to a bright smile as he reached towards the Leclerc boy, patting him on the shoulder rather roughly.

"I'm still thinking."

Kimi Raikonnen spoke in his usual tone, arms also crossed in front of his chest as he towered over the Monégasque boy who almost seemed to be shaking in nerves at being so close to the Iceman.

Larissa took a step back to stand beside her uncle Sebby and curled in to his side as he wrapped his arm around her whilst the two of them watched the scene unfold in front of them.

She knew that her uncle Kimi was fine with it, as he would always support her and anything that she decided to do, but it was very funny to watch Charles cowering in fear, terrified that he would not get his blessing.

"I promise to take of her the best that I possibly can, sir."

Larissa and Sebastian were forced to turn their bodies around to hide their laughter, since the both of them loved how the nervous boy was repeatedly calling each of her Uncles sir.

The uncle and niece duo clutched on to each others arms as they silently wheezed, eyes squeezed shut whilst leaning against one another though they did struggle to stay on their feet.

Charles breathed another sigh of relief as he noticed the demeanour of the Raikonnen man change, his composure crumbling as he chuckled, patting the boy on the top of his head.

"I trust you to." Kimi nodded his head, a rare smile on his face which for once wasn't aimed at his niece but in fact, her boyfriend.

The newest Ferrari driver turned his body around to smile at his girlfriend, frowning when he noticed that she almost seemed to be dying from her laughter.

"Hey! You knew that he was messing with me!"

The Cohen girl ran up to her boyfriend to wrap her arms around him in a loving hug, feeling him immediately melt in to her arms.

"It's uncle Kimi, I know him better than anybody!"

Charles could only watch on in disbelief and awe as Larissa Kimi Cohen and Kimi Raikonnen fist bumped one another, chuckles forcing out of his lips at the realisation that the girl was now his girlfriend.

"You are unbelievable."

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A/N

I hope this is okay, as I just went with whatever came to mind which means it's....

SPONTANEOUS PIECE OF SHIT TIME AND ✨️RUBY'S MIND VIBES✨️

What do you think?

I don't want this book to end but this is the last full season that we'll see as I'll show fast forwards, and an epilogue at the end so I really hope that when this does end that you will all like it and support my other books like you have done with this

Anyway, I hope that you all enjoy this 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