Still Learning [C.L]

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charles_leclerc

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I laughed as the notification came up on my phone

"People will think I'm a horrible girlfriend" I joked with Charles "abandoning you at your home race"
"I'm only messing, the kids come first" he kissed me on the cheek as I placed my bowl in the sink and gathered my belongings for work
"Okay go be amazing and I'll see you at the track this afternoon" I gave Charles a quick kiss before heading out the door

I'd taken up a job at the hospital in the paediatric department soon after graduation and I couldn't be happier. The job was great and the holidays were even better so I was able to attend most of Charles' races throughout the season.

My morning session went in quickly, even receiving some drawings of Charles in his race car that I always took home to show off to him. I said goodbye to everyone in the clinic and made my way home before walking down to the track.

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It was now race day and Charles was starting in pole position after some great qualifying sessions yesterday and I watched on in the garage with Arthur, Aimée, Rebecca, Isa, Pascale and Lorenzo. We were on to the final lap of the race as Charles began to pull away from Max, then in to the final few corners it was tight but Charles came out better and raced along the final straight

"AND CHARLES LECLERC WINS THE MONACO GRAND PRIX"

I stood in shock as everyone started cheering and hugging each other

"Oh my god, he did it" I spoke, turning to Pascale who was in tears and wrapped her in a hug "He did it!" I cried along with her

All the engineers had raced to the barrier at Parc Fermé so Pascale and I weaved our way through the crowd to get to the front just as Charles' car pulled up. He immediately came running over to us and we both pulled him in for a hug before he celebrated with his team.

Pascale gripped on to me as Charles took the top step of the podium and the national anthem blared out over the speakers.

"Hervé would have been so proud" she smiled with tears in her eyes
"He is proud. Of all of the boys. You've done an amazing job raising three absolute gents" I hugged her

The crowds started to disperse and we made our way back through the paddock to the Ferrari motorhome where Fred had arranged champagne on arrival to celebrate the win. Eventually Charles and Carlos arrived with their trophies and bottles of champagne and we chatted for a couple of minutes before they had their debrief meeting.

I text Emma to discuss the details of tonight's night out whilst we waited for the meetings to end and Charles and I headed back to the apartment.

We had our own personal celebrations before getting ready to head out for the night. Monaco was always a big race and everyone was out no matter the result for earlier in the day.

emmasmithh

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The night was spent in good company with all the drivers and most of their girlfriends as well as lots of alcohol, bad dancing and even worse singing. Charles had now learnt the words to Wannabe, although not by choice, and Em and I could force the boys to perform it along with us as a quartet. Yuki's karaoke sessions had really been paying off with the other drivers.

It was late on in the night as Charles and I took a break from singing and dancing to watch Max twirl Emma around until she looked like she was about to be sick before they collapsed down together in a fit of laughter

"I'm so proud of you" I smiled at Charles as we sat together in the booth
"Thank you" He smiled back "I love you"
"I love you too"

~ Author's note ~

So the first of three chapters of Charles and Jen's future
Praying that it doesn't take until 2025 for Charles to break the Monaco curse 🤞🏼🤞🏼

Hope you liked the chapter 🤍

Love you all loads xo