Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 4 - 7 2018 | Page 278

“Of course, Mr. Horner! I’ve been working so hard for this! You giving me a seat means so much
for me Mr. Horner… words can’t even explain how happy I am right now… Th…thank you, Mr.
Horner”
“You’ve earned that seat, Marcus. Come on over to our base Melton Keynes next week, we’ve got a
lot to do.”
“Sure Mr. Horner! See you there!”
Just as I was over the moon about this something even more marvellous happened to me.
Throughout the season Charles had slowly become my friend despite the fierce competition in GP2,
where everyone was fighting for those 20 seats in F1. It turned out that Charles was also signed by an
F1 team, in his case it was Alfa Romeo Sauber that called him. As soon as we knew about each other’s
“Christmas presents,” we got together to celebrate in a pub just beside Silverstone.
Just as we were beside ourselves with joy in the pub, I saw an oddly familiar shadow walk right past
me. Too familiar…. Out of instinct, I yelled “Kate? Are you Kate!?”
“I’m sorry, do I know you?.... Oh wait… it’s YOU! It’s been a long time! Why on earth are you
here?
“I just got signed by a Formula One team! I’m now an F1 driver, Kate! It must be a gift from god
that you just happened to be here to share this moment with me!”
“Wait, what? Are you serious? Congratulations! I mean, you really did fulfil your dreams!” She said
that in shock and awe, “I’m… I’m free right now, I think. Just finished a drink with my friends over
here.”
At that moment I almost forgot that Charles was right next to me, “Is this the girl you mentioned to
me every 5 minutes during the whole season? Wow, she is stunning!”
“Yeah… And you looked just as good as last time I saw you… I have so much to say to you after all
this time…”
We got along quite well off-season, and when I was away, testing, racing and everything, she would
come to my races. In many ways, I felt like the relationship between Kate and I got better and better, to
a point where it felt like we were even closer than back when we were kids…Maybe that’s what she
meant when she said “Things weren’t going well” back then. Anyway, this kept on going for 3 years. I
spent my time driving for Toro Rosso when there were races, and han