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Racing Stripes, Chapter 19

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Warnings: slight angst/jealousy.

“DRINK UP!”

Sheila giggled while the men passed around their champagne, allowing whoever wanted to participate to have a sip.

It was a common part of the races.

While the men had normally seemed like all business in the days leading up to the race, the day of the race and the day after were for nothing but celebrations.

Absentmindedly her hand fell to her stomach as she began to think about how much she would inevitably miss this.

Sure, there were women that went on the tour across the globe with their significant others, dragging the children along if they had them, but she didn’t want the babies to be raised like that.

No.

She looked to the man that she’d been in love with for years.

Danny Ric was eagerly enjoying the champagne, joking around with the rest of the guys.

Would he still have his fun-loving attitude after the twins were born?

She’d known that he’d already looked into a few new potential investments, telling her that ‘it was for the twins’ futures, and that they needed to make sure they had long-term plans put in place.

But they hadn’t really talked about what was going to happen after the season.

Would they live in Australia with him?

He hadn’t even bought himself a house. He’d just stay with his family during the off-season.

Sure, she’d met Daniel’s parents before, when he’d chosen to bring her back for the Winter when he was with Redbull, but that was years ago, and they were practically giggling teenagers.

He’d had braces.

She was barely legal.

“TAKE A SIP, SHEILA!” Alex Albon urged, encouraging her to take a drink while he tried to pass off the champagne.

She was torn from her thoughts when she looked at him, already raising her hands and shaking her head, telling the enthusiastic driver that she wasn’t thirsty.

“COME ON,” Lewis urged, adding in his own encouragement as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders and playfully shook her, “LIVE A LITTLE!”

“Guys, she said no!” Danny said quickly, trying to pull the bottle from Alex’s hands, “she doesn-“

“What’s a drink gonna do?” Albon playfully teased as he nudged the driver, “we’ve seen you and Sheila put em away before.”

“And then the entire hotel hears you two afterwards!” Lewis chuckled playfully.

“Remember the last time?” Albon chuckled, “they were practically naked in the elevator when Max walked on with Horner!”

The two men chuckled and Lewis grabbed the bottle from Alex’s hands, pushing it towards Sheila, “come on, sweetheart. I haven’t seen you drink any, yet!”

“Guys, Sheila can’t drink!” Danny Ric said seriously as he pulled the bottle away from Lewis, shooting him a glare.

“Well why not?” Albon asked, his voice barely a whisper above the roar of the celebration.”

“Yeah?” Lewis asked, his brow furrowing as he leaned in to his friend, “why can’t Sheila drink?”

“Because pregnant women can’t have alcohol!” he said quickly. Sheila gasped, surprised to hear the retort come from her boyfriend’s mouth.

“DANIEL!”

Both Alex and Lewis’ eyes widened, before Danny Ric realized what he said. His eyes went wide as he began shaking his head. Lewis and Alex began to grin, “no…guys. No. You can’t say anything. Sheila is-“

“I GET TO BE A FUN UNCLE AGAIN!” Lewis all but yelled as he swept Sheila up into his arms, “oh my god, I’m so happy for both of you! This is amazing news!”

“Lewis, you can’t-“

“Oh, congratulations, mate!” Lewis said quickly, cutting off the Australian. He pulled himself away from Sheila and he wrapped his arms around the younger, but larger driver, “oh mate! You’re going to be such a good dad. The baby-“

“Babies…” Sheila said with a blush, as she interrupted the men.

Alex gasped, “babies? As in more than one?”

“Alright mate!” Lewis chuckled, clapping Danny Ric on the back, “leave it to you to put not one, but multiples in your girl! Good job.”

Sheila smiled as her boyfriend blushed, clearly not expecting Lewis to say that to him.

“Can you guys not tell anyone?” Daniel asked quickly, looking between Alex and Lewis, “we-we don’t want anyone to know yet. We haven’t gotten anything sorted out. And I don’t want-“

“Of course, mate!” Lewis grinned, grabbing the bottle back from Danny Ric. He took a new, heavier swig and cheered after, handing it back to him, “but now you have to drink for you and your girl!”

Danny Ric looked between Lewis and Alex, hoping that Albon would be the voice of reason. But he only nodded, gesturing to the bottle, “drink up, buddy.”

Sheila took the bottle from Lewis and handed it to Danny Ric, pressing a firm kiss to the corner of his mouth, “enjoy it for the both of us, big guy…”

“Well, if you insist!” Danny smiled, taking the bottle from his girlfriend’s hands and taking a heavy swig.

Valtteri’s neck cracked as he looked at the woman in front of him.

“You’re not the same…”

“No…” she acknowledged softly, staring at him for a second before shook her head, “I’m not…”

“You changed…” he repeated, phrasing the words differently as he shifted onto his back, “that-that didn’t feel the same…”

“Didn’t it?”

He shook his head, “it felt…different…”

“Was it bad?”

He turned to look at her, surprised at the question.

She had never questioned herself like that with him. In al the times that he had chosen Sugar, she took a submissive role to him, yes, but she always knew that he was satisfied.

“It felt like I was a job…” he admitted softly, “it-it didn’t feel personal like it used to.”

“You know that I’m with Lando, Valtteri…” she sighed, shaking her head once more, “he-he’s okay with me finishing out my contract this year, but…my heart is with him…”

Valtteri frowned, shifting back to his side so that he could look at her. He frowned, seeing the thin sheen of sweat that dotted her brow. He reached out and brushed it back into her hairline, “was your heart ever with me, Sugar?”

She shook her head, pulling the blankets closer to herself, “Valtteri….”

“I want to know…” he begged gently, “I want to know if you ever felt any sort of way about me.”

Her eyes met his, and he knew before she had the chance to shake her head.

“No…”

His stomach turned, “We-we’ve been having sex for years…”

“Valtteri…this is a job for me,” she admitted, “I-“

“But Norris isn’t a job for you?” he asked, cutting her off. His jaw clenched as he thought about the younger driver, “he’s a driver too! How is it that he managed to get your heart and I haven’t?”

“Valtteri-“

“I have had deep feelings for you for years, Sugar…” he answered quickly, cutting her off once more, “I-I thought we were on the same page. But then-then you slept with him over break…you were on my time and you had him sneak by to fuck you.“

She paled.

“Y-you knew?”

A look of shame crossed his face.

He had known about their little rendezvous the whole time.

“You were fucking Norris behind my back.”

“I was falling in love with him…” she corrected him, “I was with you as your prize…but Lando-Lando and I have been falling in love with one another when he was interning with Mclaren, helping out in their garage…you may have been claiming my pussy every night, but you didn’t really care about me, Valtteri…”

“I did…” he said firmly. She sat up and gave him a long, hard look. He frowned once more and he reached out to her, yet again, “I do…Sugar…we had something so good…”

“It was job,” she reminded him with another shake of her head, “just like now. Everyone knows that Lando and I are together…I’ve already turned in my notice that I won’t be returning next season, and everyone’s all but left the two of us alone…but not you. You chose me even knowing that.”

“I want a shot at your heart!” he said quickly, “I want that chance.”

“Oh Valtteri,” she sighed, reaching out to the driver. She stroked his cheek and he saw a look of sadness in her eyes, “you will always have a special place in my heart…but Lando…Lando has my heart. He is my heart…”

“I want that though…”

“I’m afraid it’s the one thing you can’t have, Valtteri…” she sighed. The driver stared at her for a few minutes, before he watched her get up, “i-we both know that this shouldn’t be happening…I-I’ll sleep on the couch tonight…but in the morning we should go to the stewards…I’ll resign early…I-“

“Don’t…” he said quickly, cutting her off once more. He crawled over the bed and stopped her from putting on the rest of her clothes, “don’t leave, Sugar…just stay the rest of the season…”

“I-I can’t keep doing this, Valtteri…”

“I just want what you and he have…”

“To do that…to really do that, you need to look inside yourself and think about what you really want, Val…” she sighed, giving the man another sad look, “and while that isn’t me...I know that you have an idea of what you want your future to be…what you want in a relationship. Focus on that…and the right person will come in time. That’s what happened with me and Lando…”

Valtteri nodded and she began putting on her clothes once more.

She barely noticed the driver slide from the bed and throw a pair of shorts on. Not until she saw him making up the couch.

“Y-you don’t have to do that, Valtteri. I can make up the couch. I-“

“You’re sleeping in the bed. I’ll take the couch,” he said firmly, nodding over to the bed, “don’t worry…I won’t touch you anymore, Sugar…”

Chapter 20

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