It was Thursday morning when Amelia arrived in Saudi Arabia,

She missed Bahrain due to a high fever which if they didn't know any better would have assumed it was COVID-19,

"You've got two interviews today in the media pen and then something at the box." Amelia explained as she looked through her list of notes,

"Only three?" Toto asked as he cocked his head feeling surprised by the small number,

"You said you didn't want to do a lot of press this weekend Toto," the pr manager spoke in a duh tone,

"So I got you out of the other three," she added with a shrug as looked up from her notepad.

"How'd you do that?" The team manager could see the smirk on her face,

"Told them that I was certain my dad would love to talk about Redbull and their championship winner." The blonde explained as she let out a chuckle,

"I like having you around already Horner," the brunette smiled as he threw is arm around the girl as they made their way back into the Mercedes team hub.

"What are you looking at?" Daniel asked as he cocked his head seeing his teammate looking fixated at something,

"Who is that?" 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐎 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐒 motioned towards the blonde that turned to look at someone therefore revealing her face to the McLaren drivers in the process,

"No way," the Australian felt his whole body tense up as he went into a state of panic.

"What?" The Brit furrowed his eyebrows as he noticed the change in his teammate,

"Didn't think Amelia would be back in the paddock," Daniel spoke aloud as he shook his head,

"Especially with Mercedes." He added with a soft scoff realising that she was very well no longer apart of the red bull family,

Cementing just how far apart they had fallen.

"Who is Amelia?" Lando furrowed his eyebrows as he cocked his head,

"Horners kid," Daniel explained as he took his cap off to push his hair out of his face,

"I've got to go," he added as he walked off not even giving Lando the chance to respond,

"That was weird," the Brit shook his head as he watched the older driver move further away from the Mercedes hub.

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The Horner child felt as though she had spent the whole day walking,

"Shit I'm sorry," Amelia was quick to apologise when she was knocked off of her feet,

"No worr-" a voice responded as they held a hand out to her,

"Daniel," the blondes eyes went wide as she recognised the boy that stood in front of her

"Amelia," Daniel's voice was shaky as he watched her get up,

"This is not how I pictured that this would go," the Brit confessed as she dusted off her pencil skirt,

"What do you mean?" The Australian furrowed his eyebrows,

"I didn't think it would ever be this awkward," the pr manager was very much in the 'if I don't laugh I'll cry' mindset,

"How have you been?" The driver asked as he scratched the back of his neck,

"I'm good, trying to settle back into the paddock but good." Amelia nervously fiddled with her bracelet,

"How are you feeling Mr Monza?" She added as she smiled and placed her hands on her hips,

"You watched that race?" Daniel had to use every bit of self control to not smile like a child,

"Yeah," the blonde nodded,

"One of the boys decided to turn it on when we were traveling and I wasn't going to be the one to turn it off." The girl explained,

"I should be getting back to the team peanut." The brunette looked at his watch to see that he was meant to be heading to as meeting.

"I thought we had a deal Daniel!" The Brit crossed her arms as she let out a whine,

"Things changed when you left," the Australian shrugged as he smiled,

"That was his way of saying he missed you and is glad to see that you are back," MICHEAL ITALIANO walked over to them interrupting their conversation,

"We all are," he added as he pulled her into a hug,

Despite all that went on between the girl and Daniel it seemed that Micheal always kept in touch with her.

"I'm glad to be back," Amelia nodded as she smiled,

"At least now it means we aren't the ones he'll be annoying," the trainer teased as he looked over to his friend,

"Is that so?" The girl asked as she sent the driver a smirk,

"He's been overly talkative so far this season," the Australian explained in an amused tone,

"In case you forgot I work for Mercedes now," the pr manager motioned to the logo that lay on her shirt,

"Which means I'm kind of off limits in the paddock." She added reminding the two of what her father always said

"So now you're going to pull the off limits card?" Daniel let out a scoff as he crossed his arms,

"She's been sat collecting dust for a good part of my life so why not?" The Brit sent him a toothy grin,

"Bye Mikey," she added as she realised she had to go,

She always remembered that she was still meant to be hurt by the fact that Daniel left and therefore was meant to make him work to get back on her good side.

"She's not changed one bit," Daniel sighed as he watched her walk off,

"Besides for the fact that she's aged three years, dyed her hair blonde, doesn't seem to be wrapped around your finger the second you two see each other, and gone to Mercedes?" Micheal asked as he cocked his head as he noticed how the drivers eyes never left the girl,

"You know what I meant," the driver mumbled as he shook his head and turned around to make his way back to the McLaren hub in the hopes that he would wake up and realise that this was all just some dream.

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The weekend had come to a close and it was obvious to see that a large majority of the drivers just wanted to go home and forget the race ever happened.

"You did well," Amelia smiled as she saw the Brit sat by himself,

"I got P five," 𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐄 𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐋 pointed out in a duh tone,

"But wasn't the slowest Mercedes so I guess you're right," he added making sure to mutter it,

"I'm sure your teammate would love to hear what you've got to say." The blonde teased as she sat next to him,

"You've warmed up to him quickly," the brunette was quick to notice how she spent the time before FP1 playing a game of Rock Paper Scissors with Lewis.

Despite the drama that went on between Max and Lewis last season the Mercedes driver still kept in nearly daily contact,

When he was still at McLaren Amelia found herself lost in the papaya paddock as a kid in Bahrain and by the time she got back to the Redbull team she had somehow lost her cap and now had a McLaren cap and an ice cream in her hand,

From that moment on for years she swore Lewis was her best friend and new favourite driver.

"I've known him for almost twenty years," the PR manager was quick to point out,

"Amelia Horner," she added as she realised she hadn't actually introduced herself to the driver.

"As in-" the drivers eyes went wide as he took note of the last name,

"Yep," Amelia nodded as she crossed her arms,

"George Russell," George held his hand out for the girl to shake,

"I think this is the start of a good friendship," he added as the girl shook his hand,

"I hope you're right Russell," the blonde could tell,

He was either going to be a pain in her ass or one of the reasons why she made it through the season.

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－ 𝔞 𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔢 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔢

Just like that and Daniel and Amelia have been reunited and the updates to the Formula One books are now also hopefully back and more frequent now too. Because there may or may not be a work in progress book for another driver so keep your eyes peeled for that.