36: His last name

Max's point of view

I thought about not picking up, I really did.

Her name popped up and I was like, what the fuck?

Then my curiosity killed me.

I picked up.

I'm glad I did, because now she's here, shaking like a bitch.

She would've frozen to death out there.

It would mean me dominating this season of F1 of course, but still.

I would never forgive myself if something happened to her.

'You gonna tell me what happened yet?', I ask her.

She shakes her head.

'Vettel please', she's still shaking and her lips are trembling.

'For fuck sake', I mumble and take off my coat.

'Keep both hands on the wheel, Verstappen', she says.

'I'm risking my life so that you are warm'.

'Both our lives, but thank you, Max, I appreciate it', she puts on the coat.

Her phone rings again.

She doesn't look.

'Why aren't you checking it?'

'I know who it is', she says.

'Maeve just fucking tell me what happened, Jesus.'

'It's just Esteban calling, nothing important'

My blood begins to boil.

'Esteban? Did he do something to you?'.

'Max, just drop it'

'I'm not asking you again, Maeve. Tell me now', I say.

Her blue eyes growing big and looking at me.

Tears start to form.

'Maeve, I'm sorry... I- I just want to know, so I can keep you safe'.

She starts to cry, like really loudly.

Fuck.

I pull over to the side and turn off the engine.

'Maeve, Maeve calm down'.

She is bawling, uncontrollably.

My coat is falling off of her.

I grab the coat and pull it over her.

'Maevey? You okay?', she shakes her head.

'Oh fucking hell-', I move over and I grab her body, trying to pull her closer.

My hands wrap around her, my warmth meeting her coldness.

'Maeve, are you cold?', I ask.

Her hand grips my arm and holds it there.

'Please, please stay like this, for a moment. You're hot.'

'Well thanks, but maybe this is not the time for sayin-'

'Max, why do you have to ruin everything? I mean warm you dickhead', she says.

I laugh.

'Max, I really appreciate you picking me up, I know you had no reason to', she whispers.

'I would rather pick you up at 23:48 than lay in my cold bed alone. I couldn't sleep, something kept bothering me.'

She smiles.

'Now, If I take you to McDonalds, will you tell me what happened?', I ask.

'Maybe, but only if I can get a McChicken'.

'I was thinking... a happy meal?', I smirk.

'Why? I have you to make me happy', she laughs.

Wow.

That's... cute.

'So I'll be your happy meal?', I ask.

'Okay that sounds gross', she laughs.

I back away slowly.

I turn on the engine, being very careful to not let her hand slip out of mine.

We drive away, into the darkness, only us two.

'So', I take a bite of my cheeseburger. 'Tell me'.

She sighs. 'I was on a date... with Esteban'

I have a feeling this night will end with my fist in Ocon's face.

'He uhm... he was being rude, not himself... he was... he acted cheap or something', she says. 'He was being rude to waitresses and he called me a bitch'.

'He called you a what?', my fists are clenching.

'Calm down, batman. He called me a bitch and then at the end of the night when I said something about it he just said, 'Thank you for passing the test''.

She laughs, 'It's really not funny'.

I sigh. 'Maeve please, Esteban... he's a dick. He has thousands... millions even... but he'll always be a cheap motherfucker', I tell her, she giggles.

She takes a sip of her drink, then a few drops of Sprite run down her chin.

She licks them up with her tongue... I can't help but think what else her tongue can d-

MAX WTF?

Calm down.

'Okay Max, maybe it's time to go home', she throws away her empty wrappers.

'Yes, yes I will take you home, don't worry'.

She gets out of the car and opens her purse.

'Thank you, Max, I really appreciate- fuck', she sighs.

'What's wrong?', I ask.

'My keys... they're still in his car... they fell out of my pocket', she slaps her hand on her face.

'Okay, do you have reserve keys?', I ask.

She shakes her head, 'Gave them to my mom'.

'Sienna? Luciana?', I ask.

'Nope, I only had two pairs. I thought it wasn't important because they were always traveling with me'.

'Well, now you know. Come on, get in the car', I gesture.

Maeve's point of view

His house is huge, it is really modern.

He even has a device that turns on the lights, you only have to say 'Hey Alexa, turn on the lights'.

It's amazing, what the F.

'Maeve, I hope you are not allergic to cats. These are my babies', Max walks in with two cats in his arms.

'Oh my gosh, they are adorable. What are their names?', I walk forward to pet them.

'This is Sassy, my favorite little girl'. He hands her to me and I hold her in my arms.

Such a cutie.

'This is Jimmy, he's the man of the house', Max laughs.

'I'm sure he's the only one with balls around here', I laugh.

'Castrated, so nope, I'm the only one with balls here'.

'Pretty sure you need a huge dick to be able to say that', I joke.

'Want to find out?', he asks.

I feel all the blood in my body flow away, I feel like I might faint.

'No thanks, I'm already sick enough'.

'Come on, let's get you to your sleeping area', he places Jimmy on the ground and walks towards a long hall.

I follow him into a huge bedroom.

'Sorry, I turned the spare bedroom into a simulator room, so you'll have to sleep in my bed'.

I almost choke.

'Not with me in it of course, and the housekeeper changed the sheets this morning, don't worry', he says.

'Well... where will you sleep?', I ask him.

'On the couch, don't worry... it's even more comfortable than this bed'.

I smile.

'Thank you, Max, I appreciate this... what you did for me this evening'.

He walks towards the door.

'It's really no big deal, have a good night', he walks out of the room but then turns back to me.

'Maeve?', he says.

'Yeah?'.

'Please ignore Esteban, he doesn't know what he's missing. You looked incredible tonight', he shakes his head. 'well not only tonight, of course, every day... okay goodnight Maeve'.

He walks out of the room.

I take off my dress, knowing I have nothing to sleep in.

I just open his closet and grab a shirt.

The shirt has his number on it, and his last name.

I get in his bed.

Here I am, thinking me and Max were enemies...

Now I'm sleeping in his bed, wearing his shirt...

He even said I looked incredible.

What am I getting myself into?