"You're leaving tonight?" Alessia's demeanour instantly changed. She went from being her usual happy self to suddenly being deflated.

Alessia and Pierre had seen each other pretty much every day since the fourth of July party they both attended. The pair had spent a lot of time together, and now, their lives were to go back to how they were every day before the fourth of July happened.

Some part of Alessia wanted to be angry at Pierre for not telling her sooner. If he had told her earlier, she would have savoured their time together a little bit more. But she had no right to be angry. She wasn't his girlfriend or anything. She wasn't even sure if they were friends.

"I go back to Milan, do some training, and then go to Monza on Wednesday." Pierre explained as he combed through Alessia's messy curls with his hand.

After their steamy make-out session, the pair laid back down on the bed in Pierre's driver room. Alessia laid her head on Pierre's chest, feeling the rise and fall with every breath that he took.

"I love Milan and Monza. Maybe I could come for the race weekend? But only if you wanted me there. I wouldn't want to intrude." Alessia suggested, and Pierre could swear that he felt his heart skip a beat at the suggestion.

"Why don't you fly out with me tonight? There's plenty of space on the plane, I can call ahead and get a hotel room organised for Monza." Pierre was hit by excitement, and Alessia could tell. He spoke quickly, eager to tell her about his idea. If it meant getting to spend more time with her, he was all for it.

"It would be okay to do that? I know it's a team thing so I can pay for my own flights and accommodation." Alessia insisted, but Pierre was having none of it. It would be far easier for her to follow his AlphaTauri schedule anyway.

It was confirmed. Alessia Bianci would be leaving Miami later that night to return to Italy with Pierre Gasly. Never in a million years did she think that she would leave the country with a man that she had known for a week, but she was.

"When do we leave?" Now Alessia needed to get all of the key information, but as it turned out, they would be leaving Miami in three hours' time, and she still needed to pack.

Rushing off of the bed to try and get herself organised, Alessia forgot about her injury. However, the slight pain that she felt in her foot reminded her.

"I need to pack!" She panicked, realising how unprepared she was for this impromptu trip that she had decided to take.

Laughing at her state of panic, Pierre was of zero use to Alessia. Eventually standing up, he wrapped an arm around her waist so that she could comfortably take the weight off of her injured foot.

"I'll be finished up here in about fifteen minutes, and then I'll take you home to pack." He promised, pressing a chaste kiss to her cheek. Alessia closed her eyes as she felt his lips linger, taking in the feeling of pure and utter bliss.

Whilst Pierre finished up his duties with the team, Alessia sat in his driver room. However, she wasn't alone. She had the company of Yuki, Pierre's team-mate. The younger man was hilarious, as Alessia found out. If she were to ask any other driver on the grid what their dream was, it was to win a world championship but not Yuki. He wanted to open his own restaurant, and Alessia found it to be endearing.

"So you're coming to Italy with us?" He questioned, sitting on the other side of the bed from her with his short legs crossed.

When Alessia nodded her head, Yuki's face broke out into a large smile. In the short time that he had known the Italian girl, he had grown to really like her. She was sweet and kind, but he also hoped that her staying with Pierre would mean that he didn't have to hear about every last thing that she did and how adorable it was.

"So you stay with Pierre in Milan and sleep together?" He asked innocently, not quite realising what his choice of words actually meant.

Before Alessia had a chance to respond to Yuki's accidental innuendo, Pierre entered the room.

"No, no. Yuki, you scare me." The Frenchman laughed at his teammate and tried to save Alessia any further embarrassment.

He handed her the crutches that she was growing to hate. She couldn't wait to leave them behind when she returned to Italy.

"Should we head?" Pierre held the door open for the girl. She waved goodbye to Yuki, giving him a smile because she wasn't sure if she would see him on the flight or not. Alessia knew that it was a team thing, but some drivers flew with members of other teams.

As the pair left together, Pierre waved goodbye to various team members and stopped every so often to sign autographs for fans and take a few pictures. Alessia didn't mind this at all. The girl thought that it was sweet how much he appreciated the fans. It also gave her a few moments to rest from using her crutches.

Just as the two reached Pierre's car, Alessia's phone started to ring. Realising that it was Clara, she decided that it would be best to answer.

"I had to hear from Pierre's teammate that you're jetting off to Italy? What the hell, Alessia?" Clara shouted down the line, and Alessia flinched.

For as long as Alessia had known Clara, she had pushed her to do things for herself. Take the day off, book a holiday, buy the expensive dress that she liked so much and now, when she was finally following that advice, she was being scolded for it.

"I'm sorry, Clara, but it was decided so quickly. I was going to call you in the car but I'm finally doing something for myself. I can't train for a week anyway." Alessia defended herself as she climbed into the passenger side beside Pierre.

Clara started to lecture Alessia. Lecture her on ways in which she was irresponsible, but Alessia didn't want to hear it. With a deflated sigh, she hung up the phone and put it back into her pocket.

"You okay?" Pierre noticed how her emotions had changed and the agitation that was evidently on her face. Cautiously, he placed his hand on her thigh as a way of comforting her. Alessia grabbed a hold of his hand and lifted it to her lips, pressing a kiss to the back of it.

"I'm okay."

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7th July 2022

note from e !

Hello, loves! Long time, no see, but I did promise an update this weekend, so here we go! I want to apologise for the lack of updates. I am currently writing my thesis for my education degree, and it's a lot. I'm also writing for another assignment, so uni has been very cruel to me, haha.

I am aiming to update more, even if they are more sporadic than I'd like. I think 'Style' updates are going to have to be paused in the meantime because the wattpad glitch that deletes all the pictures still hasn't been fixed six months on :(

How are you all? Any life updates that you'd like to share?
I can't even remember where I left off with you guys, I'm so sorry. I'm really trying to embrace my last year of university, and so I'm jumping in to everything that I possibly can! I've joined the Athletics club, the Equestrian club, the Education and Social Work society (future primary school teacher things), and the book club society. It's so much fun and I wish that I had done it all sooner but better late than never!

Enjoy and stay safe!

Lots of love, e x