They had about a week off and Francesca was house hunting in Monaco,

"Why are you leaving?" Lando asked as he let out a groan,

"Because I want to live in Monaco," Francesca spoke in a duh tone,

"Why don't you just come and join?" She added as she sent him a proposing look,

"Because I like England," the boy shot back as he smiled,

"It's raining again isn't it?" The Scot asked with a smirk,

"Yeah," the Brit let out a sigh as he showed the girl the weather from his window,

"Well my offer still stands," Francesca smiled as she came to a stop at a traffic light,

"Are you driving right now?" Lando asked as he furrowed his eyebrows,

"Yep," the girl nodded as she looked down for a moment,

She had her phone set up on her dashboard,

"I'm meeting the real estate agent," she added as she smiled,

"If you crash this isn't on me," the boy warned as he shook his head,

"Wait could I say something at your funeral," he added with a gasp,

"Lando!" The Scot let out a groan as her eyes went wide,

"So I'll take that as a no?" The Brit asked as he cocked his head,

"No!" Francesca shook her head as she was obviously unimpressed,

"Well have fun doing whatever happens when you house hunt," Lando smiled before hanging up.

━♔━

As Francesca arrived at the third place that 𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐀 𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 was showing her she fell in love,

"Wow," Francesca gasped as she smiled,

"So I take it you like the place," Eleonora smiled as she shut her book,

"I love the exterior," the driver nodded as she looked around,

"It's really pretty," she added as she tucked her hair behind her ears,

"Let me take you inside," the agent grabbed the keys,

"Who lives there?" The Scot asked as she saw the familiar car,

"I'm not really allowed to tell you that." The Brit sighed as she had sold him the house too but she knew that she wasn't allowed to tell her.

"It's just that the car looks familiar," Francesca shrugged as she just followed her into the house.

━♔━

The week off had flown by and they were now in Baku,

"How is your truce going?" Christian asked as he cocked his head,

"Alright to be honest," Max nodded as he looked to the girl,

"He bought me ice cream a couple of days ago," Francesca smiled as they were pulled into a hug,

"I'm glad you two aren't fighting anymore," the team principal was glad to see that the tension in the paddock had completely subsided,

"Give us a couple of days," the Dutch boy warned in a joking tone,

"Well until then let's enjoy the peace in the paddock," the Brit smiled as he sighed,

"You two should go get lunch before media," he added as he patted their backs.

━♔━

The duo was sat in the office as they ate,

"You know it was kind of fun when we fought," Francesca sighed as she looked up from her food,

"What do you mean?" Max furrowed his eyebrows as he cocked his head,

"Like it was kind of amusing," the Scot shrugged as she smiled,

"I have a proposal," the Dutchman rubbed his hands together as he looked at her,

"The fun doesn't have to die out," he added in a soft tone,

"What do you mean?" The girl cocked her head as she didn't understand where he was going with it.

"We could make people believe that the truce has failed," the boy shrugged as he ate a cucumber,

"How will that work out?" Francesca still couldn't understand what he was trying to say,

"When we are around others we still bicker," Max explained as he looked at the girl,

"But then we are friendly when it is just us," he added with a shrug as he knew that it could be interesting,

Most people hide relationships,

Not friendships.

"I like that," the Scot nodded as she smiled.

━♔━

As the race began to come to an end the red bull drivers began to fight first place,

"Calm down you two!" Christian let out a groan,

"We want you both to finish this race," he added in a duh tone,

"He can fuck off for all I care," Francesca spat as he had pushed her off of the track earlier and she decided that she didn't want to hear anything from him,

"Right back at you," the duo were on an open line,

"So much for you two becoming friends," the Brit sighed as he shook his head,

"Okay Fran that's P one and Max that's P two," he added as he looked at the screen to see the rest of the results,

"Congrats to you both," the race principal smiled as he heard the cheering from the team behind him,

"You did well," he added before shutting off the open line.

━♔━

𝐀𝐍: 𝐈 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐝.