ELENA was buzzing. She was currently at work, sat in her make up chair as one of her best friends, Sienna did her make up for her shoot.

Elena had met most of her friends through work. Sienna Carter was hired by her agent to work with Elena once, and since that day she's done nearly all of Elena's shoots with her.

Elena's wardrobe came from Juniper Lyn, who decided exactly what she wore for different people, and if given clothes Elena had to wear, she'd be able to asses what goes with what.

Veronica Leery, was a model herself. She had met Elena when the pair were working with Gucci for a summer collection a few years back, and had bonded as they spent lots of time together, waiting around for photos to be taken.

Sienna, Juniper and Veronica all had some sort of interest in Formula One, Sienna the most, her parents having subtlety named her after Ayrton Senna. Juniper had heard of the sport before, and her boyfriend was a big fan, so she'd occasionally watch a few races.

Veronica, or Ronnie to her friends, didn't have any knowledge of the sport before Elena came along, and it took her some convincing before she came around, and began to follow it.

Their other partner in crime, Maria Toni, was like Sienna and Elena, a big fan of the motorsport world. In fact, she worked as Checo's race engineer as Racing Point, and now Red Bull.

Maria was a tough, independent character, and was incredibly scary. But she had a soft sport for all her friends, and especially Elena. They had known each other since they were in Primary school, and have been best friends ever since. That was one of the reasons she was able to become Checo's race engineer, as Maria was practically his second sister.

Sienna sighed. "Crap. I'm out of eyeliner." she cursed.

Elena chuckled slightly, gaining a glare from her friend. "I'll go see is Ronnie has any spare. I'll be back." She gave Elena's shoulder a squeeze before she walked off towards Veronica's table.

Elena felt a brush against her arm and turned to see Juniper crouched down beside her, her camera roll out on her phone. "So this is what you're wearing. I tried to pick out something that would make you look really hot since you're gonna' be with Charles-"

"June!" Elena scolded slightly, giving her friend a small punch to the arm, telling her to quieten down.

Juniper let out a small laugh at Elena's defensiveness. "Okay just look at these."

Juniper stared scrolling through her camera roll scrolling through the outfits that she had conjured up with the clothes Giorgio Armani had given her.

Elena's mouth was open as she looked at the intricately detailed outfits that Juniper had made. "These are amazing. You outdo yourself every time." she complimented her friend with a wide smile.

"Stop." Juniper stood back up, a teasing smile on her face. She bent down and gave her friend a small kiss on the forehead. "Come find me when Si is done with your face."

"Will do June."

Whilst she waited around for Sienna to return with more eyeliner, she looked around the studio to people spy. She looked around at some of the regular models Giorgio, some of the PR managers running around, trying to make sure everyone was on time and ready to shoot the campaign.

Then she spotted the person she was most anxious, and excited to see. Charles Leclerc walked into the room, a few men and woman running around him, straightening his tie, dusting his suit jacket,
un-creasing his shirt.

His face was still as beautiful as she remembered him, from the last time she saw him at Abu Dhabi, which wasn't that long ago.

He was looking downwards, as a woman powdered his nose slightly and he shifted so that he was faced towards Elena.

He was still as beautiful as the last time she saw him, and it gave her those little butterflies in her stomach. He looked up and he met her eyes, giving her a small smile, topping his head up in greeting.

Elena gave him a smile and a small wave, before she pulled her head back down, shutting her eyes from embarrassment that he'd caught her staring.

"Hurry up Si." she thought to herself, as she now felt awkward sitting in the chair with Charles looking at her every so often. She wanted to look back up, but thought better of it, not wanting to seem desperate.

Sienna suprise her from speaking up behind Elena's chair. "Could you want him more?"

Elena swirled around in her chair and gave her friend a sarcastic smile. "Took your time."

Sienna shrugged. "I could see Prince Charming looking at you, thought I'd give it a minute. Now look up for me."

Once Sienna had finished up with her face, Elena went to Juniper, who fitted her into her outfits. Elena then headed back to set, with Veronica, who'd joined her whilst getting their outfits.

When they reached their spot, Elena spotted Charles already been photographed, being told where to stand, how to pose, how to look.

Elena admired him as he worked, seeing how handsome he looked in the suit Giorgio had picked out for him.

Whilst he turned around to follow the instruction of the photographer, he caught sight of the two girls stood to the side, and winked.

Elena's face crept up into a smile, despite trying to stay calm. Veronica looked over at her friend and rolled her eyes. "God you're so obsessed with him."

"I'm not obsessed." Elena said quietly, as she rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly. "He's just... nice to look at.

Veronica shook her head, letting out a small laugh.

The photographer looked over to the two girls. "Are you gonna' stand there or are you gonna' model?"

Veronica gave him a glare. "You gonna' tell us where to stand then?"

Charles chuckled slightly from where he stood, and the photographer glared at him. He looked back over at the girls and pointed at Elena. "You, yeah come here. Stand next to him."

Elena moved forward towards Charles, the butterflies returning in her stomach.

"Hey Perez." He greeted her with a slight smirk.

"Hi." she replied, giving him a smile.

They began to move into position as the photographer asked them, obeying his orders. Charles quietly spoke to her as they moved. "Little birdie told me you've been hanging around with Verstappen. That true?"

Elena looked at him shocked. "How do you know that?"

He gave her another smirk. "Word get's around Perez." he stopped as photo's were taken.

He was ushered by the photographer to hold Elena's waist, and for her to hold his shoulders. When Charles gripped her waist softly, Elena tried to restrain herself from freaking out.

"You're not, y'know..." Charles pressed.

"What Ma- no. No he's just my brother's teammate." Elena assured him, not wanting Charles of all people to think she had something with Max.

"Good." Charles said, before turning away to look back for the camera. Elena let out a breath before turning away also.

The photographer stepped out from behind his camera, "Alright, Mr. Perfect you're done for today okay? You though, you stay." he said, looking from Charles to Elena.

Before he walked away, Charles turned to Elena, taking a piece of her hair and playing with it. "I'll see you at the track?"

Elena nodded, trying not to pay attention to him playing with her hair. "Yeah, uh Imola."

"Leclerc! Do not mess up her hair! I spent two hours on that and so help me Hod if you've messed it up-" Sienna shouted over as she spotted him curling Elena's hair.

Charles stepped back from the Perez girl, holding his hands up in mock surrender. "Yes Miss Carter." he teased.

As he walked away, he turned around, giving Elena a wink. Elena smiled to herself as she turned back to the photographer who began to usher her about again.

As Charles walked back to his PO, he passed Veronica. "Leery." he greeted her.

"Leclerc." Veronica said back, giving him a small look before he walk away.

Charles turned back around slightly, his eyes following Veronica's figure from behind, before turning back around, and action that went in noticed by everyone, but Veronica, who could see him through the corner of her eye.

Veronica held a smug look to her face for a few seconds, before she was called up by the photographer to stand with Elena.

BRO YALL GET TO MEET MARIA IN THE NEXT CHAPTER AND OML SHE'S ALREADY MY WIFE

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