─── ❝ 𝐢 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 ❞ ───

MADELYN PLACED HER KEYS DOWN IN THE LITTLE CERAMIC DISH APON THE SHOE CUPBOARD, SHUTTING THE DOOR BEHIND HER. She had had the worst day at work, numbers of clients being piled onto her desk hourly, handling rude customers on the phone, and dealing with her irrational boss. She leant against the door and took a deep breath. Dom's head poked around the hallway and he smiled at her, "Beau's picking O up from school. You want a coffee?"

"Please." Mads pushed off from the wall and walked down the corridor, giving Dom a fist bump before he began to walk towards the kitchen. The brunette slumped down onto the sofa, allowing her bag to fall down on the carpet beside her. She closed her eyes for a few minutes, calming herself down before she unleashed her rant on poor Dominic. Speaking of the American, he walked into the living room with two cups in his hands, placing one down in front of his best mate. "Thanks D." Madelyn sighed.

Dominic sat down in the arm chair opposite the sofa and tucked his legs up. "You want to rant before Oscar come home?" he offered.

"Nah, I've had worse days. I'll just restrain myself." Mads waved her hand and took a sip of her coffee and winced. "Dom did you put sugar in this?"

"Nope."

"But I have coffee with two sugars."

"Yep." A pillow was thrown at Dominic, who shielded his coffee from the impact. "Jesus Mads!"

"You're such a bastard." She chuckled. Dom put one of his hands up in surrender. "I'm under strict orders from Beau to keep you off the sugar. You have about ten coffees a day Mads, having twenty sugars in 24 hours is not good for you." he said knowingly.

Madelyn rolled her eyes. "I hate the fact you know all this stuff." The blonde shrugged and took a sip of his own coffee. "Not my fault you live with two doctors."

"Last time I checked you were still in Uni..."

"Oh shut up." Dom glared at his friend and then remembered something. "Oh and the prints or on the kitchen counter." he said, pointing towards the hallway which lead to the kitchen.

Madelyn smiled "You're a life saver." Dominic pretended to flick hair behind his shoulder and concealed his laughter.

Mads set down her drink and walked towards the kitchen, finding an envelope on the marble counter. She opened it and took out the two pieces of paper with the tickets for the 2019 Silverstone Grand Prix printed on them.

Madelyn smiled and placed them. back in the envelope, re-sealing it and taking a pen, writing 'O. Craft' on the front. At that moment, the door opened and Mads could her the voice of her best friend Beau calling out, "We're home!" and the frantic footsteps of a nine year old boy running into the living room. "Hi Dom! Is Maddy home?"

Madelyn sneaked into the room, smiling widely at Beau, who smiled back holding her hand out for the envolpe. Mads passed her the paper, and then turned to the back of her little brother.

She creeped up behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist, lifting him up into the air. "Hey!" Oscar began to laugh uncontrollably as Madelyn spun him around. After a few seconds, she placed him back down again, and Beau secretly slipped the envolpe back into her hands, which were concealed behind her back.

Madelyn crouched down in front of Oscar and pushed a few hairs our of his eyes. "How was school?" Oscar fell back onto the sofa behind him. "Good! Everyone sang happy birthday to me for Sunday." he said, smiling brightly.

Madelyn chuckled and then brought the envolpe from behind her and offered it to her little brother. "This came for you in the mail." Oscar grabbed the letter from her hands excitedly and opened it up.

He took the tickets from inside the envolpe and scanned them. He jumped up from the sofa and stared at his sister, eyes wide and mouth open. "Are we going to Silverstone?" he asked. Madelyn nodded franticly, her smile widening as Osacr began to run around the living room, chanting, "I'm going to Silverstone!" as he ran.

Dom blocked his way and scooped him up, placing him on his shoulders. "And guess what little dude." he said. "What?" Oscar asked.

Mads stood up from where she had been crouched down. "It's more than just a ticket to Silverstone." she said, and Oscar slid down Dominic's back and ran towards his sister. "You're going to drive around the track with Daniel Ricciardo." Madelyn told him.

Without hesitation, Oscar pulled Medelyn down to his height and wrapped his arms around her neck. "Thank you Mady! You're the best sister in the world." he said into her hair.

Madelyn's heart melted as her brother squeezed her tighter. "I love you Madelyn." Oscar said softly. "I love you too O." Mads whispered. She was so thankful that she was able to have these moments with her brother, without any worries about her parents, and that was all she wanted for Oscar.

"OSCAR YOU NEED TO BRUSH YOUR TEETH SO I CAN PACK YOUR TOOTHBRUSH!" Madelyn said frantically, as she rushed around the house packing all the last minute things her and Oscar needed for Silverstone.

She heard shuffles. of footsteps heading into the bathroom and the door shutting, letting her know Oscar was in there. She heard footsteps to her right too and turned to see Beau and Dom stood in their dressing gowns.

Madelyn winced. "Was I loud?"

Dom nodded. "Very." Beau gave him a slightly slap on the shoulder before turning to Mads. "It's okay, we wanted to see you both before you left anyways."

Madelyn smiled at her friends as the door to the bathroom opened. Oscar came out holding his toothbrush and toothpaste in his hand, holding it out to Madelyn. "Here you go!"

Madelyn smiled at him and took the toothbrush and toothpaste. "Thank you. Go make sure you've got everything before we leave okay?" She said ruffling his hair.

Oscar nodded and headed off to his and Madelyn's room, making sure he packed everything. Madelyn placed his toothbrush in her bag and turned back to her friends. Beau walked firwrsmds and wrapped her arms around Maddy. "Have fun won't you?"

"Of course I will. I'll see his face light up when he hears the engines. It will be wild." Madelyn said, as she went to hug Dominic.

Dom hugged her back. "Make sure you tell all the drivers Beau has a boyfriend."

Madelyn felt Beau hit the back of Dominic's head and snickered. "You have nothing to worry about Dom." Beau said. "If they should be interested in anyone it should be Mads."

Madelyn gave Beau a sarcastic smile. "There will be no drivers interested in me this weekend. They're all like 20 years old. Too young for me. "

Dom raised an eyebrow. "Coincidently, Daniel Ricciardo is only 30. You're 28." he said smirking.

"No Dominic."

Dom hissed. "Ooh full name." he teased. Beau nugded him in the side. "You deserve it."

Dominic placed a hand on his heart mockingly. "What is this bully Dom day?"

"Yep."

"Yeah."

Dom rolled his eyes at the two women, who giggled. Oscar came back into the hallway, dragging his large suitcase along with him. "I'm ready!"

Madelyn grabbed the suitcase off of him and and Oscar ran towards Beau and Dom who hugged him. "Enjoy yourself little dude." Dom said as he too ruffled Oscar's hair.

Oscar nodded frantically. "I'm going to meet Daniel Ricciardo!" he said, grinning like a cheshire cat.

Beau crouched down to Oscar's level. "Be good for your sister okay buddy?"
Oscar nodded in agreement. Beau gave him a smile before standing back up. "I'll unlock the door for you, wait there." She walked towards the door grabbing her keys from the side table.

Madelyn grabbed her's and Oscar's suitcase, walking with him towards the door. They both turned around once in the hallway, giving Dom and Beau one last goodbye, before they headed towards the elevator, down to the Apartment block car park, and into Madelyn's car.

Oscar got into the passenger seat, and Madelyn placed the keys in the Egnition. She turned to Oscar smiling, "To Silverstone?"

Oscar nodded. "To Silverstone!" he said pointing forward.

Madelyn laughed and reversed out of her parking spot, driving out of the car park, her satnav set for Silverstone circuit.

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ah madelyn only of you knew.