Just Him ❤

60. Barcelona baby?

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The weekend was just about over, agonisingly for Chloe and Seb there simply hadn't been the time to do the pregnancy test. They had tried once more after qualifying but got interrupted yet again causing her to leave the test behind in the bathroom of Seb's driver's room when they'd left to go back to the hotel. Now she was stood with Antti while they waited in the paddock just behind Parc Fermé for Seb to join them. He'd endured a frustrating race, finishing in fourth, thanks to flat spotting his tyre badly in the first corner which had caused massive vibration in the car, followed by the teams questionable strategies and apparent inability to make a decision. She had watched the race with Antti in the Ferrari suite inbetween reading and deleting emails asking for Seb's response to the baby rumours. She had also had to deal with a phone call from her mum asking if the pictures she'd seen of Seb were really real and was she pregnant or not, to which she'd replied that she wasn't. Even Britta had sent her a text, asking the same thing. Antti looked at her, feeling concerned, she had done a good job of masking her emotions in public, giving nothing away to the cameras that seemed to follow her as much as they did Seb but away from the prying lenses the stress of not knowing was beginning to show. Adding to that was the increase in emails and phone calls she was dealing with as well as questions from bold reporters in the paddock who had approached her. With a day of testing coming up onTuesday followed by the possibility of having to fly straight back to Italy it didn't look as though she was going to get much of a break from the media circus. He watched as she checked her dictaphone, Seb's baseball cap was attached to her belt loop and his sunglasses were hooked into the neckline of her top. Her hair was up in a casual bun with a few loose strands framing her face.
"Antti, I'm ok. No need to look so worried." Her words snapped him out of his trance.

"Sorry." He mumbled as he spotted Seb approaching them, their driver looked very troubled. "Hi Seb, that was an awesome drive." He patted his shoulder and then took his helmet and HANS device from him, passing him a rehydration drink which Seb immediately took a long drink of while eyeing Chloe up and down as though he was checking to make sure that she alright. She felt nervous as she passed him his sunglasses.

"Danke." (Thank you.) He gave her a weak smile as he slipped them on, grateful to be blocking out the bright light, after driving with a darkened visor for so long the bright sunshine was hurting his eyes. She passed him his baseball cap and he put that on also. He let out a breath, he really didn't want to face the media pen but it was part of his contractual obligations so he had no choice. She stepped back as Seb fell into a quiet conversation with Antti, his frustration was clear to see and it wasn't being helped by an annoying photographer. She gave him another couple of minutes and then stepped forward, placing her hand on his back.

"We need to move." She said, he looked at her and sighed before nodding his head and they began to walk the short distance to the media pen.

"How are you feeling?" He asked.

"Good." She responded. "I'm more worried about you, you had quite a bit to deal with out there."

"I'm going to have be careful what I say in the pen, for sure."

"I know you'll keep it as positive as you can." She looked at him as they walked.

"Did you watch from the garage?" He asked before taking another sip from the straw of his bottle.

"No, I was in the suite with Antti. I had rather alot to deal with myself." She replied.

"I think the debrief could be quite lengthy so you will have plenty of time to get everything finished while you're here and then tonight we can be alone." He walked into the pen one step ahead of her, he just wanted to get this bit over and done with now. As Seb spoke to the first reporter Chloe stood close by holding her dictaphone and trying not to roll her eyes at some the things he was being asked. She listened as he answered carefully and defended his team when being challenged on their strategy and the time it had taken to make decisions. Another had questioned the lack of performance of the car and morale of the team and the fifth, and final, person from an Austrian tv station made Seb cut the interview very short.