NINE

TRIGGER WARNING: MENTION OF ZAK BROWN

"I have never seen somebody be thrown around like a rag doll as much as I have right now."

Lewis Hamilton laughed with a bright smile upon his glowing face, his dark brown irises sparkling with joy and amusement at the sight before him.

"I know! Isn't it amazing?"

Daniel Ricciardo grinned playfully as he watched his team mate being lifted and thrown around in the air by a tall man called Abu.

"Be careful with Lando, darling! I don't want to explain to his mother that he ended up in a coma because you both made a stupid deal!"

Precious Anderson gasped every single time that Lando was thrown up in to the air, her hand covering her mouth as she hoped and prayed that the young boy would be okay and not injured or unwell at all, since she cared for the young man.

She had also noticed a couple of longing stares from the Brit aimed towards her daughter, so that was another reason why she didn't want to sweep his broken body from off her kitchen floor.

High pitch laughs, giggles, and wheezes sounded as Lando Norris enjoyed being thrown up in to the air, also enjoying that he would always be caught in the large and very safe arms of Abu Kamara, who other drivers had begun to nickname the BFG due to how friendly he was to every single driver.

He had even caught the Iceman by surprise by dropping to his knees and kissing his shoes because of how much he loved him, pure joy at having met the icon of Kimi Räikkönen evident.

"He wanted to help me work out, and I needed a training weight! It was a win-win!"

Abu Kamara grinned as he continued in his exercise, throwing the Norris boy up in to the air before catching him as he moved his body in to a squat.

The sound of heels clicking caused all living organisms within the kitchen to halt, their bodies freezing as if they were statues, Lando Norris being just a mere half a second away from being thrown up again which meant that he wasn't completely in safe hands.

At the moment, it was more at fifty percent.

"What the fuck is happening? Has Lando become a Flyer, or am I hallucinating?"

Makena Kamara-Anderson stared dumbfounded at her family and Lando, her eyes wide in alert and slight concern, her eyebrows furrowed together tightly, since she had only just come out of the shower only to see a very weird yet strangely normal sight in her kitchen.

"Mak, your dad is a beast! He can lift like ten of me!"

Lando Norris grinned, waving slightly at the woman who was his best friend, seeing her awkwardly lift her hand up in order to wave back.

"You're not exactly heavy to lift, Lando... I can do it in heels." Makena chuckled softly to herself, moving her body to stand in between her two older brothers, both of which wrapped their arms around her shoulders. "Oh, and I may or may not have stolen your hoodie. It's comfy, so you're never getting it back."

Lewis and Daniel shared an amused smile, a knowing look in their eyes.

"Yeah, he's lifted the both of us with ease, so obviously, Mak gets it from him." Lewis nodded his head up and down a couple of times as he agreed with the woman's statement.

"Whereas she gets her brains, humor, and looks from me." Precious shot her husband a teasing wink, seeing him pulling a face of disagreement, a soft chuckle leaving her soft pink lips.

"And she only got her muscles from me? Nope! I am NOT having that!"

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"Well, hello."

Sebastian Vettel smiled as he walked alongside that of Makena Kamara-Anderson, with the pair of them having once again met at the gates of the paddock so that they could arrive together.

"Hey, Seb! Are we having lunch together today?"

Makena questioned with intrigue as she entered the paddock on media day, knowing that they were all going to be super busy, not only answering questions but trying to avoid them too.

"Unfortunately, I've got a meeting, but I bought you some lunch so that you don't forget to eat, and you've been given permission to hide in my trailer if you need to get away from your bosses for... any reason." The Vettel man spoke with a pained smile upon his pale face, his blue eyes sparkling in the sunlight.

Makena smiled as the German man lightly ruffled her hair before having to run off, his hand outstretched in a wave, his voice echoing a shout of good luck before he had completely vanished.

She was actually quite surprised by just how many drivers were aware of how she was being treated at Mclaren, with just less than half of them offering their trailers to her so that she could hide from them.

A couple of ex drivers who were now reporters had even offered their support, which had taken her by surprise.

She didn't want to explain to Lewis that whilst his ex team mate was offering her advice and his support, that all she could think about was getting his autograph for her father, since she knew that it was still a sore subject for the pair.

She was very grateful for everybody's support, of course she was, but she did also want Nico Rosberg's autograph.

"How's my favorite Mclaren employees?" She spoke with a large grin upon her face, walking past her boss and the team principal in order to reach her best friends, both of which were already sitting ready for their questions for the social media page.

Daniel Ricciardo held his hand out for a fistbump to his sister from another mister, his signature smile growing as soon as she returned it, bumping her own fist with his.

The young woman leamt forwards to wrap her arms around Lando for a small hug, his arms immediately wrapping around her small frame, his heart beating rapidly as he did so from their proximity.

"We're so ready to get out of here, and we only got here about three minutes ago." Lando chuckled, wrinkles forming around his eyes as he did so, his irises solely concentrated on his best friend as she sat opposite him trying to set up the camera.

"They're good, since they are on time... where were you?"

Zak Brown questioned as he stood beside her, his tall frame casting a shadow over her body as she stayed sat down, refusing to look at him, barely acknowledging that he was there.

"At a job interview to join the SkySports F1 team. They were very impressed, just saying." Makena spoke with ease, lightly flicking her hair over her shoulder as she still refused to look at him, refusing to give him the satisfaction that he clearly so desperately wanted.

The faces of Lando and Daniel filled with shock and surprise, having not known that she was going to be applying for that role, though the way that their faces filled with pure joy filled smiles showed to her that they were very happy for her.

She just hoped that she would end up getting the job.

Otherwise she knew very well that she was fired.

She would be completely done for.

A/N

I am so sorry for how long this took, I prioritised other books over this and then forgot, but this is the next one I'm working on completing so look forward to more chapters in the next few weeks,

What do you think?

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 🇵🇸🇨🇩🇸🇸🇺🇦🇸🇩🇾🇪🇱🇧