THREE

"What are you doing here?"

Farah Becker questioned as she stood inside her apartment, the front door wide open since somebody had knocked on the door and she had opened it.

"I wanted to see you."

Sebastian Vettel spoke sadly, staring at her with a pained look since he had never expected her to be so different.

"And I know, it's bad that I waited to see where you lived, but I wanted to check that you were okay." Sebastian spoke rushed, his words coming out slurred slightly. "You looked terrified when you saw me. In your eyes. Are you okay? Are you doing okay? You know, mentally?"

Farah raised one of her eyebrows as she stared at her ex boyfriend, seeing him trying to pry on what was wrong with her.

He didn't mean any harm, she knew that. But she knew that she certainly wouldn't explain it to him because he would give her sympathy and pity.

It would also make the frequent nightmares all the more frequent.

"Hmm, I'm fine." Farah nodded her head up and down, leaning her bodyweight against her doorframe so that he couldn't peek in to her apartment.

She didn't want him to see the mess that she had made when she had a flashback and thrown a lot of her belongings across the room.

Sebastian slowly lifted his head to bring it down once, not believing a word that she was saying. They not had seen each other in a very long time, but he could still tell when she was lying.

Her nose always twitched whenever she lied.

And it had twitched.

"Okay, well can I give you my number in case you want to talk about it?" Sebastian waited patiently for her response, because he knew that he couldn't just burst back in to her life, so he opted to let her come to him if she wanted to discuss what she was struggling with.

"No." Farah shook her head from side to side, seeing the man's face fall. "If I wanna talk, I'll find you."

"How do I know that you will?" Sebastian questioned.

"It's quite easy to find a Formula One driver with the last name Vettel."

Farah took a step back, starting to close the door to her apartment, knowing that the man in front of her would not force her to speak to him.

The Vettel man gave her a gentle smile as he too took a step back, getting the message from her that she didn't want to talk right now. It was expected.

He knew that he couldn't waltz back in to her life and make everything better. He didn't want to do that. He wanted to be by her side whilst she made everything better for herself.

One thing was for sure.

He had never stopped loving her.

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"Why do I have a bodyguard?"

"Because you're rich as fuck and people might want to kidnap you and ask for a ransom."

Farah Becker rolled her eyes in annoyance at the new person that she had been assigned to protecting.

As bad as it sounded, she really hoped that she didn't have to do any running whilst she was protecting him, due to the sharp stabbing pain that had been a constant feeling in her leg all day.

She was barely managing to walk okay, so she didn't want to have to run and risk hindering her health any more than it already had been.

"Oh. Well uh- can my bodyguard get a coffee with me?"

A brown haired boy spoke cautiously, since he was able to notice how cold her demeanour was, and how cold she acted, which was, if he was being honest, a little scary.

"No."

"O-oh."

"Your bodyguard will get a double espresso if you're paying." Farah smirked at the young boy, seeing how his face lit up at the words that left her lips.

"Okay you're cool. I like you now." The boy gave her a dopey smile before slowly walking towards a coffee shop.

He took it slow in walking. He had tried not to make it seem obvious that he was doing it deliberately, but he had noticed the very slight limp that she was walking with.

She was trying to hide it, but he could see it.

He didn't want her to strain herself too hard, but he had figured that she had done that previously since she seemed to be battling through it.

He had no idea.

Farah had noticed the boys slow pace in walking, soon figuring out that he was doing it so that she wouldn't injure herself more and whilst it was a sweet gesture, it was still pity that was unwanted.

"Should have liked me before." Farah's cold voice spoke, making shivers run down the boys spine as Dread and fear once again filled his body.

"I-I uh, I did! I do!" The boy spoke in a panic and high pitched tone, making a small chuckle leave her throat, causing her to lift one of her hands to pat the boy on the shoulder.

"For somebody who drives fast cars around a track, you seem to get scared of German women easily."

The Becker woman raised an eyebrow at the boy, seeing a small dusting of pink coating his features as he became embarrassed.

"German women are scary." The boy muttered quietly, his head staring straight at the ground.

"You know who some people can get scared of?" The woman spoke, causing the boy to shake his head from side to side in confusion. "A Monégasque person who is called French."

The boy released a loud gasp, a grin lighting up his face as he began to point enthusiastically at the woman in front of him.

"Yes! We are a whole different country! M-my brother, he calls himself French but I hate it when people call me it."

"Let the French have him then." Farah coughed out, hearing the boys laughter from beside her as he began to loosen up and become less scared of her. "A Monégasque who is not proud to be Monégasque, does not deserve the title of one."

"You are not as bad as I thought." The boy smiled at her, surprised to see the ends of her lips twitch up in to a small smile. "If I win my race this weekend, it will be because of you."

"No, it'll be because you're in a Ferrari."

Charles Leclerc shook his head from side to side as he grinned happily at the woman, the brown of his eyes sparkling with happiness.

"But you would have been the one to get me there."

"Oh shut up, Frenchie."

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A/N

Its a short one but here we go, we're back

What do you think?

Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this short 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