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PAIRING: CARLOS SAINX X OC

SUMMARY: Our lives have been on the same track for as long as I can remember. We had the same ideas in mind and we both knew what we wanted. Me and Carlos have always had specific goals. He wanted to be a World Champion, I just wanted to finish university. Despite this I had this timeline I needed to keep track of.

That's the thing about his job, it was so unpredictable. One day you're on the top of the grid, podium after podium. The next you can be yesterday's news. This is why I loved yesterdays. My yesterday's was filled of him while tomorrows were uncertain.

I wished everyday was just like yesterday.

i. PROLOGUE ii. CHAPTER ONE iii. CHAPTER TWO iv. CHAPTER THREE v. CHAPTER FOUR vi. CHAPTER FIVE vii. CHAPTER SIX viii. CHAPTER SEVEN ix. CHAPTER EIGHT x. CHAPTER NINE xi. CHATER TEN

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Yesterday's Tracks | F1 Fanfic| CHAPTER 10 

CARLOS SAINX X OC!  

TROPE: Childhood bestfriends.     Summary: Savannah and Carlos have been friends for as long as they can remember. From the moment their bumper cars touched they were like magnets. One moves so does the other, constantly pulling each other's magnetic fields together.

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I have been staring at the night sky for god knows how long. The guilt of not letting him know right away was slowly eating me up and I didn’t know what to say. Carlos was still out with our sister’s boyfriends. We decided to head back to the hotel earlier because their feet were tired from all the roaming we did today.  

I was sat on the ledge of the balcony, our hotel was perched next to a cliff so the ground below was rocks and you could hear the waves crashing against them, the sound was serene and if didn’t have a heavy chest tonight I would have fallen asleep to the sound of it, but it’s not the case for tonight. I heard the creak of the old door of the hotel. I looked over my shoulder and saw Carlos entering the room.  He gave me a small smile as he combed his fingers through his hair.  

“I thought you were asleep.” He tells me. I shook my head and smiled softly. I was still sitting there not moving, continued to play with my fingers, not sure how to bring up the news to him. I felt him raise himself onto the ledge and sat next to me. We both sat in silence as the noise of the sea roamed around us in the dark night. The only source was the bright moon accompanied by the stars. You wouldn’t see this in the cities I have stayed in, they would be drowned out by the city lights beaming in the night.  

“I was supposed to tell you...” I said softly. “After you won, then the call ended, and I waited for you to call me up, but you didn’t...” I told him. He nodded slowly, “I’m sorry I forgot to call you up, it completely slipped my mind. Everyone said to go out for drinks I got busy too and -” 

“You don’t need to apologize Carlos, we’re all busy these days. I have my academics and you have your racing career we both have priorities in our life now.” I replied.  

“But we should still be updating each other with what’s going on with our lives, isn’t that what we promised each other.” I chuckled softly. “Carlos we’re 18-19 now, I think we both learned by now that not all promises are kept.”  

“But I want to keep mine, what’s wrong with that?”  

You already failed to do it now? I couldn’t bring myself to answer him and just simply nodded. “I do too, that’s. Just part of growing up I guess...Anyways now you know. What do you think?” I asked him.  

“Well, NYU is pretty far, how did your mom and dad take it?”  

“They were ecstatic! We have already found a place for me to move to, it’s on a 5-year lease and if I plan to stay my parents plan to buy it for me.” I told Carlos.  

“Do you want to live there?” I shrugged at his question.  

“Do you want me to stay there?” I turned to him. His brown eyes look at me and my heart quickens at the sight. We have been running around to go to Greece quickly that I wasn’t able to take a good look at him. A lot has changed with his features. He got older, his face was now stronger and tougher looking. He also started growing his facial hair, making him look more like a man than the boy I met years ago, despite all these changes, he was still the same Carlos I grew up with.  

The same boy I shared Sundays and sundaes with, who knew how to help me pick myself up when I needed. The Carlos who I caught me when I fell. The same boy who knew my scars and placed bandages on them. Time may have passed but it was still him. He didn’t change as much as I thought.  

“It would be nice if you were just in Europe...not an entirely different continent.” He tells me in the most honest way ever. “Hey, you have races in America anyways, I promise to be there for those ones.”  

And I don’t intend on breaking it.  

The following day we head out to do tourist stuff, like seeing an island going on the beach and stuff like that. Me and Carlos decided to head to a free dive spot in Greece, we got certified together back then. We hopped off the boat and headed down to see the corals and fishes in the reef. It wasn’t that deep, around 10 to 15 feet. We saw a lot of Sea creatures, like lionfish and a turtle. I even tapped Carlos to point it to him. When we went to the surface for air, I kept gushing about it. After that, the girls and I decided to have a girl's night out. So, we seperated from the boys and we headed to a small bar resto that had an open mic. I was on my first glass of Margarita when I heard the host say my name into the mic. My eyes widened and shook my head.  

“No! Sera! Are you being real?!?!” I told her. She and Blanca smiled and pushed me up the stage. I smiled shyly and the pianist asked me what song I would be singing. I grabbed his song book and saw an all too familiar song. I pointed to it and showed him.  

The pianist smiled and played the first few notes of Mamma Mia.  

“I've been cheated by you since I don't know when  So I made up my mind, it must come to an end  Look at me now, will I ever learn  I don't know how, but I suddenly lose control  There's a fire within my soul 

and I can hear a bell ring  (One more look) and I forget everything, whoa 

Mamma mia, here I go again  My, my, how can I resist you?”  

The crowd started singing along, some were even dancing on the small dance floor. I was smiling the entire time and when I finished the song I went over to my seat, the crowd was asking for another one, but I humbly declined and sat down. We all talked and drank the night away.  

“Savannah...do you like Carlos?” Blanca asked.  

“I mean duh? That's why we’re friends.” I answered.  

“No, I mean do you like him in a romantic sense?” She clarified. I sat there and recalled every moment we had. “I don’t think so...” I answered because I wasn’t sure either. I have always seen myself with him, in the sense I felt like I knew he was always going to be there with me through every part of my life. From the highest highs and my lowest lows. Carlos was such a constant in my life that whenever I looked into the future, he was there.  “Don’t pressure her Blanca!” My sister teased her.  

“I just never gave it much thought. It’s like...how you see my sister, you know she is going to be there always, that’s how I saw it.”  

“When you see marriages or relationships? Have you ever pictured who you want to be with?”  I sat there and thought about what the two older girs asked me. One thing is for sure, I want someone to treat me like how Carlos has treated me for the past 10 years of my life. The type of relationship where a sigh and a small gesture would mean words. I have never been the most expressive type growing up, that’s why I loved writing. It allows me to organize what I want to say and choose the right words. Carlos has set my standards up there, maybe that’s why it has become hard for me to find someone. “Well, I definitely want a relationship as meaningful as what me Carlos have right now.” 

“Why not him?” My sister asked.  

“Carlos wouldn’t date me.” I asnwered. “How sure are you?”  

“Absolutely, positive.” That was all I said, but with how I said it. My answer couldn’t convince my sister and Blanca. Even I wasn’t convinced.  

We continued to drink and dance the night away but most of it was a blur. I could only remember bits and pieces of the night, like the boys ended up going to where we were drinking at, and my sister spontaneously said we should go to the beach.  The last thing I remembered was me on the beach trying to build a sandcastle and crying about it. I couldn’t even remember how we got back to the hotel.  

The following morning was welcomed by a sight of Carlos in a towel hanging on his waist, his hair dripping wet. That was the first time he made my heart skip a beat.  

And it certainly wasn’t the last

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"Do you want me to stay there?”

I turned to him. His brown eyes look at me and my heart quickens at the sight. We have been running around to go to Greece quickly that I wasn’t able to take a good look at him. A lot has changed with his features. He got older, his face was now stronger and tougher looking. He also started growing his facial hair, making him look more like a man than the boy I met years ago, despite all these changes, he was still the same Carlos I grew up with.  

The same boy I shared Sundays and sundaes with, who knew how to help me pick myself up when I needed. The Carlos who I caught me when I fell. The same boy who knew my scars and placed bandages on them. Time may have passed but it was still him. He didn’t change as much as I thought.  

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Yesterday's Tracks | F1 Fanfic| CHAPTER 9

CARLOS SAINX X OC!  TROPE: Childhood bestfriends.

Summary: Savannah and Carlos have been friends for as long as they can remember. From the moment their bumper cars touched they were like magnets. One moves so does the other, constantly pulling each other's magnetic fields together.  

I missed him, Carlos was frequently out of the country because of his races and I hated that we really didn’t see each other. He was doing pretty well according to Blanca. I see more of his sister than him now. 

I was busy as well finishing up my 2 years of baccalaureate degree and already applied to NYU. Despite the low acceptance, I’m taking my chances, if all else fails I can apply to a local university anyway. As for Carlos, he was doing well in F3, recently and will be up for the driving academy as well. Carlos’ career has been really taking off now, he won a Karting race in Monaco, according to Blanca it’s a big deal since he has won 2 races for now, and has been getting into the podiums as well. I wish I had more time to see him but with my school requirements it was getting harder and harder to catch up. We would chat on our messaging accounts but due to time difference and my classes we would end up replying with 3-4 hours intervals. 

Things were so much easier in our yesterdays… As much as I enjoyed my freedom I missed our innocence and our time together as teenagers. I’m turning 18 in the summer break and my sister decided to take me on a trip with Blanca to Greece. I wanted to disagree but they insisted on it, Sera said it was a right of passage for me as a woman, which is complete utter bullshit because they didn’t go on a trip to Greece for their 18th, they went to France! Which is much much closer to us. A euro train and you’re off, Greece is going to need a ferry from France. 

Which is perfect by the way because Carlos has a race there before heading off into their summer break. I will be able to see him race again after a year. I was able to see him in Monaco because his mother insisted on bringing me along, which I couldn’t say no to, hello it’s Monaco? Cute guys and fast cars?

My type. 

I have been getting into formula 1 a lot more because I’m closely following this Daniel Ricciardo guy, he’s super fun to watch, he isn’t doing great season, but I hope he improves soon, he’s currently for Toro Rosso, it’s actually the same driving academy that Carlos is in right now. I asked him about Daniel, if they’ve met but he said he has seen him sometimes but he hasn’t interacted with him that much. 

It’s already the end of April and my acceptance letters from local universities came in and I got accepted into them. I haven’t received anything from NYU and I’m not hoping for anything now at this point. I really want to get in, but it would mean moving to another country and…I’m kind of scared of the idea of that. 

“Savannah the postman came by and said this got lost in the mail.” I was confused for a moment because there was a sizable box and it had international stamps on it. The first thought is Carlos, maybe he sent something over, he would send in the most random postcards and he sent a tapestry from Malaysia, I think? Again the most random items that he thinks I would like, which I end up using, The tapestry is now pinned up the wall behind my bed. I opened the parcel and it was immediately a box with NYU on it. I covered my mouth in shock and continued to open the parcel, that’s when I saw the letter. 

"Dear Ms.Savannah Anastascia Williams-Jimenez, 

Congratulations, on behalf of the admission committee, we are thrilled to offer you an admission to New York University’s Class of 2012. We enjoyed learning about you and your accomplishments both inside and outside the classroom. You stood out in a highly competitive pool of applicants and we believe that you are the type of student who will take advantage of what the university has to offer. In turn, we know that the university will also benefit from your talent and intellect."

And then the letter continues on about the admission process as well as reminding what will be needed when I decide to accept the offer. I screamed the loudest I have ever screamed and my mother and father came rushing in as well as my sister. “What’s wrong!?!” My mother immediately worries. 

“I got in.” Their eyes darted from the parcel back to me and the worried expression was immediately replaced with joy. “Congratulations!” My parents joined in with me and we all jumped up and down and cheered. “I have to call Blanca!” She rushed to her room to call Blanca. “Tell her to come over, is her mother there? They both should come over. We’ll have a dinner celebration.” They both went out to prepare and call up the mother and daughter sainz. My dad stayed in my room and looked at me. He had teary eyes. 

“What?” I asked him. “You’re growing up too fast.” He told me and I giggled. I went up to him and hugged my dad. “I’ll always be your little girl, no matter how old I  get.” I told him and he nodded. He hugged me and kissed the top of my head, “I’m so proud of you Savannah.” 

He let me go after a while and  I got my phone as well and called up Carlos. His race was most likely done by now. It rang a few times and he finally picked up. 

“Hello, Hello? Savannah?” 

“Carlos! I have news!!!” I told him. “Me too!, but you go first!” Carlos beams over the phone,

“No! You go first!!” I excitedly asked him, “What’s your news?” 

“I won today! It was super exhilarating, I didn’t expect to win because my qualifying was bad but I won!” I cheered for him on the phone and asked him about his race, he told me about this other racer who almost hit his side at the 2nd turn. He told a joke and we were both laughing, our call lasted for a long time and I was already laying on my bed. It felt like old times again but it was cut short when I heard a team member call him in for their debriefing, “Oh Savannah I have to go, but what was your news?” He asked me. 

“I’ll tell you next time! I think you’re in a hurry.” I replied. 

“Okay okay, I’ll call you tonight.” I agreed and we ended. Later that evening my family along with Blanca and Tia Reyes had dinner to celebrate my acceptance into NYU. I told them to not tell Carlos because I haven’t told him yet. They agreed to keep it a secret for now. After a few glasses of wine they both went home. Tia hugged me and congratulated me. 

“Oh darling, while we were at Paris for Carlos’ race we went around the shops and he stumbled upon this vintage shop. He said this would be great for you.” She handed me a silver paper bag with pink tissue paper. I took a peek at it and it was this white cloth, I think it might be a shirt or something similar.

“I’ll open it later Tia! Thank you so much, I’ll be waiting for Carlos to call me so I can thank him as well.” I told her. She smiled at me and hugged me once again before leaving. I went up to my room after helping in the dining room to clean up. I sat in front of my computer and did some school work I needed to pass before the semester ended. I barely noticed the time and now it’s 2 am. Carlos didn’t call, he was probably tired from the race. I just expected him to call. 

He didn’t call either the following day or the day after that. I found out a few days later that he was out with his racing friends that night, celebrating his victory. I sighed when I saw it pop up on my phone. I just shrugged it off, it was inevitable for us to meet new people, a small part of me just thought he would keep the little promises he made. Just like how he always did. Time flew by again and I completely forgot to tell Carlos about my acceptance. I have officially received my certificate of completion for my 2 years of college, which is equivalent to the last 2 years of high school in America. I graduated with honors and I didn’t even expect that. It was now officially my summer break and I have been packing my things already, we were able to find a good loft apartment in new york, I have a 5 year lease on it for now and if i wish to continue to that I would be paying it off, incase I find a good job for me there, which I am not that set yet to work there. My dad just told me to enjoy my college life and he’ll provide the rest. Since my sister is already in her last 2 semesters of university, we’re pretty much on track with our academics, which is more than enough for our papa. That’s what he told me and my sister anyways. 

We may be well off but we weren’t spoiled, our wants and needs are provided but we are always reminded of how lucky we are with our situation. Spoiled brat attitude is not welcomed in our family. As early on we were reminded to not take anything for granted. I was laying on my bed when my sister came in. My birthday is coming up this weekend and our trip to Greece will be on Wednesday. 

“Savannah! You haven’t packed?” My sister asked me. I shook my head as an answer. She shook her head and told me to start packing because it is already Monday and we’re leaving on the first flight to France to catch the earliest ferry to Greece. I groaned and she hit me with a pillow and told me to get to packing. I sat up and saw the gift bag Tia Reyes gave me and I opened it, I completely forgot to open it the other month. 

I pulled out the item, it was a white sundress with little daisies on it. I smiled to myself and thought how Carlos remembered that those are my favorite flowers. I placed it into my duffle bags that just had shorts and other summer outfits that were easy to pack, as well as other essentials. My sister comes inside my room and tells me that her boyfriend as well as Blanca’s boyfriend is going on the trip. 

“Eh? I thought it was a girls trip?” I questioned her, She shrugged. “Maybe you can ask Carlos to join us, since he’s on a break now?” I nodded softly. “He hasn’t called me…I’ll message him or something.” 

My sister headed out again and I took my phone to message him. 

Carlitos 

3:30PM 

S:Hey, our sisters are bringing their boyfriends to the birthday trip

We planned, do you wanna tag along since you’re on a break anyway?

Seen. 

S:If you’re busy, it’s fine. 

Seen.

C:I was bugging my sister to let me join actually! But she kept on saying no!!

Yes, I will go :))))

Read. 

The end of that week we all were on the ferry from France going to Greece, me and Carlos talked as if nothing had happened.  We were the same old carefree kids from our high school days. Our group went around, ate in different restaurants and saw the different sights of Santorini. We will be going island hopping the following day. It was now dinner time and we were sitting down in a pretty restaurant that had a view of the ocean and the sun was setting.  We ordered Sangria’s and my sister chimed in and said that she’s going to make a toast for me. 

“To my lovely sister Savannah, you are truly a treasure and I am lucky to have you as my sister. May New York love you as much as Spain did, Salud” 

“Salud!” We all clinked our glasses together and took a sip of our wine and ate the food in front of us. Carlos was silent the entire evening, occasionally joining into the conversation once in a while if prompted. I asked him if he was okay and he just told me that we would talk later. I nodded to him and continued on with our night. 

After dinner we headed back to where we were staying, It was pretty close to where we were staying. Me and Carlos were slowly walking side by side and our siblings with their partners were a few steps ahead from us.  I kept on chatting and asked him about the cities he has raced in if it was as stressful as he always thought it was. He gave me a few answers, nods and such. I stopped him when I couldn’t take it anymore. 

“What’s bothering you?” I asked him softly. He looked at me and his eyes were sad. 

“You didn’t tell me that you were moving to New York.” He finally answered. I stood there dumbfounded.

“I-”

“I thought we were going to tell each other everything?” Was all he replied and continued to walk forward, leaving me in the breezy summer evening of Greece.

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Yesterday's Tracks | F1 Fanfic| Chapter 8

CARLOS SAINX X OC! 

TROPE: Childhood bestfriends. Summary: Savannah and Carlos have been friends for as long as they can remember. From the moment their bumper cars touched they were like magnets. One moves so does the other, constantly pulling each other's magnetic fields together. 

SPECIAL PLAYLIST FOR THIS CHAPTER!!!!! 

I’ll Be by Edwin McCain

How deep is your love? By BeeGees

Can I have this dance? By High School Musical 3 Cast

Lover (First Dance Remix) By Taylor Swift

Kiss Me by Ed Sheeran

Always be my baby by Mariah Ka-Rey 😆

Flightless Bird, American Mouth (Wedding Version) by Iron & Wine

“VAMOS CARLOS VAMOS!” I shouted at the top of my lungs. He was out racing again today and there were a lot of recruiters today. This might be his shot to get into a driving academy and move up the formula ladder. The race today was in Barcelona. I was surprised that my parents allowed me to go with them. Apparently they have a house in the area and we will be staying the night there for now because the race is expected to end at a pretty late hour. 

He was now in P4 and we had 10 more laps left and I know that he can get to the podium. I kept on cheering him and using the binoculars that my dad let me borrow. I could see that he was having a hard time to overtake the guy in front of him,  because if he just went past him even an inch to the front the racer intentionally bumps him. I gasped when he bumped Carlos a bit too hard. I told his dad immediately and he looked into his pair of binoculars  to see. He nodded and went down to report what was happening to the marshalls. 

The racer was given a penalty and he needed to give his spot to Carlos.The guy had no choice but to give it up and the race went on as normal. Carlos was able to get to P2, he ran out of laps to catch up to the pole position racer, but I know he could’ve done it if he had more time and if only that kid wasn’t a dick. After the awarding ceremony Carlos came up to us and was smiling his million dollar smile. “Congratulations!” I cheered and ruffled his hair. We were walking alone together towards their car when I heard a few kids snicker at him. I turned around to see who they were. Just some obnoxious 17 year olds who can’t accept that Carlos was better than them and that he didn’t need to play dirty to prove himself. 

Boys and their easily bruised ego. 

I got into the car with Carlos and he was still bothered about something. “What’s wrong?” I asked.  He just shakes his head and fakes a smile. I know something is bothering him and he doesn’t want his parents to hear it. I made a mental note to ask him again later. When we got to their place here in Barcelona we settled down and his parents made dinner. I was in the guest room getting settled down when I heard a knock on the door. I made them come in and it was Carlos. 

He was silent and laid down on the bed. I was washing my face when he came in. “Now will you tell me what’s been bothering you?” I asked him. 

“Do you think I deserved that award today?” He asked. I immediately nodded my head, “Yeah! Why? You won that fair and square.”  Carlos nodded and sighed. 

“Those other racers are just jealous that you can race and get that podium without doing their dirty tricks.” I plopped down next to him on the bed. He sighed and said thank you for reassuring him. I raised my hand and he intertwined his hand with me and I squeezed it. “Never doubt your abilities okay?” he nodded at me. “I will, thank you Savannah.” I smiled. 

“Always.” 

The remaining years of our high school were a blur after that. All I remember from our sophomore year was that people assumed me and Leo were dating. It even got Carlos annoyed because his classmates in his foreign language class kept on bugging him if it was real. Leo isn’t an awful character as well, he was nice and considerate during our play. He would ask me if I was becoming uncomfortable or what he was doing okay with me. 

I understood why girls would swoon over him. Just not me. 

In our senior year of high school, Carlos was already enrolled into the Red Bull driving academy and he will start training in the summer after we graduate. It means I won’t be able to see him that much anymore. I got sad with the idea of him being absent for most of the time. It’s something I have to get used to by now. Me and Carlos are studying for our finals now and after this it will be our Graduation Ball, it was bittersweet actually. Sweet because highschool isn’t the best thing about my life, bitter because I know I won’t get to see him a lot after this. 

I’ve talked to Sera about this feeling I’ve been getting and she told me that being anxious about the future is normal, you can be scared about it because of its unpredictability. Though that doesn’t mean we have to make choices around that feeling of fear. 

“I hate calculus.” I muttered under my breath and he smiled at me. “And I hate Physics.” He replied. We were both in the library trying our best to study. It’s hard when you’re dumb with numbers. Carlos was pretty smart in maths and science. While me, I was the history and english nerd between the two of us. After studying for a long time in the library, we didn’t notice it was already night time. The sun has already set and my mom is asking where I am. I replied to her text saying that I was with Carlos and we were studying for the exams the following week. We were walking together going to the bus stop when the rain started to pour. Me and Carlos ran to the bus stop but he ended up pulling me and made me stay in the rain longer. He hugged me by the waist and twirled me around. I was laughing and so was he. I turned around to face him and we were dancing in the rain. He twirled me around, I was soaked but I didn’t care. 

I was having fun being a teenager with my best friend. 

Let’s just say when I got home that night my mom had so many questions but she just told me to wash up or else I might get sick. We took our exams and finally we were free from academics! All we have to do is fulfill a few requirements and stuff like that in order to get our graduation clearances. 

“Has anyone asked you the ball?” My classmate, Irina asked me. We were in the benches because she told me that she missed talking to me, I shook my head to her question. I assumed me and Carlos were going together but he hasn’t explicitly said anything. I didn’t get an invite from anyone or anything like that. People have been assuming that me and Carlos were dating for the longest time even though I have consistently said no to their questions. Irina’s question made me think what if he wanted to ask someone else but didn’t because he might feel obligated to take to the dance. “So even Jaime hasn’t asked you?” I shook my head. Jamie was this guy in our year who had a thing for me, well according to Irina because they were chemistry partners last semester and he consistently asked her things about me. Irina and I were close, sort of,  she was a fun person to talk to and we both enjoyed listening to One Direction and fawned over Daniel Ricciardo. He was this racer from Red Bull and he was super cute and charming. 

He seemed like a fun person to talk to, kinda wish I could be his friend. 

Me and Irina had different friend groups but whenever we got paired up for Math classes it was a fun time together. Our teacher was the one who assigned the partners for that class. Carlos was paired up with someone else. 

“Then he should totally ask you!? The both of you would look great together that night.” I smiled meekly and scratched the back of my neck. 

“What’s up?” Carlos showed up out of nowhere. I thought he had to talk to our history teacher about a paper they claim he missed. 

“I was just telling Sav that her and Jamie should go to the ball together.” Irina said to Carlos. His face became confused. “Well, it sucks for him because we’re going together.” He blurts out. 

I raised an eyebrow at him. “I thought no one asked you yet?” Irina asked me. I nodded. “Yeah Carlos hasn’t invited me to the ball.” Irina makes a face, because my eyes were squinted at him right now. “I will leave you two alone, bye Sav.” She leaves us and me and Carlos. 

“I thought we were going together?” He asked me. “You didn’t even give me a proper invitation.” I told him and I got my bag and headed towards the school gate. I was crossing our field and Carlos eventually caught up to me. “Wait, wait. I thought we just had a mutual understanding that we would be going. So I didn’t think to ask you for confirmation….sorry.” 

“It was just nice to get asked, you know.” I told him. Carlos agreed. 

“Will you be my date for the Ball?” He asked. “If I’m going to dance my last dance as a highschooler…I would want it to be with you.” He smiled at me. I nodded and agreed to be his date. The next few weeks after that we planned our outfits and the colors of it. I wanted to go with something normal like a baby blue or a muted green. I was shopping with Sera and Blanca along with our moms. Carlos’ mom came along to see what color I was going to wear. He couldn’t come today because he was out for the weekend because of a race in Monaco. They kept on making me try a lot of dresses. 

“Sera, I am tired!!!” I complained as she handed me another dress. “This is the last one I promise and I think it will look AMA-ZING on you.” She exclaimed.  I put on this amazing dress, it had a lot of tulle on the bottom and it had peasant styled sleeves that reached till my wrists, the bodice had a corset style boning, the length was up to the floor and the color was this amazing rich red color . It reminded me of being a princess honestly. I stepped out of the dressing room, carrying my skirt so that I wouldn't step on it. 

Everyone gasped when I came out, I was shocked. “Why what’s wrong?” I asked. 

“Nothing sweetheart, you just look so beautiful in that dress.” I blushed at my mom’s words. “I can see it already! Her hair will be in this up-do style and curled.” Sera came closer to clip my hair up and see the overall image of it.  My mom and Tia Reyes clapped their hands in joy. “Now I know what to get Carlos when we buy his suit for your ball.” I smiled at them and bowed. I turned around and looked at myself in the mirror and I did love the dress. It really made me feel like a princess. I felt like I was having a Cinderella moment. 

I was told by my sister to not show Carlos my dress, which I don’t understand why. He was going to see me anyway, what was the point right? Anyways, time was moving so quickly and I wanted everything to stop for a while and enjoy it. It was the night of the graduation ball and everybody was busy.

Sera and Blanca were the ones who helped me in getting ready. They were both great when it came to these types of things. I finished getting ready by 7pm since the Ball started at 8:30pm. I looked into the mirror of my dresser and I was shocked to see my face. For the first time, I can actually say I look beautiful. My hazel colored eyes popped with the eye shadow Sera used and my face was framed using my curtain bangs  and my hair looked so soft and bouncy. 

Blanca placed the thin tiara my mom got me on my head. She hugged me and had teary eyes, “I don’t know why I’m crying but I’m so happy to see you grow up.” I giggled a bit. “Stop, don’t cry, I might tear up myself and ruin my makeup too.”  We were having a moment together and my sister came in and saw it. “Lemme join in too.” She joined our hug and they were so happy about tonight. Sera was forcing me to take pictures with her and Sera, as well as some solo photos. While taking them, Sera asked me out of nowhere. “Do you like Carlos?” 

“Yeah! Why do you think we’re friends?” I responded. 

“Nothing more?” She asked, I shook my head. “No.” Sera just nodded and looked at Blanca. She just smiled and shook her head. “Nothing, we're just curious because, you two look like a couple.” 

“We’re just very close, but me and Carlos are just close friends and that’s it. A lot of people from our school think we’re dating but we’re not.” The two girls nodded at me and agreed. We’re just friends, there’s nothing else there. Plus I wouldn’t want to risk everything we had. I want things to stay the same. 

Carlos and his parents came in already and I was still up stairs in my bedroom, they wanted a dramatic entrance for me. I just shook my head and agreed with them to lessen the protests.  Suddenly I was nervous and I didn’t know what to feel, I had this fluttering feeling suddenly. I was just excited to go to the ball I guess. 

I went down our staircase and there he was. Carlos has grown exponentially and we used to be the same height now he was towering over me, my sister got all the good height genes. He was wearing a black and white suit and he had a maroon necktie. It complemented his skin tone a lot and his hair was combed back as well. He looked really good. 

Carlos turned around and smiled at me as I walked down the steps. When I reached the foyer of our house.  “Hey.” I greeted Carlos and gave a breathy “Hey” in response. He was just looking at me and I was too. His father coughed and he was snapped into reality again when that happened. He brought out the corsage and boutonniere that his mom picked you. He tied the corsage onto my wrist and I pinned the flowers on his suit. 

“Okay pictures!” Sera squealed and they made us pose for a lot of shots. Carlos was so lost and didn’t know how to pose that Blanca had to place his hand on me properly. “Sav, lean in a bit into Carlos.” I followed my sister’s advice and she took a picture of us. After A LOT of pictures we were finally ready to leave for the ball. I thought we were going to be driven by his dad but I was shocked to see another car parked in front of our house. It was a black Hyundai suv.  “You can drive this?” He nods. “Get in.” Carlos opened the car door for me and helped me get in the car. My skirt was a bit of trouble but we managed. We arrived at the hotel where the ball was happening. 

He helped me down from the car and even helped me with my skirt once again. Carlos took my hand and led me into the hotel’s main entrance. We were stopped at registration to show our tickets and I gave it to the teacher assigned there. 

“You two look lovely!” Our PE teacher complimented us, we both said thank you and headed straight in the venue, where there was a photo op area. The theme was starry night somethin, I forgot the exact name but most prom themes are practically the same thing anyways. The backdrop was made of tinsel and some makeshift clouds from polyester I think. Me and Carlos stood and smiled but the photographer directed us. 

He made us face each other and asked me to place my hand on Carlos’ chest and leaned me into him more. While Carlos had his hand resting on my lower back. 

Not long after we entered the main ballroom and my arm was locked with his. Everyone kept looking at Carlos and who wouldn’t? He looked so great that he could put the princes to shame. We made our way next to Irina’s table where she promised me a seat. She saw us approaching and waved us over to their side. She hugged me when she saw me. “Savannah you are so gorgeous oh my god!” 

“Thank you Irina, you look amazing as well.” Carlos was already chatting with people over at the table since he was practically friends with everyone. He never spared a moment to get to know people. We sat down together and talked about a lot of things. 

“Did you know that Daniel signed on with Toro Rosso?” Irina squealed. I nodded. “Yeah! Yeah! Carlos told me about that and I was so happy, maybe they could help him out with performance and actually give him a chance to win his races.”  Not long after that our food was brought in and me and Irina couldn’t stop squealing about One Direction this time. Carlos was just listening and trying his best to keep up. He can’t even tell the difference between Liam and Harry because of their similar hair. 

After dinner the emcee for the night said that it’s time to have our slow dances. Carlos was about to ask me to dance when Jamie came in out of nowhere to ask me to dance with him. I looked at Carlos and looked back at Jamie again. “Uh yeah sure but only one song.” I told him. We went to the center and he placed his hand on my waist. We both swayed along to the song playing in the background. He complimented me and I said thank you. 

Jamie continued to ask me about my plans after high school, I told him I was going to get my 2 years of college requirements before studying my undergrad degree. 

“Do you plan on studying in London or other universities in England??” He asked. I shook my head and said that my current goal is NYU. I’ve always wanted to live in New York plus I plan to take up journalism. That state would offer a lot of opportunities for me. Jamie nodded. 

“Well, Savannah I know I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself if I never told you this but, I’ve always admired you ever since that Winter musical. I’ve been meaning to ask you out but I was never sure whether you and Carlos are dating. Irina has told me that you weren’t…The bottomline is that I was hoping we could go out sometime? Not as friends.” He tells me. I was caught off guard with his statement. No one has ever confessed to me and I didn’t know how to feel. 

“Oh uh…I’m not looking into getting a relationship right now Jamie.” I told him. He nodded, “It’s not because you like someone else right?” I shook my head. He nodded again, “It was worth a shot.” Jamie chuckled. “I’m sure there are girls waiting for you.” I told him. 

After our song, I walked back to my table and the first few notes of ‘Can I have this Dance?’ started to play and I immediately ran to Carlos who was talking to a girl. “Carlos! Carlos!” I squealed. He looked at me, “Yeah?” When he realized it was my dream prom song to be danced to he immediately said goodbye to Bianca, the girl who was talking to him, and grabbed me by the hand to go to the dance floor. 

The verse started playing and I pulled him closer to me. We were  slowly swaying and Carlos kept looking at his feet. He was scared to step on my toes. 

“Hey, take a breath and look at me okay? Not on the floor.” Carlos looked at me and smiled and released the breath he was holding in. When the chorus started playing he spun me around and my dress opened wide and people around the dance floor sort of made room, there were only three partners there, including us.  We danced to the song and I was smiling so hard that my cheeks were hurting. 

Take my hand, I'll take the lead

And every turn will be safe with me

Don't be afraid, afraid to fall

You know I'll catch you threw it all

Carlos slowed down a bit during Zac's verse and he dipped me unexpectedly. Carlos was looking straight into my eyes and smiled, he then slowly raised me after.I felt my heart drum against my chest with the sudden action. It seemed like yesterday we were practicing this dance in our living room as a joke and now here we are at our own ball. 

“I told you I’m as cool as Troy Bolton.” He joked. I laughed and we continued to dance through the song and after that another slow song came on. I think it was ‘How Deep is Your love?’ my mom’s favorite. We slowly danced to it while having a small conversation. 

“I have something to tell you.” He says to me, but I can’t hear him because of the music. He looked over my shoulder and saw the terrace leading to the courtyard of the hotel. “Follow me.” 

We walked to the exit door and went down to the courtyard which was incredibly romantic. There was a big fountain in the middle and there were fairy lights hung up. The music of the ballroom was muted a bit by the doors, now I can hear him better. He offered his hand and we continued to dance outside. 

“As I was saying…I won’t be seeing you a lot after graduation.” He told me. I slowly nodded and sighed. “I know, you’re going to focus a lot more in your F3 career.” I looked him in the eyes and smiled, despite the tears trying to escape my eyes. “I’m so proud of you” I whispered. He smiled and pulled me closer and I rested my head on his chest. I felt him kiss the top of my head. I could hear his heartbeat and how quick it was. 

“Thank you for being there for me.”  He whispered.

“Thank you as well for lifting me up when I get knocked down by life. You have been  in my life for the past six years now and I hope it stays that way. ” I replied.

“It will…I promise.” 

We danced to the small humm of music under the stars. As we danced that night I recalled every single thing about our life together. From the first time I saw him in the amusement park, to his first race that I watched. My musical that he helped me rehearse to during the weekends. Every single time we went to the small ice cream shop that was near our place, all of those memories growing up seemed distant all of the sudden. Carlos remained to be one consistent thing in my life, as much as the future scared me, what scared me more was the idea of us growing apart. 

“What are your plans after your College requirements?” He asked, I have never told him that I had my heart set for NYU, a university that’s across the Atlantic ocean. 

“I plan to apply at NYU in two years for my undergraduate degree.” I told him. I saw pain pass through his eyes but was replaced with joy immediately. “That’s great! You’re really pursuing your writing career?” He asked me. I’ve written a lot of short essays and stories. Some were sent to national contests and I won some but not all. I nodded to Carlos. My arms were now around his neck and his hands were on my hips as we swayed along to the songs. 

“So what were you talking about? You and Jamie?” He asks. I smiled and shook my head, “He was asking if we could go on a date.” 

“What did you say?” 

“I told him I wasn’t interested in dating at the moment…” Carlos nodded. “So you don’t like anyone at the moment?” He asked me, I shook my head. “I haven’t found the perfect guy for me at the moment.” I answered. 

“What do you look for in a guy anyways?”  I shrugged, “I haven’t thought about it actually…maybe it will just come in naturally.” 

We entered the main ballroom not long after,  we danced with a few of our closest friends in school. We felt young and free that night, we didn't have any responsibilities or worries about tomorrow. We were free and loved every minute of it. Before the night ended they announced the King and Queen of the night. Bella was announced as Queen of the night. Murmurs erupted from the crowd and I was wondering why, I didn’t vote for anyone personally, so did carlos. We just forgot. 

“ A lot of people voted for you…” Carlos whispered to me, because he was standing behind me. “How’d you know?” I asked. 

“Didn’t you notice how many heads turned when you walked in tonight?” He told me. I turned to face him. “What are you talking about? They were all looking at you.” I replied. 

“Trust me Savannah, everyone was looking at you.”  I refused to believe him at all. 

“The king of the night is…Carlos Sainz!” The host announced and the spotlight was on him. Everyone was cheering for him and he didn’t even want to go on stage but I made him go. Then when he reached the stage. Carlos was given a sash and crown. Him and Bella had to take a photo and he looked so awkward, I couldn’t help but laugh at him. When he saw and pointed me out. Carlos was about to go down the stage but Bella pulled him back. 

“Now it's time for the king and queen’s waltz, congratulations to the both of you.” Bella was holding him by the arm and leaning in but Carlos pulled away from her and jumped down the stage. The crowd made a path for him and he stood in front of me. 

“Carlos what are-?” 

“You’re my date tonight right? I’m king, so I’m making you my queen.” Everyone heard him and they all made space for us. Everyone cheered him on, I guess a lot of people did vote for us. Not that I cared about being queen or anything, it was just a nice idea  the people thought I was beautiful even just for a night. Bella just stomped her feet and walked out on the entire thing. I was standing there with the entire room’s attention but the scary thoughts faded when Carlos held out his hand and said “May I have this dance?” 

I smiled and took his hand. He brought me to the center where all the students could see us. The soft sounds of La Vie en Rose started to play and we swayed to it slowly. I stared into Carlos’ eyes that were twinkling under the  lights of the room. It was like a scene from a movie, something I never thought would happen to a girl like me. 

After the long events of the night, I told Carlos I wanted to eat burgers. He drove to a McDonald’s and bought food in our prom outfits. We sat in one of the chairs near the window happily eating our burgers and fries as we talked about everything and nothing at the same time. 

Everything was so magical that night, it was like a teen movie and this was my happy ending, as if the credits were going to roll in at any moment now. 

But I didn’t want the credits to roll in, I wanted to pause everything so we can stay in this frame longer.

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Yesterday's Tracks | F1 Fanfic| Chapter 7 

CARLOS SAINX X OC!  TROPE: Childhood bestfriends. 

Summary: Savannah and Carlos have been friends for as long as they can remember. From the moment their bumper cars touched they were like magnets. One moves so does the other, constantly pulling each other's magnetic fields together. 

Me and Carlos have been walking around the shops here in the city. We have been walking around seeing the different possible things to get my sister. Carlos was cautious around me, afraid that I was going to cry again. I feel like I’m on the verge of tears any time. While walking around he holds my hand and pulls me into this antique story. I was going around through the different aisles and saw this beautiful locket. It was heart shaped, I looked at it for a long time and admired it. I was thinking about getting it but I realized I’m here for my sister not for me. 

I walked towards the glass case and looked through the charms displayed there. My sister had a charm bracelet and we would buy the charms and fill it up. She has been looking for a dog paw charm for a long time and I spotted one in the glass case. I immediately bought it and the lady who ran the shop gave me a box for it. 

I looked to my right and saw Carlos paying for something. “What’s that, I bought something for your sister as well.” He told me and I nodded. We left the shop and walked towards the bus stop, while walking we spotted a small ice cream shop where we would always go to. 

“Do you want some?” he asked. I gave a small nod and smile. We went to the display where a guy was watching over the store. I got the strawberry flavored ice cream and he got the chocolate one.  We walked in silence enjoying the noise of the shops and the chatter of the people around us. It helped me pick my mood up.  

In a few minutes we were already on the bus and Carlos sat next to me. I leaned into his shoulder and for once this week, I was at peace. I wasn’t mad, anxious or sad, my heart and mind felt calm. “Do you feel better?” he asked me. I nodded. 

“Carlos…do you think 20 years from now we'll still be friends?” I asked. He turned his head at me, his face inches away from mine. “Of course.” He responds. “We’ll be friends till we’re 50 years old and racing down the street with our wheelchairs.” I chuckled and so did he.  “Is that what you were thinking about earlier?” He asked. I nodded. “Bella’s words got to me I guess.” I responded. He intertwined his fingers into mine and leaned onto my head. 

“No matter what happens, we will always be together. I promise.” 

I reached my bus stop not long, and I got down there and said goodbye to him even though we will be seeing each other later. 

At dinner that night I was wearing a cocktail dress that I borrowed from Sera. It was this muted rose color that had cap sleeves. I looked pretty good in it, my wavy hair was half pinned up and a few of my baby hairs were hanging out in the front. 

The Dinner was pretty big since Sera has turned 18 and it was a big deal for our family. She invited friends and of course the Sainz family was in attendance. Her and Blanca were attached by the hip at this point. Just like me and Carlos, what he told me a while ago comforted me and made me calm about the things I was worried about earlier. I trusted him. I didn’t fear thinking about our futures now, as long as he was there I know I can get through it. 

After the merriment and all that jazz, we finished around 10 pm, Carlos decided to stay until his sister left. We were in the backyard swinging on the back porch. We moved slowly as the night slowly showed up the stars slowly one by one. I was admiring the night sky when Carlos called my attention. “Wanna go to the playground?” He asked and I nodded. We haven’t been there in a while now. Me and Carlos headed out the front door, I was still in my dress and he was still in his dress shirt and slacks as well. We made it to the playground in no time since it was only down the block from where I lived. 

I went up to the highest part of the set and slid down and so did Carlos. After playing in the sea saw we ended up sitting on the merry go round. “Hey, Sav…” I sat there silent and raised an eyebrow at him. “Thanks for being an amazing friend.” He told me. I smiled at him, “Thanks for being there for me as well.” We looked at the sky together that night, watching the clouds hide the moon and reveal it again to us. 

The following week Bella was so mad at Carlos because he stood her up but he could care less about that. That's what he told me anyways, he’ll find someone better to date anyways. Bella was just after the fact his name is already ringing bells in a lot of people’s ears these days, especially since he is starting to go karting races that are competing with a lot of international racers, all of them having the talent and skill to be a part of Formula 1. Carlos has been telling me how more and more anxious he has become these days because of those races and how some of the kids he’s with stopped already or just gave up. I always remind him that nothing is impossible, especially when he has the perseverance to do it. He’s stronger than what he credits himself for. 

That same week  Martin stopped me in the hallway and asked if I was willing to voice Bella's singing while she played Elpheba, I immediately shook my head and disagreed. If she was going to get all the glory because of something I did, it's a no for me. I’m done with people stepping over me. I hope her voice cracks on show day. If she auditioned and got the part, it means she’s capable of pulling it off. She cheated her way up and now she must deal with the consequences of her actions. 

In that school year alone, she got so much comments for her voice performance during the winter musical and it disappointed my music teacher a lot. She trusted the teatrino president and ended up not following through with her duty. Martin replaced Nadia shortly after. He asked me to audition again for another role which I reluctantly agreed to, well because of Carlos. He was the one who kept on pushing me to agree with it. The play was a self written one from the club’s group of script writers. It was about two people in France, who met in one of the cafes of the streets of Paris. The two couples are going to share the most romantic night together but ultimately split up in the end. They needed a girl who can do a British accent. Since I lived most of my life in London they immediately wanted me. I was going to sing a few songs as well. 

I didn’t want to do it because I kinda got off the wrong foot already with the club to begin with but Martin insisted that the entire teatrino was in a better position now. So I auditioned and I got the lead role of Emma. While the male lead in the play was a senior named Leo, he plays the role of Gabriel. A lot of girls would try and sneak in to watch the rehearsals, for Leo. He was charming and really good looking, not going to lie.  He wasn’t MY type. He had light brown hair and these striking blue eyes also his complexion was this medium like shade. He looked more like a prince than a student here. He doesn’t fail to make me blush though, even though it is just acting. I would end up like a tomato after the scenes we do on stage. 

We had to do this routine while dancing to La Vie en Rosa. We would slow dance to the song and sing it, most of the time the entire room would be squealing after practicing the scene because he has to rest his forehead on mine to make it more ‘intimate’ according to Martin. The entire play itself was adorable and really light hearted. I’m actually enjoying myself up there on the center stage. Despite being busy for the spring musical, I still made time on the weekend to see Carlos practice. He’s been trying to learn better ways to improve his time on the track. It’s been hard, but Carlos has been trying more than ever. 

He would be falling asleep in class and the teacher would scold him for sleeping and would ask him a few questions. I would whisper or slip a piece of paper where he can answer the question but the teacher would catch on what was happening and we both end up in trouble. The main point is, he was able to answer the question, suck that Mrs.Santoz. 

Carlos being the promoter that he is, made his entire family block off the date for the Spring Musical show date and I wanted to be so mad. I was so shy and my nerves were getting the best of me. I need to get myself together and put on the best show. It was show night and knowing that my entire family and Carlos’ entire family was there. Plus the population of the school along with some guests really stressed me out. I was in the dressing room getting ready for the opening scene when someone knocked on the door. I told them to come in and it was Carlos wearing a dress shirt and slacks. Even his hair was gelled. I couldn’t help but smile. 

“Why so dressed up?” I asked. “It’s your debut performance, of course I need to look great!” He told me. I smiled and got up to hug him. “I’m really nervous.”  He rubbed my back and told me that I can do it. He will be there, the spotlight will be blinding me most probably but he’s there with my family and his family. 

That night I went out on the stage and performed my little heart out. That was for the little me, I knew a part of her wanted to be out on the stage to perform like her idols growing up. Leo took the first bow before me and when I stepped forward everybody cheered for me and I felt so proud of myself. This is not what I expected to happen in all honesty, but I’m happy I took the rich and I’m thankful that Carlos encouraged me to take another leap of faith. 

After our pictures and all, I went down to my family and Carlos. They all congratulated me and said I was so good up there. I said thank you to all their compliments to me. Sera hugged me so tight and kept on saying how proud she is of me. I smiled at her and said thank you. Carlos stood in between us and he was holding a bouquet of tulips for me. 

“Here, congratulatory flowers for our star of the night.” He says and I read the small note he tucked in the bunches of flowers. 

“I knew you were going to be the brightest star out there.” 

Thank you Carlos for believing in me when I didn’t.

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