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"I told her, I need a car with a fucking backseat! I'm not putting my child in the passenger seat! Are you insane?! Someone is getting fired! Fucking useless!" Kallie groaned, hanging up the phone and throwing it on the sofa. "Umama," Kami smiled, reaching out for her. The driver smiled warmly, bending down to pick up the girl. "I'm sorry, babygirl. I'm just frustrated." Kami just lays her head on Kallie's chest, patting her shoulder like she understood adult problems.

Her phone buzzed and she huffed, walking over to grab it from the sofa. She answered it after seeing the name, "what do you want? I'm busy right now."

"Open your door." The line went dead and she huffed, setting Kami down on the bed. She walked over to the door and pulled it open, faced with Lewis. "This really isn't a good time," she says, blocking the door so Kami wouldn't see him and start begging her to let him in. "I know, Kaylen told me. I have a car with a backseat, so we'll give you a ride. Just until you get your own baby approved car." He said.

She raised a brow, leaning against ths door frame, "am I supposed to give you something in return for this?"

He shrugs, "nah, it's just a favor from one friend to another. Unless you want to give me something, then I'm not complaining." She scoffs, a smile reaching her lips as she pulled the door open wider. "Lewis!" Kami squealed, reaching out to him. He grinned, walking in and picking her up, spinning the girl around as she giggled. "There's my girl! You look so cute in your little princess dress! You miss me?" She nods, setting both of her tiny hands on his face.

"I missed you, too. I'm sorry, I didn't say goodbye." He pressed a kiss to her cheek and she hugged him, finding comfort in his arms.

"I need to get changed, you mind watching her? She tried to swallow a marble last night so I'm super paranoid," Kallie rambled, digging into her suitcase for the outfit she planned to wear. "Yeah, I can watch her," he said, his voice laced with amusement because of the innocent face Kami wore when the marble was mentioned. "When you get some more teeth, you're gonna love bubble gum," he said.

Maybe half an hour later, Kallie came out of the bathroom all dressed up. She wore a tight brown dress and some heels, just to match with her daughter who also wore a cute brown princess dress. "We should've discussed outfits because now I look like I'm matching you," Lewis comments, looking down at his outfit that was brown. "Mka, should we change?" She asked, going over to her suitcase to find something else.

"No, no, it's fine. You look really..wow. Please, don't take that off." He rushed our, Kami starting to giggle at how flustered he got. "Mama look pretty," she said to Lewis. He smiled, nodding in agreement, eyeing the woman as she put on some earrings and rings. "Yeah, she looks really pretty." Kallie smiled, walking over and pressing a kiss to Kami's cheek, "thank you baby. But you outshine us all."

"Don't I get a kiss?" Lewis flashed a toothy smile, and she scowled.

"No."

"Kiss!" Kami encouraged, clapping her hands.

Lewis gives her a pointed look, "we wouldn't want to upset the princess now, would we?"

Kallie huffed, leaning down and pressing a peck to his cheek, purposely missing his lips. "There, I kissed you. Let's get going." He frowned, sharing a look with Kami who just shrugged. Kallie grabbed the car-seat and they exit the room. They got some to the car, obviously it was Mercedes, and her team would not be happy with that but she didn't car. Her daughter's safety always came first. It was their fault for sending her a two seater.

She put the car-seat in the back and made sure it was strapped in. Lewis set Kami into the seat and Kallie buckled her up. He got into the passenger seat and she sat in the back with her daughter, his driver starting the car and heading to the circuit. "Can you drop us off like separately? I don't want people to think we're like together, and start to think you're Miyah's dad." Kallie spoke, and the driver nods after getting approval from Lewis.

They stopped the car in a private spot and she climbed out, walking around the side to take Kami out. After doing that, she walked around to the passenger door and Lewis rolled down the window. "Thanks for the ride. See you out there." She smiled and Kami waved her hand excitedly. He chuckles softly, leaving a kiss on Kami's small hand. "It's what friends do, right?" Kallie nods knowingly, giving him one last smile before walking away.

They walked down the paddock, and she couldn't escape cameras so you best believe she was gonna look good. Kami waved at all the camera people with a bright smile, getting some smiles and "aws." This was also her way of announcing that had a child, after keeping it secret for so long. She didn't feel the need to hide her daughter anymore. She wanted her little girl to experience a powerful role model for woman so she planned to take her to races.

Her team was already there with all her stuff so she wasn't concerned with that. She walked into the Maserati motorhome. They did debriefs and such, Kallie introducing everyone to her very excited daughter. Then, they had to go out and stand by the cars for media. Kallie was changed into her suit, her daughter in her arm as Maeanna escorted them over to the track where they would film.

Kaylen was quick to introduce her to everyone as he had been on the F1 grid before. She knew most of the younger ones, as they had sleepovers or as they said "hangouts" at her house before. She knew George, Lando, Alex, Max, Charles, Esteban, Pierre, and Carlos. She was just Kaylen's hot older sister to them. They didn't find her intimidating to meet like the others did. Yuki and Logan were very nervous when she came up to introduce herself. She was familiar with Oscar because of the time he helped her, so it was nice seeing him again.

"Hermosa," Carlos grinned, pulling her into a hug excitedly, sliding his hand around her waist, receiving a side-eye from Lewis who walked up to the group. "Carlos," she laughs, pressing a peck on his cheek. Kami grinned, reaching out to him, "chili!" He smiled, taking her from Kallie's arm and lifting her up, "you got so big! I'm gonna get you a Ferrari shirt." She giggled, hugging him and he returned her back to Kallie.

"Can I get in on this lovin'?" George moves Carlos out the way to hug his niece. Kallie chuckles, passing her over to him and he smiled hugging her, "you look adorable! I love the dress. You should put a 63 on it." Lando scoffs, taking the child back, she just giggled, "no, no, don't put that in her head. She's a McLaren girl. She's gonna look great in orange." Kaylen scoffs, taking the child from him, "nah, she's a Jaguar girl. Don't rewrite history."

Max ran over, taking the child from him, "no, no, all of you stop it. She's a Red Bull girl. She looks great in blue." Kami giggles, patting his cheek as they chuckled. "Nah, she's a Hamilton girl. Don't put that stuff in her head. Watch this, she loves me." Lewis reached over for her, Kami smiled, reaching out back, "Lewis!" He grinned, stealing her back from Max, hugging the girl who giggled, her hands playing with his glasses. "See? Told you. She's a Hamilton girl."

"You guys are gonna suffocate the poor girl," Valtteri comments, seeing how they pulled her into the tightest hugs possible. "She's the paddock princess," Kallie laughs, moving over to Valtteri. "How are you? Haven't seen you in a minute." She hugged him, the driver hugging her back gently with a smile. The only reason they were even friends was definitely thanks to Lewis because he had begged Valtteri to befriend her so he could find out if she liked him. Valtteri wasn't a very good wingman.

Of course, Kallie didn't know this yet.

"I've been good. You?" He smiled, rubbing her back. She nods, "good, very good. Nice haircut. You pull it off brilliantly." He chuckles as he thanks her.

"This is what British people do to you. Kallie never uses the word brilliantly," Pierre comments knowingly. Lando points at himself proudly, "all thanks to me." George rolls his eyes, of course Lando would make it about him. "You're all forgetting how close we are. I'm like a second brother," he retorts. "There you go, making it all about you. She liked me first. Get over it," Lando argued, the group of drivers just laughing at him. "Actually he's kinda right, she used to throw George into water no matter if it was a pool or a pond," Alex adds.

"Mate, you weren't even around during that time," George laughs.

"Fuck off, I watched the documentary," Alex retorts defensively, remembering how they showed the footage for Kallie's documentary.

Carlos walked back over, bumping fists with Lando first, and then George. "Cabrón." Yuki came over to the group, greeting everyone, and sharing a hug with the taller Kallie. "Oh, there is the man! Cabrón!" Pierre says jokingly, bumping fists with Yuki. "I think Yuki's got smaller," Lando jokes, gaining a few laughs around. "Even Kallie's taller than him," George adds. "I'm not even short," she scoffs, getting looks from the group.

"Hate to break it to you, but your height with heels doesn't count, Kallie," Lando mocks.

"You're seriously testing my patience." Kallie glares at him, causing Lando to quickly pull Carlos and George in front of him.

She glanced over and spotted the workers moving the Maserati chassis right next to Max's car for the photos and videos. Charles approached the group, smiling as he greeted his friends. "Where's Kamiyah? I haven't met her yet." Lewis holds the girl up and she immediately grew a smile, her eyes twinkling at the Ferrari driver. "Hey, you're so adorable. I'm Charles, and I'm gonna be your favorite uncle, okay?" He smiled, taking her out of Lewis's arms.

Carlos scoffs in offense, "no, I'm her favorite uncle. You can't swoop in and claim that title."

"I'm Charles Leclerc. I can do anything. Am I your favorite, Kami?" He smiled, lifting her up as she cheered. "Chili!" She exclaimed, reaching out to Carlos, he cheered in victory. "Ha! I told you I'm her favorite." He stole her from Charles, she giggled, hugging onto him. "Alright, y'all are gonna make her dizzy. Passing her around like a puppy. Give my baby back." She smiled, reaching out but Kami shook her head, only reaching to Lewis, "Lew!"

"Hamilton girl. Told ya." Lewis smirked, taking her back as Kallie rolled her eyes, running a hand down her face. As everyone laughs, Kallie looked behind Yuki and spotted one of the drivers off to the side. She knew him from anywhere. Nyck De Vries. Also known as, her biggest hater. When he showed up to the Formula E scene, he was extremely nice to her, and they got along well. Until they faced off and he ended up in the barriers like Max Verstappen in 2021 Silverstone.

As Charles, Lewis, and his teammate George were discussing the Aston Martin car, along with their own and Jaguar. Kallie made her way over to him. Nyck looked up from his phone and sighed, giving her an annoyed look. "Come to throw me off the track again?" He questioned. She smirked, and she didn't hit him on purpose but if he hated her, she might as well use it to get under his skin, "not unless you give me a reason to."

He sighed, nodding behind her, "congratulations on the kid."

"Thank you. I hope you do well this season. Of course I won't be able to see because I'll be too busy in the front, and winning." She smiled, winking at his annoyed face. He huffed, watching as she turned and left, walking back over to the group.

"I heard Fred Vassuer is team principal for Ferrari now, yes? I thought I was hallucinating when my sister told me." Kallie spoke, directing her words more towards Charles. "Definitely not hallucinating. He's been pretty good though. We get along very well. Hopefully he can help bring us back to the top, you know?" Charles said. Kallie nods, crossing her arms over her chest, "yeah, I like Fred, he's always been super kind to me, and not just when he was trying to steal me from Jaguar."

"The only one able to successfully pull that off is Sang," George chuckles.

"She's always looked better in green anyways," Carlos comments, walking over to the group of four. "I'd think she'd look pretty good in red," Charles chuckles. Kallie shook her head with a light chuckle, "I don't know about that. I think red would flatter Lewis more." Charles pursed her lips with a nod as he looked over at Lewis, the man just staring at Kallie with a small smile. "I can see that."

"Where is Lance?" She questioned, not seeing the second Aston Martin driver anywhere. "Oh, you didn't hear? He broke his wrist, can't race until maybe Barcelona? It's unclear." George answered. Kallie frowned, "ah, that sucks. I'm gonna send him some flowers." Lando joined the group again overhearing the conversation, "so what I'm hearing is, I need to get injured for Kallie to send me flowers and potentially nurse me back to health?" He smirks.

"Stick to the other sister," Lewis scowled.

"She's not answering my calls," Lando frowns in sadness.

"She's a busy woman, mate," Carlos pats his shoulder with a sympathetic look.

Soon they were called over to the cars for the photos and videos or whatever. Maeanna took Kami to watch from the side, the girl cheering on her mum. Kallie and Kaylen stood alongside their car up in the front. It was right beside the Red Bull as they wanted the return of the Jaguar up in front but they also had to have the champions up there as well so they put them side to side. "Okay, thanks everyone. That's a wrap. Thank you." The man announced.

"Not gonna inspect your competitors?" Darren questioned, passing Kallie her sunglasses again when she went back over to him. He was her performance coach. "Nothing to inspect. Doesn't matter how good the car is. I'm simply...better." She replies with a shrug of her shoulder, leaning up against the wall as everyone was chatting about, inspecting the cars, mostly the Jaguar. There was cameras everywhere, so they definitely caught what she said, not that she cared.

She took Kami back into her arms, a small laugh escaping her lips as Lewis basically leaned in to see the details inside the car. "Lewis!" Kami smiled, causing him to look over at her and wave.

Soon, she was sat in the conference room with Lewis, Max, Lando, Logan, and Charles. They sat her in between Lewis and Max. She had a Jaguar shirt over her dress, one leg crossed over the other as she listened around her. Maeanna was watching Kamiyah, and it's not Kallie didn't trust Maeanna with her kid, it's just...Kamiyah did not like her, so she was always misbehaving. "Kalliope, you arrived at the paddock for the first time as a driver, and revealed that you have a daughter. Will you be taking your daughter with you to all the races from now on?"

"Uh, no, that's far too much traveling. I have family that will be watching her when she's not with me. But I will bring her to some races. I want to show her that she can do anything. I want to show her that women are capable of anything. I want her to know that all that hard work is never for nothing. So, she will be attending some races." She answered, a small smile residing on her lips. Lewis looked at her, she had gotten very comfortable. Most drivers would feel intimidated and nervous but she was very calm. It was like she was in her natural habitat.

"Kalliope, how do you feel coming into Formula 1 with Jaguar? Are you intimidated by the expectations to succeed in any way?" Another person from the floor asked.

"No, I'm not intimidated. I don't get intimidated. I've been doing this for a decade and more, expectations are nothing to me, I get them all the time. I don't look at what people expect of me. I choose what I expect of myself. I expect myself to be a Formula 1 World Champion, and I will be. Perhaps this year, I don't know, I can't predict the future. I just know, that I came here with confidence, and that's not faltering for some expectations." She shrugged, and her attitude is definitely another reason people don't like her, but she didn't care. She had all the stats and trophys to back up her talk.

Lewis loved how confident and fiery she was. It made her interesting. She didn't come to play around. She wasn't scared of challenge, she welcomed it. Some would call her cocky, but he felt she wasn't being cocky enough. If they thought this was cocky, they would choke if they seen the videos of her shit talking when she was younger. She learned that you had to be tough in this business, especially as a woman. She learned to stand up for herself. If they came at her, she came at them harder.

Another question went to her, which was expected. "Kalliope, how are you preparing to deal with the fight these other drivers will give you?'

"Well, I don't need to prepare, I'm always prepared. This is nothing new to me. I'm always in a fight with someone. I welcome the fight. I want every driver to give me their best. I want a challenge. I don't want them to go easy on me because I'm the new kid. At the end of the day, it's just competition. And I don't plan on playing nice." Her words were blunt and bold, and it certainly caught the other drivers off guard, but that was nothing compared to her younger attitude.

"Kalliope, what do you think about Nyck De Vries saying he'll be better than you this season?" A woman said, clearly wanting to get a good headline.

Kallie smiled, "he said that? Actually? Like that left his mouth?" She asked, more amused than angry. The woman nods in confirmation, many others also nodding. "Wow. I truly appreciate how much he hates me. I see, it's making him a bit delusional, but I'm always glad to humble him." She chuckles, leaning forward with her mic in hand. "Here is what I think about Nyck, and listen very closely, darling. I believe he's gonna waste all his energy trying to be better than me, when he should be learning how to drive an F1 car. See, there's the driver's on the podium, and there's the driver's who watch the podiums. You don't have to do the math to know which one Nyck De Vries is."

Lewis glanced at her, trying his best to hold back his laugh as everyone was baffled by her words. Talk about Nyck being hater, but she was worse. A question for him was next, and when he opened his mouth, he just started laughing, receiving strange looks. "Sorry, I'm not laughing at your question. I was just laughing at what Kallie said," he explained, causing some chuckles to go around.

"All right, uh, Lewis, how do you feel going into the season with an opponent like Kalliope? Considering the many years of fans pitting you both against each other, and the many claims that Kalliope would be an 8x champion if Mercedes had chosen her over you." Kallie blinked, these people really wanted to see a fued. They were desperate for Kallie to get involved in yet another rivalry. They were trying to get Kallie to snap, and it was amusing. At least, it was to her. She knew her fans were gonna pissed at this, because they wanted badly for her and Lewis to be friends, and maybe more.

"That's a really good question. You know, some don't know this but we go way back to our karting days, and I've always had such high respect for her. Truly, she is one of the greatest to do it." Lewis said, and she looked to him with a small smile, a smile that would drop upon his next words. "But it doesn't matter how great she is, because I'm better. Some can argue she'd be an 8x champion, but she's not even an 8x champion in Formula E, so I don't understand why we're being compared."

A couple of gasps went around the room, the driver's also caught off guard. Kallie didn't look at him, just chuckling, leaning forward and shaking her head slowly and licking her front teeth, he just made the worst mistake of his life. She was ready to reply until she felt his fingers graze over her back like he was trying to tell her something. And he was. She was quick to pick it up, now realizing how his voice had differed. He was just feeding into this "fued" people made up between them. She was gonna have fun playing along.

"I'm not intimidated by her. To me, she's just that girl who was always in my shadow." He finished, setting the mic down, purposely giving her thigh a light tap, signaling her to play along.

"Really?" She turned to him, the mic raised to her lips. She stood up and leaned down towards him, a smirk on his lips as he looked up at her. "The only shadow you'll be seeing is mine when your stuck behind me all season like the washed up throwback you are, darling." She tossed the mic on the couch and walked out in a pissed off fashion.

Lando blinked, sharing a look with the others, "that was intense."

"I like her," Max comments, getting a round of laughs.

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kalliopekumalo Kamiyah's first runway walk on the paddock and she's already making a mark as paddock princess 🤩👑

She also seems to like the competition? 🤔

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lewishamilton She has great taste 👍🏽
⇘ kalliopekumalo she's just trying to distract you so I can get a better start 🤍
⇘ lewishamilton She would never do that to me, she's a Hamilton girl 🙏🏾
⇘ kalliopekumalo in your dreams
⇘ lewishamilton Idk, I recall you appearing in my dreams
⇘ kalliopekumalo you're repulsive, hope this helps xx 🥰

keziyah she's so so cute, that's my lil niece!! 🤭🤭 #paddockprincess
⇘ kalliopekumalo she takes after you and me!!

landonorris Casually posting as if you weren't about to just commit murder on Lewis 🤝
⇘ kalliopekumalo idk abt him, but i prefer to settle it on the track rather than bitch and moan on media 😘
⇘ landonorris omg did I just start something? I'm so proud of myself. I could be a professional at this!

tomholland2013 Congratulations!! You both look wonderful ❤
⇘ kalliopekumalo thank you 😇🤍
⇘ user44 i bet he has no idea that kallie was abt to kill his fav on TV

jheneaiko My pretty girls!! Y'all devoured 🙏🏽🙏🏽
⇘ kalliopekumalo We love you 🤍

meridamaharaj Genes are doing their thing!! 🤩🤩
⇘ kalliopekumalo ikr?? She so beautiful 😇

zendaya Omg she so cute! She looks just like a baby Kez 😭❤️
⇘ kalliopekumalo Thank you! We've gotten that quite a lot 😭🤍
⇘ keziyah she does kinda look me so I get it

bellahadid Motherhood looks great on you! I'm so happy for you 🥲🤍
⇘ kalliopekumalo thank you bells 🥰

username13 seeing kallie finally becoming a mum after saying she wanted a baby for so long is so heartwarming to see 🥲💕
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nicorosberg I can't wait to finally meet her! 🤎
⇘ kalliopekumalo she's excited to meet you too!! 😇
⇘ username44 omg this means Lewis met Kamiyah before Nico 😭😭
⇘ username13 I just know Lewis wants to like this comment

nicorosberg I can't wait to interview you when you win
⇘ kalliopekumalo you're a little instigator, aren't you? 😂
⇘ nicorosberg I get it from you 🤷
⇘ kalliopekumalo I didn't instigate! I just kindly suggested that he was better than you 😇
⇘ nicorosberg Now I hope you lose and fall to the back 🤎
⇘ kalliopekumalo you used a brown heart awww you care 🥰
⇘ nicorosberg 🙄🙄

username44 Nah I don't believe they actually hate each other
⇘ username13 I know flirting when I see it
⇘ user15 when Lewis was staring up at her with those eyes...I just know they're together in some kinda way
⇘ user44 the kallis agenda is still intact, they're just going thru their enemies to lovers faze!

username66 everyone talking abt lewis but what about her completely ending nyck??? he shouldn't even show up tomorrow
⇘ user16 i would hand in my letter of resignation if i was him
⇘ username81 he should give his seat up to danny and run along
⇘ username44 I'm so excited to see his response to that lmao

username16 Lewis looks so cute with Kamiyah omg someone give this man a baby 😩😩
⇘ user44 if they're together, Lewis will be a step dad 🥲🥲
⇘ username77 now that makes me wonder who the real dad actually is

kaylenkumalo she's gonna get so many presents on her birthdays now 🙄 more money to spend 😔
⇘ landonorris you're so cheap 🙄
⇘ georgerussell He's gotta be the cheapest millionaire I know
⇘ kaylenkumalo IM NOT CHEAP i just don't like spending it

username69 they probably genuinely don't like each other and our first thought is enemies to lovers 😭 we're so unserious
⇘ username13 it's brocedes all over again
⇘ user15 the fact that Kallie is friends with Nico makes this sm better

username77 Kallie is a real hater bc she followed everyone on the grid except for Lewis and Nyck 😭
⇘ user3 the way she follows Roscoe's account is what's actually killing me
⇘ username81 she loves his dog but hates him 💀

username15 Kallie, what's her favorite colour and how old is she??
⇘ kalliopekumalo she turned 2 on Feb 21st and her favorite colour is purple
⇘ keziyah don't forget her weird obsession with neon yellow!
⇘ kalliopekumalo We don't talk about that here.

oscarpiastri I'm gonna buy her some orange 👍
⇘ kalliopekumalo I like you, but she will not be wearing the competition's colours 🙄
⇘ oscarpiastri She can choose for herself!
⇘ landonorris dude...do you know who you're talking to?? SHE'LL KILL YOU
⇘ kalliopekumalo No, he's nice 😇
⇘ landonorris you threatened me when I put a McLaren cap on her 😔
⇘ kalliopekumalo I don't like you.

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Walking into the garage, eyes landed on her, it was race day. She had gotten pole for the first time in her Formula 1 debut, so that was the talk right now. Lewis was 3rd on the grid, so everyone was stirring the pot with her better performance. Max was 2nd, so that had people questioning his performance compared to the "rookie" who had succeeded in a better qualifying than him. Everyone who wasn't familiar with her before was certainly interested in knowing her now. It was fun to watch. It made her happy to see.

She looked around for Maeanna, who she left Kami with and ended up finding Nico holding her daughter as he told her an old story of Kallie making Nico come to a street race with her. He may have left out the part where he accidentally scratched someone's paint job and almost got killed for it. Luckily, Kallie saved his ass. Kami was just giggling listening to him speak. "See? There goes your mum. She's doing important work with her engineers so she can win...and beat Lewis."

Kami smiled, waving at her mum who waved back, blowing a kiss to her and Nico. The girl clapped, "Lewis!" She giggled.

"No, no, that's the competition. You aren't supposed to like the competition," Nico says, and Kami nods her head with a determined look. "No Lewis," she said. He nods with a proud look, "no Lewis. Good job. We don't like him here. Your mum is going to beat his butt today." She giggled at his words, nodding her head, "beat Lewis!" He grinned, proud of himself as she pats his shoulder. "Can you say beat Max?"

She nods with determination, raising her tiny fist, "beat Max!"

"What are you teaching my child?" Kallie questions, taking Kami into her arms. "I'm teaching her competition. She was being too friendly." Nico explained with a shrug, fist bumping the 2 year old. "You teachin' her to be a hater," Kallie retorts, pressing a kiss to Kami's head. "I forgot, you don't like haters, and you're still the biggest one," Nico scoffs. "Are you still salty about me liking that tweet that called you Chick Hicks?" She laughs, getting an eye roll from him. "I don't get salty."

"I find that hard to believe," Kez interrupts, taking the 2 year old from her sister. "There's my favorite niece." She smiled, pressing a kiss to the girl's cheek. "I should get back to work. I love you," Kalliope pressed a kiss to her daughter's cheek before going off to Darren, the man handing her the balaclava.

"You ready to see your mama win? She's gonna stand at this huge step and win a big trophy," Kez spoke. Nico reached behind him, grabbing a small pair of noise canceling headphones and setting them on the girl's head just before they started Kallie's car up. "You wanna watch by the monitors with me?" Kez asked, and he nods, very glad for how welcoming the team was to him. They sat down near Will and Jhené, the cameras on them before switching back to Kallie as they sent her out on track.

Kallie took a breath, she wasn't nervous, or intimidated, she was just breathing it in. This was what she trained for. It's what she dreamed of as a kid. It's everything she worked for. She was going to win. She had to win. She had to prove everyone wrong. She had to prove she was worthy of her seat on the grid. She mumbled a prayer under her breath before pulling on her balaclava. He tucked it in, making sure nothing could come loose. Then he passed her the helmet. It was shades of her old Formula E helmet. It obviously had her two flags, and the rainbow ombres around the green to match her Jaguar race suit.

She glanced behind her, spotting Lewis pulling on his helmet. He looked up, his eyes meeting hers and the cameras all caught it. She pulled her visor down and looked away, climbing onto her car. She slid inside and grabbed onto the steering wheel, someone buckling her up.

After the formation lap....it was fucking on.

"He's on my ass, fucking hell. Leave me alone." Kallie cursed, looking into her mirrors, the sight of Max's Red Bull enough to make her annoyed. He was not backing off her this whole race. It was only lap 10 and she was struggling to hold him behind her. "These tyres suck, I have no grip." Kallie informed into the radio. "Copy. We are checking," James replied. "Check faster," she retorts in annoyance, glancing in her mirrors as Max was gaining on her, Lewis and Charles fighting for P3 behind him.

They had changed her strategy just before the race, so they put her on mediums rather than softs like the rest of the drivers. She called it stupid, but she wanted to be a team player who wasn't difficult to work with so she gave it a shot. Turns out, she should've told them to fuck off. "Okay Kallie, we don't think it's best for you to pit right now," James informed. Before she could snap at him, he cut her off, "but it looks like Verstappen is struggling so you should keep your position until we call you into the pit."

"If that's struggling I might as well swap positions," she mutters sarcastically, and not seconds later, as they came up on turn 1&2, Max was fighting her for P1, and she basically gave up on corner 2, and he took the lead. "And Verstappen takes the lead from Yeong-Su, that was such a battle between the rookie and the champion!"

Two laps later, they called her into the pits, thankfully. They switched her onto softs and as she was given the green light, she pulled out and she had to quickly brake as George went past her. "The hell did he come from?" She mumbled, speeding out of the pit lane which knocked her down into P3, in front of Charles and behind Lewis. She was told that there was no investigation for the situation in the pitlane and she just rolled her eyes. She lost interest in it.

"Update on Kaylen?" She requested, noticing he wasn't anywhere near her. "He is currently in P7, he's gotten 3 overtakes so far." James answered. "Good," Kallie replies. 3 overtakes was very good for him and the team so thankfully Kezie's presence was probably helping him in this race. He always performed a bit better when he someone in his corner.

Lewis was playing really good defense on her, but she had better pace, and she knew his moves. She knew he would go for the outside, so she went on the inside and overtook him. She could only imagine his annoyance. "Incredible stuff from Kalliope, she's adjusting very well to the car and track." Kallie smiles to herself as she gains on Max, his teammate Checo leading the race. She gained a slipstream and using DRS, she overtook the champion.

A few more laps in, she had a good battle with Checo before overtaking him in the DRS range. He ended up pitting next anyways. Max remained in P2, Lewis fighting him in P3, and Charles in P4, Carlos in P5, and Fernando in P6, right behind him being Kaylen in P7, and George in P8 as Kaylen had overtaken him again. "Hamilton just overtook Verstappen so be aware he will catch up to you soon," James warned. "Sounds fun. Update on Kaylen?" She asked.

"He remains in P7, looks like he's struggling to keep position." James answered.

"Curious, how is McLaren doing? I haven't seen much of them?" She questioned, glancing in her mirrors and seeing Max and Lewis both behind her. She hadn't seen the McLaren drivers anywhere in the top ten so she was a bit disappointed to hear that. She helped Lando a lot when he was younger. "Uh, not so good. Lando is P18. They retired Oscar's car." He said, a bit surprised to see her actually want to know how others were doing. He studied her radio with her old engineers in Formula E and she never once asked how anyone else was doing unless it was her teammate or if she was just asking what positions.

"That's unfortunate," she mumbles, glancing in her mirrors again, she was always a bit paranoid when she had Lewis behind her. It always reminded her of the times they were in karting together. Max didn't really faze her, and she didn't mean that with disrespect...but she was just better than him.

Lap 26, Lewis managed to overtake Max, pushing him behind into P3. "Box, box," James spoke. Kallie hummed in relief, she really didn't wanna battle it out with Lewis on some old softs, not that she couldn't, but it'd be very obvious who would win that fight. She pitted for some hards and ended up behind Max and in front of Checo. "Uh, problem. I'm starting to feel some understeer." She reports, slowing down by the first corner as she turned.

"Copy. Can you manage?" He asked.

"I'll manage. What's the gap with Verstappen?" She questioned. "1 second, keep pushing," he replied. She hums, and by the next lap, she noticed Lewis pit, and she could only imagine his frustration as it was definitely too early for him. Turning on corner 1, she was on Max's inside, their tyres close to touching. Corner 2, she was able to overtake him, her fresher tyres definitely benefiting her in this race.

Lewis was catching up to both of them as Max was still fighting her for P1 but she was pretty damn good at defending. It was starting to bother the champion. "Gap with Lewis is 5 seconds," James warns. "Got it. Update on Kaylen?" She asked, really needing to distract herself from Lewis gaining on her. "Battling for P6 with Carlos currently," he answers.

A few more laps, Max had to pit which left Lewis in P2, right behind Kallie, a 4 second gap between them.

Lewis was very quick to close the gap into half a second. Kallie cursed under her breath, doing her best to defend from him but James speaking in her ears was not helping the case. "Keep this line clear, I need to focus," she orders. She gained the fastest lap but honestly she didn't really care about that, not with Hamilton right on her ass. Lewis got into DRS range, Kallie trying to cover the inside but coming up on the turn he went past her.

"Not this time, darling." As he went past her, she went on the inside and flew past him, Lewis having to back off to barely avoid contact. She didn't even have time to breathe before Lewis gained DRS and was on her again, clearly enjoying the first time so much he wanted to do it again, at least that's what she would say as a joke. Lewis was very much toying with her as they came up on the next few turns.

"Can't keep doing this back and forth or my tyres are gonna die," she comments as they came up on turn 10. He went on her inside and was barely able to overtake her, having her back away just a bit to avoid any contact. "Yes! Let's go!" Lewis cheers, finally back in the lead. Kallie cursed under her breath, growing more frustrated with this constant battle.

Turn 4, she got DRS, went on his inside and overtook him, putting her back in the lead. "That's how you do it baby," she cheers and James praises her before warning her to hold position. If she was lucky, she didn't need to pit for the rest of the race. Hopefully the hard tyres would hold her down for another 17 laps. "How do your tyres feel?" He asked, aware there was a possibility of pitting. "They feel good, still got grip. I can hold them down for the rest of this."

"Yellow flag. Yellow flag. Slow down." He warned, definitely very cautious about that as in a previous race she hadn't seen the flag and they gave her a 20 second penalty. He knew the stewards would always be unfair to her and he was prepared for that, the whole team was. She knew how the FIA could be. In all honesty, she didn't really give a fuck. "Who is it?" She questioned with a bit of concern as she slows down. "It's Charles. Appears to be an engine failure. He's retiring. Should we pit? What do you want to do?"

"I'll stay out, there's no time. It's unnecessary." Kallie decided, and she was correct when they were given the green flag.

A laps later, nothing that interesting happened, just Esteban retiring the car. Fernando and Carlos were battling for P3. Max was having difficulties with his car so he had knocked down to P5, his teammate Checo right behind him in P6, battling it out with Kaylen. Fernando won the battle with Carlos and made it to P3, podium position. She overlapped Lando a few laps ago which wasn't all that surprising, McLaren was having lots of troubles, so hopefully they could turn it around soon.

"Such good pace on the straights," she praised, "the only problems I've had is understeer but that should be an easy fix by the next race, yes?" James hums, "yes, that should be fixed by our next race. Anything else we should know? How are the tyres?" He asks. "Uh, left front is dying and I'm losing grip but I should make it to the end just fine. They'll be okay." They came to the last three laps and Lewis had a desire to fight with her for the lead but he was told to hold position as it was too risky, which brought a small frown to his face but he also understood they couldn't take a risk right now, not when Jaguar had the better car.

"After leaving racing for motherhood, she makes one of the best debuts in Formula 1 history. Kalliope Yeong-Su dominates the Bahrain Grand Prix and takes victory at the season opener of 2023 with a superb drive to lead home Jaguar's first ever win! Such a spectacular drive from Kallie. This is the first time in what feels like forever that Red Bull is not on podium. That has got to be such a satisfying feeling for Yeong-Su."

Kallie grinned at the cheers from James and her team as they cheered her on from the gates, waiting for her when she crossed the chequered flag. "That was dedicated to my daughter, I love you, babygirl. Thank you to the entire team, including the ones back at the factory, I couldn't have done it without you, this car is fucking impeccable. Let's keep it up. It's our time now, baby. Who's in the shadow now?" She cheered, glancing to her left and spotting Lewis. She raised her hand and waved her fingers in a sarcastic manner.

She smiled as she looked up at the beautiful fireworks. They had her drive towards a ramp and she laughed as she struggled to get on it, but she pulled through, her eyes wincing at the bright yellow screen that read the word "winner" and "race 01" on it. She took her time to get out, just reminiscing it all. Her first race in Formula 1 and she won, how crazy was that? But then again, she was Kallie Kumalo Yeong-Su, so was it really that surprising?

She removed the steering wheel and set it near the halo before climbing out. She stood atop of the car and raised her hands, the crowd cheering before she jumped off. She stood in front of the car, her hands remaining behind her back as she bowed to it. And then she ran over to her new team and jumped into their arms, all of them cheering and patting her on the back. She shared a hug with Sang, Jhené, and Will, and then one with her sister, the woman pressing a kiss to her helmet, leaving a red lipstick print.

She hugged onto her mother, the woman extremely proud of her. Kez handed her Kamiyah and she grinned, holding the girl up with a bright smile. Kami patted her helmet with a giggle, "mama!" Fernando was celebrating like he had won the race which was very amusing to see cause it certainly brought a smile to her face. She passed Kami back to Kez and Fernando jogged over and brought her into a hug. "Great job out there," he praised, patting her helmet with a grin.

Then she spotted Lewis celebrating with his team. P2 was certainly one of his best results in quite a while so it definitely gave him some hope for the rest of the season. They led her over to get weighted before she would have to do the normal post race interview. And to her surprise...it was being hosted by Nico Rosberg.

Kaylen ran up to her quickly as Fernando was doing his interview. "Hey, congratulations. Proud of you, sis. You deserve it." He said, bringing her into a quick hug before his manager was calling him away. She smiled, watching him go, not really having much time to process it but it still warmed her heart to see him put everything aside to be supportive. His results weren't great but he was still adjusting. Maeanna handed her a bottle of water and led her over to where Lewis was standing, talking to Jae-hyun as he was (unfortunately) waiting to be interviewed by his former friend and teammate.

She completely ignored him, and he just smirked, finding amusement in all of this. Before he could make a snide comment, he had to do the interview with Nico. Kez snaps of video of Lewis walking over to his former friend and smirks, "no wonder Lewis did so good, had some nice motivation. Let's go, Britney." Kallie snorts at her sister's comments and takes another drink of her water, the atmosphere thick with tension at the two rivals. They finished up pretty quick before Kallie was called up next, Nico immediately smiling at her, probably because she beat Lewis.

"Madame Kallie, what a dream start and awesome drive there for your spectacular debut in Formula 1," Nico said. Kallie grinned excitedly, "I love that. But, uh yes, thank you so much, that means the world. It's been such a very good weekend, the race was just perfection, such a good return for Jaguar, and I hope to continue this dominance." She answered, her thumb just brushing over the handle of the microphone.

"For the first time in what seems like forever, Red Bull is not on podium despite them being the current champions and it's clear that you took a big part in that as you promised you would. How do you feel about that?" He asked. Kallie grinned almost instantly, she could imagine all her haters crying like babies because of this. "Well, I'm never one to break a promise, so obviously I'm very overjoyed about that. I certainly hope it stays that way, but I'm always up for a challenge. I'm ready for whatever they throw at me."

"And now looking forward to Jeddah, different kind of track?" He questioned.

"Very different, yes. Uh, I'm gonna have to do my very best to study it as much as I can, see what we can improve and go from there. I've always gotten the handle of things very quickly so I'm sure it will be no trouble. I'm confident in my abilities, and my team, they are so amazing and brilliant, I'm so thankful to have such a supportive team, they truly believe in me." Kallie answered, her team cheering her on. Nico smiled proudly, "well, congratulations on your win and your happiness, you deserve it."

"Thank you so much. I'm glad to have you here for my first race." Kallie bowed her head and passed the microphone back to the person who gave it to her. Nico smiled proudly at her. Maeanna escorted her to the cool down room, handing her the helmet before she went inside, seeing Lewis and Fernando talking. She set down her helmet and took the 1st place cap, putting it on backwards. She chuckles lightly when she spots Lewis moving his chair closer to hers. "Very subtle," she mumbled.

She grabbed a cold water and sat down at her chair, trying to ignore him. "How was my brother?" She asked, looking over to her left at Fernando as the screen was playing the highlights. "Pretty good. Put up a good fight with me," Fernando answered. She watched the clip of Oscar and Charles retiring and frowned, "poor things, such bad luck." Lewis nods in agreement, it was quite unfortunate to see Charles retire this race after he won last year and had a good battle with Max.

"Is this your way of fighting without using words?" Fernando asked in amusement as their fight for P1 played on the screen.

"Not sure. He seemed to have plenty of words for me the other day," Kallie scoffs. Lewis rolled his eyes, just staring forward at the screen. They called for Fernando first and he went out to the podium. Then it was Lewis, and the old her would've been happy to see him on podium, but right now he was being a pain in her ass. She stepped out there last and stepped on top of the highest podium.

They played the South African national anthem for her as the winning driver and then they played God Save the King for the team. The old Kallie would've made a tweet saying "at least he got to hear his anthem to remind him that he lost." After all that was finished, they handed the trophys out. She smiled as she raised hers, looking directly at her excited daughter. She set it down upon realization they were giving her a gold medal. She took off her cap and leaned forward so he could put it around her neck.

Lewis got his next, and Kami excitedly cheered for him, screaming his name which got a smile from him. Fernando was given his next, and they could hear Kaikara and Sang cheering loudly for him, proud of someone they saw as a good friend. Next thing she knew, they were all spraying her down with the champagne, she couldn't even defend herself. When Fernando starting drinking his, she took the chance to open hers and spray down her dad.

Lewis climbed to the top podium with her and put an arm around her waist, making sure she was extra close, leaving no space between them. She set down the bottle to pose for the pictures. Their closeness was enough to make people nervous, wondering if she'd push him off or make a comment at him. The minute pictures were over, she pushed off his hand and hopped off the podium. Jae-hyun escorted her back down and she immediately ran over to her daughter.

Kami squealed, "Mama! You win!" She grinned, taking the girl from her sister. "Yeah, I win! Just for you." She smiled, pressing a peck to her cheek.

"Lewis!" Kami squealed excitedly, reaching for him, which earned an eye roll from her mother. Clearly she forgot what Nico taught her. Lewis grinned, jogging over to her. "There's my special girl. I heard you cheering for me. Thank you for your support." He took her from Kallie's arms and pressed a kiss to her head. "Don't flatter yourself. She would've cheered if you were in last place." Kallie retorts, getting an eye roll from Lewis, "don't listen to her, that's just jet lag talking. You can support whoever you want."

"As long as it isn't Mercedes." Kallie wore a forced smile, taking her daughter back, the girl frowning as she reached for Lewis.

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After celebrating with the team and her family, she finally got home, quite late. She stumbled into hotel room, going quiet when she noticed Kami sleeping on the large bed. Maeanna stood up, huffing tiredly, "I love you, and your daughter, but you need to find an actual babysitter." Kallie chuckled awkwardly, "thanks for watching her." Maeanna nods, pulling her shoes back on and walking to the door, "I'll have Neela send you some resumes for babysitters."

The woman left and Kallie pulled off her heels, going clubbing after a race was definitely her favorite thing to do, but she had to remember she wasn't young and childless anymore. She crawled onto the bed next to Kami, leaning down to press a kiss to her head. Her phone buzzed and she reached for it in her pocket, pulling it out and seeing a text from him.

MESSAGES
"lewis & kalliope"

mhle 🙄
You still up?

kallie 🤎
maybe...still contemplating

mhle 🙄
Can you come over to mine?

kallie 🤎
Kami is asleep
I would need a babysitter

mhle 🙄
I have the perfect babysitters

kallie 🤎
Who's showing up at my door?

mhle 🙄
Before you kill me, think about how much you deserve to celebrate your win with a friend 🤍

kallie 🤎
I hate you

Kallie looked up to hear some knocking and hushed words, including many giggles. She groaned, standing up and walking over. She pulled open the door and it was her nightmares. Kaylen and Lando stood in front of her, both of them a little tipsy because they had went out clubbing with her. "We're here to babysit. Where is the child?" Kaylen smiles, looking inside the room. Kallie huffs, "she is sleeping."

"She's so cute. I wanna hug her." Lando awed, walking over to the bed.

"Do you guys even have room for a baby?" Kallie questioned as Kaylen gathered a midnight bag for the girl. "Of course we do. Don't worry, she's in good hands. We'll take good care of her. You go and spend some time with whoever you plan on doing tonight." Lando says, picking up Kami the girl just tiredly laying her head on his shoulder. "This is a terrible idea," Kallie mumbled, as they walked to the door.

"No, no, this is a good idea. We're great babysitters. And Lando could use some experience incase he accidentally knocks a girl up," Kaylen says, receiving a glare from his friend. "Fine. Just call me if anything happens. Thank you for picking her up." Kallie smiled, although it was a bit forced. They both nod and walk off down the hall with her child. Then the door opens across from her and Lewis leaned against the doorframe with a smile. "You're welcome."

"We'll see about that. Let's see if they make it through the night." Kallie mumbled, walking out and shutting the door behind her.

Lewis chuckled, taking her hand and pulling her in. He shut the door and she looked around, his room was quite neat, surprisingly. When they were kids, she remembered his and Nico's rooms being a mess. "You got music in here?" She questioned, and he passed her the remote, "put whatever you want. As long as it isn't your sister. That would ruin the mood."

"That's hard. She's in a lot of my playlists." Kallie mumbled.

"She unfortunately resides in many of mine, too," Lewis comments, getting a soft chuckle from her.

She put on a mix, which was mostly just her music, and some other R&B songs. Exchange by Bryson Tiller started playing. "Is this dress borrowed or do you own it?" He asked, referring to the one she was wearing. It was green, and short-ish. She wore it for the club, and normally she wouldn't choose green but since those were the Jaguar colors, she got it. "It's mine. I own it. Why?" She turned around to face him, he was sat on the edge of the bed, shirtless, obviously, and adorning gray sweatpants.

Whore.

Anyways. He reached up to feel the fabric, using it to pull her closer so she stood in between his legs, looking down at him. "Just curious," he shrugged, but the spark of mischief in his eyes betrayed him. She smirked, setting her hands on his shoulders, "is this our thing now? Pretend to hate each other in public, and fuck in private?" She mused. He smirked, shrugging slightly, "that depends...are you gonna let me fuck you again? Or was that time in London just you wanting a warm body?"

"Warm body? Don't forget, you were the one to leave in the morning without so much as a goodbye." She scoffed, glaring at him through squinted eyes. He smiled at her, moving his hands down, sliding them up her dress, "sounds familiar, doesn't it?" Her eyes rolled, a hint of annoyance in her expression but she couldn't complain, he wasn't exactly wrong. Still, it felt annoying that he got back at her for that time.

"Why am I here, Lewis?" She questioned, trying to hold composure as she felt his hands wander under her dress. "I told you. You deserve to celebrate your win with a friend," he answered, tugging on the thin lace of her panties. She raised a brow, running a hand through his braids, "I have friends to celebrate with." He smirked, backing her up as he got onto his knees. He pulled down her panties and she stepped out of them, kicking them to the side.

"Not friends like me."

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a/n: yes, you were robbed idc xx

swear, you'll get smut soon tho 😭 so pls don't plot my murder

NICO TEACHING KAMI TO BE A HATER >>

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