𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒, charles leclerc

chapter eighteen

iMESSAGE!
" the grussell's "

victoria
where are you guys?
what on earth happened
to anthoine?

george
is he alright?
please say he's alright

juliet
hey guys
i'm at the hospital but
pierre should still be at
the track? i left him and
charles in the tr garage
when julie found out

george
alright i'll find him

victoria
is anthoine okay?
and julie?

juliet
it's still unknown
right now, julie and i
have been sitting here
for a while

victoria
ok well, let us know
if there are any updates

george
yes please do

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"why didn't we go with them? and what is taking so long?" pierre paced around his driver room as charles sat down on his chair.

juliet hadn't sent them a single update since she got to the medical centre. the boys weren't allowed to leave the track and it killed pierre that he couldn't be there.

anthoine couldn't be gone. he had more time. he still needed to get married, have kids, and make it to f1. he needed to live out his dream with pierre, not watch pierre live it out alone.

"pierre, i'm sure there'll be some news soon. let's just stay calm and juliet will call us," charles said to reassure his friend.

there was a lot of fear around the circuit. they had immediately red flagged the race and stopped all media for the day. ambulances arrived on the track within seconds and were gone to the medical centre within minutes.

juliet had followed julie to the hospital and was going to wait until anthoine's parents could drive over. and the fia told all drivers and teams that they needed to stay on-site until the track was cleared.

juliet and julie sat in the circuit medical centre with anthoine's parents, waiting for any word from a doctor. they had taken him into a emergency unit and closed the curtain, not letting anyone see him.

julie was just sobbing. she had her head on her best friend's shoulder and was desperately trying to keep it together; but when nobody has said anything for this long, you could only assume the worst was about to happen.

"julie, le médecin vient nous parler en ce moment," (the doctor is coming out to speak with us right now) anthoine's mother tapped her on the shoulder. julie pulled herself off of juliet's shoulder and wiped her eyes. she looked up to see two doctors approaching them.

"hello, what is your relation to mr hubert?" the first man in scrubs asked sincerely.

"those are his parents, this is his fiancée, and i'm one of his very good friends," juliet spoke up for the group.

"nice to meet you all. we have some updates and unfortunately, it's not the best of news."

juliet's chest immediately tightened as the nurse said those words. julie's eyes started watering again, and the nurse explained. "when mr hubert came into the centre, his injuries were very bad. he had a fractured rib and his lung had already begun collapsing. we tried our best to stabilize him...but..."