Never Again

Chapter 29: Travelling

'It's just a girls thing, you'll never understand,' Abby grinned and she ruffled his hair, what ended up in Tom pushing her away. She gave him her sweetest smile and flopped down in the chair next to Keira.

'Did you have to wait long?' Tom asked Keira, ignoring Abby completely.

'Just a bit, I had time to look around,' she smiled at him. 'Look what I've bought,' she said and she pulled the hat out of her bag.

'Forza Alonso,' Tom read with his forehead furrowed. 'Are we supporting Alonso this weekend?' he asked while sitting down in the chair on the other side of Keira.

Abby giggled and Tom stared at her in confusion. Keira only gave her a knowing look. 'Keira isn't, I don't know yet,' Abby said with a triumphant smile on her face.

Tom was now staring at Keira. 'You have an Alonso cap, but you don't support him? I knew you were strange,' he said and he rubbed his forehead.

'You'll find out who I support shortly,' Keira grinned and she stretched her arms above her head. 'Let's get out of here. I want to check in before we go out for dinner.'

With their arms around each other they made their way to the exit, waiting for a cab to take them to the hotel.

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'Wow, this is amazing,' Abby said in awe when they entered the lobby.

Keira had to agree with her, it was a lot fancier than she had expected. It was typical Italian, but in a modern way, in the end it was just looking expensive. When they made their way to the desk to check themselves in she spotted a lot of team personal walking around. She could make out a few different teams and she realised that Seb had booked them into the team hotel. Tom had also spotted them and was now painfully poking both herself and Abby to make them aware. Ignoring him she looked up to the woman behind the desk.

'I would like to check in please,' she said politely and pulled out her identification.

'Name please?' the woman asked stiffly.

'O'Donnell,' she answered and she shoved her identification into the woman's direction.

She took it and stared at it intently. 'That's alright, you will stay here until Monday I see. I'll get someone to help you with your luggage,' she said while typing something into the computer.

'That will not be necessary,' Keira said quickly as they only had travelled with hand luggage.

'Alright, then here are your keys,' she held out three cards and Keira took them. 'Have a nice stay, if you need anything, just ask,' the woman said again with that stiff smile. They really were drilled to look like brand representative robots.

They thanked the woman and set out to find the lifts.

'Have you seen all this team personal?' Tom said finally and his eyes were wide when he spotted a Ferrari team member.

'Yes, but please act normal. They're just people, you know,' Abby said while pulling Tom back to the lift, he had wanted to go back to the lobby. 'You'll see more of them in the paddock tomorrow, so no need to stare now,' she added annoyed.

Tom suddenly had lost his interest in the team personnel. 'We're going to the paddock?' he asked with his mouth wide open.

Keira grinned, Tom looked like an idiot. 'Yes, we've got all access passes for the whole weekend,' she said brightly.

At that moment the lift doors went open and they all went inside. Even the lift was fancier than a normal house, Keira thought. She pushed the right button and waited until the lift started to move.