Y/N slammed the door as she entered her best friend's apartment with a fierce look upon her face, "If I have to hear how amazing Nicole's love life is one more time," She left her empty threat hanging as she took a seat on the settee opposite Charles who was sat in his racing simulator practising for the Spanish Grand Prix. He finished his lap, allowing Y/N some time to pause and calm down, before turning to her and raising an eyebrow.
"Why? What's she done now?" Charles knew that Y/N had a somewhat on/off relationship with her work colleagues, Y/N was friends with them and knew work wouldn't be the same without them but often they got on her nerves and said things that just pushed her the wrong way which inevitably led to Y/N venting to Charles about everything that happened at work on the daily.
"You know how I've the dinner tonight with the work ones?" At Charles nod, she continued, "Well they're all bringing their boyfriends and whatnot, and the whole day all they would talk about was how amazing their love life was and how they're going to set me up. I'm the only single one! Even Jenny's got herself a boyfriend!" Charles' eyebrows rose up further and he tilted his head slightly to the side as if warning her to continue the sentence knowing that it'd not be something nice. "Ok ... that was rude, but you get it." She mumbled. Charles climbed out from his simulator and sat on the settee beside her and as if she'd had an epiphany, Y/N head shot up with wide eyes then she turned to Charles and began to tug on his arm, "Pretend to be my date for tonight! Please!"
Charles' eyes widened and he turned to look at Y/N with a bewildered look, "What?" Y/N gave him a look; she knew he'd heard her. "Why?" With a huff, Y/N explained her reasoning, "So that they'll finally shut up about trying to set me up with every male specimen they see!"
"Just tell them to stop?" Charles questioned with a confused look on his face but quickly retracted his questions when Y/N threw an incredulous look his way. "You don't think I've tried that?" Charles nodded in understanding, "Ok Y/N, I'll be your date tonight." Y/N's face lit up jumping at Charles to give him a tight hug and kissing his cheeks. Y/N quickly gave Charles all the details he'd need before deciding to head to her own apartment in order to get ready, feeling somewhat excited for the evening ahead.
At 7 o'clock, Charles turned up at Y/N apartment in his Ferrari dressed in black tuxedo, ready to pick up Y/N for her work dinner. The dinner was booked at a restaurant just outside Monaco and it was agreed between the girls that they'd meet at the restaurant. Charles waited in his Ferrari for Y/N to arrive and was startled when his passenger side door flew open and Y/N jumped into the car, he had to take a double glance and his eyes widened as he took in her appearance. She was outfitted in a burgundy lace dress that reached just a few inches above her knees and when she leaned forward to set her clutch bag on the floor of the Ferrari, Charles could see that her dress was backless.
"You look amazing." Charles told her as the Ferrari roared to life and the journey to the restaurant began. A blush appeared on her cheeks and Charles threw a smirk in her direction when he saw this, "Aren't you going to compliment me?" Y/N stuttered a response, "Ye-yeah, you look good too."
They were the last ones to arrive, judging by the fact that all the other girls and their significant others were standing outside the restaurant. Charles opened Y/N's door for her and helped her out of the car keeping a hold of her hand as they walked over to the group. "Y/N!" Nicole shouted running over to give her a hug, Y/N reciprocated the hug, "And who's this?" She said giving a nod in Charles direction, "I wasn't aware that you were bringing anyone."
"This is Charles." And that was that. The group made their way inside with Charles still holding onto Y/N's hand and were seated at a table with menus. It was small talk and natter for a few minutes while they studied the menu but when they'd finally ordered their food and their drinks had arrived, Nicole turned her attention to Y/N and Charles and the rest of the table soon followed.
"So, Y/N, tell me about this." She said with a gesture to Y/N and Charles.
"Oh," Y/N gave a gentle shake of her head in protest, "Charles likes to keep his life private-" Jenny interrupted her with a sarcastic smile, "Did you hire him or something? Should've known you wouldn't get a date." She laughed. Y/N leaned back slightly with a shake of her head as if to say that she couldn't believe that Jenny had said that. Charles dropped a hand onto her thigh and gave it a gentle squeeze before piping up and coming to her defence, "Y/N, didn't need to hire me as she's my girlfriend." Y/N's eyes went wide before she got them under control and a large smile appeared on her face as she kissed his cheek.
"This is new. Why didn't you tell us?" Nicole asked with a smile as Jenny finally picked her jaw up off the floor.
"I don't like plastering my private life everywhere. Neither does Charles." Y/N said with a shrug, a subtle dig at Jenny who loved boasting about her boyfriend. Nicole nodded in understanding then turned her attention to Charles once again.
"So, tell us about yourself Charles." Charles seemed to struggle to decide what to say and so Jenny took it upon herself to ask him a question. "Are you in the same field of work as Y/N?" Y/N worked as a graphic designer which is where she met the girls as they were involved in the marketing team that she worked with.
"Uh ... no." Charles said with a shake of his head, "I drive cars."
"Like Uber?" Jenny asked in a tone that spoke, 'Are you being serious?'.
"Um ..." Charles seemed to hesitant to reveal more as he was always cautious when he met new people as he was scared that they'd use him simply for this profession. As if sensing his discomfort, Y/N swooped in, "No, he drives for Formula 1."
Jenny's date upon hearing this snapped his gaze to Charles and gasped, "Charles Leclerc?" Charles slowly nodded, "Tough luck in Bahrain." Y/N grimaced, that wasn't a race that Charles liked to be reminded of. While he had drove amazingly the whole race, it was let down by mechanical failures out of his control. "You ready for Barca?" With a wide smile on his face (which seemed to appear every time racing was mentioned), Charles nodded.
"Formula 1? Wow! Who do you drive for?" Jenny asked.
"Ferrari."
"Wow, you hit gold there, Y/N! No wonder you wanted to swoop him up quickly – imagine getting to travel to all those places!" Jenny said amazed. Y/N furrowed her eyebrows and shook her head rapidly showing her immediate disagreement. "I'm not with Charles for the travel benefits!" She protested at the same time that Charles also protested that that wasn't the reason. The rest of the dinner carried on, albeit slightly awkward between Y/N and Jenny, until nearly 10 o'clock when Nicole announced that she and James, her fiancé, had to leave as they had work in the morning. Unanimously, everyone stood up to leave and they all bid each other goodbye.
Y/N turned to Charles as they settled in the Ferrari, "So, I'm your girlfriend now?" She said with a smirk. Charles' cheeks flamed red and he stuttered a response, "Um ... ah .... Uh, if you want?" Y/N's head snapped from looking forward to him, her eyes wide, "You're serious?" Charles struggled to say anything, so he just nodded. Y/N with a slight smile, leaned across the car to give him a kiss on the cheek, "Does that answer it?" Charles just smiled and nodded.
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