Chapter 37

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When I wake up the next morning, my head is pounding. I groan and roll over, staight into Max's arms, who still has his eyes closed. But I can see a smile forming on his lips. Not even a minute later, the alarm is heard. I groan once again, as the sound hurts my head. I quickly turn it off.

"Good morning, babe" Max says. I look at him and he seems fine.

"Are you already used to alcohol then?" I ask him and he laughs. Without saying anything, he gets out of bed. I am confused, but stay in bed as long as possible. I know we have a plane to catch, but I set the alarm a bit earlier than was needed, as I could stay in bed a bit longer.

Max comes back into the room with a glass filled with water. He hands it to me and two pain killers. I smile at his gesture and take the pain killers. I drink the whole glass of water, as it takes a lot for me to take painkillers. I hate them. I hate swallowing them as they always get stuck in my throat.

After taking the painkillers, I get out of bed and get into the shower. Sometimes, it helps and sometimes it only gets worse by showers. Luckily, this time, it actually helps my head ache. I spend a good 20 minutes in the shower and when I get out, my suitcase is on my bed, fully packed. Max is packing his suitcase right now.

"Did you seriously just pack my suitcase?" I ask Max. Max looks up and smiles proudly.

"I did. I thought that you might not feel good enough for it, so I did it. I left out some clothes for you to wear. As we have to go to the Factory, I left out just some jeans and your Red Bull shirt. Your make-up bag is on the counter next to the mirror, I left room in your suitcase for it" Max tells me. I just walk over to him and kiss him. He smiles at me.

"Thank you, seriously" I tell him. He shakes his head.

"It's the least I can do. You've done a lot for me over the past weeks and I'm really grateful" Max says.

"But that's my job now, so it's different" I tell him. "Besides, you've done enough for me, remember the surprise when I graduated" I say.

"Okay, true. But I just thought I'd help you out" Max says. I smile and put on the jeans and shirt he laid out for me. I then do my make-up, but I just use some foundation, concealer and mascara, to make me look atleast a bit normal. When I'm done, I put my hair in a pony tail and put my make-up bag and my brush into my suitcase. I quicky brush my teeth and put my toothbrush in the suitcase as well. I put on my Adidas Superstars and I'm ready to go. Max seems to be ready as well, so we make our way to Daniel's room and then to the airport.

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A few hours later, we've arrived at the Factory. Christian took a plane back last night, so he is already up and running through the factory, ready for job interviews. Max is going to be working with Marcel in the simulator, while Christian, Daniel and I are going to do the interviews. I kiss Max good bye as he takes off. I sit down next to Daniel, waiting until the office is ready to go. I look at Dan and see him frowning at his phone. Before I can ask him anything, he begins talking.

"I think I messed something up" he starts. I frown at him, waiting for him to continue.

"I mean, I kind of got a text from a very pissed Victoria. She saw pictures of me dancing with that girl from last night and she now thinks I'm cheating on her. I tried to explain that I just danced with her, but she is mad and I kind of understand, but I don't know how to fix this" Daniel says. I then realise what happened last night. The moment when Dan started dancing close with a girl because we wanted to dance. Last night, I didn't even think about him having a girlfriend.

"I don't even know how I couldn't remember last night. I have a question for you, though" I say and he looks up at me.

"Do you like Victoria enough to fight for it or do you feel like you can find someone who you'll like more?" when I ask him this, I realize I still haven't told Max how I really feel. Anyway, back to Dan. He seems to be thinking rather hard about this.

"I honestly don't know. I mean, Victoria is great but it's just hard. I have a feeling that she doesn't really support my job as much as I would like someone I'm with to do. I mean, like you support Max to the fullest and I want that. And I don't have that now" he says. I nod.

"Than maybe it's for the best that's she pissed off. You should tell her how you feel. She'll understand, I hope" I tell him. Before he can react to that, Christian gets us to get ready for the first people. We walk into the office and sit on either side of Christian, as he sits in the middle. Julia, the receptionist will send each and everyone to us.

After a few minutes, the first one walks in. It's a tall man and he smiles brightly. He shakes our hands. He sits down at the other side of the table, looking rather nervous.

"Okay, just to inform you in case you didn't know, I'm Christian Horner, teamboss of Red Bull Racing. This lady here is Jasmin Hall, head communications and works for Max Verstappen and this obviously is Daniel Ricciardo, the person you'll work with if you get the job" Christian explains.

"I know you just introduced yourself, but please do again, but now for real" Christian asks the man. I'm glad he has to do it again, because I wan't paying attention to it the first time.

"I am Jonathon, John for short. I am 25 years old and I am from London. I have worked in a car shop, but I am currently unemployeed" he starts. I try not to yawn, but I can tell you that it is extremely hard at this point. He is so boring.

After a few questions that Christian asked, he gives Jonathon the chance to ask us questions, about the job or something else.

"Uh, Jasmin, can I ask you how old you are?" I slightly raise my eyebrow, but try to not make it to clear.

"I am 19" I answer. His eyes widen slightly. Before he can stop himself, he says something that makes me extremely pissed off.

"And you're head communications?" he asks, with an arrogance in his tone that I just want to scream at. I raise my eyebrow, this time, really obvious.

"Excuse you?" Daniel asks. That's when Jonathon realizes what he just said.

"Shit, I'm sorry" he says, eyes widening again when he realizes he just sweared.

"I am going to try to answer that statement as nice as possible but I can't promise anything. Age has nothing to do with the way I do my job. I helped Max get to two podiums in a row, I helped him race his races with succes. Who are you to tell me that I'm to young to do my job?" I say, trying my best to stay nice.

"And, the entire team loves her and adores her. Everyone listens to her and respects her, so that's why she's head communications. I think we've had enough, thank you for coming" Christian finishes for me. I smile at him and he smiles back. Jonathon stands up and walks away with his head down.

"If everyone is like that, I'm going to scream" I mumble, but both men heard.



A few hours later and around 30 people later, we have a few more to go. We still haven't found the one we are looking for and it's seriously starting to annoy me. They are all weird, rude or just stupid. I groan loudly.

"I know right. How can people be so stupid and rude?" Daniel answers the same that goes through my head. Just then, the door opens and reveals the first girl. She is smiling politely and shakes our hands. She seems a bit nervous but smiles her way through. She sits down and Christian does his talk.

"I tell everyone this, just in case you don't know. I am Christian Horner, team boss of Red Bull Racing. The lady next to me is Jasmin Hall, head communications, so if you get the job, you'll see much off her. And that is Daniel Ricciardo, driver and the one you'll be working with" Christian explains.

"Luckily for me, I know who all of you are. I actually follow miss Hall's vlogs" the girl says, using my last name.

"Please, call me Jasmin. Miss Hall makes me look so old" I say with a smile. The girl smiles back.

"So, tell us your name, age and where you're from, please" Christian says.

"I am Femke, I am 25 years old and I am from Amsterdam, the Netherlands" she says and my eyes light up.

"I love you already" I tell her. She laughs and Daniel laughs along with me. Christian smiles slightly, but isn't as excited yet.

"Why do you want to work for Red Bull and with mister Ricciardo?" Christian asks Femke.

"This might sound very, very stupid, but ever since watching Formula 1, I payed attention to the team, what they're doing to help. And ever since Jasmin started working for Red Bull, I've been following what she does and she makes it look so great. Seeing her do it with no experience in Formula 1, it made me think that I could maybe do it as well. I love analysing everything happening so that makes me think that I can do this" she answers. I am melting. I love this girl. I look to my right and see Daniel smiling at her.

After a few more questions, she is asked to wait outside.

"I love her" I say as soon as she left the room.

"I agree" Daniel says.

"Do you two really think she can do it?" Christian asks, obviously not convinced.

"Yes, I do. She sounds excited and she seems loving. I think that if I help her through her first weekend, she'll do great. And it might help that she's a girl. Dan has worked with a girl before, so it might just work" I say.

"She seems really sweet and caring as well, but also determined to do everything well. I thinks she'd be great, just like Jasmin" Daniel says. Christian then nods.

"She seems to love you, Jas, so why don't you tell her she got the job" Christian says.

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