Netherlands and the paddock as well as the garage was already busy with the drivers, the teams, fans and celebrities. Pierre and Jessica met up before walking towards their garages together. Jess has been feeling off the last few weeks but didn't tell Pierre or anyone else. She had missed her last few periods but put that down to the stress she has been under recently. "Okay. Good luck in your practice sessions love." Pierre smiles, gently pecking his wifes lips. "You too baby. Don't have too much fun." the brit laughs before heading into her garage as Pierre walks to his.
"Hey, Jess. Ready for this weekend?" Alex asks as she walks into her share of the garage. "You know it." Jessica smiles, acting like she has done the last few weeks. As if everything is fine when her body really knows something is wrong. It keeps trying to tell her but she ignores it. The waves of nausea, the few spells of sickness every now and then on a morning, her missed periods.
The girl heads to her drivers room where her personal trainer arrives 10 minutes after her. As soon as her warm up was completed, the brown-eyes female McLaren driver feels a wave of dizziness wash over her. She grabs onto the table beside her to steady herself. "You okay Jess?" her personal trainer asks, concerned. "Yeah. Go let Alex know I'll be there in 5 minutes. I'm just going to get a drink of water." Jessica softly smiles. Instead of pushing the situation further, her personal trainer nods and leaves her room, shutting the door behind him.
After taking a few deep breathes, Jessica starts to head over to get some water. However, the dizziness becomes worse and soon her visions becomes too clouded. There was nothing nearby for her to grab onto and when she collapses, it causes a loud crashing sound.
From his drivers room next door, Lando heard the loud crash coming from Jessica's room. He leaves his room and heads to hears to see what the commotion was. "Jess?" he calls when knocking on the door but doesn't get an answer. He knocks a few more times and still gets no response. Upon opening the door, he is met with an unconscious Jessica on the ground. "On my god, Jess!" the Bristol boy says, rushing to her side. "Can I get some help in here!" he calls out the room and quickly some of the McLaren personnel come rushing in.
"Alex, go get Pierre." Lando tells Jess' head engineer who nods and rushes to the Alpine garage. "Pierre, we need you now!" Alex calls to the older french driver. "What's going on?" Bruno Famin, Alpine's team principal asks as Pierre emerges from his garage. "It's Jessica. She's collapsed." Alex says catching his breath. "Pierre, go. Your wife is more important right now than Free Practice. Someone can fill in for you this weekend and we'll release a statement explaining your missing this race due to family matters." Bruno explains but Pierre had already ran off down the pitlane towards the McLaren garage.
He runs through the garage and to Jessica's drivers room where the medics had already arrived and were inside assessing her. "Mate, I don't know what happened. I was in my drivers room finishing my preparation when I heard a loud bang. Next thing, I find her unconscious on the floor." Lando says, panicked at the situation. "Lan, relax. I'm glad you got to her straight away otherwise this could be worse." Pierre reassures the younger driver. Lando takes a deep breath before nodding.
The frenchman heads into the girls room and crouches down beside her. "We're going to take her to the medical center but she may have to go to the hospital. We don't know why she's collapsed as of right now, Pierre." the head medic explains. All the alpine driver can do is nod at the information before picking his wife up in his arms and carrying her out the back of the garage where the ambulance is waiting.
The painful silence of the ride was enough to cause Pierre's heart to ache. "Come on baby. Open your eyes, please." Pierre pleads, taking Jess' hand into his. Arriving at the medica center, Jessica is taken into a separate room for a few tests while Pierre waits outside. "Pierre, she's waking up if you want to go in and I can explain the brief stuff." the onsite doctor smiles and Pierre lets out a relieved breath. The room was painted in cream paint and bright lights filled the room. "Hey baby." Pierre frowns walking into the room. "Hi. Thank god you're here. But, why aren't you driving?" Jess asks as Pierre sits beside her. "You're more important my love. You come first." Pierre says, kissing her hand.
"Okay Jess, you're blood pressure is really low. We are going to send you to the hospital for more tests to find out what caused your collapse." the doctor says. "Okay, thanks doc." Jess smiles slightly, hiding her disappointment. As soon as the doctor leaves the room, the girl lays her head back in fustration. "It's going to be okay. You're going to be fine." Pierre reassures his wife.
The hospital was buzzing with people going in and out. Jess and Pierre sat cuddled on the bed in the bay she was in. "I hope it's nothing serious." Jessica says, playing with her hands as Pierre hugged her. "I'm sure it's not. We'll get through this." Pierre reassured her. "Jessica, Pierre. We've got your initial tests back. Jess, did you know you're pregnant?" the doctor looking after the mclaren driver asks. "N-No. I mean, we've been trying again since the miscarriage a few months ago but I didn't know." Jessica says, shocked. Pierre simply froze on the spot, not knowing how to comprehend the news.
"Well, your blood pressure was indeed low and your HCH was high. Congratulations. I'll give you so both some time to take the news in." the doctor smiles before leaving the room. "Pierre, please say something." Jessica turns to her husband. "We're pregnant again." Pierre says before pausing. He didn't know how to feel. Happy, confused, angry. Of course he should he happy, he and Jessica are having their rainbow baby. But he's confused because he didn't notice and he should be angry because Jess has possibly been racing while pregnant.
"Yeah, we are." Jessica nods with a smile. Pierre stands up. "I need some fresh air." he says before leaving the room in a hurry. Jess sat there completely shocked at the way Pierre hurried out of the hospital.
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iMessage
drive or die
Max
Hope you okay Jess
we've heard from Lando what's
happened
Carlos
We're here if you and Pierre
need anything
Charles
We're all hoping your okay and
everything is good
George
Speedy recovery Jess
hope you're okay
Alex
Hope everything's good Jess
praying your okay
Lando
I'm sorry for telling them 😭
It was instinct
Jessica
It's okay Lan
Me and Pierre just need some
time to comprehend everything
Thanks guys 🫶🏼
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"You're pregnant and you've been racing!?" Pierre asks as soon as the door to their apartment is shut. "Pierre, I didn't know! If I knew, I would have told you straight away and I wouldn't have been driving." Jessica says. "You put not only your life but our baby's at risk, Jess!" Pierre argues. "I didn't know! What was I meant to do if I didn't know!" Jessica argues back. "Take a test! That way you would have known and then you might not have collapsed today!" Pierre shouts, running his hand through his hair fustrated. "I took the test last week and it was negative!" Jessica says, sitting on the sofa.
"Jess, I didn't want to argue but you put not only your life at risk everyday racing but you risked the baby's life." Pierre sighs. "I know I risked my life but the baby's? How was I meant to know about if the pregnancy test last week was negative?!" the girl looks at the frenchman infront of her. "Taking a test before the race sounded like a good idea to me!" Pierre argues as Jessica laughs. "Well, I'm not you and you're not a woman!" Jessica argues back. "You know what, I'm wasting my time here. Call me when you have some common sense!" Pierre says before grabbing his jacket and storming out.
"Fuck!" Jessica screams before breaking down into tears. She didn't know what kind of tears. Those of happiness because she's pregnant with hers and Pierre's rainbow baby or sadness because the whole situation of the argument has caught up to her.
As she processes what just happened, the rest of the day goes by in a blur. As night time arrives, Jessica changed into her pajamas and laid in bed watching netflix hoping Pierre would come home. As it got later and later, there was no sign of him. The british brunette sent him a quick message before falling asleep.
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iMessage
Pierre
Jessica
Hope you come home soon
I'm so sorry babe
I love you x