| Fan Fiction |
by SeventhStar
===Flashback===
She laughed and said. “I didn’t want to involve any feeling while I’m working. Do you think I should kiss you also like my daughter?”
I was blushing. I felt like all my blood came into my face. I knew she will see I’m blushing. That was not so man. I just couldn’t see her face anymore. I felt like my heart beating faster plus I’m afraid she will scold me.
“Childish.”
I heard her said that one word that slapped me back to the reality. I just like a child in front of her.
There is Hana who saved my face. “Let me kiss you instead my mom.” She approached me and tried to kiss me.
I kneeled down so she could reach my face. Then Hana kissed me.
She giggled like a little girl. Well… she is.
“Come on Hana. Let’s go home.” Ella called Hana while handing her hand over her.
Hana grabbed her mom hand and walked with her.
I saw them from the back. “What a weird mother and daughter.”
===End of Flashback====
I laid my body on the bed. Tomorrow will be the last day of my testing. I just hope I will make a better performance than today. I’m sick when people start to compare me with Baron Chen after what happened today. They just say that I will not be a better driver than Baron. That’s because in his first day, although he also got accident but he didn’t fell unconscious. Different with me.
What the hell they are comparing us. Perhaps that’s right we are from Asia country. Perhaps that’s right we started our Formula One career in a same team. Perhaps that’s right now he is one of the excellent drivers out there with a stable position in the biggest team. But I always felt comparing a driver into each other could never be a hundred percent acceptable. Why I said so because every single differences could bring a different result. Many factors that will affect the career of drivers. Comparing a rookie with a senior driver is just not a wise action.
Sigh. I didn’t need to be bother with all of those craps. Action talking louder than anything. I will prove it tomorrow. Then my cell phone rang, I saw the display name there, Charlene. My girlfriend.
“Hello dear.”
“Hi Char.”
“Everything seemed not right today?”
“Yes it is.” I replied her.
“Why don’t you immediately call me after you got incident? Forgot me already huh? That’s what I always feel when you started drive your “wife””
That’s what she always said. She always said that I pay my attention to the car more than her. Of course I am. Car is everything to me. I could forget anything when I drive the car. Moreover Formula One car. Sometimes I little bit bothered when she couldn’t understand how precious my job is for me.
I tried to change the subject. Because every time we discussed about my job, it will ended in a fighting. I didn’t have energy to have a fight with her today. “How about your shooting activity? Is it going well?”
She laughed. I knew, she always happy to talk about her job as an artist. “Yes it is. It just so awesome. You know what I did an intimate scene today with a famous actor.”
“You are happy with that?”
“You don’t jealous with that?”
“What’s for, that’s your job. I understand it.” That’s true. I never jealous with any men near her. Because I know that’s a part of her job.
She sighed and said. “You know what Chun, you are really not fun. You never said something sweet towards to me.”
“I’m not a man with a full fake speak and promises.”
“But sometimes we need those things in relationship.”
“I wanted a relationship that based on truth and belief. That’s what I always tell to you.”
“Argh! You are so boring! Good night honey, I will not bother you again when you have a “wife” beside you.” She finished the phone call.
I really tired. I didn’t want to think anything again. Moreover if it related on Charlene. Sometimes I don’t know why I became his boyfriend. She indeed a beautiful and sexy girl. I thought that’s enough until I started the more serious relationship. Then I slept and woke up in a very early morning. At 8 am, I already arrived at the gate of Sepang International Circuit. I didn’t want to make any mistake again today.
When I walked through to Ferrari garage, I saw Hana in Baron’s lap. What’s the relationship between Baron and Hana. I didn’t know. I saw her expression. Hana looked so happy when she played on Baron’s lap. Just in time I continued my walk, Hana called me.
“Prince!”. She ran to me and hugged me. “I’m so happy meet my prince again.”
I smiled to her and said. “Do you miss me already?”
She nodded then she asked me to hold her hands. “You wanted to go to the garage right? Will you accompany me to my mom then? My mom will angry if she see me walked around the circuit alone because it will bother the other team crew that need to do their job here.”
Baron approached me and said. “Make sure she safe until she met her mother.”
There was a concern feeling in his voice that made me nodded. A same concern feeling that I felt from Ella. Then I brought Hana in my arms.
“Who is he?” I asked Hana about Baron.
“You stupid. He is the famous driver here.” She pinched my cheek. I already felt comfort with her.
I shook my head. “No, what I meant is what your relationship with him is?”
“He is my king. King who left my queen alone.”
“You also have a queen?”
“My mother is my queen.” She answered then kept quiet for the rest of our walk.
Finally I understood. Baron Chen is her father, which means Ella’s ex husband. That’s why they had a same family name. Chen. That’s why Ella always angry when she saw Hana play with Ferrari stuff. Wonder what happened in their family.
“Prince, just promise to me you will not tell mom about my king.”
“Deal my princess.”
Then after we reached the garage, she fell down from me and hugged her mom then she ran into the room behind the garage.
“You didn’t late.” Ella said to me. She already wore her overall and kind a checked the car with the engineer.
“Yes I am. I want everything to be perfect today.” I said to her while grabbed my overall and change my clothes with it.
“Nice then.” She kept check the car.
After I finished dealing with the overall, I stood beside her and hearing the discussion that she had with the engineer. So the new fuel tank already fixed into the car.
Ella walked through the laptop in the table and gave a signal for me to come to her.
“Wu Ji Zun, I wanted you to see this. This is the data that I made based on your telemetry yesterday. It recorded every time that you made in every side of the circuit when you drove yesterday. I just wanted tell you that your driving style based on the data is fine. You kind a have an understeer style which I like. Because most of the great drivers are understeer type. But you still have a weakness in braking style. Seemed like you still a little bit rough in your braking. But it will improve by the time going and by laps that you made.”
I nodded. I knew there are so many weaknesses there based on my telemetry data. Because beside my data, there are also other drivers data and I knew that my time just still way behind them.
I saw Baron Chen’s data. He has the best time among the other drivers. Although I’m sure Kimi Raikkonen will be better if he also took a time. When I compared to my time. The gap almost 3 seconds. And that’s a big gap in Formula One. I felt little bit disappointed. Yesterday I said I will beat him, but seemed like I just day dreaming.
“Don’t worry. The factor is not only from the driver.” I heard Ella said something.
“Pardon?”
“I knew you felt disappointed when you saw the other driver’s data. It’s fine. Actually the engine and the car at whole really a big factor here in Formula One. Perhaps you used to be in other competition when car didn’t make any significant differences. But here in formula one, engine and car like have 60 percent from 100 percent factors from the performance of the driver. Here in Formula One, it’s not just about the driver. In modern time, it’s more about the brand of the engine and car. We are just a small team, but we tried to improving.” She explained to me.
Yes she is so true. I knew I just being so eager to beat every driver in front of me without realized the reality.
“So… are you ready to do the test?” Ella asked me. I could feel now we are more familiar to each other.
“I’m ready.”. Then I entered the cockpit while I knew the mechanics already warmed my machine up. I raised my thumb to Ella and the mechanics.
With some engineers, Ella sat on the telemetry board. A minute later I could hear her voice in my ear. “In count of 5 Wu Ji Zun. I believe you could do your best today. Prove it to me and prove it to all of us.”
I will prove to you my race engineer. For sure. “I’m ready.”
“5…4…3…2…1…”
I pressed the start button, and for the second time, I still amazed with how this car still give a high sensation to me.
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[Acknowledgement]:
- Telemetry: a display of data which shown every second of change when a driver drive the car. So in a circuit there are certain corner when the time is taken. We could analyze from this data. Beside that, there is also a data that could be shown in “number” like a pressure, temperature from the car. All of them being display in telemetry board.
- Kimi Raikkonen: funny he has a name Kimi. LOL. The cutest driver ever although I didn’t like him too much. World Driver Champion in 2008 with just 1 point distance with Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso. He drove for Ferrari and I thought most of the F1 fan girls in my age crazy about him. Not me though lol. ^^. Just googled him, bwa ha ha ha ha ha.
[Author’s Note]: Wuahhh…. another fast update from me LOL. I thought I will update everyday if I get enough comments. LOL. As usual I would love to hear your comments about this latest chapter. I know this story flow so slowwww. Ckckckck. I just loved to wrote every detail of the Formula One world. I knew I couldn’t stop talking (or writing) if it related on F1. So I know this story could be boring for a certain people. Anyway, may I ask a favour from you? PLEASE COMMENT ABOUT MY POSTER ALSO. LOL. Because I know xiaoXue will be happy to hear the comment from you lol. As usual, just leave if you think my story didn’t worth any comment.
[Comment’s Reply]:
- jowyn: I knew its interesting but just for me lol. I could sense people may think it’s boring because in real world, my friends always get bored when I started F1 topic. Ha ha ha ha. CE interaction…. I don’t know if this chapter is enough for you or not? LOL.
- Jasmine: Ha ha… thanks for loving it. LOL. Its not worth to be loved though…. ha ha ha. I actually surprised to see the reader’s reaction about Baron. I thought I didn’t reveal yet what made him divorced with Ella but you guys already hate him. Poor Baron. Ha ha.
- shratlen: Hey dearie, long time didn’t see you. When will you update your FF? Is it that great? Is it confusing LOL. Yes Ella is older, I just hope I could make this story interesting lol ^^. My self actually always say a big no no for a younger man. Ha ha ha.
- ixie1504: Dearie, this is the first time I made a “real antagonist” lol. Glad people start hate him although I not yet give a whole reason why he need to be hated lol. I always thought sometimes I felt in a real life Chun really afraid of Ella in certain way… ha ha ha. Just my imagination I think.
- Shara: Thanks for dropping by, I already read your story *hugz*
- Valentina: Ha ha… that’s true. Ella’s job is my ambition!!! Ha ha ha. I wrote because I knew it. I didn’t dare wrote detail if I didn’t know it. Hope I could make it Val. Thanks a lot.
- Xue: gw gak mau jawab lagi ah… tadi dah dijawab lewat sms. Lain kali kalo komen harus di winglin lo…. bwa ha aha ha ha ha ha
Tika (25 June 2008)