Forever and always

Chapter sixteen

Olivia's pov:

May 2021

I woke up next to Charles in his apartment. It was early, very early Charles' alarm hadn't even gone off yet. I was just laying with my phone looking through social media as I couldn't sleep any longer, while laying with my phone I ran my fingers through his lovely hair, which was nice.

After half an hour he woke up as his alarm went off. He sat up in bed turning the alarm off. "Good Morning sleepy head!" I laughed as he turned to look at me. "Goodmorning, have you been awake for a long time?" He asked me, and layed down again rolling to my side. Normally he was the one to wrap his arms around me, but today I had my arms wrapped around him as he was laying there hugging me, it was nice.

We laid there for a while talking, then we jumped in the shower and got ready for the day. We ate breakfast and then I had to go home. I agreed with Max that he would come and get me at my place, so I had to be there when he would come. I kissed Charles goodbye and then went to my car, where I just drove home. I was only home for about half an hour until Max knocked on the door. "Hey Max" I smiled big as I saw him. "Hi Oli" he said, pulling me into a hug. "Ready to leave?" I said and grabbed my bag. "Sure, let's go" he said, then we took the stairs down and walked towards his car, and drove to the track, which was extremely close to my apartment, but it was just safer to drive, since tiny Monaco is filled with fans this week.

Time flew by and practice three was finished, Max was fastest and got first, with Carlos right behind him, then on third was Charles, I was so happy he got in the top three.

Qualifying was starting soon and Mom, Dad and Victoria had just arrived. Tom and Luka were at the hotel because Luka didn't feel too good. It was great seeing them again, and being able to watch the qualifying together, so we wished Max good luck and then went to our VIP places above the pit, which had a good view.

The green lights went out and Q1 had begun. It went great, Max was super fast and was close with Carlos. "Come on Max!" Dad said as he drove by, not that he could hear him, but dad was always the one to yell loudest and first. Q1 was done and of course Max was on to Q2, so was Charles thank god.. Yuki, Nicholas, Fernando and Nikita were out as the first, Mick was also "out" as he didn't attend qualifying, because the car wasn't ready after his crash yesterday.

Q2 was on the go and Max was fast again, he might get pole if he continued that way. Mercedes was slow in sixth and seventh which was perfect for Max, as Lewis is his biggest opponent this season. They again finished and were on to the next and last session, it was beginning to get exciting, of course I wanted Max to get pole, he's my brother and I support him one hundred percent, but at the same time I wanted for Charles to get the pole position, as it's his home race and everyone would be so happy for him, as the local hero.

Q3 began and it was exciting. Charles was on a flying lap as he was unbelievably fast, he had a perfect time which made me happy. Max was also fast, he was on his flying lap but in the second sector he made a mistake which didn't make him get a fast and good time. Lewis was also making some small mistakes which is just good, so Max has a better chance.

"Yes, Max is faster than Lewis!" Dad said smiling. "Yeahhh, that's awesome" Victoria and mom said, I smiled big. But then something catched my eye.. "Why a red flag, what did I miss?!" I was surprised. We all were a bit confused until something appeared on the big screens. "Leclerc crashed into the barrier" Dad said rolling his eyes, it was clear he didn't like Charles either. "Oh god, Is he alright?" I asked worriedly. Victoria looked at me suspiciously. "Screw that idiot, he crashed so Max couldn't get pole!" Dad said angry and walked down to the garage. The stewards decided that the session would not be resumed.